REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL. A. It is hereby specifically recognized that it is within the sole discretion of the Board to reduce its educational program, curriculum and staff and that the procedures set forth in this article shall be used in laying off personnel. When possible, teachers subject to layoff shall be notified of such layoff in writing at least 45 calendar days in advance, but not less than 14 days. The Board or its designee will meet and confer with the Association to discuss the proposed layoff prior to implementation. In addition, from year to year, and when possible, teachers subject to layoff shall be notified of such layoff by the last teacher work day of the year, but not later than June 30th.
B. In order to promote an orderly reduction in personnel when the educational program, curriculum or staff is curtailed, the following procedure will be used:
1. Probationary teachers shall be laid off first. A probationary teacher shall not be laid off unless there is a tenure teacher who is certified, qualified, and available to perform the duties of the position the probationary teacher is vacating, or unless the position that the probationary teacher is vacating is being eliminated altogether.
2. If the reduction of personnel is still necessary then tenured teachers in the specific positions being reduced or eliminated shall be laid off on the basis of seniority except as hereinafter provided. Layoffs made pursuant to this section shall be made in the inverse order of seniority, i.e., those with the least seniority are to be laid off first.
a. Seniority, for the purposes of this article, shall be defined to mean length of continuous service as a bargaining unit member. Time spent on layoff up to two (2) years shall not be construed as a break in continuous service and seniority shall continue to accrue for that period. The parties agree that District administrators will retain seniority equal to their teaching experience in the Napoleon Community Schools. The District shall prepare and present to the Association a current seniority list of employees prior to October 15th of each year. Accompanying the name of each employee on the list shall be the date of last hire and each employee's certification.
b. Relative seniority rankings and initial seniority dates shall be determined according to the following four (4) criteria in the order stated:
(1) The first day of work when all teachers were required to report;
(2) Date of Board action to hire;
(3) Date of employee's signat...
REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL. A. There will be District-wide seniority within classifications. In a lay-off, the most senior food service employee will replace the least senior employee in that classification working the greatest number of hours but not exceeding the number of hours in their present assignment. Food service employee displaced from one classification may displace the least senior employee working the greatest number of hours, but not exceeding the number of hours in their present assignment in the next lowest classification. Notification to the Association regarding such proposed reduction shall be made before public notice prior to the reduction action. Affected employees shall be notified in writing prior to such action.
B. Employees affected by a reduction in staff shall be recalled in inverse order of layoff. The duration of the list shall be for an eighteen (18) month period. The most senior employee, if certified and qualified, shall be recalled to the first opening. Recalls shall be by written certified notice, return receipt requested, to the employee's last known address on file with the District. Failure to report within five (5) working days after the date of delivery shall eliminate any obligation or responsibility to the employee by the District.
C. In cases where employees, whose positions have been reduced, have the same length of service in the District, the placement on the seniority list shall determine who shall be affected.
D. Should any existing position become vacant or be created after reduction has occurred, such position shall be posted in accordance with provisions of this Agreement.
E. Any employee who is not recalled shall have priority for substituting within the District over other substitutes who are not included in the unit.
REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL. The Board expressly retains the authority to effectuate a reduction in personnel whenever the Board shall, in its sole discretion, determine such a reduction to be necessary or advisable, and for whatever reasons the Board shall, in its sole discretion, determine to have made such action necessary or advisable.
REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL. A. In the event a certificated administrator returns to the teacher bargaining unit, he/she shall receive seniority credit for pay for all of their years of professional employment in the District, including those as an administrator. Compensation for such individuals shall be based on the appropriate step of the current teacher salary schedule.
B. Administrators whose positions have been eliminated shall be transferred to an appropriate position as a classroom teacher with full seniority for all years of service to the District subject to the limitations of the contract between the D.E.A./W.C.E.A. and the Board of Education and the Tenure Laws of the State of Michigan. In no case shall seniority rights be less than that provided by Article VIII, Paragraph D of the 1981-83 contract between the D.E.A./W.C.E.A. and the Board of Education.
REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL. 11.01 In the event that the Board determines that the number of positions must be reduced, written notice shall be provided to LCTA. For the purpose of this article, the nonrenewal of an annual contract employee at the end of his/her contract shall not be deemed a reduction in personnel. The following procedures shall control the process.
REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL. 1. Should the reduction in personnel become necessary when two (2) or more teachers at the same endorsement and licensure level are involved, the Board of Education will follow the following plan in the determination of the non-renewal of contracts.
2. Factors to be considered and index according to importance shall be multiplied by the points in each category.
REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL. 1. No employee shall be laid off pursuant to a necessary reduction in personnel unless there is substantial decrease in the students enrolled in the school district, there is substantial decrease in the revenues of the school district or there are other substantial budgetary considerations which shall have detrimental effect on the district. The decision as to the existence of cause for necessary reduction in personnel shall be subject to the grievance procedure.
2. No employee shall be discharged pursuant to a necessary reduction in personnel.
3. No employee shall be laid off pursuant to a necessary reduction in personnel for any school year or portion thereof unless said employee shall have been notified of said layoff at least forty five (45) calendar days prior to the commencement of the layoff period. During periods of a public health emergency (pandemic), other state of emergency, executive order impacting school operations, or when faced with substantial budgetary considerations, the notification period shall be reduced to 21 calendar days.
REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL. Paragraph A… “teachers shall be laid off on the basis of seniority, provided that a more senior teacher may be laid off while a less senior teacher is employed, if the more senior teacher is not certified and qualified for the position to which the less senior teacher is assigned. Further,” Paragraph B… “that order or recall shall be based upon seniority” and “tenured teachers shall have preference over probationary teachers.”
REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL. 1. No employee shall be laid off pursuant to a necessary reduction in personnel unless there is substantial decrease in the students enrolled in the school district, there is substantial decrease in the revenues of the school district or there are other substantial budgetary considerations which shall have detrimental effect on the district. The decision as to the existence of cause for necessary reduction in personnel shall be subject to the grievance procedure.
2. No employee shall be discharged pursuant to a necessary reduction in personnel.
3. No employee shall be laid off pursuant to a necessary reduction in personnel for any school year or portion thereof unless said employee shall have been notified of said layoff at least forty five (45) days prior to the commencement of the layoff period.
REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL. A. If workforce reduction is needed the School Board must retain employees at a school or in the school district based upon educational program needs and the performance evaluations of employees within the affected program areas. Within the program areas requiring reduction, employees who have the lowest average evaluation scores over the most recent three (3) year period shall be the first to be released before teachers with higher average evaluation scores; provided that the average evaluation score for employees with less than three (3) years of experience shall be calculated based upon the employees period of service, even though it is less than three years.
B. The Board shall first attempt to accomplish such reduction by attrition.
1. The Board shall identify the instructional assignment(s), [level(s) / subject(s) / special area(s)/ specific position(s)], to be reduced.
2. Prior to implementing a reduction in personnel, the Superintendent shall meet with representatives of the MCEA to discuss the Board action and solicit their suggestions.
3. A decision between teachers with equal certification and equal average performance evaluation scores shall be based upon educational qualifications such as advanced degrees, special skills and other performance records.
4. A teacher who is enrolled in FRS‘s defined benefit plan and who has started his/her vesting year of service in the Xxxxxx County School District, or who will qualify for normal FRS or TRS retirement by the end of that year, shall be permitted to complete the school year, but not necessarily in his/her current position, so as to acquire the necessary service to be vested in the FRS or TRS retirement system.
5. Before reductions in personnel take place, teachers shall have the opportunity to volunteer for reduction in force. Five calendar days shall be provided for this action.
6. Should the Board invoke this Article, any resignation delivered later than three weeks prior to the preschool planning day without verifiable just cause shall be subject to denial of the resignation or acceptance with prejudice.
7. A copy of performance evaluations for each teacher in the affected program area, a list of certification areas for each teacher, advanced degrees held, special skills and other relevant program records upon which the District will base retention decisions shall be provided to MCEA in writing no later than ten (10) days prior to any lay-offs; provided that any record exempt from disclosure und...
