Human Resources Academy II for Community College Districts

5. Written Contract Required .....................................................................................................................29 6. Reinstatement Required .........................................................................................................................29

S ECTION 4 Catastrophic Leave ......................................................................................................................................................30 A. Overview .......................................................................................................................................................30 B. Requirements for Donating Leave.................................................................................................................30 C. Donation and Use of Eligible Leave Credits .................................................................................................30 D. Adoption of Rules and Regulations...............................................................................................................31 E. Collectively Bargained Catastrophic Leave Policies.....................................................................................31 S ECTION 5 Termination of Academic Employees .........................................................................................................................31 A. Overview and Grounds..................................................................................................................................31 B. The 90-Day Notice: Prerequisite to Charging Unprofessional Conduct or Unsatisfactory Performance ..........................................................................................................................33 C. Immoral Conduct...........................................................................................................................................33 D. Evident Unfitness for Service........................................................................................................................34 E. Persistent Violation of or Refusal to Obey the State’s School Laws or Reasonable Regulations of the Board of Governors or the Board of Trustees (Insubordination) ....................................34 F. Steps in the Disciplinary Process ..................................................................................................................34 G. The Four-Year Rule ......................................................................................................................................35 H. Hearing Rights: Arbitrator or Administrative Law Judge ............................................................................36 1. Arbitrator................................................................................................................................................36 2. Administrative Law Judge .....................................................................................................................36 S ECTION 6 Layoffs of Academic Employees.................................................................................................................................37 A. Grounds for Academic Layoffs .....................................................................................................................37 B. Composition of the List: Who Gets In and Who Does Not ..........................................................................38 1. Seniority versus Tenure..........................................................................................................................38 2. Are Your Temporary Faculty Really Temporary? .................................................................................38 3. Educational Administrators....................................................................................................................39 C. Order of the List: Calculating Faculty Seniority ...........................................................................................39 D. Implementation of the List ............................................................................................................................41 1. Minimum Qualifications and Competency ............................................................................................41 2. “Skipping” Employees ...........................................................................................................................41 3. Employee “Bumping” Rights.................................................................................................................41 4. Reemployment Rights ............................................................................................................................42 S ECTION 7 Status and Rights of Child Development Center (CDC) Teachers ..............................................................................42 A. Overview .......................................................................................................................................................42 B. CDC Teachers are Academic Employees, but Not Faculty...........................................................................44 C. CDC Teachers may Acquire Permanent Status, but Not Tenure...................................................................44 D. The Layoff and Reemployment Rights of CDC Permit Teachers .................................................................45 1. Layoff of Probationary and Permanent CDC Permit Teachers ..............................................................45 2. 39-Month Reemployment Rights of Permanent CDC Permit Teachers.................................................46 S ECTION 8 Personal Service Contracts ..........................................................................................................................................46 A. Overview .......................................................................................................................................................46 B. Personal Service Contracts to Achieve Cost Savings ....................................................................................47

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