Contracts

Probationary:
Probationary contracts are based on years and consecutive length of experience. Contract-eligible employees with 0-4 years of experience, as well as anyone with a lapse of service, can be on a probationary contract. The district usually issues up to 3 or 4 probationary contracts. After the 3rd probationary contract, you will be eligible for a one-year term educator contract.

Educator:
All contracts issued in Dallas ISD are Educator contracts, regardless of position.

Employees will have two weeks from the date the contract is issued to accept or decline it in Oracle.

If you decline the contract for the next school year, you must complete a Notice of Separation (S-54) and submit to HCM by the deadline.

Only full-time, Chapter 21 positions (as defined by the TEA Code) are eligible for contracts. Current contract-eligible positions include: Assistant Principal, Counselor, Diagnostician, Media Specialist, Nurse, Principal, Speech Therapist, Teacher, and Test Coordinator.

Contracts are not location specific. While the current school name may be included on the cover, the school location has no bearing on the terms of the contract. You can accept the contract even if your location for the current school year has changed.

There are only two types of contracts, probationary and educator term. The type of contract has nonentity with the type of certification you hold. Probationary contracts are based on years and consecutive length of experience. Anyone with 0-4 years of experience, as well as anyone with a lapse of service, can be on a probationary contract. The district usually issues up to 3 or 4 probationary contracts. After the 3rd probationary contract, you will be eligible for a one-year term educator contract.

The Board of Trustees establishes the policies by which schools operate. If you have any questions about the District’s employment practices in regard to contracts, you may review the following policies.

Click on the following link to access the Dallas ISD Board Policy Manual: Dallas ISD Board Policy Manual

The contract start dates are generic to represent the school year. Each employee’s actual start date is dependent on their position and will be outlined in their report to work form, assignment letter or Contract Start and End Dates calendar. To view district calendars, click on the following link: District Calendars.

Employees currently on leave will not receive a contract, as contracts are only extended to active employees. Once an employee returns from leave, they will have access to their contract if they are in a contract-eligible position.

Under Chapter 21 of the Texas Education Code, educators have a penalty-free resignation deadline that falls on the 45th day before the 1st day of instruction of the coming school year. For the 2025-2026 school year, the resignation deadline is June 28, 2025. Resignations are generally accepted via the electronic submission process (S-54), using the Oracle log-in, and must be submitted by 11:59 pm, June 28, 2025.

If you receive an error message once you have navigated to the DISD Employee Contract Page, please open an IT Support Hub ticket at https://supporthub.dallasisd.org to the following webpage: Contracts.

• Click on the Employee Self-Service link
• Near the bottom of the Employee Self -Service list, you will see "DISD Employee Contracts"
• Follow the instructions

Make sure you do not have a space after the last character of your name or the cursor is next to the last character. Tip: You can use the functionality of copy and paste to ensure the name is typed incorrectly.

Once you have accepted your contract through the DISD Employee Contract Page, you will be able to view and print your contract from MyRecords (Laserfiche) account. Your login information is the same as your EAD information (this is the same information you use when logging on to a district computer).

If you have not viewed the Dallas ISD Employee Contract and accepted your contract, you will receive this message. Also, if Oracle did not process the acceptance properly, you will see this message. You will need to go back to Dallas ISD Employee Contract and accept the contract before you will be able to view/print your contract.

Only full‐time, Chapter 21 positions (as defined by the Texas Education Code) are eligible for contracts.