Texas Education Code - Section 21.102. Probationary Contract
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§ 21.102. PROBATIONARY CONTRACT. (a) Except as provided
by Section 21.202(b), a person who is employed as a teacher by a
school district for the first time, or who has not been employed by
the district for two consecutive school years subsequent to August
28, 1967, shall be employed under a probationary contract. A person
who previously was employed as a teacher by a district and, after at
least a two-year lapse in district employment returns to district
employment, may be employed under a probationary contract.
(b) A probationary contract may not be for a term exceeding
one school year. The probationary contract may be renewed for two
additional one-year periods, for a maximum permissible
probationary contract period of three school years, except that the
probationary period may not exceed one year for a person who has
been employed as a teacher in public education for at least five of
the eight years preceding employment by the district.
(c) An employment contract may not extend the probationary
contract period beyond the end of the third consecutive school year
of the teacher's employment by the school district unless, during
the third year of a teacher's probationary contract, the board of
trustees determines that it is doubtful whether the teacher should
be given a continuing contract or a term contract. If the board
makes that determination, the district may make a probationary
contract with the teacher for a term ending with the fourth
consecutive school year of the teacher's employment with the
district, at which time the district shall:
(1) terminate the employment of the teacher; or
(2) employ the teacher under a continuing contract or
a term contract as provided by Subchapter D or E, according to
district policy.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 440, § 1, eff. June 20,
2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1232, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 728, § 5.002, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Section: 21.054 21.055 21.056 21.057 21.058 21.059 21.101 21.102 21.103 21.104 21.105 21.106 21.151 21.152 21.153
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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