ATPE Online Continuing Professional Education


  Major Public Education Laws Relating to Educators - Unit 2 

This CPE unit is worth two hours credit for certification renewal requirements of the Texas State Board for Educator Certification. As an educator taking this CPE unit, you are held to the honor system and will certify, once the unit is completed, that you have read all text and source material presented in order to achieve the maximum benefit of the training credit.

Click on the linked titles above each section. Read the subchapters listed of the Texas Education Code (TEC). Fill in the blanks using the exact words cited in the source material. There are a total of 41 questions.  

CHAPTER 21. EDUCATORS
Subchapter D. Continuing Contracts

  1. A probationary contract teacher who is offered employment under a continuing contract has days to accept the continuing contract.
     

  2. In general, a teacher may remain employed under a continuing contract without the necessity for nomination or reappointment to his position.
     
  3. There are reasons listed in the TEC by which a person employed under a continuing contract may no longer be eligible for the contract with the employing school district.
     
  4. Before a teacher employed under a continuing contract may be discharged, suspended or released, the of must notify the teacher in writing of the proposed action and .
     
  5. An educator who desires to a notice of discharge, suspension or release from a continuing contract must notify the school board within days of receiving the notice.
     
  6. An educator who protests a notice of discharge, suspension or release from a continuing contract is entitled to a .
     
  7. An educator employed under a continuing contract may resign at the end of a school year without penalty by filing written notice no later than days before the first day of instruction for the next school year.
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