Section 16-24-5 Transfer of teacher - Authorized; notice; conditions. - Alabama Statutes

Section 16-24-5

Transfer of teacher - Authorized; notice; conditions.

Any teacher on continuing service status may be transferred for any succeeding year from one position, school, or grade to another by being given written notice of such intention to transfer by the employing board. Such transfer shall be without loss of status or violation of contract, and such transfer may not be for political or personal reasons. Upon recommendation of the superintendent, the employing board shall determine if it intends to make such transfer. The superintendent shall give written notice of the employing board's intention to effectuate such transfer. Such notice shall state the reasons for the proposed transfer, shall state the time and place for the board's hearing on the proposed transfer, and shall state the teacher's right to demand a hearing before the board by filing with the superintendent a written demand for a hearing within 15 days after the receipt of such notice.

(Acts 1939, No. 499, p. 759, §5; Code 1940, T. 52, §355; Acts 1953, No. 773, p. 1040, §1; Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §1.)