Tex. Education Code § 21.157
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 21.157, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 21.157. NECESSARY REDUCTION OF PERSONNEL.
Official statutory text
A teacher employed under a continuing contract may be released at the end of a school year and the teacher's employment with the school district terminated at that time because of a necessary reduction of personnel by the school district, with those reductions made primarily based upon teacher appraisals administered under Section 21.352 in the specific teaching fields and other criteria as determined by the board.
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