(A) The boards of trustees of the several school districts annually before May first shall decide and notify, in writing, a teacher, as defined in Section 59-1-130, whom the district employs concerning his reemployment for the ensuing year. If the superintendent fails to notify a teacher who has been employed by a school district for a majority of the current school year of his status for the ensuing year, the teacher is considered to be reemployed for the ensuing year and the board shall issue a contract to him as though the board had reemployed him in the usual manner. Notice of the superintendent's recommendation not to renew an employment contract must be given in writing before May first.
(B) On or before August fifteenth, the superintendent, principal, where applicable, or supervisor shall notify the teacher of his tentative assignment for the ensuing school year.
(C) This section does not apply to a teacher whose contract of employment or dismissal is under appeal under Section 59-25-450.
(D) For purposes of this article, "teacher" means an employee possessing a professional certificate issued by the State Department of Education, except an employee working pursuant to a multiyear contract.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-361; 1974 (58) 2343; 1976 Act No. 634 Section 1; 1988 Act No. 392, Section 1; 2016 Act No. 221 (H.3560), Section 1, eff June 3, 2016.
Effect of Amendment
2016 Act No. 221, Section 1, rewrote the section, extending the deadline to May first, and making other nonsubstantive changes.
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