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Part 7 — Education Professions and Occupations Division 1 Responsibilities

215 Termination by board

Current to 2025-12-11 · Official PDF

(1) Whether or not the board has suspended a teacher under
section 213 and whether or not the suspension, if any, has been
appealed to the Board of Reference, a board may terminate
(a) a contract of employ ment with a teacher, or
(b) a designation of a teacher made pursuant to section 202, 2 03
or 204,
after serving the teacher with written notice of termination not less
than 30 days prior to the effective date of termination.

(2) In terminating a contract of employment or a designation, the
board shall act reasonably.
(3) A notice of termination of a contract of employment or a
designation must specify the reasons for the termination.
(4) Where a teacher has been served with a notice of termination
of a contract of employment or a designation, the board may
suspend the teacher from the performance of the teacher's duties in
accordance with the notice.
(5) A notice of termination of, or the termination of, a designation
does not terminate a contract of employment.
(6) A teacher who has been suspended under this section must be
paid the teacher's salary until the effective date of the termination
of the teacher's contract of employment or the designation.
(7) If a teacher is served with notice of termination under
subsection (1) and the teacher has been suspended under section
213
before the notice is served, an appeal, if any, to the Board of
Reference in respect of the suspension must not be proceeded with
but is merged with the appeal, if any, to the Board of Reference in
respect of the termination under this section.