To Determine the Need for Teacher Tenure in Texas Page: 48
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The Aodel Tenure Bill recommended by the American
Federation of Teachers provides that except for administra-
tion changes due to various causes, no teacher can be
dismissed for any cause other then physical disability,
mental disability, immorality, or gross inefficiency.
'viion is ma de oir notification bywr itten charges ind
for a bearing of "the focused tseachr. UThe ,opoysed eacer
Tenure ct for Texas contains Lapproximately the same
provisions.
In addition to laws pertaining to dismissal, most
teacher tenure laws have provisions protecting the teacher
who is forced to be absent'from school duties through
il lness or other forced absence. or exanplmply, in exas
where there is no teacher tenure, the young men teachers
who were drafted into the army returned home in a gret
many instances to find positions thich they had worked to
obtain before leaving unavailable. The proposed Tech:r
Tenure Act for exas provided in Seetion 10 for the ex-
tension of a te char's tenure for one year in case of illness.
A teacher on leave of absence likewise would have protected
tenure for one year and longer at the discretion of the
board.
The other five principlesa se up by the Consaittee on
Tenure as recommeded standards for tenure legislation
have been discussed in connection with othe r principles to
some extent nd they are given together for this reason.
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Martin, Wesley. To Determine the Need for Teacher Tenure in Texas, thesis, August 1946; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc53455/m1/51/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .