The provisions of the Illinois Community College Tenure Act, Chapter 122, Paragraph 103 B-1 et seq. Illinois Revised Statutes, as the same may be amended from time to time, shall be applicable with respect to the dismissal of a faculty member and of academic support personnel due to a decision by the Board of Trustees to decrease the number of faculty members and academic support personnel employed by the Board of Trustees or to discontinue some particular type of teaching service or program.

Each tenured faculty member or academic support person who was subject to dismissal due to a reduction in the number of faculty members or academic support personnel employed by the Board of Trustees shall be given the opportunity prior to honorable dismissal to advise the Board of Trustees in writing of any position(s), if any, held by probational faculty members or academic support personnel, or any other employees with less seniority, which such faculty member/academic support person believes he/she is competent to fill together with the documentation upon which such belief is based. It shall be the responsibility of the Board of Trustees, acting upon recommendations of the administrative staff, to determine whether or not the tenured faculty member is, in fact, competent to render the services for the position or positions identified by the tenured faculty member or academic support person.