Liggins was placed on paid administrative leave in June and remains suspended, as the school board continues its business with an acting superintendent in charge.
Liggins and his attorney Amos Jones want Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman to reverse the suspension and declare both the board meeting where it took place and a subsequent meeting during which his reinstatement request was denied as violations of the Open Meetings Act.
In the filing, Liggins points to state law and a Kentucky Supreme Court ruling — Carter v. Smith — which saw the high court agreeing that a school board ran afoul of the Open Meetings rules when it discussed a superintendent's resignation behind closed doors.
The board and Liggins have been at odds over whether communications sent from Liggins to board chair Tyler Murphy constituted a resignation.