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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 168.112 (2026)

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  168.112.  Modification or termination, how. — An indefinite contract between a permanent teacher and a board of education may be terminated or modified at any time by the mutual consent of the parties thereto.  Any teacher who desires to terminate his contract at the end of a school term shall give written notice of his intention to do so and the reasons therefor not later than June first of the year in which the term ends.

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(L. 1969 p. 275 § 168.106, A.L. 1990 S.B. 740)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1983–2005 · leading case: Ross v. Robb, 651 S.W.2d 680 (Mo. Ct. App. 1983).
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Ross v. Robb, 651 S.W.2d 680 (Mo. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 12× “The petition for review contained the following allegation: That the said FINDINGS AND DECISIONS of said Board of Education of Moberly Public School District No.”
Dial v. Lathrop R-II Sch. Dist., 871 S.W.2d 444 (Mo. 1994). · cites it 2× “” § 168.112, RSMo Supp.1993. The District asserts that, if Ms.”
Vilelle v. Reorganized Sch. Dist. No. R-1, 689 S.W.2d 72 (Mo. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 3× “The record also shows that plaintiff was never given any of the procedural rights afforded under the Teacher Tenure Act, §§ 168.112 to 168.118 1 to a tenured teacher being demoted or terminated.”
Sherwood Nat'l Educ. Ass'n v. Sherwood-Cass R-VIII Sch. Dist., 168 S.W.3d 456 (Mo. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “Section 168.112. Thus, requiring a teacher to return a contract by May 31 would seem to provide no great assistance to the district.”
Elam ex rel. Waynesville R-VI Sch. Dist. v. Waynesville R-VI Sch. Dist., 676 S.W.2d 880 (Mo. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 3× “” Section 168.112 provides an indefinite contract may be modified at any time by the mutual consent of the parties thereto.”
Long v. Sch. Dist. of Univ. City, 777 S.W.2d 944 (Mo. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 2× “Instead, by having Long sign a modification of her contract, the District apparently attempted to act pursuant to Section 168.112, which permits modifications of indefinite contracts by consent of the parties.”
Campbell v. Reorganized Sch. Dist. No. 1, 904 S.W.2d 18 (Mo. Ct. App. 1995). “§ 168.112. Secondly, a school district may unilaterally modify an indefinite contract annually on or before the fifteenth day of May in the following particulars: (1) Determination of the date of beginning and length of the next school year; (2) Fixing the amount of annual…”
Kornfeld v. Sch. Dist. of Kansas City, 831 S.W.2d 210 (Mo. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 6× “For their third and final point appellants argue the trial court erred in applying § 168.112, RSMo 1986, of the Teachers’ Tenure Act to this case.”
Patrice M. Cross v. Monett R-1 Bd. of, No. 04-3045 (8th Cir. Dec. 9, 2005). “Alternatively, the district court held that the Board's April 15, 2003, acceptance of the letter terminated her contract under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 168.112 , which provides that a tenured teacher's contract may be terminated upon "mutual consent of the parties.”
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