Common use of PRIOR TO FORMAL REDUCTION IN FORCE Clause in Contracts

PRIOR TO FORMAL REDUCTION IN FORCE. 19.3.1 Before the initiation of any formal reduction in force proceedings as described above in Section 19.2, the appropriate VP and immediate administrator shall meet with the faculty employee(s) whose program is subject to reduction or discontinuation. The purpose of this meeting shall be to discuss whether any of the below alternatives listed as part of this section are available and mutually agreeable. The faculty employee(s) shall have the right to be accompanied by a YFA representative. Subsequent to this meeting, the Board shall approve an assignment comprised of one or more of the following if, through mutual agreement between the faculty employee(s) and District, any of the below alternatives have been negotiated. A. Reassignment under provisions of Article 13. Reassignment may include partial loads in multiple FSAs; B. Retraining combined with reassignment (see Article 21) C. Transfer under provisions of Article 13; D. Multi-work site or multi-college assignments; E. Voluntary workload reduction; F. Voluntary load donation; (See 19.4 below) G. Voluntary workload reduction combined with voluntary load donation; Other duties beneficial to the District determined through mutual agreement between the District and the affected faculty member(s) and approved by the Board.