A pamphlet reviewing the employment rights of school administrators in each state, this report distinguishes between substantive and procedural rights for administrators threatened with demotion or dismissal. The author argues that principals should be aware of the kind and degree of statutory employment protection in their states, which differ in the rights they allow administrators. Seventeen states, it is found, allow tenure to principals and require just cause, as well as public hearings, for dismissal; other states provide procedural safeguards without a just cause review, grant tenure to urban principals but not to rural, allow principals tenure only as teachers, or allow no tenure at all. (JW)