§ 1917-a. Employees; employment rights; creation of new central high
school district. 1. Teachers and other staff members of component
districts, except the superintendent of schools, whose services in the
component districts are no longer needed because of the creation of a
central high school district or the transference of students to an
existing central high school district, shall be granted employment
rights in central high school districts in accordance with the
provisions of this section.

2. As used in this section, a "component district" shall mean a
central, union free or common school district within the territory of
the central high school district, and a "central high school district"
shall mean a central high school district existing or created pursuant
to this article.

3. In any case in which a component district sends students to a
central high school district, each teacher and all other employees
previously employed in the education of such students by such component
district prior to the time that such component district sends its
students to a central high school district shall be considered employees
of such central high school district, with the same tenure status held
in such component district.

For purposes of this section, when a component district takes back
students that it sent to another district on a tuition basis and sends
such students to a central high school district, such central high
school district shall be deemed the "sending district" for purposes of
the rights and protections provided in section three thousand fourteen-c
of this chapter.

4. If the number of teaching and other positions needed to provide the
educational services required by such central high school district is
less than the number of teachers and other employees eligible to be
considered employees of such central high school district as provided by
subdivision three of this section, the services of the teachers and
other employees having the least seniority in the component district
within the tenure area of the position shall be discontinued. Such
teachers and other employees shall be placed on a preferred eligible
list of candidates for appointment to a vacancy that may thereafter
occur in an office or position under the jurisdiction of the component
district, the "receiving district" as defined in section three thousand
fourteen-c of this chapter, from which a component district has taken
back students, and the central high school district similar to the one
such teacher or other employee filled in such component district. The
teachers and other employees on such preferred lists shall be reinstated
or appointed to such vacancies in such corresponding or similar
positions under the jurisdiction of the component district or the
central high school district in the order of their length of service in
such component district, within seven years from the date of the
abolition of such office or position.

5. For any such teacher or other employee as described in subdivision
three of this section for salary, sick leave and any other purposes, the
length of service credited in such component district shall be credited
as employment time with such central high school district.

6. This section shall in no way be construed to limit the rights of
any of such teachers or other employees described in this section
granted by any other provision of law.