Grievance
Arbitration Binding — Final and binding arbitration available after Step 2 if unresolved
If the Association is not satisfied with the disposition of the grievance at Step 2, the Association may submit the grievance to final and binding arbitration. All decisions of the arbitrator, as defined in this agreement, shall be final and binding on the Employer, the Association and the employees covered by this agreement.
Other
Assignment Notice — Regularly employed employees and Association given individual notice of tentative assignments before end of current work year
All regularly employed employees and the Association shall be given individual notice, prior to general posting, of the employee's tentative assignments for the forthcoming year before the end of the employee's current work year.
Other
Assignments Notice — All regularly employed employees given individual notice prior to general posting of tentative assignments before end of current work year
All regularly employed employees and the Association shall be given individual notice, prior to general posting, of the employee's tentative assignments for the forthcoming year before the end of the employee's current work year.
Other
Association Email Mailbox — Association will have email address and physical mailbox designated for its use
The Association will have an email address and a physical mailbox designated for its use.
Other
Association Facility Use — Association may use available BHASED owned and operated facilities for meetings with prior approval
For purposes of conducting appropriate and professional Association business or communications, and with prior approval of the Director or designee, the Association shall be allowed to use any available BHASED owned and operated facility for meetings.
Leave
Association Leave — Representatives may be excused without loss of salary for up to three days per bargaining unit per year for conferences or Association business
In the event that the Association desires to send representatives to local, state, or national conferences or on other business pertinent to Association affairs, these representatives shall be excused without loss of salary for up to three (3) days per bargaining unit per year.
Other
Association President Speaking Time — At District Institute Days, including Opening Day, Association President shall be granted no less than 30 minutes of speaking time to welcome the staff and address the membership
At District Institute Days, including Opening Day, the Association President shall be granted no less than 30 minutes of speaking time to welcome the staff and address the membership.
Other
Bargaining Unit Recognition — Black Hawk Area Special Education Association, IEA-NEA recognized as sole and exclusive negotiating agent for non-certified personnel
The Black Hawk Area Special Education District recognizes the Black Hawk Area Special Education Association, IEA-NEA as the sole and exclusive negotiating agent as to hours, wages, and other terms and conditions of employment for all full-time and regularly employed part-time non-certified education support professionals.
Compensation
Base Salary Increase Yr1 — Overtime compensation at time and one-half for work in excess of 40 hours per week
Non-Certified/Non-Licensed employees shall be paid time and one-half (1½) their hourly rate of pay for work in excess of forty (40) hours in any work week. There shall be no pyramiding of premium or overtime pay.
Compensation
Base Salary Increase Yr2 — 4% increase on base for year two
A base salary of $42,000 for year one of the agreement and a 4% increase on the base for years two and three of this agreement.
Compensation
Base Salary Increase Yr3 — 4% increase on base for year three
A base salary of $42,000 for year one of the agreement and a 4% increase on the base for years two and three of this agreement.
Leave
Bereavement Days — Up to five days of bereavement leave per school year upon death of immediate family member
Employees shall be entitled to up to five (5) days of bereavement leave per school year upon the death of a member of the immediate family.
Other
Bulletin Board Access — Association shall be assigned space on a bulletin board in a central location of each BHASED owned and operated facility for posting official Association notices
The Association shall be assigned space on a bulletin board in a central location of each BHASED owned and operated facility for the posting of official Association notices.
Other
Bulletin Board Space — Association shall be assigned space on bulletin board in central location of each BHASED facility for posting official notices
The Association shall be assigned space on a bulletin board in a central location of each BHASED owned and operated facility for the posting of official Association notices.
Workday
Certified Work Week Limit — Certified and Licensed staff will not be required to work more than 40 hours in a normal work week inclusive of a half-hour lunch break
Certified and Licensed staff will not be required to work more than 40 hours in a normal work week inclusive of a half-hour lunch break each day.
Workday
Contract Days Teacher — Employees expected to work number of days indicated on Annual Salary Agreement; regardless of unscheduled closings within academic year
Regardless of unscheduled district/school closings within an academic year, it is expected that each BHASED employee shall work the number of days indicated on his/her Annual Salary Agreement.
Other
Contract Distribution — Board will deliver completed contract to IEA within 30 days of ratification and split costs with Association for distribution to every current BHASED employee plus an additional thirty (30) copies per year this Agreement is in effect
After the Agreement is ratified, the Board will deliver the completed contract to the IEA within 30 days and shall split, with the Association, the costs for distribution to every current BHASED employee plus an additional thirty (30) copies per year this Agreement is in effect.
