Other
Added Responsibility Compensation — Hourly wage increase when temporarily in charge of Physical Plant employees
When an Association member is designated to be temporarily in charge over Physical Plant employees by an immediate supervisor, an hourly wage increase of $5.00 an hour will be given for those hours in charge.
Other
Agreement Effective Date — August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024
The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be effective August 1, 2021, upon its ratification by the Association and approval by the Board and shall continue in effect until July 31, 2024
Grievance
Arbitration Binding — Binding arbitration available at Step 3 if grievance not resolved at Step 2
If the Association is not satisfied with the disposition of the grievance at Step 2; the Association may submit the grievance to binding arbitration.
Other
Assault Battery Definition — Assault: conduct placing teacher in reasonable apprehension of battery; Battery: intentional conduct causing bodily harm or insulting contact
Assault shall be defined as conduct which places the teacher in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery. A battery means intentional conduct which causes bodily harm to a teacher or physical contact of any insulting or provoking nature.
Compensation
Ba Max Salary — Step 15 hourly rate 2025-2026
Step 15 hourly rate $24.86 for 2025-2026 year
Compensation
Ba Min Salary — Tuition reimbursement up to $750 annually for continuing education; $1,500 per semester for PEL (max $3,000 annually)
Continuing education classes preapproved by the Superintendent will be reimbursed at a rate of 50% upon course completion with a final grade of no less than B.
Compensation
Base Salary Increase Yr1 — 6 percent Retirement Incentive Annually for qualifying employees
Regular salary plus six (6) percent Retirement Incentive Annually, for up to four years, qualifying after 15 years of service.
Compensation
Base Salary Increase Yr2 — 3.75% increase
APPENDIX II shows 0.0375 multiplier for 2022-2023 additional pay schedule creditable amounts
Compensation
Base Salary Increase Yr3 — 3.75% increase
APPENDIX II shows 0.0375 multiplier for 2023-2024 additional pay schedule creditable amounts
Leave
Bereavement Days — 3 days of funeral leave per year for death of immediate family member
Employees covered by this Agreement shall be allowed up to three (3) days of funeral leave, with pay, per year for the death of an immediate family member.
Other
Break Morning Afternoon — 10 minute breaks during morning and afternoon work sessions
Each full-time cafeteria employee shall be entitled to a thirty (30) minute lunch break during each work day and a ten (10) minute break during the morning and afternoon work sessions.
Other
Cafeteria Employee Protection — Cafeteria employees employed 2015-2016 retain right to District position; cannot be eliminated as part of independent contractor arrangement
Any cafeteria employee who was employed for the 2015-2016 school year shall retain his or her right to a position as an employee of the District and his or her position shall not be eliminated as part of any independent contractor relationship.
Other
Catastrophic Illness Definition — Life-threatening or serious residual disability illness/injury
A catastrophic illness and/or injury is an acute or prolonged illness or injury that is considered life-threatening or with the threat of serious residual disability which results in the employee's inability to work.
Workday
Contract Days Teacher — Nine-month employees work 180 days per year
The work year for nine-month employees, including the Campus Supervisor, shall be 180 days.
Other
Discipline Suspension Without Prior Warning — Six categories requiring no prior warning before suspension without pay
No prior oral or written warning shall be necessary in the case of the following: Conviction of, use, delivery or possession of illegal drugs; Being under influence of alcohol while on duty; Intentional/reckless work actions creating risk of injury; Theft or damage of District property; Conviction of felony; Loss of driver's license.
Insurance
Employee Premium Share Pct — insurance committee reviews plans annually with 51% majority vote
An insurance committee consisting of administrators, non-certified, certified personnel appointed by MHEA, and board members shall at least annually review present group policy.
Evaluation
Evaluation Cycle Years — Formal observations shall not occur prior to ten (10) days into the school year nor ten (10) school days prior to the last student attendance day
Formal observations shall not occur prior to ten (10) days into the school year nor ten (10) school days prior to the last student attendance day.
Other
Fair Share Fee Exemption — Religious objection exemption to fair share fee available upon substantiation; payment made to mutually agreeable nonreligious charitable organization
Employee on basis of bona fide religious tenet or teaching of a church objecting to payment of fair share fee. Association will make payment in behalf of employee to mutually agreeable nonreligious charitable organization.
Grievance
Grievance Steps — Three-step grievance procedure: Step 1 to supervisor, Step 2 to Superintendent, Step 3 to binding arbitration
Step 1: grievance to supervisor within 15 days. Step 2: to Superintendent within 10 days of Step 1 answer. Step 3: to binding arbitration within 30 days of Step 2 answer.
