Judge Hobgood issued a permanent injunction against a law passed in 2013 that eliminated career status by 2018. He also halted implementation of the law that local school boards offer four-year contracts to 25% of their teachers, who would get a $500 bonus in exchange for surrendering their due process
rights.
Hobgood said taking away career status was unconstitutional-that it violated the constitutional protection of contracts, and the prohibition against taking a person’s property. He said abolishing career status “was not reasonable and necessary to serve an important public purpose.” He found the laws in the budget bill violated both the North Carolina and United States Constitutions. He also ruled that the 25% contract provision provided no discernible standards for these contracts.
