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Tex. Educ. Code § 21.156 (2026)
Discharge Or Suspension Without Pay Under Continuing Contract
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Sec. 21.156. DISCHARGE OR SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY UNDER CONTINUING CONTRACT. (a) A teacher employed under a continuing contract may be discharged at any time for good cause as determined by the board of trustees, good cause being the failure to meet the accepted standards of conduct for the profession as generally recognized and applied in similarly situated school districts in this state.
(b) In lieu of discharge or pending discharge, a school district may suspend a teacher without pay for good cause as specified by Subsection (a) for a period not to extend beyond the end of the current school year.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 8 (S.B. 8), Sec. 6, eff. September 28, 2011.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1996–2020 · leading case: Tave v. Alanis, 109 S.W.3d 890 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2003).
Tave v. Alanis, 109 S.W.3d 890 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2003). “” Tex. Educ.Code Ann. § 21.156(a) (Vernon 1996).”
Goodie v. Houston Indep. Sch. Dist., 57 S.W.3d 646 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2001). “Tex. Educ.Code Ann. § 21.156(a) (Vernon 1996).”
Miller v. Houston Indep. Sch. Dist., 51 S.W.3d 676 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2001). “See also Tex. Educ.Code Ann. §§ 21.156(a) (Vernon 2996).”
Wittman v. Nelson, 100 S.W.3d 356 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2002). “Tex. Educ.Code Ann. § 21.154 (Vernon 1996).”
North East Indep. Sch. Dist. & Texas Comm'r of Educ. v. Dehann Riou, 598 S.W.3d 243 (Tex. 2020). “” 1 The statute defines “good cause” as “the failure to meet 1 TEX. EDUC. CODE § 21.156(a). the accepted standards of conduct for the profession as generally recognized and applied in similarly situated school districts in this state.”
North East Indep. Sch. Dist. & Texas Comm'r of Educ. v. Dehann Riou, No. 04-17-00592-CV (Tex. App.—San Antonio July 25, 2018). “See TEX. EDUC. CODE ANN. § 21.156. Integral to this contention is Riou’s argument that the good cause per se doctrine employed by the IHE and the Commissioner conflicts with the statutory definition of “good cause” found in § 21.”
Edinburg Consol. Indep. Sch. Dist. & Mike Morath v. Cristina L. Esparza, 603 S.W.3d 468 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi–Edinburg 2020). “)); see also TEX. EDUC. CODE ANN. § 21.156 (providing that good cause to terminate an educator employed under a continuing contract is “the failure to meet the accepted standards of conduct for the profession as generally recognized and applied in similarly situated school…”
Dona Wittman v. Jim Nelson, No. 04-02-00347-CV (Tex. App.—San Antonio Dec. 11, 2002). “Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 21.154 (Vernon 1996).”
Ysleta Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Lionel R. Meno, No. 03-94-00381-CV (Tex. App.—Austin July 31, 1996). “109 (1), since repealed and recodified at Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 21.156 (West 1996)).”
Tex. Educ. Code § 21.156(a): 4 cases
Tave v. Alanis, 109 S.W.3d 890 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2003). “” Tex. Educ.Code Ann. § 21.156(a) (Vernon 1996).”
Goodie v. Houston Indep. Sch. Dist., 57 S.W.3d 646 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2001). “Tex. Educ.Code Ann. § 21.156(a) (Vernon 1996).”
Miller v. Houston Indep. Sch. Dist., 51 S.W.3d 676 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2001). “See also Tex. Educ.Code Ann. §§ 21.156(a) (Vernon 2996).”
North East Indep. Sch. Dist. & Texas Comm'r of Educ. v. Dehann Riou, 598 S.W.3d 243 (Tex. 2020). “” 1 The statute defines “good cause” as “the failure to meet 1 TEX. EDUC. CODE § 21.156(a). the accepted standards of conduct for the profession as generally recognized and applied in similarly situated school districts in this state.”
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