Insurance
Health Single Premium — Board pays up to $1,050 monthly for each employee coverage
The Board shall pay the cost of each employee coverage to a limit of one thousand and fifty dollars ($1,050.00) a month for the 2023-2024 school year.
Other
Holidays Recognized — New Year's Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Memorial Day, Christmas Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Friday following, President's Day, Columbus Day, Good Friday, Monday after Easter, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, Martin Luther King Day, Casmir Pulaski's Birthday
The following shall be recognized as holidays for all physical plant employees: New Year's Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Memorial Day, Christmas Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day and the Friday following. President's Day, Columbus Day, Good Friday, Monday after Easter, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, Martin Luther King Day, and Casmir Pulaski's Birthday.
Workday
Instructional Minutes Day — Workday for nine-month employees is six and three-quarters hours
Workday. The workday for the nine-month employee shall be six and three-quarters (6 ¾) hours.
Other
Labor Management Meetings — Labor and management quarterly meetings to discuss mutual concerns, alternating morning and afternoon
Labor and management will hold quarterly meeting to discuss items of mutual concern with such meetings to alternate morning and afternoon.
Compensation
Lane Advancement Allowed — Three members not in proper step; proposed placements: Employee A Step 10 to Last Step, Employee B Step 10 to Step 13, Employee C Step 9 to Step 12
The Association has three (3) members who, for whatever reason, are not in their proper step on the salary schedule. Following are the three (3) affected employees, their years of service to the district, their position on the salary schedule, and the Association's proposed placement on the salary schedule.
Other
Lunch Break — 30 minute lunch break during work day
Each full-time cafeteria employee shall be entitled to a thirty (30) minute lunch break during each work day and a ten (10) minute break during the morning and afternoon work sessions.
Compensation
Ma Max Salary — $71,153.20
BASE 2023-2024 Step 21, Lane E (M.S.): 71153.2
Compensation
Ma Min Salary — $42,033.00
BASE 2023-2024 Step 1, Lane E (M.S.): 42033
Other
No Strike — The Association will not engage in a strike during the term of this Agreement
The Association will not engage in a strike during the term of this Agreement.
Compensation
Off Schedule Bonus Yr1 — $1,500 retirement bonus after 20+ years of service
After 20 years or more of service at District 201, upon retirement, a $1,500 bonus will be given as payable IMRF wages.
Compensation
Off Schedule Bonus Yr2 — 5% longevity bonus on additional pay schedule earnings at 20th year of service and beyond
Board of Education further agrees to pay an additional longevity bonus in the amount of five percent (5%) creditable earnings on the additional pay schedule to teachers who have reached their twentieth (20th) year of service and beyond.
Other
Outside Services Consultation — Administration must consult with Association regarding outside contracting before engaging outside contractors
The parties recognize that unexpected circumstances may arise which require work to be performed by outside contractors on a temporary basis. The administration must consult with the Association for possible alternative solutions before engaging in outside contracting.
Other
Overtime Calculation — Overtime pay begins one minute over six minute interval; compensated at 1/10th of an hour
Overtime pay will begin one (1) minute over the six (6) minute interval. Overtime shall be compensated at 1/10th of an hour at the overtime rate of pay. This shall pertain to maintenance and custodial employees only.
Compensation
Overtime Multiple Needed — When multiple employees needed for overtime, must first offer to number one person on rotation list before volunteers given opportunity
When two or more employees are needed to work overtime, the overtime must be offered to the number one person on the rotation list before volunteers are given the opportunity to fill that person's position.
Compensation
Overtime Rotation Policy — Overtime offered first to number one person on rotation list. If refused/passes, moves to bottom of list. Volunteers offered after number one person declines. Rotation moves bottom one time per overtime offered.
Employees volunteering for overtime can volunteer only when number one person on rotation list has been offered overtime opportunity and had chance to accept or refuse (pass). Rotation is movement of names to bottom of rotation list.
Compensation
Overtime Volunteers Multiple — When multiple employees volunteer for overtime, overtime given to employee with highest position on rotation list
To determine who receives overtime when two or more employees volunteer, the overtime is given to the employee who position on the rotation list is highest.
Compensation
Overtime Volunteers No Rotation — Employees volunteering for overtime do not come out of rotation and do not cause others to rotate
Employees who volunteer for overtime will not come out of rotation and will not cause others to rotate.
Leave
Personal Days Annual — Legal holidays recognized include New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Friday before Easter, Martin Luther King Day, Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Veteran's Day, Monday after Easter, and President's Day
The following are recognized as legal holidays: New Year's Eve Day, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Friday before Easter, Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, Juneteenth, Columbus Day, Day after Thanksgiving, Monday after Easter, Veteran's Day, Christmas Eve, and President's Day.
