Section 7. Definitions

A. "Department" means the public education department (PED). B. "Local school board" or "board' means the governing body of a school district or charter school. C. ""Local superintendent" means the chief executive office of a school district or charter school. D. "Notice of reemployment" means a written offer of employment for the ensuing school year. E. "Notice of termination" means written notice that a licensed school employee will not be reemployed for the ensuing school year. F. "School district" means an area of land established as a political subdivision of the state for the administration of public schools and segregated geographically for taxation and bonding purposes. G. "Tenured" means a licensed school instructor, who has been employed by the same employer for three consecutive years or more.