Barnett v. Durant Community School District

McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here is whether an Iowa school board had authority in 1971 to agree in teacher employment contracts to reimburse teachers for tuition expended on approved graduate studies. The trial court ruled in this declaratory judgment action that such authority did not exist. We reverse.

Plaintiffs are 25 teachers employed by defendant Durant Community School District during the 1971-1972 and 1972-1973 school years. Their employment contracts included the following provision:

tuition refund: $320.00 maximum in any one year; courses taken for credit must be approved in…