State ex rel. Webb v. Board of Education of Bryan City School District

This case concerns the proper construction of R.C. 3319.16 regarding the Ohio termination procedure for teachers and other administrative personnel in public schools. It essentially presents two issues: first, whether the statute places a jurisdictional requirement on boards of education to conduct a hearing before a referee within thirty days of the employee’s request; and second, if there is such a requirement, whether mandamus is the proper remedy to be employed in its enforcement.

*29With respect to the jurisdictional question, appellants submit that R.C. 3319.16 requires only that a board of…