Loss of joint program teaching jobs

Sec. 7. (a) A teacher who loses the teacher's job in a joint program because of: (1) a reduction in services; (2) a reorganization; (3) the discontinuance of the joint program; or (4) a withdrawal in whole or in part of a participating school from the joint program; shall be accorded the same rights that are provided under IC 20-35-5-11 for teachers from special education cooperatives. (b) A teacher who: (1) is employed in a joint program under this chapter; (2) loses the teacher's job in the joint program as described in subsection (a); and (3) subsequently is employed by a participating school corporation as described in subsection (a); retains the rights and privileges under IC 20-28-6 through IC 20-28-10 that the teacher held at the time the teacher lost the job in the joint program as described in subdivision (2). [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-11-3.7.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10.