RIF Procedure Sample Clauses

RIF Procedure. A. In the event it becomes necessary to RIF employees, the following procedure will be implemented: 1. Prior to implementing RIF procedures, the employment of temporary employees and long-term substitutes shall be terminated. 2. The staff requirements and projected student enrollment for all schools in the District will be listed by building. 3. Staff selection to fill staffing requirements will be made from the seniority list in descending order from highest to lowest position; provided that where teaching assignments require special certification by state regulations or ethnic preference as required by funding source, such assignments shall be filled with employees currently holding such special certificates. 4. Employees currently assigned in full-time teaching positions shall be first assigned to all full- time teaching positions consistent with their individual seniority and shall not be obligated to any part-time teaching position but may choose to accept such a position on a voluntary basis. 5. Employees currently assigned in part-time teaching positions shall be assigned to part-time teaching positions only consistent with their individual seniority and shall not be assigned to any part-time teaching position unless such a position is declined by all employees (full and part-time) with greater seniority. 6. Individual employees not slotted into a teaching position will be notified of RIF in accordance with the aforementioned provisions of the Article and will be recalled as requirements permit. 7. Employees RIFed shall be placed in a re-hiring pool and ranked by seniority therein. It is understood and agreed that although employees properly RIFed pursuant to the terms hereof and in compliance with applicable law may not have a continuing contract guaranteeing them a teaching position and a salary for the forthcoming fiscal year, each RIFed employee’s record of seniority and accrued benefits shall be maintained as of the effective date of the layoff.

RIF Procedure. The above order and/or application of seniority may be interrupted in the event that strict adherence would result in no qualified individual being available to fully perform the duties of remaining courses or support services.

RIF Procedure. When by reason of decreased enrollment of pupils, return to duty of regular teachers after leave of absence, shortage of revenue, by reasons of suspension of schools or territorial changes affecting the district, or for other reasons approved by Ohio Revised Code section 3319.17 , the Board finds that it is necessary to reduce the number of teachers, it may make a reasonable reduction. In making such reduction, the Board shall act in accordance with recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools. The Board shall not give preference to any teacher based on seniority, except when making a decision between teachers who have comparable evaluations The Superintendent shall within each teaching field affected, give preference to the retention of teachers on continuing contracts. Such continuing contract teachers shall be laid off or retained on the basis of evaluations, certification/licensure, and special qualifications. For purposes of this provision, “special qualifications” shall mean specialized skills or significant training (this does not include attending a two-hour workshop) needed to maintain an established DocuSign Envelope ID: 22C4B649-47B2-43A6-94B5-1EF2E9B1A864 academic program or course, foreign language proficiency needed to teach in an immersion or ESL program, whether the teacher is highly qualified, or other specialized training such as is required to teach advanced placement courses or to teach in the IB programs. No teacher with a continuing contract shall have his/her contract suspended until all limited contract teachers in that certification/licensure area shall have been laid off. After giving preferences as set forth above to teachers on continuing contracts, the Superintendent shall give preference for retention to teachers on limited contracts on the basis of evaluations, certification/licensure, and special qualification. For purposes of this provision, “special qualification” shall mean specialized skills or significant training (this does not include attending a two-hour workshop) needed to maintain an established academic program or course, foreign language proficiency needed to teach in an immersion or ESL program, or other specialized training such as is required to teach advanced placement courses or to teach in the IB programs. Seniority shall be determined by the number of continuous years of teaching experience in the Springfield City Schools. For a teacher initially employed on or after June 1, 1995, seniority will commenc...

