Sample Letter: Request for Release from Employment
Contract
Your employment contract is a legally binding document.
In order to end your employment before the contract's ending date, your employer must "release"
you from your legal obligations under the contract.
Serious legal consequences may result from resigning your
employment with a school district without first obtaining
release from your employment contract from the school
district.
The following wording can be used to request release
from your employment contract with a school district.
Please do not print this page and submit it to your school
district. You should create a document of your own,
inserting the appropriate information where indicated.
Call the ATPE Member Legal Services Department at (800)
777-ATPE if you have questions about this document or the
laws about release or resigning from your employment
contract.
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(insert employee name)
(insert employee address)
(insert current date)
(insert superintendent's name),
Superintendent
Members of the Board of Trustees
(insert ISD name) ISD
(insert school district address)
RE: Request for Release from (insert
contract year) Employment Contract
Dear School Officials:
I hereby request to be released from my (insert
contract year) employment contract with (insert
school district name) ISD, effective (insert
effective date). (Optional: include personal
reasons for request.)
If release is granted, this letter also serves as my
resignation, effective on the date stated above. If
release is denied, this letter does not constitute my
resignation.
I respectfully request that I be informed if release is
granted as soon as possible (or by specific date).
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
(Employee Signature)
(insert employee name)
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