Stevenson v. School Directors of District No. 1

Citations

• 87 Ill. 255

Syllabus

<p>1. School teacher—must prove his right to teach. To entitle a school teacher to recover, under a contract to teach, in a case where the directors refuse to allow him to teach, he must prove or offer to prove the possession of a certificate authorizing him to teach at the time of his employment.</p> <p>2. School law — directors can not employ teacher to commence after current year. School directors have no power to make contracts for the employment of teachers for terms to commence beyond the expiration of the current school year, but they may make a contract for teaching a term extending a reasonable time beyond the current school year, when made in good faith and not for the purpose of forcing on the district an unsatisfactory teacher.</p> <p>3. Same—powers of directors. The powers of school directors are limited to those expressly granted, or such as result by necessary implication from those granted.</p>