Common use of Priority of Assignment Status Clause in Contracts

Priority of Assignment Status. 5.2.2.1 An individual college adjunct faculty member’s priority for assignment shall be determined by the date he/she first requested to be included in the Priority of Assignment program within a specific discipline, within the budgetary authority or control of each college. For Continuing Education, this priority of assignment will also be determined by the date he/she first requested to be included in the Priority of Assignment program and will be applicable throughout all Continuing Education sites within the faculty member's current subject area (as defined by the Continuing Education catalog) and the faculty member’s qualifications. In case a tie for priority of assignment seniority date exists among adjunct faculty in the same discipline, the tie shall be broken by lot. Adjunct faculty currently in the Priority of Assignment program as of the date of ratification of this Agreement shall have their seniority date re-set to the date he/she first requested to be included in the Priority of Assignment program.