Procedures for Hearings. Certified & Non-Certified Instructor Regular full-time employees, not on Temporary Contracts who are to be recommended for reduction due to the implementation of a RIF Plan shall have the right to a Hearing before the Board of Education. The following Procedures shall be used: A. The Superintendent and the Board of Education will follow Oklahoma school law in providing appropriate notification and explanation of any proposed reduction-in-force action. B. The employee shall be given written notice by certified mail (restricted delivery with return receipt requested) of the opportunity to have a Hearing before the Board of Education and to present, either orally or in writing, reasons and evidence of why the employee should not be reduced. If the employee is a certified instructor the employee will be provided with the date of the proposed hearing before the Board. Non-certified employees shall have ten (10) workdays to request the Hearing. If the non-certified employee fails to notify the Clerk of the Board of Education within the ten (10) workday period of the desire to have a Hearing, such employee shall have waived his or her right to the Hearing. The postmark on the envelope in which the notice is mailed shall be used to determine the timeliness of the request for hearing. C. If the non-certified employee requests a Hearing before the Board of Education, the Hearing shall be conducted at the next, or next succeeding Regular Meeting or at a Special Board Meeting.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Procedures for Hearings. Certified & Non-Certified Instructor Support Employees Regular full-time employees, not on Temporary Contracts who are to be recommended for reduction due to the implementation of a RIF Plan shall have the right to a Hearing before the Board of Education. The following Procedures shall be used:
A. The Superintendent and the Board of Education will follow Oklahoma school law in providing appropriate notification and explanation of any proposed reduction-in-force action.
B. The employee shall be given written notice by certified mail (restricted delivery with return receipt requested) of the opportunity to have a Hearing before the Board of Education and to present, either orally or in writing, reasons and evidence of why the employee should not be reduced. If the employee is a certified instructor the employee will be provided with the date of the proposed hearing before the Board. Non-certified Support employees shall have ten (10) workdays to request the Hearing. If the non-certified employee fails to notify the Clerk of the Board of Education within the ten (10) workday period of the desire to have a Hearing, such employee shall have waived his or her right to the Hearing. The postmark on the envelope in which the notice is mailed shall be used to determine the timeliness of the request for hearing.
C. If the non-certified employee requests a Hearing before the Board of Education, the Hearing shall be conducted at the next, or next succeeding Regular Meeting or at a Special Board Meeting.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
