Legal Opinion
McGough v. Pine Bluff School District
Court of Appeals of Arkansas
Decided October 2, 2002No. CA 01-1424PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
John E. Jennings, Judge.
The controlling issue in this case is whether the Teacher Fair Dismissal Act of 1983 (the Act), Ark. Code Ann. §§ 6-17-1501 through 6-17-1510 (Repl. 1999), applies to all types of disciplinary suspensions, including those that are not in contemplation of termination or the nonre-newal of a teacher’s contract. The trial court held that it does not and we agree.
Appellant John McGough was employed as a counselor by appellee, the Pine Bluff School District. On May 5, 2000, appel-lee’s superintendent notified appellant that he was suspending him from May 8 through 12; that…
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