Incremental Movement Eligibility. During the three year period of this Agreement from 2017-2020, the District will phase in a ten-year, five-step wage schedule. Employees will be moved to the appropriate step on the schedule based on their eligible years of experience upon implementation of each step. New employees remain on Step A for two years (A1 and A2) before moving to Step B. Employees will then remain on Step B for two years before moving to Step C, which shall be two percent (2%) above Step B. Beginning September 1, 2019, new increment Steps D and E will be added to Schedule A, with each step being at two percent (2%) above the previous step, and with employees spending two years on each step of the schedule. To be eligible for movement, except for bus drivers, employees must work at least eighty percent (80%) of the scheduled workdays for that position during the previous school year. (Example: Position is 260 workdays. Employee must work 208 of the 260 days that year in that position to be eligible for an increment.) For bus drivers, new employees also remain on Step A for two years (A1 and A2) before moving to Step B. However, in recognition of the fact that new drivers frequently do not bid for packages until the October adjustment, bus drivers must work at least seventy percent (70%) of the scheduled workdays for that position during the previous school year. (Example: Position is 180 workdays. Employee must work 126 of the 180 days that year in that position to be eligible for an increment.)
