Board of Education of the City of Chicago v. Moore

This case presents question as to whether School Board properly ordered tenured teacher to receive 90-day suspension in lieu of outright termination that would apply as offset to teacher's back-pay award. Appellate Court, in reversing Board's suspension, found that Board did not have authority under 105 ILCS 5/34-85(8) to impose disciplinary suspension at end of instant dismissal proceeding. In its petition for leave to appeal, Board argued that Appellate Court opinion conflicts with Spinelli, 118 Ill.2d 389 and other cases, which found that school board is empowered to impose discipline short of termination at conclusion of dismissal proceeding.