Common use of Procedures for Reducing Staff Clause in Contracts

Procedures for Reducing Staff. a. When, for education, organizational or budgetary reasons, the Board determines that a reduction in the number of teachers employed by the Board is necessary, the teachers to be retained on the teaching staff of the District shall be those who have the greatest seniority, provided that they possess the necessary qualifications for the positions available. b. The Board shall give each teacher that it intends to terminate pursuant to this Article thirty (30) days notice in writing, such notice to be effective at the end of a school term, and to contain the reason for termination. Information on positions held by less senior teachers will be available to teachers in receipt of termination notices and the Union through the office of the Superintendent of Schools. c. For the purposes of this Article "termination" or "reduction in numbers of teachers employed" includes the termination of teachers on continuing contract or termination of a temporary contract teacher prior to the end of the term of the contract.

Procedures for Reducing Staff. a. When, for education, organizational or budgetary reasons, the Board determines that a reduction in the number of teachers employed by the Board is necessary, the teachers to be retained on the teaching staff of the District shall be those who have the greatest seniority, provided that they possess the necessary qualifications for the positions available. b. The Board shall give each teacher that it intends to terminate pursuant to this Article thirty (30) days notice in writing, such notice to be effective at the end of a school term, and to contain the reason for termination. Information on positions held by less senior teachers will be available to teachers in receipt of termination notices and the Union through the office of the Superintendent of Schools. c. For the purposes of this Article "termination" or "reduction in numbers of teachers employed" includes the termination of teachers on continuing contract or termination of a temporary contract teacher prior to the end of the term of the contract.