Transfer, Release, Secondment, Itinerant Resource Officer Status

(1) The Managing Authority of a school may, on the approval of the Commission, transfer a teacher, from one school to another school under that Managing Authority’s management, but every attempt shall be made to staff schools with teachers who reside in the community where the school is located provided that teachers on probation pending appointment shall generally not be transferred except in exceptional cases. (2) The conditions and rules of procedure governing transfers shall be prescribed in Rules made under this Act. (3) Teachers may request a release from a Managing Authority in to facilitate movement between 38 managements, the public service, the University of Belize or other organizations or institutions. (4) Only appointed teachers shall be eligible for secondment or posting as itinerant resource officers subject to the approval of the Commission in accordance with this Act and Rules made under this Act.