Other
Contract Distribution Costs — Board will deliver completed contract to IEA within 30 days and split distribution costs plus 30 copies per year while in effect
After Agreement is ratified, Board will deliver completed contract to IEA within 30 days and shall split, with Association, costs for distribution to every current BHASED employee plus additional thirty (30) copies per year.
Other
Contract Duration — 2018-19 & 2019-20
Effective from date of signing by the Employer and the Association Until 11:59 p.m. on June 30, 2020 (2018-19 & 2019-20)
Other
Contract Printing And Distribution — After Agreement is ratified, Board will deliver completed contract to IEA within 30 days and split costs for distribution to every current BHASED employee plus an additional 30 copies per year
After the Agreement is ratified, the Board will deliver the completed contract to the IEA within 30 days and shall split, with the Association, the costs for distribution to every current BHASED employee plus an additional thirty (30) copies per year this Agreement is in effect.
Other
Crisis Management Training — Employer offers/may require workshops on crisis management including verbal and physical intervention strategies; employees use only approved/trained techniques
The Employer shall offer and may require employees to participate in a workshop or training unit of instruction on crisis management. Employees shall not use any physical interventions they have not been trained on or that have not been approved for use by the employer.
Insurance
Dental Coverage — Dental insurance available; full cost borne by employee
The Employer shall make available dental insurance to all employees regularly employed for thirty (30) hours or more per week. The full cost of insurance shall be borne by the employee.
Other
Discipline For Cause — Non-probationary employees may not be discharged or receive disciplinary suspension without pay except for just cause or RIF
Non-probationary employees shall not be discharged or receive a disciplinary suspension without pay except for just cause or as a result of a reduction in force (RIF).
Compensation
Educational Advancement Deadline Fall — September 30 deadline for salary adjustments effective at opening of school year
To receive salary adjustments effective at the opening of the school year, all necessary documentation must be filed in the administrative office by September 30th.
Compensation
Educational Advancement Deadline Spring — February 15 deadline for salary adjustments effective beginning of second semester
To receive salary adjustments effective the beginning of the second (2nd) semester, all necessary documentation must be filed in the administrative office by February 15th.
Other
Email And Mailbox — The Association will have an email address and a physical mailbox designated for its use
The Association will have an email address and a physical mailbox designated for its use.
Leave
Emergency Closing No Deduction — When employee's assigned place of work is officially closed by BHASED or member district, no leave days previously arranged will be deducted for such emergency closing
When an employee's assigned place(s) of work is/are officially closed by BHASED or a member district, no leave days previously arranged by the employee assigned to work at the closed site(s) on the day of closing will be deducted for such emergency closing.
Other
Emergency Closure Pay — Employees working at buildings closed for safety/emergency receive full day wages; day ends 15 minutes after student dismissal for weather-related early dismissals
Employees in attendance that day shall be paid their full day's wages. Subject to Director determination, employees' day shall end 15 minutes after students dismissed for weather related early dismissals.
Other
Emergency School Closure Policy — Unscheduled emergency closings: previously arranged leave days deducted; employees in attendance paid full wages if early closure due to safety issue
When an employee's assigned place(s) of work is/are officially closed by BHASED or a member district, no leave days previously arranged by the employee assigned to work at the closed site(s) on the day of closing will be deducted for such emergency closing.
Other
Employee Info To Association — District Business Office will provide employee information for new employees or those with assignment changes within 10 school days of starting date
District Business Office will provide employee information for new employees, and/or employees with change in assignment or status, pertinent to conducting Association business to Association President or designee within 10 school days of employee's starting date.
Other
Employee Information Notice — District Business Office will provide employee information for new employees or employees with change in assignment or status pertinent to Association business to Association President or designee within 10 school days of the employee's starting date
The District Business Office will provide employee information for new employees, and/or employees with a change in assignment or status, pertinent to conducting Association business to the Association President or designee within 10 school days of the employee's starting date.
Other
Employee Mailbox Use — Association may use employee mailboxes for meeting notices, conferences, and social gatherings to bargaining unit members
The Association may use the employee mailboxes in any BHASED owned/operated facility for communicating meeting notices, conferences, and social gatherings to bargaining unit members. Copies available to building Administrator and Director.
