THE MASTER CONTRACT - State Employment Relations Board ...

later than July 15. The deadline for resignation of a teacher affected by this exception shall be
extended to July 31.
On a case-by-case basis, in lieu of suspending a contract in whole, the Board may suspend a
contract in part, so that an individual is required to work a percentage of the time the employee
otherwise is required to work under the contract and receives a commensurate percentage of the
full compensation the employee would receive under the contract.
D. Notification
Prior to a reduction in staff, the Board shall give written notice to the Association, through its
President, of its intent to effect a reduction in staff. Such notice shall contain the reason for the
reduction in staff and the positions affected in the District.
E. Order of Reduction
1. For the purposes of this section, teachers with “comparable” evaluations are those
teachers whose overall or composite rating is at the same level. For the 2012-2013
school year, teachers will be treated as comparable for the purpose of RIF.
For the 2013-2014 school year, the determination of the overall or composite rating will
be dependent upon the new evaluation framework, procedures and processes referenced
in Article 401, Section H.
2. In making reductions, the Board will proceed to suspend contracts in accordance with the
recommendation of the Superintendent who, within each teaching field affected, will give
preference to teachers on continuing contract. The Board will not give preference to any
teacher based on seniority except when making a decision between teachers who have
comparable evaluations as defined in E.1 above.
F. Procedure
1. On or before November 1 of each school year, the Association President and the
Superintendent will cooperatively develop a seniority list. Teachers shall be placed on all
lists for which they are certified/licensed. Any Bargaining Unit Member who wishes to
challenge the accuracy of the seniority list must submit the basis for the challenge in
writing on or before December 1 with a copy to the Association President and the
Superintendent. A final seniority list reflecting any corrections will be published on or
before December 31.
2. Exceptions to preferences for retention based on seniority where teachers otherwise have
comparable evaluations may be made when it is necessary to do so in order to comply
with State and Federal laws relating to employment.
3. “Seniority” will be defined as the length of continuous service as a certificated/licensed
employee under regular full-time contract in this District.
a. Board approved unpaid leaves of absence will not interrupt seniority, but time
spent on such leave shall not count toward seniority.
b. If two (2) or more teachers have the same length of continuous service, seniority
will be determined by:
1) the date of the Board meeting at which the teacher was hired; and then
12