6. SALARY

6.1 Provisions

6.1.1 Salary shall be based upon the negotiated schedules adopted by the Board.

6.1.2 Salary rate for the extended year/Modified School Calendar Intersession programs shall be equal to the hourly salary received during the regular school year immediately prior to the beginning of the extended year/Modified School Calendar Intersession program.

6.1.3 Probationary (new permanent/non-temporary) employees shall normally be paid according to the first step of the salary schedule. The employee shall move to the next step and progress on the salary schedule as provided through the collective bargaining process.

Normal step movement for an ESP shall only occur if the employee has been on paid status as a permanent (non-temporary) employee for half the total plus one day of the annual paid workdays and paid holidays of the previous school year.

6.1.4 Paychecks and W-2 forms shall be distributed within the workday in a confidential manner.

6.1.5 In areas where additional employees are needed during the non-student year, consideration for hiring shall be given to permanent employees who work less than 12 months.

6.1.6 Itinerant ESP employees shall be paid mileage at the maximum rate approved by School Board Policy. Any ESP authorized by the School Board to travel during the workday in order to satisfy their job duties shall be paid mileage at the maximum rate approved by School Board policy.

6.1.7 All ESP employees promoted to a new classification or whose position has been reclassified shall be placed at a step on the new pay grade that represents a minimum of 4% increase over the current pay. Placement on a step in the new pay grade will be accomplished by rounding up after the 4%. In cases when step one of the new pay grade is more than a 4% salary increase, the employee shall be placed on step one of the new pay grade.

All ESP employees voluntarily demoted to a new classification shall be placed on the same step of the new pay grade.

All ESP employees whose classification has been regraded shall be placed on the same step of the new pay grade.

All ESP employees who transfer without promotion or demotion shall remain at the same step as previously assigned.

All ESP employees voluntarily demoted to a previous classification held within the past two years shall be placed at a step on the previous pay grade equivalent to the employee's previous placement, plus any subsequent step increase.

6.1.8 When paydays fall on a weekend or holiday, ESP employees shall receive their checks on the last workday prior to the weekend or holiday. Paychecks shall not be held beyond the days designated by the School Board.

6.1.9 The Board shall make provisions, upon request by any employee, to deposit his/her paycheck directly to a financial institution of the employee's choice, from a list approved by the School Board.

6.1.10 The following Payroll deductions shall be shown cumulatively on the pay stubs beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31 of each year:

a. Gross Salary

b. Taxable Gross Salary

c. Withholding Taxes

d. FICA

6.1.11 All scheduled step increases in salary and salary schedule changes for ESP employees shall be effective as provided through the collective bargaining process. All salary changes for reclassifications, promotions, and demotions are enacted on the actual effective date as approved.

6.1.12 Proposals for classification regradings at the end of each classification review cycle shall be proper subjects for collective bargaining and shall be included with the bargaining proposals for salary negotiations. At other times of the year, emergency regrade proposals may be considered by mutual consent of the School Board and the Association.

6.1.13 The annual allotment for all ESP employees required by the Board to wear uniforms shall be the negotiated amount approved by the Board.

6.2 Overtime Compensation

6.2.1 Clerical

In cases where clericals are required to work beyond their normal forty hours paid time, the affected employee shall receive overtime pay equal to one and one-half times the employee's regular rate. Compensatory time at a rate of one and one-half hours for each hour of overtime worked may be granted if requested by the employee.

An off-duty clerical employee who is called in and works in an emergency shall be compensated by a minimum of three hours overtime pay for each such instance.

Administrators shall grant compensatory time for duties assigned beyond the normal work day, and the compensatory time need not be used immediately. Clerical shall notify the site office in advance of utilization of said compensatory time. Utilization of earned compensatory time shall not unduly disrupt the operations of the Board. When the request for utilization interferes or conflicts with a planned activity, the administrator shall have the right of approval.

Accumulated compensatory time shall carry over from year to year at the site where earned.


6.2.2 Paraprofessional

In cases where paraprofessionals (except for DEES Attendant Riders and part-time O.T./P.T. Assistants) are required to work beyond their normal hours of paid time as stated in Section 9.3.4, the affected employee shall receive compensatory time.

When the total normal hours and overtime hours in a week equal forty hours or less, the compensatory time shall be granted at a rate of one hour for each hour of overtime worked. Any overtime hours worked beyond a total forty hours per week shall earn compensatory time at a rate of one and one-half hours for each hour of overtime worked.

Administrators shall grant compensatory time for duties assigned beyond the normal work day, and the compensatory time need not be used immediately. Paraprofessionals shall notify the site office in advance of utilization of said compensatory time. However, such compensatory time shall not encroach upon instructional time. When the request for utilization interferes or conflicts with a planned activity, the administrator shall have the right of approval.

Accumulated compensatory time shall carry over from year to year at the school were earned.

In cases where DEES Attendant Riders and part-time O.T./P.T. Assistants are required to work beyond their normal weekly hours paid time, the affected employee shall receive overtime pay. When the total normal hours and overtime hours in a week equal forty hours or less, the overtime pay shall be equal to the regular rate of pay per hour. For any overtime hours worked beyond a total of forty hours per week, the overtime pay shall be equal to one and one-half times the employee's regular rate.