N.Y. Education Law § 1505-a: Teachers' rights as a result of the dissolution of a school district

§ 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.