Mid-Year Job Postings

At a time when school districts are already facing stressful staffing challenges, it is critical to be prepared to fill mid-year openings as efficiently as possible. 

Texas Education Code (TEC) § 11.1513(e) addresses these vacancy needs by providing an exception to the 10-day posting rule for a teacher. If the district must fill such a teacher vacancy during the school year in less than 10 school days, the district is not required to keep the position posted for 10 school days prior to placement and is not required to give current district employees a reasonable opportunity to apply for the vacant position. The district may choose to shorten the posting time as needed, though ideally, this timeline should remain consistent across all mid-year posted listings.

In this context, teacher is defined by TEC § 21.201 as a superintendent, principal, supervisor, classroom teacher, counselor, or other full-time professional employee who is required to hold a certificate.

The district must still provide notice of the position as soon as possible after the vacancy occurs by posting on the district’s website, if the district has one, or on the bulletin board in each campus’s administrative office and the central administration office. Posting at administrative offices is optional if the position is posted on the website.

Reassignments & Transfers

Vacancies may be created when personnel are promoted, reassigned, or transferred. Questions arise on which positions should be posted. For example, a high school principal leaves the district, and the middle school principal is reassigned to the position. The elementary principal moves into the middle school assignment. This results in an elementary principal vacancy, which is the only position that must be posted. Additional information can be found in the HR Services Resource Library topic Posting Vacancies.