Section 45 Transfer

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

A permanent teacher does not have “tenure” in a particular class or school. Districts have wide discretion to change assignments for lawful reasons midterm and without affording any procedural due process. See, e.g., Glanville v. Hickory County Reorganized Sch. Dist. No. 1, 637 S.W.2d 328, 331 (Mo. App. S.D. 1982); Harrisburg R-VIII Sch. Dist. v. O’Brian, 540 S.W.2d 945 (Mo. App. W.D. 1976). This discretion, however, does not extend to a...