3.5—LICENSED PERSONNEL CONTRACT — RETURN

An employee shall have thirty (30) days from the date of the receipt of the employee’s contract for the following school year in which to return the contract, signed, to the office of the Superintendent. The date of receipt of the contract shall be presumed to be the date of a cover memo which will be attached to the contract.

Failure of an employee to return the signed contract to the office of the Superintendent within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the contract shall operate as a rejection of the offer of employment by the employee. No further action on the part of the employee, the Superintendent, or the School Board shall be required in order to make the employee’s rejection of the offer of employment final.

An employee may unilaterally rescind a signed employment contract for the subsequent school year if the employee submits a signed written notification to the superintendent, or the superintendent’s designee, of the employee’s intent to rescind the contract for the subsequent school year by the end of business on:2
· May 15; or
· The Friday before May 15 if May 15 falls on a weekend.

Legal Reference: A.C.A. § 6-17-311

Date Adopted: May 11, 2009
Last Revised: June 9, 2025