§ 3014-B — Teachers' rights as a result of a school district taking over a program formerly operated by a board of cooperative educational services

§ 3014-b. Teachers' rights as a result of a school district taking\nover a program formerly operated by a board of cooperative educational\nservices. 1. In any case in which a school district duly takes over the\noperation of a program formerly provided by a board of cooperative\neducational services, each teacher, teaching assistant and teacher aide\nemployed in such a program by such a board of cooperative educational\nservices at the time of such takeover by the school district shall be\nconsidered an employee of such school district, with the same tenure or\ncivil service status he maintained in such board of cooperative\neducational services.\n 2. If the number of teaching positions needed to provide the services\nrequired by such program by the school district is less than the number\nof teachers, teaching assistants and teacher aides eligible to be\nconsidered employees of such school district as provided by subdivision\none of this section, the services of the teachers, teaching assistants\nand teacher aides having the least seniority in the board of cooperative\neducational services whose programs are taken over by the school\ndistrict within the tenure area or civil service title of the position\nshall be discontinued. Such teachers, teaching assistants and teacher\naides shall be placed on a preferred eligible list of candidates for\nappointment to a vacancy that may thereafter occur in an office or\nposition under the jurisdiction of the school district similar to the\none such teacher, teaching assistant and teacher aide filled in such\nboard of cooperative educational services. The teachers, teaching\nassistants and teacher aides on such preferred list shall be reinstated\nor appointed to such vacancies in such corresponding or similar\npositions under the jurisdiction of the school district in the order of\ntheir length of service in such board of cooperative educational\nservices, within seven years from the date of the abolition of such\noffice 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 board of\ncooperative educational services shall be credited as employment time\nwith such school district.\n 4. In the event that more than one school district duly takes over the\noperation of a program formerly provided by a board of cooperative\neducational services, then each teacher, teaching assistant and teacher\naide employed in such program by such board of cooperative educational\nservices at the time of such takeover by more than one school district,\nshall select the particular school district in which he shall be\nconsidered an employee, with all of the rights and privileges provided\nby the other provisions of this section. Such selection of the\nparticular school district by such teacher, teaching assistant and\nteacher aide is to be based upon the seniority of each teacher, teaching\nassistant and teacher aide in such board of cooperative educational\nservices, with the right of selection passing from such teachers,\nteaching assistants and teacher aides with the most seniority to such\nteachers, teaching assistants and teacher aides with least seniority.\nAny such teacher, teaching assistant and teacher aide who is unable to\nobtain a teaching position in any such school districts because the\nnumber of positions needed to provide the services required in such\nprograms with such school districts are less than the number of\nteachers, teaching assistants and teachers aides eligible to be\nconsidered employees of such school districts, shall be placed on a\npreferred eligible list in all such school districts in the method and\nwith all of the rights provided by the other provisions of this section.\n 5. 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