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2010-2011 Changes to the Collective Bargaining Agreement
A draft of the proposed new contract can be
found here. The ratification deadline is midnight on Sunday, August 1, 2010.
A synopsis of the changes follows the list of highlights. Please
direct questions to Erick_huth@yahoo.com.
Highlights
1. A reporting system for the number of
teacher preps in high school and some middle school classes.
2. Revisions to the differentiated pay plan for teachers in hard to
fill subjects, hard to fill schools, and schools identified in the most
recent student assignment plan.
3. Extending the availability of a third personal leave day without
loss of pay to employees with 15 or more years of service in MNPS.
The current agreement only provides this benefit to those with 22+ years
of service.
4. Defining the rights of teachers to return to MNPS from schools
in the new Tennessee Achievement School District (ASD) and protecting
their transfer rights, job security, etc.
5. Granting existing employees preference in placement over new
hires to the district.
6. Extending the $4,000-stipend to national board certification
school psychologists.
7. Establishing the rate of pay for principals of
"non-traditional" high schools and "specialty"
schools.
8. Clarifying MNEA's right to notification when the administration
attempts to change a policy impacting instruction and/or teachers.
9. An increase from $500 to $1,500 for damage of personal property
resulting from an assault.
10. Increasing the number of vacation days 12-month employees can
accrue.
11. Limiting the role of private attorneys in the grievance
process.
12. Revisions to the slotting procedure of the administrative
salary schedule reducing the financial impact of demotions.
13. Modernizing language throughout the document.
14. Providing a reporting procedure when MNPS removes an individual
from the MNEA bargaining unit.
15. An agreement on payment of the MNEA vice president's salary.
Synopsis
Below is a section-by-section synopsis of changes
to The Educational Agreement. Please note that most editorial
changes involve modernizing archaic language (i.e., changing
"him" to "him/her," changing "pupil" to
"student," changing "parent" to
"parent/guardian," etc., or correcting errors and omissions.
Article I, New E: A notification procedure for when a position
is reclassified out of the MNEA bargaining unit.
Article I, J: A requirement to post the contract on line.
Article II, B: A refinement of the notification procedure
for changes in policies impacting teachers and a requirement to notify
MNEA of relevant information on Race to the Top.
Article II, D.4: An agreement to designate administrative law
judges in the Tennessee Secretary of State’s Office as hearing
officers in tenured teacher dismissal cases.
Article II, D.5: An editorial change updating a policy
number.
Article II, G.3: An editorial change clarifying who informs
principals about protecting employee personal information.
Article II, G.4: A requirement that MNPS purchase identity
theft insurance when employee social security numbers are released
inappropriately.
Article II, H: Editorial changes clarifying the definition
of seniority.
Article II, I: Editorial changes.
Article II, L: Editorial changes broadening notification to
faculties about the school’s annual audit.
Article III, A: Editorial changes reflecting a change in
summer school and removal of the exception rate of pay from this
provision in favor of placing in Article VIII, Section U.
Article III, D.1: Designating the web as the place for posting
vacancies rather than the school office.
Article III, D.2: Removal of the restrictions on voluntary
transfers of pre-tenure teachers.
Article III, D.8: Clarification that new hires shall not have
priority in placement over existing employees.
Article III, E: Editorial changes removing references to 6-week
grading periods.
Article III, New F: Clarification of
employees’ right to seek a transfer when a school is placed in
Tennessee Achievement School District.
Article III, H: A requirement to post administrative positions
including those of assistant principal.
Article III, I: An editorial change.
Article III, L: Editorial change and removal of a statement
that purported to grant the principal the authority to determine for a
teacher whether to prosecute a student who assaulted a teacher.
Article III, M: Editorial changes.
Article III, N: Editorial changes and an increase in the
number of vacation days 12-month employees can accrue to mirror Metro
Government.
Article III, O: An increase from $500 to $1,500 for damage of
personal property resulting from an assault.
Article III, R: An editorial change reflecting a change in
summer school.
Article III, S: Clarification that principal designees must
have administrative credentials.
Article III, U: An editorial change.
Article III, V: Clarification that the professional
development day in the spring semester may be converted to instruction to
make up for excessive snow days and an editorial change.
Article IV, A: Editorial changes.
Article IV, G: Removal of the list of items to be provided
to new teachers and a designation of the maximum cost.
Article IV, H: An editorial change.
Article V, A and B: An editorial change
reflecting current language.
Article VI, A: Editorial changes and a requirement to pay
teachers who accept work assignments at athletic events during postseason
and tournament play.
Article VI, B: Editorial changes.
Article VI, D: Editorial changes.
Article VI, E: A reporting system for the number of teacher
preps in high school and some middle school classes.
Article VII, Introduction and Section A: Editorial changes
Article VII, F.1: An extension of a third personal leave day
without loss of pay to employees with 15 or more years of service in
MNPS. (The current agreement only provides this benefit to those
with 22+ years of service.)
Article VII, F.2: Changes to reflect modifications to state
law governing personal leave and another editorial change.
Article VII, F.5: A reduction from 3 days to 2 days notice
when applying for personal leave.
Article VII, H: Editorial changes.
Article VII, L: Editorial changes.
Article VII, O: Extension of the leave for association
office from one to two years.
Article VII, P: An editorial change.
Article VII, R: An editorial change.
Article VIII, A: An editorial change.
Article VIII, B.1: A requirement for MNPS to
work with MNEA to resolve administrative salary underpayments.
Article VIII, B.2: An improvement to the slotting
procedure of the administrative salary schedule clarifying that daily
rate of pay will be used when moving individuals from 11 months to 12
months and using salary rather than step for slotting. This change
helps reduce the financial impact of demotional transfers.
Article VIII, B.3: Clarification on who is
eligible to be placed on the administrative and supervisory salary
schedule.
Article VIII, C: Clarification of the intended work of the
Compensation Committee.
Article VIII, D: Editorial changes.
Article VIII, E: Editorial changes and clarification of the
pay grade for principals at "non-traditional" and
"specialty schools." The clarification freezes some
principals' pay so long as they serve in their current roles or until the
assigned pay grade catches up with their current salary.
Article VIII, G: Editorial changes to the mileage provision
removing the minimum mileage rate and the incomplete list of employees
entitled to mileage reimbursement.
Article VIII, H: Editorial changes, the removal of payment
for Praxis testing, and the placement of teachers at the Pearl Cohn Ninth
Grade Academy on the same plan as their colleagues at Pearl Cohn teaching
in grades 10-12.
Article VIII, I: Editorial changes reflecting earlier
agreements.
Article VIII, L: Language clarifying that employees cannot
receive stipends on "swap days."
Article VIII, M: Editorial changes.
Article VIII, O: Editorial changes.
Article VIII, R: Editorial changes.
Article VIII, P: Editorial change.
Article VIII, S: A provision adding a stipend for national
board certified school psychologists.
Article VIII, U: Editorial changes.
Article VIII, T: Editorial changes.
Article IX: A provision removing outside counsel (non-MNPS/non-MNEA
attorneys) from the grievance process and certain editorial changes.
Article X, A: An editorial change and the elimination of
principals not appointed by MNEA from Professional Council.
Article X, C: An editorial change.
Article X, E: Editorial changes.
Article X, G: Editorial changes.
Appendices: Addition of an agreement on the Vanderbilt
University master degree program for middle school teachers plus the
deletion of archaic items and the reprinting of one state law.
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