Common use of Eligibility for Transfer Clause in Contracts

Eligibility for Transfer. Employees in an area faced with a reduction may be eligible to displace an employee in another area that is not faced with reduction. Eligibility to transfer will be governed as follows: a. Staff person must be properly certified/licensed. In the case that the current holder of a specific position is not properly certified/licensed for the position, he/she may be displaced by anyone with superior seniority willing to acquire the proper certification/licensure at the earliest possible opportunity. b. Staff person must transfer over the district level, if qualified. Seventh and eighth grade positions will be open to either secondary or elementary teachers with proper certification/licensure. c. Staff person must bump person on bottom of the properly maintained and up-to-date seniority list. d. Replacement rights shall be limited to areas of certification/licensure on file in Superintendent’s office at the time of suspension, subject to the provisions above. Persons securing additional certification after time of suspension of contract would be placed on the bottom of eligibility list for new area of certification as soon as they have submitted proof of the additional qualifications. e. Request to transfer must be made in writing within fifteen (15) days after notice of reduction. f. Bumping rights of part time personnel will be limited to part time positions. Full time personnel may bump part time positions, but will not be required to accept lesser wages (on a pro rata basis) and will be reinstated to full time status when the reduction in force expires or is terminated.