279.27 - DISCHARGE OF TEACHER. - Iowa Statutes

279.27 DISCHARGE OF TEACHER. A teacher may be discharged at any time during the contract year for just cause. The superintendent or the superintendent's designee, shall notify the teacher immediately that the superintendent will recommend in writing to the board at a regular or special meeting of the board held not more than fifteen days after notification has been given to the teacher that the teacher's continuing contract be terminated effective immediately following a decision of the board. The procedure for dismissal shall be as provided in section 279.15, subsection 2, and sections 279.16 to 279.19. The superintendent may suspend a teacher under this section pending hearing and determination by the board.          Section History: Early Form [C73, § 1734; C97, § 2782; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 4237; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, § 279.24; C77, 79, 81, § 279.27]          Section History: Recent Form 2005 Acts, ch 3, §59 Referred to in § 262.9, 279.13, 279.14, 279.19A, 279.19B