Ashley CCSD 15

Per 105 ILCS 5/24-6 of the Illinois School Code, for paid leave for adoption or place for adoption, the Board may require the employee to provide evidence of a formal adoption process that is underway. Such leave shall be limited to 30 days unless a longer leave is requested.

This Agreement shall become effective July 1, 2024 and shall continue in effect until June 30, 2027. When either party executes written notification to the other party prior to April 1, of the year the contract terminates that it wishes to renegotiate the Agreement, the Board shall meet with the Association no later than April 25.

If the Association is not satisfied with the disposition of the grievance at Step II, the Association may submit the grievance to final and binding arbitration following the American Arbitration Association guidelines.

2024-25 Step 31 BS column: 68,183

2024-25 Step 1 BS column: 37,493

Educational support employees shall be compensated in accordance with the provisions of this agreement and the salary schedule attached as Appendix B. Newly hired educational support employees will be placed on Step 1 of the schedule unless the Board determines otherwise.

25-26 Start Pay Range No less than $16.50/hour, and no more than $18.00/hour

26-27 Starting Pay range No less than $17.00 and no more than $18.25/hour

Sick leave shall be interpreted to mean personal illness, quarantine at home, or serious illness or death in the immediate family or household. Immediate family shall include parents, spouse, brothers, sisters, biological, adopted and foster children, grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, parents-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, legal guardian, and step families.

The normal work week for support staff shall be five (5) consecutive days. If hours are reduced after the start of the school year then working hours will be negotiated.

STEP I: Association or grievant must present grievance to immediately involved supervisor within twenty (20) days. STEP II: refer to Board within ten (10) days. STEP III: submit to final and binding arbitration following American Arbitration Association guidelines.

The Board will pay $650/month toward a single health insurance premium for any employee that participates in the Egyptian Employee Benefit Trust. The payment will be prorated for part-time employees who participate in the Trust.

Horizontal advancement on the salary schedule for education beyond a bachelor's degree will be awarded only for credit earned in graduate level classes measured in semester hours (or the equivalent thereof) from an institution of higher education in a subject relating to the teacher's assigned teaching subject matter or other professional programs relating to education and pre-approved by the Superintendent.

Leaves may be granted for: A. Advance study leading to a degree at an approved college or university.

B. Educationally related travel, if the applicant provides an itinerary and an explanation of how such travel will improve the educational program.

F. Maternity leave other than in paragraph one above.

C. Military service.

D. Parental purposes.

Each approved leave of absence shall be of the shortest possible duration required to meet the purpose of the leave consistent with a reasonable continuity of instruction for students or operation of the school leaves of absence without pay for not more than one (1) year may be granted to employees according to the following conditions.

2024-25 Step 31 MS+24 column: 74,618

2024-25 Step 1 MS column: 41,048

No Strike. During the term of this Agreement, no member of the Association shall participate in any refusal to work, mass resignation, work slow down or strike. Any member violating this provision may be subject to discharge from employment by the Board.

If an eligible employee gives the Board an irrevocable letter of retirement prior to May 1 stating that he/she shall retire at the end of the next school year, the employee will be removed from the salary schedule and for the final year of employment the employee's TRS creditable earnings shall be increased by six percent (6%).

Any employee called during their work hours for jury duty shall be paid his/her full compensation for such time with no loss of any leaves, seniority, or loss of any other benefits. Jury duty compensation will be reimbursed to the district less mileage and meal(s) reimbursement.

Any staff member who has perfect attendance except for school related absence shall be given one days pay (without TRS). Payment shall be the first June pay date.

Personal leave of four (4) days each year for all employees which is not accumulative, shall be granted to each employee who is employed at the beginning of the school year. A twenty-four (24) hour notice will be required.

The Board will pay 9.0% TRS to the Illinois Teacher Retirement System (see Appendix A).

The Board shall deduct from each support employee's pay the employee's contribution to Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, IMRF, (if any). It is the intention of this section to shelter such deduction from federal income taxation to the maximum extent permitted by law.

Columns: BS, BS+8, BS+16, BS+24, MS, MS+8, MS+16, MS+24

Step column runs from 1 to 31 in salary schedules

Support staff shall be entitled to sick leave equivalent to the hours worked per day, times ten (10) days per year, eleven (11) days after the equivalent of thirty (30) days accumulation of sick leave and five (5) years in the district.

Employees may donate a maximum of one (1) day per school year of their unused sick leave for the purpose of helping an employee who has used all of their sick time due to catastrophic illness or serious accident. No employee may receive more than five (5) days from the donation plan per school year.

Accumulations shall be in hours not to exceed the hours worked per day times 200 including the leave of the current year.

In the event a teacher is asked by the building administrator to substitute in another class during his/her preparation period or absorb another teacher's class into his/her existing class, the teacher will be reimbursed at $10.00 per period.

Support personnel will be reimbursed for unused personal days at base rate of that classification or they may elect to have unused personal days rolled over into sick leave.

Educational Support Personnel hired prior to November 1 will be given credit for the entire school year on the salary schedule. Any benefits will be prorated for those hired after the normal work year begins.

Teacher's aides coming into the District may be credited with all experience earned in any other Illinois public school up to at least five (5) years to determine placement on the salary schedule.

Certified employees successfully completing graduate degree programs pertaining to the fields of education will be reimbursed for tuition, not to exceed $100 per credit hour and 6 credit hours per year including the previous summer.