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.SCTION 7 In addition to all other rights provided
bp la, a teacher having tenure, who shall be suspended or
dismissed after hearing, or whose salary shall have been
reduced in violations of Section 8 of this Act, shall have
the right of appeal to and the right to appear before a
State Tenure Committee.
S1CTION 8. Any teacher whose suspension, dismissal
or reduction in salary have been upheld by the State Tenure
Committee shall have the right to appeal to any district
court having jurisdiction, provided he files such appeal
within sixty (60) days after notification by the State
Tenure Comtittee, In the event of such appeal the said
district court shall proceed with a trial de novo of
said cause.
SECTION 9. A school district, the Board of education
of which has not conformed with all the requirements of
this Act, shall not participate in any portion.of the
State Public Shool Fund.
CTION 10. In case of illness a teacher's tenure
shall be protected for one (1) year. This period may be
extended at the discretion of the employing Board A
teacher on leave of absence shall have his tenure pro-
tected.
SECTION 11. Nothing herein contained shall limit the
right of a Board of Education to reduce the salary of any
teacher provided that such reduction shall become necessary
because of lack of school funds, and further provided that
such reduction shall apply generally to other teachers of
the district.
S ICTION .12 Nothing herein contained shall be held to
limit the right of any Board of Education to reduce the
number of teachers employed in any school district provided
that such reduction shall result from such natural causes
as : a decrease in the average daily attendance of pupils,
or elimination of departments, or consolidation of schools
and/or reorganization of the school plan. But when teachers
under tenure be dismissed as a result of such natural
causes those having least number of years of service in
said district shall be dismissed in preference to those
having longer terms of service and should any teacher under
tenure be dismissed as a result of this reduction, such
teacher shall be and remain upon a preferred eligible list
in the order of years of service for re-employment by the
Board of Education causing his or her dismissal in such order
when and if a vacancy shall occur in a position for vtich
such teacher shall be qualified and that such re-employment
shall give full recognition of previous years of service.
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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/m1/88/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .