Common use of Association Leave Clause in Contracts

Association Leave. 1. The Superintendent will recommend and the Board will approve, the duly elected president of the Association, a leave of absence to serve as the CTA president for the term of his/her presidency. The district will serve as the fiscal agent for the payment of his/her salary, fringe benefits, and fixed charges by placing the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes only. The Association shall reimburse the Board 100% of any and all sums paid to or on behalf of said president. The Association agrees to hold harmless the School Board for all claims that arise from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave of absence. The bill for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end of the term of his/her presidency. The president shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given credit on the salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit from the Association. One day of sick leave may be transferred for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per year. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposes, the President shall be classified as Category 4 during the years served in office. However, during the first year in office, any salary increases based on the previous year’s evaluation scores shall be applied to his/her salary. In subsequent years, while the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raise.

Association Leave. 1. The Superintendent will recommend and the Board will approve, the duly elected president of the Association, a leave of absence to serve as the CTA president for the term of his/her presidency. The district will serve as the fiscal agent for the payment of his/her salary, fringe benefits, and fixed charges by placing the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes only. The Association shall reimburse the Board 100% of any and all sums paid to or on behalf of said president. The Association agrees to hold harmless the School Board for all claims that arise from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave of absence. The bill xxxx for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end of the term of his/her presidency. The president shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given credit on the salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit from the Association. One day of sick leave may be transferred for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per year. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposes, the President shall be classified as Category 4 during the years served in office. However, during the first year in office, any salary increases based on the previous year’s evaluation scores shall be applied to his/her salary. In subsequent years, while the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raise.

Association Leave. 1. The Superintendent will recommend and the Board will approve, the duly elected president of the Association, a leave of absence to serve as the CTA president for the term of his/her presidency. The district will serve as the fiscal agent for the payment of his/her salary, fringe benefits, and fixed charges by placing the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes only. The Association shall reimburse the Board 100% of any and all sums paid to or on behalf of said president. The Association agrees to hold harmless the School Board for all claims that arise from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave of absence. The bill xxxx for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end of the term of his/her presidency. The president shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given credit on the salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit from the Association. One day of sick leave may be transferred for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per year. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposes, the President shall be classified as Category 4 during the years served in office. However, during the first year in office, any salary increases based on the previous year’s evaluation scores shall be applied to his/her salary. In subsequent years, while the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raise.

Association Leave. 1. The Superintendent will recommend and the Board will approveAssociation shall be granted a total of fifteen (15) days per year, the duly with pay, for attendance at conventions, conferences, and/or other contract-related activities (including short-term absences associated with an employee attending meetings related to his/her role as an elected president official in a State or National office of the Association’s affiliated organizations). Such leave shall be granted upon application made through AESOP not less than five (5) days in advance to the Superintendent except in situations where such notice is not possible. The Association President or designee (who is a member of the Association’s Executive Committee) may use Association Leave to attend a Chamber of Commerce luncheon with prior written approval of the Superintendent. If a bargaining unit member wants to utilize Association Leave in an increment less than half (½) a day, the Association must notify the Building Principal in writing at least one (1) week before the event, so a leave of absence spot-substitute can be found to serve as the CTA president cover for the term of his/her presidencyaffected bargaining unit member. If no spot-substitute can be found, the leave shall be denied. The district will serve as the fiscal agent Association may take seven (7) additional days per year for the payment of his/her salary, fringe benefits, and fixed charges by placing above stated purposes at no cost to the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes only. The District - the Association shall reimburse the District for wages and any associated taxes and deductions resulting from obtaining a substitute. The same notice procedures shall apply to the additional days. An Association member who is elected to state or national office of the Association’s affiliated organization (e.g., President, Vice President, Treasurer/Secretary), and the office requires full-time release for a school year, the bargaining unit member may request an unpaid State/National Association leave for a period of one school year. The employee may continue to participate in the District’s health insurance program provided the employee pays the entire cost of the premium during the leave. Additionally, the employee may be paid a stipend during the leave equivalent to his/her regular salary if the Board 100% is first prepaid the full cost of any the stipend (i.e., wages, associated taxes, deductions, and all sums paid to or on behalf of said presidentSTRS employer contributions). The Association agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the School Board for District from any and all claims liability that arise may result from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave payment of absencethis salary. The bill for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end of the term of his/her presidency. The president bargaining unit member shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given credit advance on the teacher salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance year he/she is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit from the Association. One day of sick leave may be transferred for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per year. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposes, the President shall be classified as Category 4 during the years served in office. However, during the first year in office, any salary increases based on the previous year’s evaluation scores shall be applied to hisState/her salary. In subsequent years, while the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raiseNational Association leave.

