Retraining Program. (1) Upon the initial notification of the intent to lay off any regular Faculty Member, the District shall specify no less than three (3) Faculty Service Areas in which retraining may take place. Within six (6) months of the initial notification of the intent to lay off any regular Faculty Member, the Faculty Member may submit a written application for participation, specifying the course work and the institution to provide the retraining in one of the three (3) Faculty Service Areas specified by the District. (2) The District shall reimburse the Faculty Members for all reasonable and documented costs up to a maximum of Seven Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($7,200.00) per year for tuition, fees, books, transportation, and other course materials for participation in approved programs for a period not to exceed twenty-four (24) months following the effective date of layoff. Reimbursement shall be processed based on evidence of successful completion of each term's course work. (3) A Faculty Member who completes any program that qualifies the Faculty Member for any discipline other than the one from which the Faculty Member was laid off has the responsibility to inform the Office of Human Resources in writing at the completion of such program. A Faculty Member who is deemed to have qualified for teaching in such other discipline shall be granted an interview in that discipline whenever a selection for new hire is being made in that discipline. An interview will be granted within the first thirty-nine (39) months following the effective date of layoff. The District is not required by the terms of this Agreement to rehire any Faculty Member in a new discipline for which the Faculty Member was retrained under the provisions of this program.
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