Hicks v. Magoffin County Board of Education

OPINION

VANMETER, Judge.

John Hicks appeals from a summary judgment entered by the Magoffin Circuit Court dismissing his claim relating to the failure of the Magoffin County Board of Education (Board) to hire him for the position of special education teacher/director. We affirm.

Hicks, a certified special education teacher, applied to the Board seeking the position of special education teacher/director for the 2002-03 school year. The Board declined to hire Hicks, instead hiring a noncertified but otherwise qualified teacher after obtaining an emergency certificate approved by the Kentucky…