Measuring Length of Service. For the purpose of determining preference for retention, length of continuous service in employment with the school district will be measured on the basis of the length of actual uninterrupted service. Persons who are contracted to be at school four (4) hours or more per day for the number of maximum workdays per year as delineated in Article IV, Teaching Year, or equivalent, shall be credited with one (1) year experience for each year under contract. Persons contracted for less than listed above shall be credited with one-half (1/2) year experience for each year under contract. Such crediting shall be exclusively for application to this article (RIF) of this Contract. All credits earned prior to September 1, 1980, shall be retained. Periods of time on authorized leave of absence shall count towards an employee's continuous service in the district, provided that no employee shall be credited with more than one (1) year on continuous service for time spent on unpaid leave(s) due to reasons other than physical disability. Beginning September 1, 1992, time spent on inactive pay status (unpaid leave or layoff) shall not contribute to the accrual of seniority, but shall not constitute a break in seniority. The continuous service of an employee who has returned to employment following resignation or other termination of employment will be measured from the date of return.
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