Re-Employment Eligibility; New Employees. Retention and recall shall be based upon seniority and effectiveness ratings as set forth in this Agreement. Seniority shall prevail in recalling any bargaining unit member with comparable evaluations. When selecting among teachers with comparable evaluations, any teacher unemployed as a result of staff reduction shall be recalled in reverse order of being released, provided the teacher is certificated/licensed. If an employee acquires additional certification/licensure while on the reduction in force list, he/she shall be eligible for a position opening in that area of certification/licensure as well as in any area of certification/licensure held at the time he/she was placed on the reduction in force list. Should the bargaining unit member not meet the Ohio Department of Education’s definition of highly qualified, he/she shall be given a period of time, mutually agreed upon by the Board and the Association, to become highly qualified. The bargaining unit member will be responsible for becoming highly qualified within the agreed time period. No new employees shall be employed by the Board while there are employees on the reduction in force list who are certified/licensed for any opening of a bargaining unit position including temporary vacancies.
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