Bowden v. Memphis Board of Education

OPINION

in which ADOLPHO B. BIRCH, Jr., JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

We granted this appeal to determine whether the appellant acquired permanent tenure where the superintendent of schools failed to notify the Board of Education that the appellant would attain tenure if reelected for a fourth year of employment. We conclude that if the superintendent fails to notify the Board pursuant to Tenn.Code Ann. § 49-5-504(b), permanent tenure is not attained. We therefore affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals, which had upheld the trial court’s summary judgment in favor of…