Master Agreement 2005 - State Employment Relations Board

Chapter 1100
Article 1101
Applicability
This Chapter shall govern “latchkey teachers” who work
regularly during the majority of the school year. The parties
acknowledge that the Board of Education may create or
change the supervisory authority over the latchkey program
and latchkey teachers.
Article 1102
Latchkey Contracts
Latchkey teachers shall be offered appropriately worded
individual one (1)-year latchkey contracts. The regular distribution
of latchkey contracts shall be on or before June 15.
All latchkey teacher contracts shall be deemed automatically
nonrenewed as of their expiration date and no action or
notification by the Board shall be required in connection
with such nonrenewal. The Superintendent or designee shall
determine the number of latchkey teachers needed. All
latchkey contracts shall have language mutually agreed to by
the Board and the Association.
Article 1103
Assault Leave
In addition, a latchkey teacher may use up to twenty (20)
days of assault leave due to injury resulting from a physical
assault on a latchkey teacher which occurs on Board premises
or which occurs off Board premises in connection with
the performance of assigned duties, subject to the following
stipulations:
A. The latchkey teacher’s conduct was within the
bounds of general standards of professional behavior;
B. The building administrator or other appropriate
administrator was notified as soon as possible of the
occurrence;
C. The latchkey teacher submits the certificate required
in case of sick leave absence, accompanied by the
physician’s statement required below;
D. The latchkeyteacher provides a physician’s statement
describing the nature and duration of the resulting
disability andthenecessity of absence from regular
employment, with the findings of the physician subject
to review by the Board physician;
E. In the event the foregoing conditions are satisfied,
none of the first twenty (20) days of absence resulting
from such occurrence shall be deducted from the
latchkey teacher’s accumulated sick leave;
F. Workers’ Compensation cannot be received simultaneously
with sick leave benefits.
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