District Of Columbia § 1-624.02 - Procedures.
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§ 1-624.02. Procedures.
1-624.02Reduction-in-force procedures shall apply to the Career and Educational Services, except those persons separated pursuant to , and to persons appointed to the Excepted and Legal Services as attorneys and shall include:
A prescribed order of separation based on tenure of appointment, length of service including creditable federal and military service, District residency, veterans preference, and relative work performance;
One round of lateral competition limited to positions within the employee’s competitive level;
Priority reemployment consideration for employees separated;
Consideration of job sharing and reduced hours; and
Employee appeal rights.
For purposes of this subchapter, a veterans preference eligibility will be defined in accordance with federal law and regulations issued by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management;
Creditable service in determining length of service shall include all federal, District government, and military service otherwise creditable for Civil Service retirement purposes;
Performance ratings documented and approved which recognize outstanding performance shall serve to increase the employee’s service for reduction-in-force purposes by 4 years during the period the outstanding rating is in effect. Performance ratings may not be changed subsequent to the establishment of retention registers and issuance of reduction-in-force notices; and
Employees serving on temporary limited appointments or having unacceptable performance ratings are not entitled to compete for retention.
For purposes of this subchapter, each employee who is a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia shall have 3 years added to his or her creditable service for reduction-in-force purposes. For purposes of this subsection only, a nonresident District employee who was hired by the District government prior to January 1, 1980, and has not had a break in service since that date, or a former employee of the United States Department of Health and Human Services at Saint Elizabeths Hospital who accepted employment with the District government effective October 1, 1987, and has not had a break in service since that date, shall be considered a District resident.
A reduction-in-force action may not be taken until the employee has been afforded at least 15 days advance notice of such an action. The notification required by this subsection must be in writing and must include information pertaining to the employee’s retention standing and appeal rights.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Education shall not require or permit non-school-based personnel or school administrators to be assigned or reassigned to the same competitive level as classroom teachers.
Annotations
“ ‘(3) Up to 5 rating levels, the highest of which shall constitute an outstanding performance rating for purposes of section 2402(b)(3) and the lowest of which shall constitute an unacceptable performance rating for purposes of section 2402(b)(4);’.”
“(b) Section 1352(3) is amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 2. Sections 1351(2) and 1352(3) of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 are amended as follows:”
Section 2(b) of provided:
Applicability of § 101(x) of : See Historical and Statutory Notes following .
Furloughing of employees: See Mayor’s Memorandum 89-10, February 17, 1989.
Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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