Opinion ID: 1862034
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: compliance with internal observation and evaluation procedures

Text: McQuinn argues and assigns as error that Bruckner failed to follow the District's established policies and procedures for evaluations by failing to complete some of the District's preprinted evaluation forms during his formal evaluations of McQuinn during the 1995-96 school year and by failing to utilize these forms during the 1996-97 school year. We do not reach this assignment of error because it was not asserted in the petition in error filed in the district court. Where a cause has been appealed to a higher appellate court from a district court exercising appellate jurisdiction, only issues properly presented to and passed upon by the district court may be raised on appeal to the higher court. In the absence of plain error, where an issue is raised for the first time in the higher appellate court, it will be disregarded inasmuch as the district court cannot commit error in resolving an issue never presented and submitted for disposition. In re Estate of Trew, 244 Neb. 490, 507 N.W.2d 478 (1993); Haeffner v. State, 220 Neb. 560, 371 N.W.2d 658 (1985). We find no basis for plain error review regarding this issue.