Common use of Voluntary Action Clause in Contracts

Voluntary Action. In order to prevent involuntary placements on unrequested leave by the District, teachers are encouraged to notify the District of a request for a voluntary action by April 1 of the school year preceding the commencement of the voluntary action. Requests for voluntary layoff submitted before June 1 will be granted if there is a less senior teacher being proposed for placement on unrequested leave or if there is a less senior teacher on unrequested leave at the time the request is made who is licensed in the licensure area to which the volunteer is currently assigned to teach. The District may deny any voluntary requests for placement on unrequested leave of absence submitted on or after June 1. 1. Request and accept any volunteers for lay-off who meet the timelines and criteria described above and below. If anyone volunteers for lay-off and is placed on unrequested leave, he/she will have the same rights and benefits as an involuntarily laid off teacher. 2. Request and allow teachers to voluntarily accept temporary assignment into positions established and maintained by the District which are less than equivalent to their current positions (for example: a full-time teacher would be allowed to teach part-time while retaining re-employment rights to a full-time position in the following year). 3. If a teacher (whose options are accepting an equivalent District reassignment or being placed on unrequested leave) feels that he/she is not qualified for the position assigned to him/her by the District, the teacher will have the right to refuse such an equivalent position(s) and will be placed on unrequested Leave. 4. If a teacher's contract is extended beyond 185 days, or reduced below 185 days as the result of a modification of program, he/she will be given the opportunity to sign a modified contract in lieu of being placed on unrequested leave.