RIF Procedure a) If the Administration intends to recommend Board action for a reduction in force (pursuant to Section J above), it will notify the Association, in writing, with as much detail as possible. The Administration shall also prepare a seniority list by licensure area and provide a copy to the Association. b) In the event that the Board determines (pursuant to Section J, above) that a reduction in force is necessary, the order of reduction and/or transfer shall be determined by seniority, competence, cultural and/or linguistic expertise as defined in ORS 342.934 and license. Notice of reduction in force shall be given to the Association and the affected teachers a minimum of sixty (60) calendar days prior to the effective day of reduction. c) In conducting a reduction in force, the District will first determine the programs or courses scheduled for elimination. d) After such determination, the least senior teachers within the affected areas will be transferred to any Unit position vacancies within their appropriate licensure, so long as they are competent to teach the subject or level of the respective vacancy. If no such vacancy exists, the affected teachers shall be transferred to the position of the least senior teacher (within the affected teacher’s area of licensure), provided that said teacher has less seniority than the teacher being transferred. e) The District will make every reasonable effort to create a full-time Unit position by combining part-time assignments, provided that the seniority and competence of each part-time teacher (whose assignment is to be combined) is less than that of the teacher for whom the position is being created. f) The District will make every reasonable effort to employ a laid off or part-time teacher as a substitute when appropriate. g) If the District desires to retain an employee with less seniority than an employee being laid off, the District must show that the employee being retained has more competence than the employee who is being released. h) In the event a transfer or reduction in force arises as a result of a school closure (other than short closures due to inclement weather or other such emergencies), the procedures of the Articles shall be followed.

RIF Procedure. In the event it becomes necessary to lay off employees, the following procedure will be implemented prior to May 1:

RIF Procedure. In all instances of reductions in force, the District shall comply with the requirements set forth in the Illinois School Code and implementing regulations, as amended from time to time.

RIF Procedure. In the event it becomes necessary to lay off employees, the following procedures will be implemented. 1. The staff requirements and projected student enrollment for all schools in the District will be listed by building. 2. Staff selection to fill all staffing requirements will be made from the seniority list in descending order from highest to lowest position; provide, that where teaching assignments require special certification by state regulations, such assignments shall be filled with employees currently holding such special certificates or a junior employee may be retained if elimination of said employee would result in the elimination of a program and there is no senior employee qualified to fill the position(s)

RIF Procedure. In the event of the elimination of a position within a level due to a RIF in a bargaining unit category, the least senior non-probationary GESSA employee within the affected level may be honorably dismissed, subject to the following: 1. If such GESSA employee has retained seniority in another level within the category due to previous service within the level, the GESSA employee shall be reassigned to a position held by the least senior GESSA employee within the level. 2. If the affected GESSA employee does not have such seniority in another level within the category, he/she may be reassigned to either a vacant position or the position in a lesser level within the category that is held by the GESSA employee with the least district seniority; however, the GESSA employee will be reassigned only if the GESSA employee is qualified and can currently perform all of the duties and responsibilities of the position as determined by the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources. 3. The GESSA employee displaced by a reassignment under subsection B.1. may be reassigned to another position within his/her category pursuant to subsection B.2.

RIF Procedure. In the event of the elimination of a position due to a RIF the least senior non probationary GESPA employee within the affected level may be honorably dismissed.

RIF Procedure. 1. To achieve such a reduction in force, the Board may proceed to suspend contracts in accordance with the recommendation of the Superintendent. In making the recommendations, the Superintendent must reduce first bargaining unit members on limited contracts and then bargaining unit members on continuing contracts within areas of certification/licensure. a. Limited contract teachers shall be reduced first utilizing the following order: i. Certification/Licensure within the affected teaching field. ii. Comparable evaluations as defined in this agreement. iii. When evaluations are comparable, seniority in the District shall prevail, with the contract of the least senior limited contract teacher in the affected teaching field being the first to be suspended. b. Should the necessary reduction of teaching positions exceed the number of limited contract teachers in the affected teaching field, continuing contract teachers shall be reduced utilizing the following order: i. Certification/Licensure within the affected teaching field. ii. Comparable evaluations as defined in this agreement. iii. When evaluations are comparable, seniority in the District shall prevail, with the contract of the least senior continuing contract teacher in the affected teaching field being the first to be suspended. c. Comparable Evaluations In determining “comparable evaluations” for the purposes of reduction in force, there shall be two categories: (1) Ineffective;