Other
Personnel File Review — Employees may review nonconfidential personnel file contents upon 48 hours advance written request
Each employee shall have the right, upon forty-eight (48) hours' advance written request to the appropriate administrator, to review the nonconfidential contents of his/her personnel file.
Other
Personnel Record Inspection — Teachers may inspect personnel records without written request; designee may inspect with written request
Teachers may inspect the contents of their personnel records without written request. A teacher's designee may, upon written request by the teacher, inspect the teacher's personnel records.
Retirement
Retirement Pickup Pct — Full amount of teacher's contribution to TRS paid by Board
From the established Salary Schedule of Creditable Earnings (Appendix I) and the Additional Pay Schedule (Appendix II), the Board of Education has agreed to pay the Teachers' Retirement System on behalf of each teacher the full amount of the teacher's contribution to the Teachers' Retirement System.
Retirement
Retirement System — IMRF
days accumulated beyond the maximum allowable days shall only be used the year that the employee is retiring from the district and reported to IMRF for retirement purposes only.
Rif
Rif Recall Years — Recall offer shall be made to teacher on layoff, posted at last mailing address, with fifteen (15) days from postmark to respond
The Board's obligation to recall shall be met where it sends by certified mail an offer of recall to a teacher on layoff, posted to the teacher at the last mailing address the teacher has provided the Board. The teacher shall have fifteen (15) days from the postmark date on the recall offer to respond.
Other
Right Of Representation — Employee entitled to Association representation when appearing before Board regarding adverse employment matters
Employee required to appear before Board concerning any matter which could adversely affect his/her employment, salary, or benefits, employee shall be entitled to have a representative of the Association present.
Leave
Sabbatical Leave Eligible — After at least 6 years of satisfactory service as full-time teacher
This leave may be granted after completion of at least six (6) years of satisfactory service as a full-time teacher.
Other
Safety Committee — Safety committee shall meet at least 4 times per year
A safety committee shall be established consisting of: administration, custodial employee, maintenance employee, cafeteria employee, and an administrator. The committee shall meet at least four (4) times a year.
Compensation
Salary Lanes Count — Lanes A through H
BASE 2023-2024 columns A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H representing B.S., B.S.+8, B.S.+16, B.S.+24, M.S., M.S.+12, M.S.+24, M.S.+36
Compensation
Salary Steps Count — Steps 1-15 listed on salary schedule
Step 1 through Step 15 with corresponding hourly rates and annual salaries for 2023-2024, 2024-2025, and 2025-2026
Leave
Sick Days Annual — 17 days per year after 20 consecutive years of employment
Those employees who have accumulated twenty (20) consecutive years of employment with the district shall be allotted seventeen (17) sick leave days and five (5) personal leave days.
Leave
Sick Leave Max Days — Maximum allowable sick days referenced but annual allotment varies by hours worked
This is in no way prevents the above-mentioned employees from receiving their annual sick leave allotment if the maximum allowable days for said employees is less than two hundred forty (240) days per year.
Compensation
Step Increase — Overtime compensation at 1.5 times regular rate for hours worked in excess of contracted hours per week
Overtime shall be paid at a rate of one and one-half (1.5) times the employee's regular rate of pay. All overtime must have prior approval of the employee's direct supervisor.
Other
Supervisory Duties — Morning supervision duty stipend: $1500
Any teachers who volunteers for a supervision shall be paid $1500 for morning duty, $1700 for lunch duty, $1300 for afternoon duty.
Other
Supervisory Duties Early Leave — A teacher may volunteer for supervisory assignments during this time to be compensated at the rate of $450.00 per quarter
A teacher may volunteer for supervisory assignments during this time to be compensated at the rate of $450.00 per quarter.
Leave
Unpaid Leave Duration — Up to one (1) year unpaid leave of absence
Leaves of absence without pay for not more than one (1) year may be granted to all full-time teachers according to the following conditions.
Leave
Vacation Days 10 Year — 16 days vacation for 10 years service
10 years - 16 days
Leave
Vacation Days 1 Year — 5 days vacation for 1 year service
Beginning July 1, 2011, the following vacations shall be granted to physical plant employees on their anniversary date of hire who have completed the years indicated below. 1 year - 5 days
Leave
Vacation Days 2 Year — 10 days vacation for 2 years service
Beginning July 1, 2011, the following vacations shall be granted to physical plant employees on their anniversary date of hire. 2 years - 10 days
Leave
Vacation Days 5 Year — 11 days vacation for 5 years service
5 years - 11 days
Leave
Vacation Days 6 Year — 12 days vacation for 6 years service
6 years - 12 days
Leave
Vacation Days 7 Year — 13 days vacation for 7 years service
7 years - 13 days
Leave
Vacation Days 8 Year — 14 days vacation for 8 years service
8 years - 14 days