Gainous v. Tibbets

This case involves the loss of jobs for two employees of Technology Plus of Alabama, an agency under the auspices of the State Board of Education.

The record reflects the following. In November 1986, the State Board of Education passed a resolution creating the Alabama Center for Quality and Productivity (ACQP). According to the resolution, the center was designed "to provide industry with training and education in applied high technology (applied equipment) and applied high techniques (advanced strategies and methods), act as a catalyst for economic development, and promote education's focus…