Lakeshore Board of Education v. Grindstaff

The question before the Court is whether the State Tenure Commission has the authority to reduce or otherwise modify the penalty of discharge or other discipline imposed upon a teacher by a local school board. I would conclude that the function of the commission in reviewing the discharge or discipline of a teacher is limited to determining whether the local board’s action was for "reasonable and just cause” as required by the teacher tenure act, MCL 38.101; MSA 15.2001, and that the commission lacks the statutory authority to fashion its own sanctions for a teacher’s misconduct. However,…