Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 185 - NOTICES TO TEACHERS

AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT REQUIRING THE BOARDS OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES AND BOARDS OF EDUCATION OF SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO GIVE TO TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS OR SUPERINTENDENTS, AFTER TWO YEARS OF SERVICE, ITS REASONS IN WRITING FOR TERMINATING A TEACHER'S, PRINCIPAL'S OR SUPERINTENDENT'S SERVICE", BEING CHAPTER 140, VOLUME 38, LAWS OF DELAWARE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That the Act entitled "An Act Requiring the Boards of School Trustees and Boards of Education of Special School Districts to give Teachers, Principals or Superintendents, After Two Years of Service, Its Reasons in Writing for Terminating a Teacher's, Principal's or Superintendent's Service," Being Chapter 140, Volume 38 of the Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out and repealing all of Section 1 and 2 thereof.

Section 2. That the said Act be and the same is hereby further amended by adding the following new section, which shall be styled Section 1, as follows:

Section 1. Upon and after the approval of this Act, in the event that any Board of School Trustees, or the Board of Education of any Special School Districts, of the State of Delaware, desires to dispense with the services of any Teacher, Principal or Superintendent, such Board of School Trustees or Board of Education of the Special School District, as the case may be, shall give notice in writing to such Teacher or Principal or Superintendent, on or before the first day of May of any year, that the said Teacher's, Principal's or Superintendent's services will be terminated at the end of such school year.

Approved March 11, 1935.