Smiley v. Grand Blanc Board of Education

Robert K. Smiley and Alexander McKee are teachers who have in the past worked as administrators. Upon reassignment to the classroom, each sought relief under the teacher tenure act, MCL 38.71 et seq.; MSA 15.1971 et seq. These teachers have asserted that their reassignments are demotions1 and violate the substantive protections afforded by the tenure act. Those substantive protections are inapplicable, though, because these teachers did not acquire tenure as administrators.

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Before Robert K. Smiley went to work for the Grand Blanc Board of Education, he had worked for other school districts as…