Application for Vacant Positions. Whenever a position is eliminated the affected employee is deemed excessed and shall apply for vacant positions. Whenever hours are reduced one and one half (1.5) hours or more per day, affected employees may, in the following order:
a. accept the reduced hours and remain in their current assignment, or
b. decline the reduced position, voluntarily excess themselves, and apply for vacant positions.
Application for Vacant Positions. Any employee wishing to apply for a position within the bargaining unit which is currently vacant must submit his written request to the Assistant Superintendent for Personnel & Labor Relations within the number of days indicated on the posted notice. In addition to Civil Service tests, those tests deemed necessary by the District may be given to determine a person's ability to perform in a particular position, provided that such skills required and being tested by the District do not conflict with Civil Service requirements for the position. Any employee selected to fill a vacancy who has completed his initial probationary period shall undergo a trial period of ninety (90) days in the new position. An employee selected to fill a vacancy in a different position who has not completed his initial probationary period shall undergo a probationary period of twenty-six (26) weeks in the new position. It is understood that the District has the option of reducing the probationary time.
