{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.158","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 21.158","heading":"NOTICE UNDER CONTINUING CONTRACT.","body":"(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.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.","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#21.158","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"f76459655124c13a03cf0e72c481aae02035ef287eb821e114fc8806c2bd50c7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.157","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.159"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}