Love v. Smackover School District

Bradley D. Jesson, Chief Justice.

This case presents a question under the Teacher Fair Dismissal Act, codified at Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1501 to 1510 (Repl. 1993). Appellant Patricia Love claims on appeal that she was entitled to notice that her contract with the district would not be renewed for the 1993-94 school year. The trial judge determined that Ms. Love was not a “teacher” as contemplated by the Fair Dismissal Act and therefore not entitled to notice of nonrenewal. We reverse on that point and hold that Ms. Love was a teacher under the language of the Act. Since the trial judge did not…