Ex Parte Dunn

This case arises under the Teacher Tenure Act, § 16-24-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975 ("the Act"). We reverse the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals.

Section 16-24-8 provides the grounds for the cancellation of the employment contract of a tenured teacher:

"Cancellation of an employment contract with a teacher on continuing service status may be made for incompetency, insubordination, neglect of duty, immorality, failure to perform duties in a satisfactory manner, justifiable decrease in the number of teaching positions or other good and just cause, but cancellation may not be made for political…