N.Y. EDN Law § 2585

§ 2585. Continuation in office of boards, bureaus, teachers,\nprincipals and other employees, et cetera. 1. Except as otherwise\nprovided herein the boards, bureaus, teachers, principals, supervisors,\nsuperintendents, heads of departments, assistants to principals,\nexaminers, supervisors of lectures, directors and all other officers and\nemployees of the school systems or of boards of education of the several\ncities of the state, lawfully appointed or assigned before June eighth,\nnineteen hundred seventeen, shall continue to hold their respective\npositions for the term for which they were appointed or until removed as\nprovided in subdivision five of section twenty-five hundred twenty-three\nof this article.\n 2. If a board of education abolishes an office or position and creates\nanother office or position for the performance of duties similar to\nthose performed in the office or position abolished, the person filling\nsuch office or position at the time of its abolishment shall be\nappointed to the office or position thus created without reduction in\nsalary or increment, provided the record of such person has been one of\nfaithful, competent service in the office or position he has filled.\n 3. Whenever a board of education abolishes a position under this\nchapter, the services of the teacher having the least seniority in the\nsystem within the tenure of the position abolished shall be\ndiscontinued.\n 4. If an office or position is abolished or if it is consolidated with\nanother position without creating a new position, the person filling\nsuch position at the time of its abolishment or consolidation shall be\nplaced upon a preferred eligible list of candidates for appointment to a\nvacancy that then exists or that may thereafter occur in an office or\nposition similar to the one which such person filled without reduction\nin salary or increment, provided the record of such person has been one\nof faithful, competent service in the office or position he has filled.\nThe persons on such preferred list shall be reinstated or appointed to\nsuch corresponding or similar positions in the order of their length of\nservice in the system.\n * 5. (a) The use of artificial intelligence systems as defined by\nsection one hundred three-e of the state technology law shall not affect\n(i) the existing rights of employees pursuant to an existing collective\nbargaining agreement, or (ii) the existing representational\nrelationships among employee organizations or the bargaining\nrelationships between the employer and an employee organization.\n (b) The use of such artificial intelligence systems shall not result\nin the: (i) discharge, displacement or loss of position, including\npartial displacement such as a reduction in the hours of non-overtime\nwork, wages, or employment benefits, or result in the impairment of\nexisting collective bargaining agreements; or (ii) transfer of existing\nduties and functions currently performed by employees of the school\ndistrict to an artificial intelligence system.\n (c) The use of such artificial intelligence system shall not alter the\nrights or benefits, and privileges, including but not limited to terms\nand conditions of employment and civil service status. The collective\nbargaining unit membership status of all existing employees of the board\nof education shall be preserved and protected.\n * NB Repealed July 1, 2028\n