2012 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 15 Education
15-538.01 Offer of contract to certificated teacher employed more than three consecutive school years

15-538.01. Offer of contract to certificated teacher employed more than three consecutive school years

A. Subject to sections 15-539, 15-540, 15-541, 15-544 and 15-549, the governing board shall offer to each certificated teacher who has been employed by the school district for more than the major portion of three consecutive school years and who is under contract of employment with the school district for the current year or who is not designated in the lowest performance classification pursuant to section 15-203, subsection A, paragraph 38 and was offered a contract in the prior year pursuant to section 15-536 a contract renewal for the next ensuing school year unless the governing board, a member of the board acting on behalf of the board or the superintendent of the school district gives notice to the teacher of the board's intent not to offer a contract and to dismiss the teacher as provided in section 15-539.

B. The teacher's acceptance of the contract must be indicated within fifteen business days from the date of the teacher's receipt of the written contract or the offer of a contract is revoked. Receipt under this subsection will be deemed to have occurred when the written contract is personally delivered, placed in the teacher's school provided mailbox, including electronic mail, or two days after being placed in a United States postal service mailbox. The teacher accepts the contract by signing the contract and returning it to the governing board or by making a written instrument that accepts the terms of the contract and delivering it to the governing board. If the written instrument includes terms in addition to the terms of the contract offered by the board, the teacher fails to accept the contract.