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West Seneca board approves participation in NYS HELPS program to expand hiring flexibility
Summary
The board approved a resolution authorizing district participation in New York StateHELPS (Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide), which allows temporary hiring flexibility for classified civil-service positions when eligible lists are exhausted. Board members asked for implementation safeguards and preference for existing district employees.
The West Seneca Central School District board voted to authorize the district—or participation in the New York State HELPS program, a statewide option designed to give school districts more flexibility in filling classified civil-service positions when civil-service eligible lists are exhausted.
Superintendent Dr. Krueger briefed the board on the program and said HELPS stands for "hiring for emergency limited placement statewide." She described it as a temporary tool, launched…
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