NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT - Faith School District

presented, including through witnesses, and cross-examination, and rebuttal
witnesses. The employee may have a representative at his/her hearing before
the Board under the same conditions as the first hearing. School Board
decisions may be appealed according the S.D. statute.
V. ASSOCIATION RIGHTS
A. The Association shall have the right to use school facilities for meetings
beyond the established school day. Such use shall not interfere with the school
program.
B. The Association shall have the right to use the inter-school mail, employee
mailboxes, and bulletin boards so long as such usage does not increase the
workload of any district employee. Reasonable use of school equipment, e.g.
computers and copy machines, will be allowed.
VI.
VII.
WORKDAY/WORKWEEK
A. The workday for teachers will be 7:50A.M. to 3:50P.M. inclusive of any noon
supervision.
B. The workweek will be four days, with the exception of those Fridays set aside
for professional development and/or teacher’s meetings.
EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION
A. PAYROLL
1. Employees will be allowed the option of receiving their paychecks in
equal installments over nine (9), ten (10), or twelve (12) month periods.
Notification shall be given to the business office no later than September
15 of the current contract year of the option chosen. Salary checks will be
issued on the 25 th of each month unless the 25 th falls on a weekend or
during a vacation period. In such case the checks will be issued on the last
working day prior to the weekend or vacation.
B. SALARIES
1. Salaries of teachers of the school district shall be determined by schedule.
The current salary schedule is Appendix C and the current extra duty
schedule is Appendix D. A new experienced teacher entering the system
shall be given credit for up to 10 years actual experience in another
system. The School Board reserves the right to negotiate salary with any
personnel, above the salary schedule, in the case of hardship due to the
lack of qualified applicants, as outlined in B.1.a. and B.1.b.
a. In a hardship case a new experienced teacher may receive
credit for an additional 5 years, regardless of actual experience,
for a period of 2 years, during which time his/her salary is
frozen. The third year he/she returns to the normal salary
schedule equal to his/her actual years of experience.
b. A first-year teacher in a hardship case may be given a
$3,000.00 signing bonus, receiving $1,000.00 each year for the
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