Written Contracts. A. Newly hired bargaining unit members who are hired after July 31 and prior to the following February 1 shall be employed by and on a limited written contract through the following July 31. After the completion of this initial contract, if the bargaining unit member is retained, the subsequent limited contract shall be for two (2) years. Upon completion of this two year (2) contract, if the bargaining unit member is retained, he/she shall be continued in employment and the salary provided in the contract may be increased, but not reduced, unless the reduction is part of a uniform plan affecting the nonteaching employees of the entire district. Newly hired bargaining unit members who are hired between February 1 and the following July 31 shall be employed on a limited written contract through the same July 31. After completion of the initial contract, if the bargaining unit member is retained, the subsequent limited contract shall be for one (1) year. After completion of the second contract, if the bargaining unit member is retained, the subsequent contract shall be for two (2) years. Upon completion of this two year contract, if the bargaining unit member is retained, he/she shall be continued in employment and the salary provided in the contract may be increased, but not reduced, unless the reduction is part of a uniform plan affecting the nonteaching employees of the entire district. If at the expiration of a bargaining unit member’s first or second one (1) year contract or two (2) year contract, the District intends not to re-employ the bargaining unit member, the District will provide written notice to the bargaining unit member prior to June lst of the year in which the contract expires. The District has total discretion to decide not to re-employ a bargaining unit member prior to his/her attaining continuing contract status for any reason it deems necessary.
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