N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:15-2.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 10A:15-2.5 - Reduction in force

(a) Nothing contained in N.J.S.A. 18A shall be held to limit the right of the Commissioner in the case of any educational program conducted under jurisdiction of the Commissioner, supervision or control, to reduce the number of teachers and other certified professional educators in any such educational program or programs when the reduction is due to natural diminution of the number of students participating in the educational program or programs.

(b) When such teachers and other certified professional educators under tenure are dismissed by reason of a reduction as noted in (a) above, those teachers and other certified professional educators having the least number of years of service shall be dismissed in preference to those having longer terms of service. Seniority shall be calculated as set forth in the standards for determining seniority at 6A:32-5.1.

(c) Should any tenured teacher or other tenured certified professional educator be dismissed as a result of a reduction as noted in (a) above, that person shall remain upon a preferred eligible list in the order of years of service for reemployment, whenever vacancies occur, and shall be reemployed by the Commissioner in such order, when, and if, a vacancy occurs in a position for which that tenured teacher or other tenured certified professional educator shall be qualified. Such reemployment shall give full recognition to previous years of service.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:15-2.5