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Illinois, Indiana, kansas, ev i York, Oretgon, Tennessee, and
Wisconsin. Arkansas, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
Nashingtorn, and Sest Virienia ive w'a$t is called state-
wide continuing contracts. Idaho, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, ,yoing,
and the territory of Alaska have no statutory legislation
regarding the term of employment of public school teachers.2
In most of this areas annual election of teachers is
practiced, but it is not required by law. In some instances
the states take the attitude that no prohibitory legislation
permits tenure at the discretion of school boards.
Three states, Arizona, iassouri, and Oklahoma, re-
quire thhe employment of teachers by annual contract, aine,
Mississippi, North Dakota, and Texas have enacted laws to
permit contracts with teachers for a period of time longer
than one year.
Te technically speaking, there are two types of tenure
legislation: continuing contract laws and teacher tenure
laws. These two types and their variations will be dis-
cussed in the following paragraphs.
The teacher tenure legislation contains provisions
for probationary service, notice, hearing and appeal. The
traditional continuing contract law provides that the
2Ibid.
ZNational ducation Association, Teacher Tenure: Its
status Critically Appraised. Committee on TenB MCneT..9427,12
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Martin, Wesley. To Determine the Need for Teacher Tenure in Texas, thesis, 1946; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc53455/m1/27/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .