Morris v. Illinois State Board of Education

Plaintiff, Kent Morris (Morris), was a teacher for nine years in the defendant Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Community District No. 2 school system (district). The district discharged Morris on March 26, 1988. Pursuant to section 24—12 of the School Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 122, par. 24—12), a hearing was held to determine whether irremediable cause existed for the discharge. The hearing officer concluded that irremediable cause was present. On administrative review, the circuit court reversed. We affirm the circuit court’s decision.

The record reveals that in the summer of 1979, Morris applied…