Involuntary Transfers (Rebalancing. A teacher may be involuntarily transferred for good and sufficient reason. The District shall request a volunteer prior to imposing an involuntary transfer. The teacher of the lowest District seniority within the same life level shall be designated for the involuntary transfer, unless the least senior teacher is protected by application of the transfer criteria by the site administrator (see Section 17.3). In such case, the next least senior teacher shall be designated. When the transferred teacher is placed at another site, the pass-over criteria in Section 17.3 shall not be applied to the teacher at that new site. 17.5.1 Teachers being involuntarily transferred for the subsequent school year shall be notified by the end of the current school year, or as soon thereafter as possible. Involuntary transfer shall take place only after a meeting between the teacher and the principal, if such meeting is requested by the teacher. The teacher shall have the right to representation at the meeting and be notified of the reason for the transfer. 17.5.2 The teacher being transferred shall have the right to choose from the current list of known vacancies for which the teacher is qualified. Teachers transferred after the beginning of the school year shall be given ten (10) working days notice before the actual transfer occurs to the extent feasible. Transfers should be scheduled to minimize the disruption of the educational process. A teacher transferred after the school year begins shall be granted two (2) day’s-release time to make the transfer, if the transfer occurs when school is in session.
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