Legal Opinion
Slockett v. Iowa Valley Community School District
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 19, 1984No. 83-1361PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Justice.
The question here is whether a coaching contract created a tenured teaching position. The trial court held the position was an extra-duty assignment, unprotected by Iowa’s teacher tenure statutes. We agree.
Plaintiff was first employed by defendant district as a teacher for the 1973-74 school year in September 1973. According to the contract, plaintiff was hired both as a physical education instructor and junior high basketball coach. A similar contract was entered for the succeeding year. The agreement was different for the 1975-76 school year when two documents were executed.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Barnett v. Durant Community School DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 1977
- Manilla Community School District v. HalversonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1960
- Spilman v. Board of Directors of Davis Cty.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1977
- City of Sioux City v. YoungSupreme Court of Iowa · 1959
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3Cited by23 opinions
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