ARISE High School - Granicus

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will not offer PERS in its first year of operation, the school retains the option to choose
to participate in PERS or another qualified plan depending upon employee eligibility
and the determination of the best interest of the staff and the school as a whole by the
Board of Directors. The ARISE Board will inform the OUSD Charter School's Office in
writing if it decides to participate in PERS or another qualified retirement plan. This
change will not constitute a material revision of the charter.
The Bookkeeper/business services provider will work with OUSD and/or the County
Office of Education to ensure that appropriate arrangements for the allowable
coverage have been made. All employees who are not members of STRS or PERS, or
an alternative qualified retirement plan must contribute to the federal social security
system to the extent required by federal law.
ARISE High School will make the appropriate employee STRS withholding from the
employees' paycheck and will contribute the employer's portion, and in the event that
the school elects to allow its eligible employees to participate in PERS in the future,
the school will do the same for classified employees. All withholdings from employees
and the employer contribution from ARISE High School will be forwarded in a timely
fashion to the county as required. At the Alameda County Office of Education's
request, the school will pay the County a reasonable fee for the provision of such
services.
ARISE High School will also make contributions for workers' compensation insurance,
unemployment insurance, and any other payroll obligations of an employer.
EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATION
ARISE High School shall be deemed the exclusive public school employer of the
employees of ARISE High School for the purposes of the Education Employment
Relations Act (EERA). ARISE Charter School will adhere to all applicable provisions
of EERA.
RIGHTS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES
All employees join ARISE High School staff voluntarily. An employee joining ARISE
High School staff may do so as a result of taking leave from employment with the
sponsoring district, Oakland Unified School District. ARISE High School employees
who were previously employees of OUSD shall have only those benefits and rights
afforded to any other employee in their collective bargaining unit or employment status
who leave the district for employment with any private employer. At the time of this
charter submission, there are no such return rights for any employees.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
ARISE High School shall comply with all applicable provisions of Education Code §
44237, including the requirement that as a condition of employment each new
employee must submit two sets of fingerprints to the California Department of Justice
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ARISE High School
Charter Petition Submitted to the Oakland Unified School District
July 18, 2006