Lisa M. Johnson, Plaintiff-Appellant v. School District No. 1 in the County of Denver and State of Colorado And…

Summary

The court answered two certified questions concerning Colorado's teacher-employment statute. It held that the mutual-consent and unpaid-leave provisions apply to all displaced nonprobationary teachers, not only those displaced for the enumerated school-based reasons, and that such teachers have no vested property interest in salary or benefits. Justice Gabriel, joined by Justices Hood and Hart, concurred in part and dissented in part, agreeing on the property-interest issue but arguing that displacement should be limited to the enumerated reasons.