Common use of Non-School Year Layoffs Clause in Contracts

Non-School Year Layoffs. Subject to the requirements of the Tenure Act, whenever any notice of personnel reductions for the upcoming school year occurs on or before August 1, the Board shall follow the procedure listed below: 1. Provisional, Continuing, Professional, or qualified certificate will be laid off first, provided there are fully qualified and fully certificated ancillary staff member to replace and perform all of the needed duties of the laid off ancillary staff member. 2. If reduction is still necessary, then probationary teacher with the least number of continuous years of employment in the Hudsonville Public School System will be laid off first, provided there are remaining fully qualified and fully certificated ancillary staff member to replace and perform all of the needed duties of the laid off ancillary staff member. 3. If further reduction is still necessary, then tenured ancillary staff members and non-probationary non-certified ancillary staff members with the least seniority in the Hudsonville Public School System will be laid off first, provided there are fully qualified and fully certificated ancillary staff members to replace and perform all the needed duties of the laid off ancillary staff members. 4. A full time ancillary staff member shall not be laid off or have his/her assignment reduced in time if a less seniored teacher is retained in an assignment for which the senior ancillary staff member is fully qualified and fully certificated. Transfer of all or part of the work assignment of one or more ancillary staff member may be necessary in order to preserve the full assignment of a more senior ancillary staff member. In the event that involuntary transfers are necessary, the least senior ancillary staff member (s) whose transfer(s) will accomplish this objective will be transferred first. 5. A part-time ancillary staff member whose assignment is reduced by more than one quarter (.25) shall be governed by the provisions of Section A.4. of this Article.