MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 37-9-105. Written notice of decision not to offer employee renewal contract; deadline for notification of nonreemployment.

In the event that a recommendation is made by the school district not to offer an employee a renewal contract for a successive year, written notice of the proposed nonreemployment stating the reasons for the proposed nonreemployment shall be given * * * no later than the following:

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(a) If the employee is a principal, the superintendent, without further board action, shall give notice of nonreemployment on or before March 1; or

(b) If the employee is a teacher, administrator or other professional educator covered under Sections 37-9-101 through 37-9-113, the superintendent, without further board action, shall give notice of nonreemployment on or before April 15.

An interim conservator appointed pursuant to the provisions of Section 37-17-6(14)(a) or a school board acting on the recommendation of a school district financial advisor appointed pursuant to the provisions of Section 37-9-18 shall not be required to comply with the time limitations prescribed in this section for recommending the reemployment of * * * principals, teachers, administrators or other professional educators.

SOURCE: Laws,  1974, ch. 577, § 3; Laws, 1977, ch. 489, § 2; Laws, 1996, ch. 302, § 4; Laws, 1997, ch. 386, § 2; Laws, 2001, ch. 459, § 4, HB 527, eff from and after July 1, 2001.

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