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the interpretation or application of a specific provision of this Agreement. Said grievance shall be
submitted in writing to the UNION.
If said grievances cannot be resolved between the BOARD and the UNION, the BOARD shall be
entitled to submit them to arbitration. It shall give the UNION written notice thereof not later than two
school weeks following the date when it has been determined that the grievance cannot be settled or
resolved. If said notice is not given within the required time, the grievance will be considered as
waived.
If the grievance is not received by the UNION within thirty (30) school days after the BOARD knows or
should have known of the act or condition on which the grievance is based, the grievance will be
considered as waived. An alleged waiver will be subject to arbitration pursuant to the provisions of this
Article.
Released Time
Any employee who has filed a grievance in accordance with the provisions of this contract will be
granted released time, as needed, without loss of pay or loss of personal days for attendance at
required grievance and/or arbitration hearings. The same privilege shall be granted to one Union
representative who attends said hearings with the employee.
Summer Timeliness
In the event the processing of a grievance under Article Ill extends beyond the completion of the
applicable pupil school year or work year, all time periods referred to in the above then remaining shall
be doubled and the reference shall be to business days or business weeks during that period between
the end of the applicable pupil school year or work year and the beginning of the applicable pupil
school year or work year next following.
ARTICLE IV
SALARY AND RATES OF PAY
Basic Wage Schedule
Effective on the first day of the 2021-2022 school year, employees shall be paid in accordance with
Appendix A-1 and credited with years of experience and advanced a step if eligible. Eligible
employees will advance a step when they have completed their fifth (5"), ninth (9), sixteenth (16),
and twenty-fifth (25") year of credited experience. Pay rates shall be retroactive to the first day of the
2021-2022 school year and paid in full at first pay period following signing of this agreement.
Effective on the first day of the 2022-2023 school year, employees shall be paid in accordance with
Appendix A-2 and credited with years of experience and advanced a step if eligible. Eligible
employees will advance a step when they have completed their fifth (5'"), ninth (9), sixteenth (16"),
and twenty-fifth (25) year of credited experience.
Effective on the first day of the 2023-2024 school year, employees shall be paid in accordance with
Appendix A-3 and credited with years of experience and advanced a step if eligible. Eligible
employees will advance a step when they have completed their fifth (5), ninth (9'), sixteenth(16"),
and twenty-fifth (25") year of credited experience.
Employees who achieve and/or maintain Level | certification annually as defined by the School
Nutrition Association in their Certification Program shall receive an additional fifty-cents ($.50) per hour
added to their base pay upon the date that certification is achieved. Proof of annual certification must
be provided to the Food Service Director upon renewal or when new certification is achieved by July 15
for the upcoming school year. At the end of every school year, any employee who has lapsed on their
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