Insurance
Employee Premium Share Pct — Professional development expenses reimbursable include mileage, lodging, meals, registration, tolls, parking, and professional organization memberships
The following expenses shall be reimbursable: Mileage or actual cost of public transportation, Lodging, Meals, Actual cost of registration, highway tolls, parking, and other approved expenses.
Evaluation
Evaluation — Employee signature on evaluation does not indicate agreement, only receipt
A copy of each written evaluation shall be signed by both parties and shall be given to the employee prior to being placed in the employee's personnel file. The employee's signature shall not indicate agreement with the contents, but merely shall indicate receipt thereof.
Evaluation
Evaluation Cycle Years — One written evaluation completed at least once every three years for tenured employees
One (1) written evaluation will be completed at least once every three (3) years. A tenured employee who receives a written evaluation with an overall rating of "Needs Improvement" shall write a Professional Development Plan.
Other
Facility Use — Association, with prior approval of Director or designee, shall be allowed to use any available BHASED owned and operated facility for appropriate and professional Association business or communications, with no interference or disruption of normal school use
For purposes of conducting appropriate and professional Association business or communications, and with the prior approval of the Director or designee, the Association shall be allowed to use any available BHASED owned and operated facility for meetings.
Other
Fair Share Fee Required — Each bargaining unit member must join the Association or pay a fair share fee equal to portion of dues attributable to collective bargaining negotiations and contract administration within 30 days of commencement of duties
Each Bargaining Unit member, as a condition of his/her employment, on or before thirty (30) days from the date of commencement of duties or the effective date of this Agreement, whichever is later, shall join the Association or pay a fair share fee.
Grievance
Grievance Procedure — Administration/Association meetings will be held informally every month during the regular school term with the Director and/or designee(s) and Association Leadership to discuss current concerns; these meetings are not intended to bypass and/or replace the grievance procedure or negotiations
Administration/Association meetings will be held informally every month during the regular school term with the Director and/or designee(s) and Association Leadership. The meetings will be used to discuss current concerns of the Association or Employer. These meetings are not intended to bypass and/or replace the grievance procedure or negotiations.
Grievance
Grievance Steps — Three-step grievance process: Step 1 with evaluating supervisor, Step 2 with Director or designee, Step 3 to binding arbitration
STEP 1 – The Association or the grievant may present the grievance in writing to the grievant's evaluating supervisor. STEP 2 – If the grievance is not resolved at Step 1, then the Association may refer the grievance to the Director or designee. STEP 3 – If the Association is not satisfied with the disposition of the grievance at Step 2, the Association may submit the grievance to final and binding arbitration.
Other
Hard To Fill Positions Salary — Up to two additional steps above normal placement for hard to fill positions
For 'hard to fill' positions as designated by having been posted by BHASED for five (5) months or unfilled from the previous school year, the Employer is able to offer a salary that is equivalent to up to two (2) 'steps' above where they would normally be placed on the BHASED Certified/Licensed salary schedule.
Insurance
Health Inoculations — District shall offer, at no expense to employees, Hepatitis B and flu inoculations or such other inoculations required by state or federal laws
The District shall offer, at no expense to employees, Hepatitis B and flu inoculations or such other inoculations required by state or federal laws. Employee participation shall be voluntary.
Insurance
Health Insurance Coverage — Hepatitis B and flu inoculations or such other inoculations required by state or federal laws offered at no expense to employees; employee participation voluntary
The District shall offer, at no expense to employees, Hepatitis B and flu inoculations or such other inoculations required by state or federal laws. Employee participation shall be voluntary.
Insurance
Health Single Premium — Not specified in provided pages
Compensation
Hourly Wage Increase Yr1 Higher — Employees making $10.75 or more per hour in 2017-18 receive 4.5% increase in Year 1
Employees making $10.75 or more per hour in the 2017-18 school year shall receive a 4.5% increase in their hourly wage in Year 1 of this agreement.
Compensation
Hourly Wage Increase Yr1 Lower — Employees making $10.50/hour in 2017-18 receive 5.9% increase in Year 1
Employees making $10.50/hour in the 2017-18 school year shall receive a 5.9% increase in Year 1 of this agreement.
Compensation
Hourly Wage Increase Yr2 — All remaining hourly employees receive 4% increase in Year 2
All remaining hourly employees covered by this agreement shall receive a 4% increase in their hourly wage.
