Common use of SECOND LANGUAGE STIPEND Clause in Contracts

SECOND LANGUAGE STIPEND. A. Regular classified employees who use a verified second language ability as the prime component (50%) of their assignment upon receiving written approval by their manager or supervisor to verbally translate shall be provided a stipend of twenty-five dollars ($25) per month. B. American Sign Language will qualify for the Second Language Stipend. C. Employees whose job description requires that they use a second language do not qualify for the second language stipend. D. The District shall require testing of second language ability prior to authorization. The District’s testing process and selection process shall not be grievable. E. Employees shall be selected from among those qualified employees based on skill, departmental seniority order, and availability of translator. F. The second language stipend will primarily be for verbal translation only of a second language.