In the School Code, demotion is defined as occuring "....either in salary or in type of position...." ( 24 PS 11-1151). Demotion does not involve a severance of the employment relationship between the employee and the school district; rather demotion involves a reassignment to a position in the school district which has less authority, prestige or salary. Case law establishes that an employee also may be demoted for discipline. As a consequence of of SUSPENSION (Furlough), school districts must realign the professional staff and this realignment may result in demotion of some professional employees ( 24 PS 11-1125.1(2)). Therefore, case law treating demotion is classified as dealing with "realignment" (i.e. as a result of Suspension uner 24 PS 11-1125.1) or as "non-realignment" (i.e. not as a result of Suspension).

A demotion occurs when an employee's classification or pay grade changes and results in the position having a lesser degree of responsibility and a lower pay grade range maximum.

Corrective actions or disciplinary reductions in an employee's job assignment or pay.

act of lowering in rank or position

a downgrading of position classification, and normally involves a cut in salary

a movement to a position in a lower pay grade

a move to a position with less responsibility and a lower salary range

a permanent reassignment from a position evaluated in a higher salary grade to another position evaluated in a lower salary grade

a personnel action taken by a management supervisor to reduce the pay level of an employee due to documented performance problems

a personnel action which results in the involuntary change of a staff member to a lower pay range by assignment to another position or by reclassification (see USY V

a transfer to a position having a salary grade lower than that of the employee's present classification

a transfer to a position in a class with a lower pay grade

A change in the rank of an employee from a position in one class to a position in another class having a lower minimum salary range, or less discretion, or responsibility. [See [ KRS 18A.005 (9)] (PDF - 12.3 KB).

refers to a change of an employee from a position in one class (title) to a position in another class having less complex duties and responsibilities and with a lower minimum and maximum salary range.

A change to a classification which has a lower rate of pay.

A demotion is an involuntary change in duty assignment of an employee in one classification to a position in another classification with a lower minimum rate of pay.