Tex. Educ. Code § 21.211

TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Hitt v. Connell (2002)

Most recently applied in Guerra v. Santa Rosa Independent School District (December 2007)

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) The board of trustees may terminate a term contract and discharge a teacher at any time for:

(1) good cause as determined by the board; or

(2) a financial exigency that requires a reduction in personnel.

(b) For a good cause, as determined by the board, the board of trustees may suspend a teacher without pay for a period not to extend beyond the end of the school year:

(1) pending discharge of the teacher; or

(2) in lieu of terminating the teacher.

(c) A teacher who is not discharged after being suspended without pay pending discharge is entitled to back pay for the period of suspension.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.