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School Board Grievances
The School Board and its representatives (including the Superintendent, but excluding any other
administrator) shall be entitled to file grievances against the UNION and its representatives involving
the interpretation or application of a specific provision of this Agreement. Said grievance shall be
submitted in writing to the UNION.
lf 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 Waae Schedule
Effective on the first day of the 2018-482021-2022 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'"), aad-sixteenth
(16), and twanty-fifth {25%} year of credited experience. Pay rates shall be retroactive to the first day
of the 2048-462021-2022 school year and paid in full at first pay period following signing of this
agreement.
Effective on the first day of the 2049-20202027-2623 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'"), and
sixteenth (16), and twenty-fifth (250) year of credited experience.
Effective on the first day of the 2020-20212023-2624 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.
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