(a)(1) Employees who have attained tenured status under the Teacher Tenure Law or nonprobationary status under the Fair Dismissal Act as of July 1, 2011, in the case of tenured teachers, shall be deemed tenured teachers under this chapter and, in the case of nonprobationary employees within the meaning of the Fair Dismissal Act shall be deemed nonprobationary classified employees under this chapter.
(2) Employees who have not attained tenured status under the Teacher Tenure Law or nonprobationary status under the Fair Dismissal Act as of July 1, 2011, shall be subject to the terms and provisions of this chapter respecting the attainment of teacher tenure or nonprobationary status, and all time in service that would have been credited toward the attainment of either tenure under the Teacher Tenure Law or nonprobationary status under the Fair Dismissal Act shall be credited toward the attainment of tenure or nonprobationary status in the corresponding employment category under this chapter.
(b) All employment actions and proceedings that have been initiated under either the Teacher Tenure Law or the Fair Dismissal Act that are pending on July 1, 2011, shall be completed under the statutory procedures that were in effect on the date the action or proceeding was commenced.
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