When a qualified person is available on the agency reemployment priority list, an Educational Service position shall not be filled by the following:
Subsection 1821.1 shall not apply when all qualified persons on the agency reemployment priority list decline or fail to respond to offers of employment.
In selecting employees on the agency reemployment priority list from among those adversely affected by reduction in force, but who have not yet been separated, offers of employment shall be made according to the employees' relative standing in their competitive levels. In this regard, a lower standing employee shall not be offered a position if a higher standing employee qualifies for the position, unless the higher standing employee declines the position.
The order of priority in selecting from an agency reemployment priority list shall be as follows:
The School of Law may appoint a person not on the reemployment priority list or a person on the list with lower standing than others on the list only when it is necessary to obtain an employee for duties that cannot be taken over without undue interruption to the School of Law by a person on the list with higher standing than the person appointed.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 8, r. 8-A1821