Common use of Procedures for RIF of Probationary Teachers Clause in Contracts

Procedures for RIF of Probationary Teachers. In the event that the teaching force must be reduced, the initial reduction will start with probationary teachers as defined in NRS Chapter 391. The School District reserves the right to retain a probationary teacher if, in the opinion of the superintendent, the probationary teacher is needed to maintain a program, course of study, or perform a needed function within the School District which no post-probationary teacher is qualified to fill. Except as provided above, probationary teachers shall be reduced by using the following procedure: 1. Teachers in their first year of probation shall be considered for reduction first, based on District seniority as defined in Article 20.5; 2. Teachers in their second year of probation shall be considered for reduction, based on District seniority, after all first-year probationary teachers have been reduced; 3. Teachers in their third year of probation shall be considered for reduction, based on District seniority, after all second-year probationary teachers have been reduced.