53A-8-106 - Career employee status for provisional employees.
53A-8-106. Career employee status for provisional employees.
(1) (a) A provisional employee must work for a school district on at least a half-timebasis for three consecutive years to obtain career employee status.
(b) A school district may extend the provisional status of an employee up to an additionaltwo consecutive years in accordance with a written policy adopted by the district's school boardthat specifies the circumstances under which an employee's provisional status may be extended.
(2) Policies of an employing school district shall determine the status of a careeremployee in the event of the following:
(a) the employee accepts a position which is substantially different from the position inwhich career status was achieved; or
(b) the employee accepts employment in another school district.
(3) If an employee who is under an order of probation or remediation in one assignmentin a school district is transferred or given a new assignment in the district, the order shall standuntil its provisions are satisfied.
(4) An employee who is given extra duty assignments in addition to a primaryassignment, such as a teacher who also serves as a coach or activity advisor, is a temporaryemployee in those extra duty assignments and may not acquire career status beyond the primaryassignment.
(5) A person is an at-will employee and is not eligible for career employee status if theperson:
(a) is a teacher who holds a competency-based license pursuant to Section 53A-6-104.5and does not hold a level 1, 2, or 3 license as defined in Section 53A-6-103; or
(b) holds an administrative/supervisory letter of authorization pursuant to Section53A-6-110.
Amended by Chapter 183, 2010 General Session