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First Name CECIL
Last Name CASTO
Decision Date 6/25/1987
Docket Number 18-87-057-1
ALJ LC
Respondent JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Employment Type SERV
Job Title BUS OPERATOR
Topics DISMISSAL
Primary Issues LOSS OF OPERATORS LICENSE
Outcome DENIED
Statutes 17C-14-12
Related Cases CLAYBURN WALKER V KANAWHA COUNTY 20-86-157-1; LESTER LUCAS V WVDOE
Keywords LOSS OF BUS OPERATOR LICENSE, RECKLESS DRIVING, BUS DRIVER, TRANSPORTATION OF CHILDREN; BREATHALYZER TEST, INTOXICATED
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis GR WAS EMPLOYED AS A SCHOOL BUS OPERATOR AND HIS CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT WAS TERMINATED SUBSEQUENT TO THE REVOCATION OF HIS CHAUFFEUR'S LICENSE BY THE WVDMV FOR A GUILTY PLEA FOR RECKLESS DRIVING. W.VA. CODE, 17C-14-12 PROVIDES THAT THE WV BOARD OF EDUCATION, BY AND WITH THE ADVICE OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSIONER, SHALL ADOPT AND ENFORCE REGULATIONS TO GOVERN THE OPERATION OF ALL SCHOOL BUSES USED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOLCHILDREN AND ALL EMPLOYEES ARE BOUND BY SUCH REGULATIONS. SUBSECTION (B) THEREOF PROVIDES THAT AN EMPLOYEE WHO VIOLATES ANY OF THESE REGULATIONS IF GUILTY OF MISCONDUCT AND SUBJECT TO REMOVAL FROM EMPLOYMENT. THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT OF A SCHOOL BUS OPERATOR WHOSE CHAUFFEUR'S LICENSE WAS REVOKED FOR REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO A BREATHALYZER TEST INCIDENT TO AN ARREST FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AND WHO IS DECLARED NOT QUALIFIED OR ELIGIBLE TO DRIVE A SCHOOL BUST BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MAY BE TERMINATED.

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