§ 1917-A — Employees; employment rights; creation of new central high school district

§ 1917-a. Employees; employment rights; creation of new central high\nschool district. 1. Teachers and other staff members of component\ndistricts, except the superintendent of schools, whose services in the\ncomponent districts are no longer needed because of the creation of a\ncentral high school district or the transference of students to an\nexisting central high school district, shall be granted employment\nrights in central high school districts in accordance with the\nprovisions of this section.\n 2. As used in this section, a "component district" shall mean a\ncentral, union free or common school district within the territory of\nthe central high school district, and a "central high school district"\nshall mean a central high school district existing or created pursuant\nto this article.\n 3. In any case in which a component district sends students to a\ncentral high school district, each teacher and all other employees\npreviously employed in the education of such students by such component\ndistrict prior to the time that such component district sends its\nstudents to a central high school district shall be considered employees\nof such central high school district, with the same tenure status held\nin such component district.\n For purposes of this section, when a component district takes back\nstudents that it sent to another district on a tuition basis and sends\nsuch students to a central high school district, such central high\nschool district shall be deemed the "sending district" for purposes of\nthe rights and protections provided in section three thousand fourteen-c\nof this chapter.\n 4. If the number of teaching and other positions needed to provide the\neducational services required by such central high school district is\nless than the number of teachers and other employees eligible to be\nconsidered employees of such central high school district as provided by\nsubdivision three of this section, the services of the teachers and\nother employees having the least seniority in the component district\nwithin the tenure area of the position shall be discontinued. Such\nteachers and other employees shall be placed on a preferred eligible\nlist of candidates for appointment to a vacancy that may thereafter\noccur in an office or position under the jurisdiction of the component\ndistrict, the "receiving district" as defined in section three thousand\nfourteen-c of this chapter, from which a component district has taken\nback students, and the central high school district similar to the one\nsuch teacher or other employee filled in such component district. The\nteachers and other employees on such preferred lists shall be reinstated\nor appointed to such vacancies in such corresponding or similar\npositions under the jurisdiction of the component district or the\ncentral high school district in the order of their length of service in\nsuch component district, within seven years from the date of the\nabolition of such office or position.\n 5. For any such teacher or other employee as described in subdivision\nthree of this section for salary, sick leave and any other purposes, the\nlength of service credited in such component district shall be credited\nas employment time with such central high school district.\n 6. This section shall in no way be construed to limit the rights of\nany of such teachers or other employees described in this section\ngranted by any other provision of law.\n