The Legal Status of Letters of Intent in Public School Districts

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1992

Department

Management and International Business

Abstract

This article explores the legal status of letters of intent for contracted employees in public schools from both the employee's and school district's perspective. The wording of a school district's letter of intent was found to be crucial when judging whether the document is binding on either party. However, if a teacher returns a negative response regarding continuation of employment, school officials should use the negative letter of intent as a prelude to formally receiving a letter of resignation or give a notice of nonrenewal, the reason being the teacher's expressed intent not to return to the previously held position.

Publication Title

Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector

Volume

21

Issue

2

First Page

139

Last Page

149

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