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SECTION 5. No teacher shall be dismissed or suspended
from service after having taught, as provided herein, for
two (2) consecutive school years after this Act takes effect
except for the following causes:
A. For inefficiency.
B. For immoral conduct. Teachers charged with flagrant
immorality may be temporarily suspended without a hearing be-
fore the Committee.
C. For physical or mental disability.
D. For persistent violation of or refused to obey
state school laws, regulations of the State Board of Ed-
ucation and the State Department of Education, and/or
reasonable rules and regulations of the local Board of
Education.
E. For refusal of a teacher to meet the minimum
educational requirements necessary to pemit such a school
system to raise its standards to meet certain accredited
and affiliation requirements.
SECTION 6. No teacher on tenure shall be dismissed by
any Board unless the charges are first reduced to writing,
duly signed and verified by the person filing the same,
with full specification of the acts complained which con-
stitute the ground or grounds for dismissal, and filed in
duplicate with the clerk of the Board of Education. The
clerk immediately shall give notice in writing to the
accused of the filing of such charges together with a copy
thereof. Unless the accused shall, within ten (10) days
subsequent of the receipt of such notice, demand in writing
an opportunity to appear before the Board and defend
against the charges, the Board may proceed to consider
the same and, if the accused is found guilty suspend or
dismiss such teacher, and its action thereon shall be final.
If the accused shall, within ten (10) days after the receipt
of notice and copy of the charges from the clerk as afore-
said, demand a hearing upon the charges, the Board shall
set a time for the hearing within twenty (20) days and the
clerk of the Board shall give the accused at least fifteen
(15) days notice in writing of the time and place of such
hearing. uch hearing shall be private unless the accused
shall request a public hearing. The accused shall have the
right to be present at such hearing, to be represented by
Counsel, to require witnesses to be under oath, to cross
examine witnesses, to take a record of the proceedings, and
to require the presence of witnesses in his behalf upon
subpoena to be issued by the clerk of the Board of Education.
If, after the hearing, the accused shall be found guilty of
the aforesaid charges, the Board may suspend or dismiss
such teacher,
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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/m1/87/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .