Common use of FACULTY UNIT MEMBER REDUCTION AND RECALL PROCEDURES Clause in Contracts

FACULTY UNIT MEMBER REDUCTION AND RECALL PROCEDURES. ‌ 1. At the special schools, when a reduction in force does not require the elimination of all positions within a program or organizational unit, the following retention priorities will be used in sequence in the identification of faculty unit members assigned to the program or organizational unit who will to be terminated, subject to the need to retain personnel with special skills essential to maintain the integrity and quality of a program, and subject to the need to retain personnel whose performance, in the judgment of the superintendent, significantly enhances the educational effectiveness of the school. The retention priorities outlined in this section will govern to the extent that faculty unit members will only be entitled to preference when their performance equals or exceeds that of persons in lower retention categories as documented on the annual performance reviews for the three most recent years, if available: a. Whenever possible, faculty unit member reduction will be accomplished through attrition. b. Among faculty unit members serving under probationary contracts, those employed in permanently funded positions will have retention priority over those employed in temporarily funded positions, and those employed full-time will have retention priority over those employed on a part-time basis. c. A qualified faculty unit member serving under a continuing contract will have retention priority over a faculty unit member serving under a probationary contract. d. Among faculty unit members having equal retention priority, the faculty unit member with greatest seniority who is qualified to fill the staffing needs of the institution will have retention priority over colleagues whose performance ratings are lower. Seniority will be based upon a faculty unit member's total years of full-time equivalent employment exclusive of periods of unpaid leave, provided that faculty unit members with a break in service of more than four (4) years will not be given credit for service prior to such break. 2. If a faculty unit member who is on continuing contract is terminated under this article, the position may not be filled for a period of two (2) years, unless the terminated faculty unit member has been offered reappointment. The terminated faculty unit member has twenty

FACULTY UNIT MEMBER REDUCTION AND RECALL PROCEDURES. ‌ 1. At the special schools, when a reduction in force does not require the elimination of all positions within a program or organizational unit, the following retention priorities will be used in sequence in the identification of faculty unit members assigned to the program or organizational unit who will to be terminated, subject to the need to retain personnel with special skills essential to maintain the integrity and quality of a program, and subject to the need to retain personnel whose performance, in the judgment of the superintendent, significantly enhances the educational effectiveness of the school. The retention priorities outlined in this section will govern to the extent that faculty unit members will only be entitled to preference when their performance equals or exceeds that of persons in lower retention categories as documented on the annual performance reviews for the three most recent years, if available: a. Whenever possible, faculty unit member reduction will be accomplished through attrition. b. Among faculty unit members serving under probationary contracts, those employed in permanently funded positions will have retention priority over those employed in temporarily funded positions, and those employed full-time will have retention priority over those employed on a part-time basis. c. A qualified faculty unit member serving under a continuing contract will have retention priority over a faculty unit member serving under a probationary contract. d. Among faculty unit members having equal retention priority, the faculty unit member with greatest seniority who is qualified to fill the staffing needs of the institution will have retention priority over colleagues whose performance ratings are lower. Seniority will be based upon a faculty unit member's total years of full-time equivalent employment exclusive of periods of unpaid leave, provided that faculty unit members with a break in service of more than four (4) years will not be given credit for service prior to such break. 2. If a faculty unit member who is on continuing contract is terminated under this article, the position may not be filled for a period of two (2) years, unless the terminated faculty unit member has been offered reappointment. The terminated faculty unit member has twenty

