02.11.2011 Regular School Board Meeting - Fluvanna County ...

File: GCPA – R
Reduction in Professional Staff Work Force Procedure
which the professional staff member was hired. For professional staff members that
began employment on a date after students first returned to school to begin the
school year, service shall be determined to have commenced on the date the
professional staff member first reported to work. This determination of
commencement date of service shall be applied to the determination of both
Continuous service and Non - Continuous service.
The form provided as Regulation GCPA – R1 Reduction in Professional Staff
Matrix shall be used to document adherence to these procedures.
B. Recall
Professional staff members released as the result of a Reduction – In – force shall
be eligible for recall and reemployment as set forth in this Section B. Released
professional staff members shall be offered reemployment as vacancies occur in
positions for which the released professional employee is qualified. When a vacancy
occurs, the most experienced released professional staff member will be recalled first.
No professional staff member shall be employed for an area or program until all
properly certified and endorsed professional employees released from employment
through a Reduction – In – Force have been provided with the opportunity of filling the
available positions through recall. Pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, a
professional staff member shall have the right to be offered a position by recall letter
for a period of fifteen (15) months from the date of the professional staff member’s
release. Such recall letter shall be sent by certified mail. It shall be the responsibility of
the professional staff member to keep Fluvanna County Public Schools Personnel staff
informed of the employee’s current address. A professional staff member’s eligibility
for recall shall automatically terminate at the end of the fifteen (15) month recall
period. Eligibility for recall shall also terminate if he or she:
a. Fails to respond affirmatively in writing within fifteen (15) calendar days after
the mailing of a recall letter offering him or her, a teaching position;
b. Otherwise indicates in writing that he or she no longer wishes to be
considered for recall; or
c. Fails to maintain certification/license requirements.
Professional staff members employed in a program funded through special
grants or other special sources of funding shall have recall rights to vacancies in the
program from which they were released because of a reduction in force.
Additionally, such professional staff members would also be eligible for recall to a
vacancy in the program or area in which he or she was actively assigned prior to
serving in the funded position, provided his or her certification is still valid. Professional
staff members subject to a Reduction – In – Force who are no longer eligible for recall,
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