§ 1505-a. Teachers' rights as a result of the dissolution of a school
district. 1. In any case in which a school district is dissolved and
portions of such former district are added to more than one school
district pursuant to the provisions of section fifteen hundred five of
this article or section seventeen hundred five of this chapter, each
teacher employed in such former school district at the time of such
dissolution shall select the particular school district to which
territory is added in which he or she shall be considered an employee,
with the same tenure status he or she maintained in such former school
district. Such selection of the particular school district to which
territory is added by such teacher shall be based upon each teacher's
seniority in such former school district, with the right of selection
passing from such teachers with the most seniority to such teachers with
least seniority.

2. Any such teacher who is unable to obtain a teaching position in any
such school district to which territory is added, because the number of
positions needed are less than the number of teachers eligible to be
considered employees pursuant to subdivision one of this section, shall,
in all such school districts to which territory is added, be placed on a
preferred eligible list of candidates for appointment to a vacancy that
may thereafter occur in a position similar to the one such teacher
filled in such former school district. The teachers on such a preferred
eligible list shall be appointed to such vacancies in such corresponding
or similar positions under the jurisdiction of the school district to
which territory is added in the order of their length of service in such
former school district, within seven years from the date of the
dissolution of such former school district.

3. For any such teacher as set forth in subdivision one of this
section, for salary, sick leave and any other purpose, the length of
service credited in such former school district shall be credited as
employment time with such school district to which territory is added.

4. This section shall in no way be construed to limit the rights of
any such teachers set forth in this section granted by any other
provision of law.