Non-Equivalent Reinstatement. A teacher who is offered a non-equivalent position will have five (5) working days to accept such offer. A teacher who accepts a non-equivalent salaried position will retain the right to claim a subsequently vacated equivalent position. This right may not be exercised except at a natural break in the school year, at the beginning of a subsequent school year, or at a mutually agreeable date. A teacher who accepts a non-equivalent salaried position will have the time that he/she is re-employed count as a part of his/her five (5) year reinstatement period for an equivalent position and if subsequently placed on unrequested leave he/she will have five (5) more years of reinstatement rights to his/her non-equivalent salaried position. A teacher who rejects a non-equivalent salaried position will retain all reinstatement rights. A teacher who was employed full-time in the district, and was placed on unrequested leave, and subsequently accepts a part-time salaried position will remain eligible to participate in all employee group insurance plans with the District to pay the premium amounts as provided for in Article XI of this Agreement.
