Opinion

Maupin v. Independent School District No. 26

  • 632 P.2d 396
  • 1981 OK 90
  • 1981 Okla. LEXIS 256
Court
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Filed
Jul 21, 1981
Status
Published
Author
Doolin
On the bench
Hodges, Irwin, Barnes, Williams, Lavender, Simms, Opa-La, Doolin, Hargrave
Cited by
16 cases
Authority
More cited than 5.1%

teaching and coaching must be kept separate for TDPA purposes because, just as a school "should [not] suffer from [a teacher’s] possible shortcomings in the extracurricular areas ... [,] a fine academician [should not] suffer because he/ she. is poorly suited to certain extracurricular assignments”

How later courts described this case

  • teaching and coaching must be kept separate for TDPA purposes because, just as a school "should [not] suffer from [a teacher’s] possible shortcomings in the extracurricular areas ... [,] a fine academician [should not] suffer because he/ she. is poorly suited to certain extracurricular assignments”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

DOOLIN, Justice,

concurring in part, dissenting in part:

Although I concur with the majority that a tenured teacher has no right to reinstatement to a specific teaching position within the system and agree the Board may assign him whatever duties it deems appropriate, I must take exception with the majority’s decision to reduce his salary.

The statute (70 O.S.1977 Supp. § 6-103.-11[B]) is clear on its face: the board shall reinstate the teacher with “full employment status and benefits.” “Full” means highest state, point or degree; the utmost extent; the complete measure. [McCrary v. McCrary, 230 S.W. 187, 207 (Tex.Civ.App.1977)]. When you reduce a man’s salary by $2,034.00 it is impossible to say you have reinstated him with “full employment status and benefits.”

*400 I am authorized to state that Justice HARGRAVE supports this dissenting position.

This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.

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