Layoff Rights. 1. When, for educational or budgetary reasons, or in the case of the adult education program, for insufficient enrolment or program cancellation, the Board determines that it is necessary to reduce the number of teachers employed by the Board, the teachers to be retained shall be those who have the greatest seniority, provided that they possess the necessary qualifications for the positions available as defined in Article C.25 (Definition of Qualifications). 2. Provided that they have more seniority, when teachers are advised that they are not to be retained pursuant to Article C.26.1 above, they may within seven (7) days, notify the Board that they claim another position which is being held by the most junior teacher for which they have the qualifications pursuant to Article C.25 (Definition of Qualifications). 3. The Board shall give each teacher it intends to terminate pursuant to this Article no less than thirty (30) days' notice in writing, such notice to be effective at the end of a school term, and to contain the reason for termination, and a list of the teaching positions, if any, in respect of which the Board proposes to retain a teacher with less seniority. The Board shall concurrently forward a copy of such notice to the Union. Where, due to a leave of absence, a position is filled for a period ending at a time other than the end of a school term, termination notice shall be effective at the end of that period. The effective date of layoff of a teacher in the adult education program shall be at the conclusion of the 30 day notice period and not at the end of a school term.
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