HCEA Negotiated Agreement - Harford County Public Schools

24.4 Health Report. Each school will develop and maintain a list of those students whose
parents or physicians have notified the school of a significant health problem which
requires exceptional consideration in dealing with the student. This list will be
available to review by all teachers, and it will be the responsibility of all teachers to
avail themselves of the health records of the listed students with whom they will be
involved.
24.5 The confidentiality of this recorded information will be preserved by those who have
access to it.
ARTICLE XXV
Reduction in Force
In a reduction in teaching personnel within any segment(s) of the school system such as a
subject field, and elementary assignment, a special assignment or a vocational teaching
assignment, the determination of those who are to be separated will be in the following order:
1. Rehired, Retired Teacher
2. Non-tenured teachers holding provisional certificates
3. Non-tenured teachers holding regular certificates
4. Tenured teachers
At such time when teachers in the above categories are to be separated when all other factors
are equal the length of continuous service in Harford County Public Schools, appropriate
certification and ability to teach the available grade levels or subject areas shall be the
determining factor.
The regularly certificated teachers who are separated shall be placed on a priority recall list
for a period of two years and shall be recalled in inverse order of their separation when
appropriate positions become available.
A teacher on the priority recall list shall be notified in writing of any vacancy which occurs
in his or her field of certification and shall indicate in writing within ten (10) days of the
receipt of the letter his or her acceptance or rejection of the position. If the teacher rejects
the position or cannot begin the new assignment within thirty (30) days from the date of
notification, the teacher shall be deemed to have waived his or her rights to recall. However,
a teacher who has accepted employment in another public school system in Maryland and is
unable to get released from his/her employment contract may decline an offer to return to
work and maintain recall rights if the offer is issued later than July 1, for a position which
becomes available at the beginning of, or during, the following school year.
Leaves of absence will not be regarded as a break in the continuity of service although leave
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