279.15 - NOTICE OF TERMINATION -- REQUEST FOR HEARING.
279.15 NOTICE OF TERMINATION -- REQUEST FOR
HEARING.
1. The superintendent or the superintendent's designee shall
notify the teacher not later than April 30 that the superintendent
will recommend in writing to the board at a regular or special
meeting of the board, held not later than May 15, that the teacher's
continuing contract be terminated effective at the end of the current
school year. However, if the district is subject to reorganization
under chapter 275, the notification shall not occur until after the
first organizational meeting of the board of the newly formed
district.
2. Notification of recommendation of termination of a teacher's
contract shall be in writing and shall be personally delivered to the
teacher, or mailed by certified mail. The notification shall be
complete when received by the teacher. The notification and the
recommendation to terminate shall contain a short and plain statement
of the reasons, which shall be for just cause, why the recommendation
is being made. The notification shall be given at or before the time
the recommendation is given to the board.
As a part of the termination proceedings, the teacher's complete
personnel file of employment by that board shall be available to the
teacher, which file shall contain a record of all periodic
evaluations between the teacher and appropriate supervisors.
Within five days of the receipt of the written notice that the
superintendent is recommending termination of the contract, the
teacher may request, in writing to the secretary of the board, a
private hearing with the board. The private hearing shall not be
subject to chapter 21 and shall be held no sooner than ten days and
no later than twenty days following the receipt of the request unless
the parties otherwise agree. The secretary of the board shall notify
the teacher in writing of the date, time, and location of the private
hearing, and at least five days before the hearing shall also furnish
to the teacher any documentation which may be presented to the board
at the private hearing and a list of persons who may address the
board in support of the superintendent's recommendation at the
private hearing. At least three days before the hearing, the teacher
shall provide any documentation the teacher expects to present at the
private hearing, along with the names of any persons who may address
the board on behalf of the teacher. This exchange of information
shall be at the time specified unless otherwise agreed. Section History: Early Form
[R60, § 2055; C73, § 1757; C97, § 2778; SS15, § 2778; C24, 27, 31,
35, 39, § 4229; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, § 279.13;
C77, 79, 81, § 279.15] Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1239, § 4; 91 Acts, ch 174, § 7; 92 Acts, ch 1227, §
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Referred to in § 260C.39, 261.48, 262.9, 272.15, 273.22, 275.33,
279.13, 279.16, 279.19, 279.19A, 279.19B, 279.27