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Article: Ex-Winfield coach to challenge state law
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- June 3, 2009
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WINFIELD - A former Winfield High School basketball coach is
challenging a state law that he says discriminated against him and
cost him his job.
Paul Sutherland, former coach of the Winfield High School girl's
basketball team, filed a suit in Putnam Circuit Court Monday against
the county Board of Education.
According to the suit, the school board violated Sutherland's
constitutional rights by hiring another teacher solely because that
person had a teaching certificate and Sutherland did not.
Under state law the board of education must show hiring
preference to a certified teacher for coaching positions, "without
regard for the non-teacher's current position, qualifications,
seniority, ...