Court of Appeals of Arkansas October 2, 2002, CA 01-1424 (McGough v. Pine Bluff School District)

John E. Jennings, Judge.

The controlling issue in this case is whether the Teacher Fair Dismissal Act of 1983 (the Act), Ark. Code Ann. §§ 6-17-1501 through 6-17-1510 (Repl. 1999), applies to all types of disciplinary suspensions, including those that are not in contemplation of termination or the nonre-newal of a teacher’s contract. The trial court held that it does not and we agree.