Leave
Illness On Emergency Closure Day — Sick day may be used in lieu of making up day if employee presents doctor's visit verification
In the event a full-time employee is ill on a day when his/her district/school is closed for an emergency day, a sick day may be used in lieu of making up the day when the employee presents verification of a doctor's visit.
Leave
Inclement Weather Leave Deduction — Day deducted from personal leave if unable to report due to inclement weather after making all efforts to report
If a bargaining unit member is unable to report to work as scheduled because of inclement weather, and the member has made every effort to report in accordance with the District's policies and procedures, the day shall be deducted from personal leave.
Workday
Instructional Minutes Day — 60 total minutes of preparation time each day in blocks of 20 minutes or more
Each certified teacher shall have no less than sixty (60) total minutes of preparation time each day in blocks of twenty (20) minutes or more.
Compensation
Lane Advancement Allowed — Credit for equivalent experience in other systems: full credit for first 10 years, 1 year credit for each additional 2 years to maximum 15 years
Certified and Licensed Employees hired after this contract language is ratified who have equivalent experience in other systems shall be given full credit for the first ten (10) years of experience and one (1) year of credit for each additional two (2) years of experience to a maximum of fifteen (15) years' credit.
Leave
Leave — New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
Non-certified/non-licensed District employees who are regularly scheduled to work more than 20 hours per week will be paid for, but will not be required to work on: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.
Other
Lunch Break Certified — Certified/Licensed personnel employed for at least 4 hours per day receive one-half hour duty free lunch
Certified/Licensed personnel employed for at least four (4) hours per day shall receive one-half (½) hour duty free lunch.
Other
Mailbox Access — Association may use employee mailboxes in any BHASED owned/operated facility for communicating meeting notices, conferences, and social gatherings to bargaining unit members. Employer shall not tamper with sealed paper communications.
The Association may use the employee mailboxes in any BHASED owned/operated facility for communicating meeting notices, conferences, and social gatherings to bargaining unit members. The Employer shall not tamper with sealed paper communications.
Other
Meal Break Noncertified 6 Hours — Non-Certified/Non-Licensed employees working at least 6 continuous hours receive 30-minute duty free unpaid meal break within first 5 hours
Non-Certified/Non-Licensed employees who work at least six (6) continuous hours shall receive a thirty (30) minute duty free unpaid meal break that begins within the first five (5) hours of the employee's work day during the school year.
Other
Meal Break Noncertified 7 5 Hours — Non-Certified/Non-Licensed employees working at least 7.5 continuous hours receive 30-minute duty free unpaid meal break within first 5 hours plus two 15-minute paid breaks
Non-Certified/Non-Licensed employees who work at least 7.5 continuous hours shall receive a thirty (30) minute duty free unpaid meal break that begins within the first five (5) hours of the employee's workday. They shall also receive fifteen (15) minute paid breaks, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Other
Meeting Notice Access — Upon request, all Superintendents' Advisory Committee and BHASED Governing Board notice of meetings, including agenda and unapproved minutes from previous meeting, shall be made available to the Association on the District website
Upon request, all Superintendents' Advisory Committee and BHASED Governing Board notice of meetings, to include but not be limited to an agenda and unapproved minutes from the previous meeting, shall be made available to the Association on the District website.
Other
No Lockout Clause — Employer agrees no lock-out during term of agreement
The Employer agrees that neither it nor its representatives will put into effect any lock-out during the term of this agreement. The term lock-out does not include layoffs or a curtailment of operations.
Other
No Lockout Provision — Employer agrees neither it nor representatives will put into effect any lock-out
The Employer agrees that neither it nor its representatives will put into effect any lock-out during the term of this agreement. The term lock-out does not include layoffs or a curtailment of operations.
Other
No Strike Clause — Association agrees no strikes, picketing, stoppages, slowdowns, withholding of services or intentional interference with production
The Association agrees on behalf of itself, its officers, agents, members and employees represented by it, that it nor they will, during the life of this Agreement, or any extensions thereof, incite, call, sanction, condone or participate in any strike, picketing, stoppage of work, slowdown, withholding of services or any intentional interference with production.
Other
No Strike Provision — Association agrees no strikes, picketing, stoppage of work, slowdown, or work withholding
The Association agrees on behalf of itself, its officers, agents, members and employees represented by it, that it nor they will, during the life of this Agreement, or any extensions thereof, incite, call, sanction, condone or participate in any strike, picketing, stoppage of work, slowdown.