Tex. Educ. Code § 21.157 · Subchapter D. CONTINUING CONTRACTS
NECESSARY REDUCTION OF PERSONNEL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A teacher employed under a continuing contract may be released at the end of a school year and the teacher's employment with the school district terminated at that time because of a necessary reduction of personnel by the school district, with those reductions made primarily based upon teacher appraisals administered under Section 21.352 in the specific teaching fields and other criteria as determined by the board.
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History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 8 (S.B. 8), Sec. 7, eff. September 28, 2011.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.21.htm
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