Klinger v. Adams County School Dist. No. 50

We granted certiorari to determine the meaning of the phrase "ordinary and necessary expenses" as used in section 22-63-202(2)(a), C.R.S. (2005), and as applied to reimbursement for damages incurred by a public school district in this state when one of its teachers resigns without giving the statutorily required 30 day notice. We find that the phrase "ordinary and necessary expenses" limits the damages a school district can recover from a teacher who resigns with insufficient notice to actual expenditures incurred in finding the teachers replacement. Therefore, we conclude that the court of appeals erred in its analysis of the statutory language and we reverse Klinger v. Adams County School District No. 50, 109 P.3d 1014 (Colo. App. 2004).