If a tenured teacher signs a contract in April or May, may he or she terminate employment for the next year without the board’s permission?
A tenured teacher who wishes to terminate a contract at the end of a school term may do so by giving written notice to the district of his or her intention to do so on or before June 1 of that year. MSTA’s Legal Department and several respected law firms representing Missouri school districts take the position that even if a tenured teacher has signed a contract earlier in the spring, he or she may still terminate the contract for the next year without board permission or penalty by giving written notice on or before June 1. No Missouri court cases have addressed this question definitively.
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