Legal Opinion
Caviness v. Board of Education of Ludlow Community Consolidated School District No. 142
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 14, 1978No. 14602PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mills
We treat here a fresh aspect of the tenured-teacher concept: What constitutes “removal” or “dismissal”?
The facts are straightforward.
Barbara Caviness is a teacher on “contractual continued service” status and holds a certificate authorizing her to teach grades kindergarten through nine. She taught kindergarten for one-half of each day and primary physical education and art for the remaining half day. Due to financial exigencies, the Board of Education of Ludlow Community Consolidated School District No. 142 of Champaign County voted to reduce Caviness from her full-time position and reassign…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lane v. Board of Education of Fairbury-Cropsey Community Unit School District No. 3Appellate Court of Illinois · 1976
- Relph v. Board of Education of DePue Unit School District No. 103Appellate Court of Illinois · 1977
3Cited by24 opinions
- Warren G. Smith and John Gremer v. Board of Education of Urbana School District No. 116 of Champaign County, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Birk v. Board of Education of Flora Community Unit School District No. 35Illinois Supreme Court · 1984
- Costello v. Governing Board of Lee County Special Education Ass'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 1993
- Higgins v. Board of EducationAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
- Newman v. Board of Education of Bluffs Community Unit School District No. 2Appellate Court of Illinois · 1981
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