Association Leave. 1. The Superintendent will recommend and the Board will approve, the duly elected president of the Association, a leave of absence to serve as the CTA president for the term of his/her presidency. The district will serve as the fiscal agent for the payment of his/her salary, fringe benefits, and fixed charges by placing the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes only. The Association shall reimburse the Board 100% of any and all sums paid to or on behalf of said president. The Association agrees to hold harmless the School Board for all claims that arise from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave of absence. The bill for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end of the term of his/her presidency. The president shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given credit on the salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit from the Association. One day of sick leave may be transferred for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per year. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposes, the President shall be classified as Category 4 during the years served in office. However, during the first year in office, any salary increases based on the previous year’s evaluation scores shall be applied to his/her salary. In subsequent years, while the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raise.

Association Leave. The District will grant the Association and its members a total of four hundred forty (440) hours leave for ASK ESP business during the regular school year (five hundred sixty hours (560) during a bargaining year). An additional one hundred twenty (120) hours will be granted during the summer months for ASK ESP use. Association leave will be limited to eight (8) days per year for any one (1) individual. ASK ESP will reimburse the District for each member at a rate equivalent to step one (1) of the pay range for each member’s classification for each day of leave used. Representative Assembly/Executive Board Leave The Superintendent District shall provide up to four (4) hours per month for officers and building representatives to attend executive board and representative assembly meetings. Such provision applies only to members who need to be released from work between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. The Association will recommend and reimburse the Board will approveDistrict for the cost of the employees' time at each employee's hourly rate multiplied by the number of hours off work. Advance approval from each employee's supervisor is required at least one (1) week in advance. In emergency situations, where one (1) week advance notice is not possible, the duly elected president Association shall contact the Human Resources office to request a waiver of the Associationone (1) week notification requirement. Leave for Elected/Appointed Position in OEA/NEA Should an Association member be elected or appointed to an OEA or NEA position which requires absence from work, the ASK ESP President shall request a meeting with the District to discuss arrangements for unpaid leave time. Association President Leave Upon request by the Association prior to June 1st, the District will grant the Association President a leave of absence to serve as the CTA president without pay for the term following fiscal year. Such leave guarantees return to the same position or to a comparable position. Upon return to a District position, the Association President shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level which they would have achieved had they remained actively employed in the District. Furthermore, the Association President shall accrue benefits in the same manner that they would have accrued benefits had they remained actively employed in the District. This unpaid leave shall be for the President to carry out the statutory duties of his/her presidencythe Association as exclusive representative in collective bargaining, contract administration and grievance processing during the life of the contract and related activities bearing a direct relationship to labor-management relationships between the Association and the District. Such leave shall be granted upon request of the Association President prior to June 1st of the year preceding the school year in which the leave is to be taken. The district District shall continue to pay the President as if they were employed in the position held prior to the leave. The Association will serve as report to the fiscal agent District the annual pay for the payment Association President and the District will coordinate payment, spread over the number of his/her salarymonths (i.e. 10, fringe benefits11, and fixed charges or 12) specified by placing the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes onlyAssociation. The Association shall reimburse the Board 100% of any District the total cost (i.e. salary, payroll, and all sums fringe benefits) paid to or on behalf of said president. The Association agrees to hold harmless the School Board for all claims that arise from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave of absence. The bill for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end of the term of his/her presidency. The president shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given credit on the salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit from the Association. One day of sick leave may be transferred for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per year. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposes, the President shall be classified as Category 4 during the years served in office. However, during the first year in office, any salary increases based on the previous year’s evaluation scores shall be applied to his/her salary. In subsequent years, while the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raisePresident.

