Common use of REDUCTION IN PROFESSIONAL STAFF WORK FORCE Clause in Contracts

REDUCTION IN PROFESSIONAL STAFF WORK FORCE. When, in the discretion of the School Board, a reduction in professional certified staff is required, such reduction shall be accomplished as follows: The schedule for release of personnel shall be by program and/or school. Probationary personnel shall be released first, unless the layoff means loss of program. Personnel with more than the number of years of experience with the District required to be a continuing contract teacher per RSA 189:14-a (hereinafter called “experienced”) with the District shall be released secondly. The release of experienced staff will consider seniority first, but will defer to the following criteria, with descending order of importance, when seniority procedures would cause a significant impact on or the loss of a program:

REDUCTION IN PROFESSIONAL STAFF WORK FORCE. When, in the discretion of the School Board, a reduction in professional certified staff is required, such reduction shall be accomplished as follows: The schedule for release of personnel shall be by program and/or school. Probationary personnel shall be released first, unless the layoff means loss of program. Personnel with more than the number of three (3) years of experience with the District required to be a continuing contract teacher per RSA 189:14-a (hereinafter called “experienced”) with the District shall be released secondly, except that the Board reserves the right to defer to Article 3 when seniority procedures would mean loss or diminishment of program. The release of experienced staff will consider seniority first, but will defer to the following criteria, with descending order of importance, criteria when seniority procedures would cause a significant impact on mean loss or the loss diminishment of a program: