Texas Education Code

§ 21.211 — TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION

ED § 21.211Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part D. EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS · Ch. 21. EDUCATORS · Art. E. TERM CONTRACTS

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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.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.