FACULTY UNIT MEMBER REDUCTION AND RECALL PROCEDURES. ‌ 1. At the special schools, when a reduction in force does not require the elimination of all positions within a program or organizational unit, the following retention priorities will be used in sequence in the identification of faculty unit members assigned to the program or organizational unit who will to be terminated, subject to the need to retain personnel with special skills essential to maintain the integrity and quality of a program, and subject to the need to retain personnel whose performance, in the judgment of the superintendent, significantly enhances the educational effectiveness of the school. The retention priorities outlined in this section will govern to the extent that faculty unit members will only be entitled to preference when their performance equals or exceeds that of persons in lower retention categories as documented on the annual performance reviews for the three most recent years, if available: a. Whenever possible, faculty unit member reduction will be accomplished through attrition. b. Among faculty unit members serving under probationary contracts, those employed in permanently funded positions will have retention priority over those employed in temporarily funded positions, and those employed full-time will have retention priority over those employed on a part-time basis. c. A qualified faculty unit member serving under a continuing contract will have retention priority over a faculty unit member serving under a probationary contract. d. Among faculty unit members having equal retention priority, the faculty unit member with greatest seniority who is qualified to fill the staffing needs of the institution will have retention priority over colleagues whose performance ratings are lower. Seniority will be based upon a faculty unit member's total years of full-time equivalent employment exclusive of periods of unpaid leave, provided that faculty unit members with a break in service of more than four (4) years will not be given credit for service prior to such break. 2. If a faculty unit member who is on continuing contract is terminated under this article, the position may not be filled for a period of two (2) years, unless the terminated faculty unit member has been offered reappointment. The terminated faculty unit member has twenty

FACULTY UNIT MEMBER REDUCTION AND RECALL PROCEDURES. ‌ 1. At the special schools, when a reduction in force does not require the elimination of all positions within a program or organizational unit, the following retention priorities will be used in sequence in the identification of faculty unit members assigned to the program or organizational unit who will to be terminated, subject to the need to retain personnel with special skills essential to maintain the integrity and quality of a program, and subject to the need to retain personnel whose performance, in the judgment of the superintendent, significantly enhances the educational effectiveness of the school. The retention priorities outlined in this section will govern to the extent that faculty unit members will only be entitled to preference when their performance equals or exceeds that of persons in lower retention categories as documented on the annual performance reviews for the three most recent years, if available: a. Whenever possible, faculty unit member reduction will be accomplished through attrition. b. Among faculty unit members serving under probationary contracts, those employed in permanently funded positions will have retention priority over those employed in temporarily funded positions, and those employed full-time will have retention priority over those employed on a part-time basis. c. A qualified faculty unit member serving under a continuing contract will have retention priority over a faculty unit member serving under a probationary contract. d. Among faculty unit members having equal retention priority, the faculty unit member with greatest seniority who is qualified to fill the staffing needs of the institution will have retention priority over colleagues whose performance ratings are lower. Seniority will be based upon a faculty unit member's total years of full-time equivalent employment exclusive of periods of unpaid leave, provided that faculty unit members with a break in service of more than four (4) years will not be given credit for service prior to such break. 2. If a faculty unit member who is on continuing contract is terminated under this article, the position may not be filled for a period of two (2) years, unless the terminated faculty unit member has been offered reappointment. The terminated faculty unit member has twenty

FACULTY UNIT MEMBER REDUCTION AND RECALL PROCEDURES. ‌ 1. At the special schools, when a reduction in force does not require the elimination of all positions within a program or organizational unit, the following retention priorities will be used in sequence in the identification of faculty unit members assigned to the program or organizational unit who will to be terminated, subject to the need to retain personnel with special skills essential to maintain the integrity and quality of a program, and subject to the need to retain personnel whose performance, in the judgment of the superintendentsuperintendent or director, significantly enhances the educational effectiveness of the school. The retention priorities outlined in this section will govern to the extent that faculty unit members will only be entitled to preference when their performance equals or exceeds that of persons in lower retention categories as documented on the annual performance reviews for the three most recent years, if available: a. Whenever possible, faculty unit member reduction will be accomplished through attrition. b. Among faculty unit members serving under probationary contracts, those employed in permanently funded positions will have retention priority over those employed in temporarily funded positions, and those employed full-time will have retention priority over those employed on a part-time basis. c. A qualified faculty unit member serving under a continuing contract will have retention priority over a faculty unit member serving under a probationary contract. d. Among faculty unit members having equal retention priority, the faculty unit member with greatest seniority who is qualified to fill the staffing needs of the institution will have retention priority over colleagues whose performance ratings are lower. Seniority will be based upon a faculty unit member's ’s total years of full-time equivalent employment exclusive of periods of unpaid leave, provided that faculty unit members with a break in service of more than four (4) years will not be given credit for service prior to such break. 2. If a faculty unit member who is on continuing contract is terminated under this article, the position may not be filled for a period of two (2) years, unless the terminated faculty unit member has been offered reappointment. The terminated faculty unit member has twenty