Opinion ID: 1208099
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Heading: whether the district breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing

Text: In Metcalf v. Intermountain Gas Co., 116 Idaho 622, 778 P.2d 744 (1989), we adopted an implied-in-law covenant of good faith and fair dealing as part of every employment contract. As Brown correctly asserts, the statutory requirements detailed in I.C. § 33-514 became part of her contract with the District for the 1990-91 school year. See, e.g., Robinson v. Joint Sch. Dist. No. 150, 100 Idaho 263, 265, 596 P.2d 436, 438 (1979) (extant law is written into and made part of every contract). Therefore, she contends that because the District deprived her of the benefit of these statutory/contractual rights, it breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Although the requirements of I.C. § 33-514 technically became part of her employment contract, Brown has not alleged any act in violation of the implied covenant in addition to the statutory violations enumerated above. Any relief to which Brown is entitled for a violation of the statutory procedure is provided directly by the statute itself, and no additional remedy is provided by the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Accordingly, the order of the district court granting summary judgment on this issue is affirmed.