Texas Statutes
§ 21.158 — NOTICE UNDER CONTINUING CONTRACT.
Texas § 21.158
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Code EDEducation Code
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Bluebook
Tex. Education Code Code Ann. § 21.158 (2026).
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Sec. 21.158. NOTICE UNDER CONTINUING CONTRACT.
(a)Before a teacher employed under a continuing contract may be discharged, suspended without pay, or released because of a necessary reduction of personnel, the board of trustees must notify the teacher in writing of the proposed action and the grounds for the action.
(b)A teacher who is discharged or suspended without pay for actions related to the inability or failure of the teacher to perform assigned duties is entitled, as a matter of right, to a copy of each evaluation report or any other written memorandum that concerns the fitness or conduct of the teacher, by requesting in writing a copy of those documents.
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Nearby Sections
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§ 21.001
DEFINITIONS.§ 21.002
TEACHER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS.§ 21.003
CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.§ 21.0033
TEACHER CERTIFICATION INCENTIVE.§ 21.004
TEACHER RECRUITMENT PROGRAM.§ 21.031
PURPOSE.§ 21.032
DEFINITION.§ 21.034
TERMS; VACANCY.§ 21.036
OFFICERS.§ 21.037
COMPENSATION.§ 21.038
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