West v. Dooly County School District

McFadden, Judge.

Bobby West filed this action under 42 USC § 1983, seeking damages for the defendants’ failure to comply with the Georgia Fair Dismissal Act, OCGA § 20-2-940 et seq., when they did not renew his employment contract. He argues that he was a tenured employee of the Dooly County School District and therefore was entitled to due process and the protections of the Fair Dismissal Act before the superintendent decided not to renew his contract. We find that West had not obtained tenure before the legislature abolished it for administrators such as West. We therefore affirm the trial…