Certificated Staff Retention. A. In the event that is necessary to reduce the number of certificated employees for any reason identified in this agreement, those certificated employees who will be retained to implement the District's reduced or modified program and those certificated employees who will be terminated from employment will be identified by using the procedures set forth in paragraphs below. B. The District will determine, as accurately as possible the total number of certificated staff known as of April 5th leaving the District for reasons of retirement, family transfer, normal resignation, leaves, discharge or non-renewal, etc., and those vacancies will be taken into consideration in determining the number of available certificated positions for the following school year with existing staff moving into any vacancy created. C. Certificated employees shall be considered for retention in available positions within the District by the following selective process: (1) Total years of Washington State teaching experience. (2) In the case of a tie, selection will be made on total year's experience in the District. (3) In the case of a tie, total credits beyond a BA or higher degree held. (4) In the case of a tie, seniority within the school District as determined by official Board action in employment. (5) If a tie still exists, the determining factor will be the comprehensive summative evaluation performance rating from the employee’s most recent comprehensive evaluation. D. Recommendations for certificated staff reductions developed in accordance with this policy shall be presented to the Board by April 10th (or such other date as may be subsequently established by law for certificated contract renewal) for further action by the Board in accordance with the requirements of the Laws of the State of Washington.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement