Tex. Educ. Code § 21.211 · Subchapter E. TERM CONTRACTS
TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.21.htm
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- sha256 0350f7d49af211c01092b8fdba40a643682d0166e3488d621b77db8449b339ca
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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