Association Leave. Up to nine (9) days per school year, not to exceed one (1) day per month, will be granted by the Administration to a person designated by the AEA for the purpose of conducting Association business. It is understood that three (3) days written notification period to the Superintendent is necessary in order for Association Leave to be granted. The Superintendent will recommend and has the authority to waive the three (3) day notice requirement in cases of emergency. Association Leave is contingent upon continued involvement in professional self-development related areas. The Board will approvehas the right to revoke Association Leave if continued involvement in professional self- development related areas is not justified on a periodic basis to the Augusta Board of Education language here from Teacher’s contract, page 18 S. Pay. See Exhibit A. "Support Unit Hourly Wage Schedule". Employees shall be paid in accordance with the duly elected president salary schedule in Exhibit A. Initial placement on the salary schedule shall be determined by giving credit for equivalent job experience. at the discretion of the Association, a leave of absence Superintendent. Placement shall be consistently applied to serve as the CTA president for the term of his/her presidencyall new hires. The district will serve as Superintendent shall inform the fiscal agent for the payment Association of his/her salary, fringe benefits, such placement. Payment schedules and fixed charges by placing the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes only. The Association shall reimburse the Board 100% of any and all sums paid to or on behalf of said president. The Association agrees to hold harmless the School Board for all claims that arise from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave of absence. The bill for the optional insurance coverage options: Each pay period will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance planstwo weeks long and end on a Friday. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at Pay checks for a pay period will be issued one week after the end of the term pay period. School year employees may elect the option of being paid as earned, or have the option of having their pay averaged 26 pay periods as described below; full year employees will be paid over 26 pay periods as earned. Employees who are scheduled for 4 hours a day or less must complete a time card and will be paid as earned. Employees who work as a lunch room monitor in addition to their regular position, must complete a time card for the lunch room monitor position along with any other timecard required. Federally paid employees who are notified by July 15th of each year, shall have the option of being paid as earned or in 21 or 26 pay periods. Those employees who choose to be paid in 26 pay periods must take their summer pay in a lump sum payment by July 1st. (Scheduled days/year) x (Scheduled hours/day) x (Scheduled hourly rate) 26 pay periods = Gross Averaged Pay Per Pay Period Any unpaid hours missed during a pay period ("unpaid leave") shall be deducted from the pay check for that pay period. Any extra paid hours worked during a pay period will be added to the pay check for that pay period. If, because of a mid-year termination or for any other reason, the amount the employee receives under this pay averaging system is more than the employee's paid hours times his or her rate of pay, such overage will be withheld from the last check the employee receives. (If such overage is not withheld, the employee shall pay such overage to the Board.) If the employee receives less than the employee's paid hours times his or her rate of pay under this pay averaging system, the Board will pay such underpayment to the employee in the employee's last check. Except as hereinafter provided, no change with respect to pay averaging, may be made after an employee receives his/her presidencyfirst paycheck. The president shall not earn annual leaveIn pay checks for work performed by a school year employee in pay periods following the last school year pay period, nor the employee will receive the pay earned during such pay periods. Any work performed outside of the employee's regular work schedule will be paid as earned based on completion of a time card. Step increases will be granted only at the beginning of each school year. An employee hired prior to January 15 of any school year covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given this contract will receive credit for one year's experience on the salary schedule scale for that school year. An employee hired on or after January 15 of any school year covered by this contract will receive no experience credit for that year. If an employee's pay classification changes, such change will be made only as of the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit from the Association. One first day of sick leave may be transferred for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per year. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposes, the President shall be classified as Category 4 during the years served in office. However, during the first year in office, any salary increases based on the previous year’s evaluation scores shall be applied to his/her salary. In subsequent years, while the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raisepay period.