Court Opinion

ID: 9540226
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:13:49.793521+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:59:44.791896
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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.”
*400I am authorized to state that Justice HARGRAVE supports this dissenting position.