Common use of Procedures for Reduction Clause in Contracts

Procedures for Reduction. 1. If the Board effects a reduction in force, staff reduction shall be by suspension of teachers' contracts. Such contract suspension shall comply with Section 3319.17, Ohio Revised Code. For purposes of suspension of contracts, continuing contracts shall be given preference over limited contracts in all cases. 2. The Association will be notified of the extent of any staff reduction at such a time a decision is made by the Board, and shall be further notified as to what teacher(s) shall be suspended. 3. Reduction shall first be covered by attrition; however, the Board shall not be required to fill any vacancy. 4. Non-tenured teachers holding temporary certification will be the first suspended. 5. A re-employed retiree shall be placed at the bottom of the seniority list, in order of seniority as re-employed retiree. A retiree may not displace a teacher or tutor holding a regular limited or continuing contract. 6. An administrator who received a continuing contract as a teacher in the Fairfield Union School District will receive credit for all years of continuous service in Fairfield Union. Any other administrators’ seniority will be based solely upon continuous service as a teacher in Fairfield Union. The administrator who is subject to being riffed may displace a teacher in the administrator’s area of certification and on a seniority basis. A retired administrator may not displace a teacher or tutor. 7. Fully certificated teachers who hold limited contracts will be the next suspended. 8. Unit members to be RIF’d are those with the least District seniority in the certificate and job assignment affected, except as restricted by the evaluation rating outlined below. 9. The unit member so identified shall then replace the lowest senior person on the seniority list in that area of certification for which the unit member is qualified, provided the evaluation requirements outlined below are met. 10. In case the unit member so identified has more than one area of certification, the unit member may replace the lowest senior person in another area of his/her certification, provided the evaluation requirements outlined below are met. 11. Reductions shall be made by the Superintendent in those areas of certification/licensure commended for reduction shall be as follows: a) Those limited contract teachers with an evaluation rating of "ineffective" shall be suspended first. b) Teachers with a limited contract and an evaluation rating of "developing" and who have an improvement plan shall be suspended next. c) Teachers with a limited contract and an evaluation rating of "skilled" with an improvement plan or "developing" without an improvement plan shall be considered "comparable" for the purposes of RIF, such that those teachers with these evaluation ratings and having the least seniority will be the next to be suspended. d) For the duration of the contract not exceed three (3) years, evaluation ratings for the purposes of RIF and recall shall only include the principal's evaluation rating and shall not include the student growth calculations (including value-added data). 12. If additional reductions are necessary, it shall be done through seniority as herein defined. 13. Any bargaining unit member whose contract is to be suspended as a result of the reduction in force and who meets evaluation requirements as defined above, shall have the right to displace any less senior member of the bargaining unit whose work he/she is certified to perform. Written notice of the intent to exercise this right shall be given to the Superintendent and the Association within ten (10) days of notification of the layoff. A member displaced according to this section has the same displacement rights vis-a-vis any less senior member.