Common use of Order of Contract Suspension Clause in Contracts

Order of Contract Suspension. 1. On the basis of certification and seniority, the employment contracts of non- tenured teachers shall be suspended before tenured teachers. The employment contracts of non-tenured teachers and tenured teachers shall be suspended in order of seniority within each contract category. 2. Those teachers on limited contracts with the least seniority in the teaching field affected shall have their contracts suspended first. In the event that continuing contract employees must be reduced, their contracts shall be suspended on the basis of seniority as defined herein. For the purpose of this section “teaching field” shall be defined as all subjects/areas covered by a single teaching certificate. 3. The Board will identify the teaching fields in which a reduction is to occur, and the number of persons to be reduced in each of these fields. The persons RIF’d shall be the least senior person(s) in the teaching field affected. The RIF notifications are to be sent to the least senior teachers in the various teaching fields where the RIF is occurring.

Order of Contract Suspension. 1. On the basis of certification and seniority, the employment contracts of non- non-tenured teachers shall be suspended before tenured teachers. The employment contracts of non-tenured teachers and tenured teachers shall be suspended in order of seniority within each contract category. 2. Those teachers on limited contracts with the least seniority in the teaching field affected shall have their contracts suspended first. In the event that continuing contract employees must be reduced, their contracts shall be suspended on the basis of seniority as defined herein. For the purpose of this section “teaching field” shall be defined as all subjects/areas covered by a single teaching certificate. 3. The Board will identify the teaching fields in which a reduction is to occur, and the number of persons to be reduced in each of these fields. The persons RIF’d shall be the least senior person(s) in the teaching field affected. The RIF notifications are to be sent to the least senior teachers in the various teaching fields where the RIF is occurring.