2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 161 - SCHOOL EMPLOYEES -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT AND TENURE 161.780 Termination of contract by teacher or superintendent -- Resignation binding as of date of acceptance.
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161.780 Termination of contract by teacher or superintendent -- Resignation
binding as of date of acceptance.
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No teacher shall be permitted to terminate his or her contract within fifteen (15)
days prior to the first instructional day of the school term at a school to which
the teacher is assigned or during the school term without the consent of the
superintendent. No superintendent shall be permitted to terminate his or her
contract within thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of the school term or
during the school term without the consent of the employing board of
education. A teacher shall be permitted to terminate his or her contract at any
other time when schools are not in session by giving two (2) weeks written
notice to the employing superintendent. A superintendent shall be permitted to
terminate his or her contract at any other time when schools are not in session
by giving two (2) weeks written notice to the employing board of education.
Upon complaint by the employing board or superintendent to the Education
Professional Standards Board, the certificate of a teacher or superintendent
terminating his contract in any manner other than provided in this section may
be suspended for not more than one (1) year, pursuant to the hearing
procedures set forth in KRS 161.120.
If a teacher voluntarily resigns his contract during the school term, the
resignation shall be in writing and shall become binding on the date the
resignation is accepted by the superintendent. No further action by the
employing board is necessary. The resignation is effective on the date
specified in the letter of resignation. A resignation, once accepted, may be
withdrawn only with the approval of the employing board of education. Nothing
in this subsection shall release the teacher from liability to the local board of
education for breach of contract.
Effective:April 14, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 7, effective April 14, 2008. -Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 269, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 326, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky.
Acts ch. 56, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990; and ch. 476, Pt. IV, se 248, effective
July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 57, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978.
-- Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 98, sec. 1. -- Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 113,
sec. 7.
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