{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.157","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 21.157","heading":"NECESSARY REDUCTION OF PERSONNEL.","body":"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.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 8 (S.B. 8), Sec. 7, eff. September 28, 2011.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE D. EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS","CHAPTER 21. EDUCATORS","SUBCHAPTER D. CONTINUING CONTRACTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.21.htm#21.157","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"782a3cdf4b57eb0ed1a39234bc369abaa71f6602df9f34154b15b6d7d49adbc6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.156","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.158"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}