§ 3014-a. Teachers' rights as a result of a board or boards of\ncooperative educational services taking over a program formerly operated\nby a school district or districts or by a county vocational education\nand extension board.
1.In any case in which a board or boards of\ncooperative educational services duly take over the operation of a\nprogram formerly provided by a school district or school districts or by\na county vocational education and extension board, each teacher,\nteaching assistant and teacher aide employed in such a program by such a\nschool district or such a county vocational education and extension\nboard at the time of such takeover by the board or boards of cooperative\neducational services, shall be considered an employee of such board or\nboards of cooperative edu
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§ 3014-a. Teachers' rights as a result of a board or boards of\ncooperative educational services taking over a program formerly operated\nby a school district or districts or by a county vocational education\nand extension board. 1. In any case in which a board or boards of\ncooperative educational services duly take over the operation of a\nprogram formerly provided by a school district or school districts or by\na county vocational education and extension board, each teacher,\nteaching assistant and teacher aide employed in such a program by such a\nschool district or such a county vocational education and extension\nboard at the time of such takeover by the board or boards of cooperative\neducational services, shall be considered an employee of such board or\nboards of cooperative educational services with the same tenure or civil\nservice status he maintained in such school district or in such county\nvocational education and extension board.\n 2. If the number of teaching positions needed to provide the services\nrequired by such program by the board or boards of cooperative\neducational services is less than the number of teachers, teaching\nassistants and teacher aides eligible to be considered employees of such\nboard or boards of cooperative educational services as provided by\nsubdivision one of this section, the services of the teachers, teaching\nassistants and teacher aides having the least seniority in the school\ndistrict or school districts or county vocational education and\nextension board whose programs are taken over by the board or boards of\ncooperative educational services within the tenure area or civil service\ntitle of the position shall be discontinued. Such teachers, teaching\nassistants and teacher aides 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 board or\nboards of cooperative educational services similar to the one such\nteacher, teaching assistant and teacher aide filled in such school\ndistrict or school districts or such county vocational education and\nextension board. The teachers, teaching assistants and teacher aides on\nsuch preferred list shall be reinstated or appointed to such vacancies\nin such corresponding or similar positions under the jurisdiction of the\nboard or boards of cooperative educational services in the order of\ntheir length of service in such school district or school districts or\nin such county vocational education and extension board, within seven\nyears from the date of the abolition of such office or position.\n 3. For any such teacher, teaching assistant and teacher aide as set\nforth in subdivision one of this section for salary, sick leave and any\nother purposes, the length of service credited in such school district\nor in such county vocational education and extension board shall be\ncredited as employment time with such board or boards of cooperative\neducational services.\n 4. This section shall in no way be construed to limit the rights of\nany of such employees set forth in this section granted by any other\nprovision of law.\n 5. Program takeovers pursuant to this section shall be considered a\ntransfer pursuant to section seventy of the civil service law.\n