Common use of REDUCTION IN FORCE PROCEDURES Clause in Contracts

REDUCTION IN FORCE PROCEDURES. A. If removal or dismissal of a teacher results from a decision of the Board to decrease the number of teachers employed by the Board or from discontinuance of some particular type of teaching service, the district shall follow the procedures prescribed by state law. If, after following the procedures prescribed by law, seniority between two or more teachers is identical, then the teacher with the greater total length of in district teaching experience shall be considered more senior. If there still continues to be a tie, the teacher with the greater total length of teaching experience shall be considered more senior. If there is still a tie, the District shall determine seniority using a lottery method.