Freeburg CHSD 77

Association may submit grievance to final and binding arbitration under Voluntary Labor Arbitration Rules of American Arbitration Association.

Salary Schedule for 2023-2024, Step 12, BA column

Extra-Curricular Stipends table shows Baseball $4748 (2023-24), Asst. Baseball $2000, Softball $4748, Cheerleading $3531, Boys/Girls Basketball Head $5665, etc.

shall increase from one school year to the next by more than six percent (6%) or be otherwise increased so as to create liability on the part of the Board or District for any portion of a teachers' retirement annuity.

One sick leave day may be used for purposes of bereavement at the discretion of the employee.

District will ensure sufficient staff available so all services required under IEPs, as well as all needed ancillary and support services, can be provided at requisite intensity.

Dental coverage, under the current 'high' dental plan, will also be paid in full by the District for each employee who chooses to take the medical coverage.

Individuals will be responsible through payroll deduction for the remaining share of the plan coverage for their family, if applicable. Beginning on September 1, 2014, current employees will be locked into their choice between receiving health insurance and receiving cash equal to 75% of the individual medical insurance.

The parties agree that they will comply with and cooperate in the implementation of all legally-required elements in the Performance Evaluation Reform Act of 2010 (PERA), the Part 50 Administrative Rules (Evaluation of Certified Employees) under Article 24A and 34 of the Illinois School Code.

Step 1 with Principal/Assistant Superintendent; Step 2 with Superintendent; Step 3 with Board; Step 4 final binding arbitration.

The Board will pay major medical and hospitalization at the highest coverage level (currently the 'platinum' level) in full for each certified employee. Dental coverage, under the current 'high' dental plan, will also be paid in full by the District for each employee who chooses to take the medical coverage.

The teacher work day shall be from ten (10) minutes (2003) before classes start until fifteen (15) minutes after classes end.

The district will recognize graduate credit hours for movement on the salary schedule from 'traditional' classroom curriculums as well as graduate correspondence or electronic coursework curriculums. However, graduate correspondence and electronic coursework curriculums must come from an institution listed in Exhibit A or may come from another institution if that institution and course are pre-approved by the superintendent.

Salary Schedule for 2023-2024, Step 20, MA column

Salary Schedule for 2023-2024, Step 1, MA column

Beginning after a teacher's twentieth (20th) year of service and each year thereafter, the teacher will receive non-compounding longevity pay of $500 added to the teacher's Step 20 salary indicated on the salary schedule.

Each certified employee shall be allowed to request up to four (4) Personal Leave Days per year at full pay.

The Board agrees to pay in full the employees TRS and THIS Fund obligations directly to the Teacher Retirement System.

No teacher's creditable TRS earnings from employment in the School District may exceed amounts herein. Vertical and horizontal salary schedule movement, stipends, salary increases, retirement incentives, extra duties, changes in position, Section 125 plan benefits.

Continuous service shall be measured as years of continuous unbroken service as a teacher with the District. If two (2) or more employees were hired as teachers at the same School Board meeting, a system of tie-breakers will be employed.

In the event a reduction in force is necessary among teachers in Grouping 3 or 4, continuous service will control the order of dismissal, with the teacher or teachers with the least amount of continuous service dismissed first.

Teachers who are subject to removal or dismissal shall receive notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, or personal delivery with receipt at least forty-five (45) days before the end of the school term.

Teachers dismissed in order of their Groupings, with non-tenured dismissed first and Grouping 4 (highest performing) dismissed last.

In the event a reduction in force is necessary among teachers in Grouping 2, the sequence of dismissal must be based upon average performance evaluation ratings, with the teacher or teachers with the lowest average performance evaluation rating dismissed first.

The first tie-breaker will be to determine which teacher has the shorter length of continuous service with the school district as both a teacher and a paraprofessional employee. If a tie still exists, the second tie-breaker will be a lottery draw.

BA column – 12 steps; BA + 8 Column – 14 steps; BA + 16 Column – 16 steps; BA + 24 Column – 18 steps. The Master's columns will all retain 20 steps.

Beginning with the 2003-2004 school year the number of steps on the Bachelor's columns will be as follows: BA column – 12 steps; BA + 8 Column – 14 steps; BA + 16 Column – 16 steps; BA + 24 Column – 18 steps. The Master's columns will all retain 20 steps.

Each full-time tenured staff member shall be annually entitled to thirteen (13) days of sick leave each year without loss of pay.

Employees shall be paid up to a maximum of fifty (50) days for accrued sick leave in the District in excess of three hundred forty (340) days at the rate of $50 per day.

A schedule of reimbursement for full-time employees, during the term of this Agreement, shall be set forth in Appendix A which is attached hereto and incorporated in this agreement.