Underlying Principle. a. The Board and the Association agree that increased length of service in the employment of the Board entitles teachers to commensurate increase in the security of teaching employment. b. When for bona fide educational or budgetary reasons the Board determines that it is necessary to terminate the appointment of any teachers, the teachers to be retained on the teaching staff of the district shall be those who have the greatest seniority provided that they possess the necessary qualifications for the positions available.
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Samples: Provincial Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Provincial Collective Agreement