Common use of Maximum Step Clause in Contracts

Maximum Step. A payment in the amount of 2% of the maximum step of the teacher's salary track will be made to all certified employees who have been on the maximum step of their salary track for at least one (1) year, but who are not eligible for maximum step payments based on years of service with the District as provided below. A payment in the amount of 3% of the maximum step of the teacher's salary track will be made to all certified employees who have been on the maximum step of their salary track for at least one (1) year and have ten (10) to fourteen (14) years of service with the District. A payment in the amount of 4% of the maximum step of the teacher's salary track will be made to all certified employees who have been on the maximum step of their salary track for at least one (1) year and have fifteen (15) or more years of service with the District. The maximum step benefit will be paid to a teacher who has earned it at the top step of one salary track of the salary schedule and moves from that top step to the top step of another salary track so long as the move from one track to the next does not include a step increase. Teachers with fourteen (14) years of experience or more who are receiving a maximum step payment will continue to receive said payment when they move from the top step of one salary track to the top step of another salary track.

Maximum Step. A payment in the amount of 1% of the maximum step of the teacher's salary track will be made to all certified employees who have been on the maximum step of their salary track for at least one (1) year, but who are not eligible for maximum step payments based on years of service with the District as provided below. A payment in the amount of 2% of the maximum step of the teacher's salary track will be made to all certified employees who have been on the maximum step of their salary track for at least one one (1) year, but who are not eligible for maximum step payments based on year and have ten (10) to fourteen (14) years of service with the District as provided belowDistrict. A payment in the amount of 3% of the maximum step of the teacher's salary track will be made to all certified employees who have been on the maximum step of their salary track for at least one (1) year and have ten (10) to fourteen (14) years of service with the District. A payment in the amount of 4% of the maximum step of the teacher's salary track will be made to all certified employees who have been on the maximum step of their salary track for at least one one (1) year and have fifteen (15) or more years of service with the District. The percentages referenced in this contract section shall increase by .5% (to 1.5%, 2.5% and 3.5%) in the second year of the contract and shall increase by an additional .5% (to 2%, 3% and 4%) in the third year of the contract. Beginning in the 2008-2009 contract year, the maximum step benefit will be paid to a teacher who has earned it at the top step of one salary track of the salary schedule and moves from that top step to the top step of another salary track so long as the move from one track to the next does not include a step increase. Teachers with fourteen (14) years of experience or more who are receiving a maximum step payment will continue to receive said payment when they move from the top step of one salary track to the top step of another salary track.