PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon Teacher of the Year Brett Bigham was fired, then rehired, and now he’s expected to be fired again.

Bigham is gay and believes school officials fired him because he refused to stop talking about it while on tour for his teacher of the year callings in 2014. Bigham, a “life skills educator” with the Multnomah Education Service District, told Oregon Live he attended over 200 events over the last year and many were on his own time. He met the president and Hillary Clinton, according to media reports.

District officials contend Bigham took about two months of paid leave to attend conferences and neglected his duties in the classroom.

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“Our hope was that after he concluded his 2014 Teacher of the Year duties he would reengage and focus in the classroom for the 2014-15 school year,” district spokeswoman Laura Conroy told the Portland Tribune when officials fired him earlier this month.

Bigham has filed several complaints with the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, and the Teacher Standards Practices Commission alleging discrimination because he’s gay, and wouldn’t comply with demands from his supervisors to tone down the gay advocacy in his teacher of the year spiels.

The last straw came after the district revoked Bigham’s leave privileges for speaking engagements and award ceremonies, and Bigham convinced his union to intervene so he could attend a National Education Association Foundation awards gala in Washington, D.C. in February.

Bigham called his firing “a complete load of crock” and alleged the district didn’t follow the proper procedures in his termination, according to the Portland Tribune.

“I believe this is more bullying and harassment because I refuse to sign their nondisclosure agreement,” Bigham said at the time.

Now, Bigham’s back, at least theoretically.

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“Today, we received notification that the April 10, 2015 termination of Mr. Bigham’s employment with MESD has been reverse, effective immediately, and that he is being retroactively reinstated,” Bigham’s lawyer, Matthew Ellis, told KGW.

“MESD has indicated that at the next Board of Directors meeting, which will not be before May 13, 2015, interim superintendent Jim Rose will recommend termination of Mr. Bigham’s employment.”

“It’s been an interesting day,” Ellis said.

Bigham reiterated his theory that district officials didn’t go through the correct termination procedure, and claimed they’re now fixing their mistakes. He said the new notice of termination reduced the number of days he allegedly missed because of the teacher of the year stuff from 40 days to 21 days, and added charges of insubordination and refusing to work, KGW reports.

“I think they realized the absenteeism wasn’t going to hold water,” Bigham said.

District officials confirmed they rehired Bigham with the plan of refiring him.

“The actions taken by the MESD to reinstate Mr. Bigham, provide him with notice of the interim superintendent’s recommendation of termination and an opportunity for a hearing on the recommendation with the MESD board at a date no sooner than May 13, is consistent with our commitment to providing respect and fair and legal process to employees,” MESD spokeswoman Laura Conroy said.

Ellis thinks the school district should just give Bigham his job back.

“Mr. Bigham should be in the classroom where he belongs,” Ellis told KGW. “Why MESD would prefer to pay the 2014 Teacher of the Year to not work for several months is beyond us.”