Lewisburg Area School District Policies	Printable version
311 Suspensions and Furloughs 311. SUSPENSIONS AND FURLOUGHS The Board shall hire and maintain the necessary qualified administrative employees as required by law and as needed to implement the District's educational programs and to administrate and manage the District. The Board directs the Superintendent to contin ually review the effectiveness of the organization of the District's administrative staff and annually recommend to the Board the number of administrative staff positions needed to operate and manage the District. Based upon the Superintendent's recommendation and other factors such as declining enrollments or changes in educational programs or organizational structure of the District, the Board shall determine the number of administrative staff positions to be filled. At times, there may be a need to abolish administrative staff positions thus suspending and furloughing administrative employees. Suspensions or furloughs of administrative em ployees shall be according to law and the following: 1. The Superintendent shall maintain a seniority roster of administrative employees by time within the District and by qualifications and certification for each administrative position. This roster shall be updated annually. 2. A process of voluntary attrition shall be followed as far as possible. 3. If the process of voluntary attrition does not yield the necessary reduction in administrative employees, these order of seniority within the District and by qualification and certification for the effected position(s). 4. The administrative staff shall be realigned to ensure that more senior administrative employees are provided opportunities to fill positions for which they are qualified and certificated and which are being filled by less senior administrative employees. However, such realignment shall not be construed to require curriculum changes, department revisions, or school building realignment. 5. Administrative employees are entitled to a local agency law hearing at the employee's request prior to suspension and furlough. 6. The Superintendent shall maintain a list of suspended and furloughed administrative employees. Reinstatement of suspended or furloughed administrative employees shall be from this list and on the basis of seniority within the District. 7. To be considered for reinstatement, a suspended or furloughed administrative employee shall annually report to the Board, in writing, his/her current address and intent to accept the same or similar administrative position when offered. 8. Refusal to accept reinstatement within ten (10) days in a position for which the administrative employee is qualified and certificated shall be cause for removal from the list of suspended and furloughed administrative employees, except if the recalled administrative employee is in college. Any such administrative employee shall be allowed to complete the current semester's work.