Section 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.