Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.145 (2026)
Automatic reemployment
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Sec. 14.20.145. Automatic reemployment.
If notification of nonretention or layoff is not given according to AS 14.20.140, a teacher is entitled to be reemployed in the same district for the following school year on the contract terms the teacher and the employer may agree upon, or, if no terms are agreed upon, the provisions of the previous contract are continued for the following school year, subject to AS 14.20.158. Except as provided in AS 14.20.177(e), the right to automatic reemployment under this section expires if the teacher does not accept reemployment within 30 days after the date on which the teacher receives a contract of reemployment. A teacher who is on family leave under AS 39.20.500 — 39.20.550 must comply with the 30-day deadline in this section to retain the teacher's reemployment rights under this section.
If notification of nonretention or layoff is not given according to AS 14.20.140, a teacher is entitled to be reemployed in the same district for the following school year on the contract terms the teacher and the employer may agree upon, or, if no terms are agreed upon, the provisions of the previous contract are continued for the following school year, subject to AS 14.20.158. Except as provided in AS 14.20.177(e), the right to automatic reemployment under this section expires if the teacher does not accept reemployment within 30 days after the date on which the teacher receives a contract of reemployment. A teacher who is on family leave under AS 39.20.500 — 39.20.550 must comply with the 30-day deadline in this section to retain the teacher's reemployment rights under this section.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1971–1993 · leading case: Redman v. Dep't of Educ., 519 P.2d 760 (Alaska 1974).
Redman v. Dep't of Educ., 519 P.2d 760 (Alaska 1974). “Her sole contention is that the superior court ignored the requirements of AS 14.20.145 by refusing to adhere to the strict terms of her 1969-70 contract in computing her lost wages for 1970-71 and 1971-72.”
Kleven v. Yukon-Koyukuk Sch. Dist., 853 P.2d 518 (Alaska 1993). “Continuation of the provisions of a teacher’s contract under AS 14.20.145 or 14.-20.155 does not (1) affect the alteration of the teacher’s salary in accordance with the salary schedule prescribed by state law.”
State v. Redman, 491 P.2d 157 (Alaska 1971). “Regarding the failure to give notice in accord with the foregoing, AS 14.20.145 provides: If notification of nonretention is not given according to § 140 of this chapter a teacher is entitled to be reemployed in the same district for the following school year on the contract…”
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