Section 13-42-9 - Grounds for revocation or suspension of certificate--Suspension for jumpingcontract--Exception. - South Dakota Statutes

13-42-9. Grounds for revocation or suspension of certificate--Suspension for jumping contract--Exception. The secretary of the Department of Education may revoke or suspend any certificate for any cause which would have prevented its issue, plain violation of contract, gross immorality, incompetency, violation of the code of ethics, established pursuant to § 13-43-25 or 13-43-45, as determined by the Professional Teachers Practices and Standards Commission or the Professional Administrators Practices and Standards Commission, or flagrant neglect of duty, and may suspend any certificate for a period not to exceed one year for breaking or jumping a contract, if such suspension is requested by the school board. However, the secretary may not suspend a certificate for breaking or jumping a contract if the school board collected liquidated damages pursuant to the terms of the contract.

Source: SL 1955, ch 41, ch 16, §§ 5, 10; SDC Supp 1960, §§ 15.3805, 15.3810; SDCL § 13-43-9; SL 1969, ch 50; SL 1975, ch 128, § 299; SL 1977, ch 138, § 1; SL 1999, ch 91, § 1; SL 2001, ch 88, § 2; SL 2002, ch 92, § 1; SL 2003, ch 272, § 63; SL 2010, ch 90, § 1.