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· 5/18/1983

Smith v. Board of Education of the Mediapolis School District

Citations

  • 334 N.W.2d 150
  • 1983 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1538
  • 11 Educ. L. Rep. 288

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that a school district’s declining enrollment and budgetary constraints may constitute “just cause” not to renew a teacher’s contract
  • courts must be wary of school boards using staff reduction as a pretext for unlawful discharge
  • courts should be “reluctant to act as super school boards”

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Judges: Reynoldson, Uhlenhopp, McGiverin, Larson, Schultz

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