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Professional Agreement Between The Lincoln Public Schools and The Lincoln Education Association
2006 - 2008

This Agreement is made and entered into this June 13, 2006 between the Board of Education of Lincoln, Nebraska and the Lincoln Education Association as the exclusive representative of the certificated employees as described herein. All italicized type is new information for 2006-2007 and 2007-2008.

The purpose of this Agreement is to establish terms and conditions of employment and a mutually determined procedure for the amicable adjustment of disputes arising from the relationship of the parties.

ARTICLE I
RECOGNITION

The Board agrees to recognize exclusively the Lincoln Education Association for the purpose of representing the District’s certificated staff, except school administrators and substitute teachers, for the purposes of negotiating collectively on terms and conditions of employment and the administration of grievances arising thereunder.

ARTICLE II
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES

2-1 The Association has the following rights:

a. The Association may transact official Association business on school district property at all reasonable times.

b. The Association may use school facilities without charge when they are available for public use, except that the normal charge will be made for use on Saturdays, Sundays or on weekdays after 10:00 p.m.

c. The Association offices shall be placed on the regular delivery route for inter-school mail delivery. The Association may use said delivery service, district mailboxes and bulletin boards, where available, for the purpose of communicating with Association members.

d. Orientation Programs - The Association shall be provided time on the agenda of the general orientation programs for new certificated employees.

e. Deductions shall be made and remitted to the Association only on the basis of voluntary individual authorization signed by the certificated employee and forwarded to the District. The Association shall provide the District with a monthly deduction amount by the 15th of September of any year. The payroll deductions shall be prorated over the regular pay periods from September through August. In order to provide for the regular payment of monies, the Association shall establish a monthly amount of deduction which shall be certified to the District by the Association on or before the 15th of any month. Signed voluntary deduction authorizations for new payroll members, and the list from the Association referred to above reflecting any changes, additions or subtractions in the monthly deduction, must be received by the District by the 15th of each month for such deduction to be deducted from any pay check for that pay period.

f. In the event Association members vote to increase Association dues, the Association shall notify the District at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of the dues increase.

g. During the terms of this Agreement, deductions shall be made in accordance with Section 1-e, and 1-f, of this Article and shall be transmitted to the Association within ten working days, with an itemized statement showing the name of each certificated employee for whom such deductions are made. The Association agrees that upon remittance of such monies by the School District to the Association's designee, the Association is solely responsible for the proper accounting and expenditure of such funds and agrees to hold the Board harmless thereon.

h. In order for deductions to be made, a certificated employee's earnings must be regularly sufficient to cover the amount of the appropriate Association deduction after other legal and required deductions are made. In case of unpaid leave of less than one school year, the Association shall provide for monthly cash payments from the member, or add such amounts on a prorated basis on their return from leave. Any such certificated employee shall have monies deducted from the last paycheck received, prior to the leave, not to exceed one additional month’s deduction. The deduction will be resumed when the certificated employee returns from leave. When a certificated employee is in a non-pay status for part of a pay period and earnings are not sufficient to cover the deductions, no deduction shall be made for that pay period.

i. The Association will indemnify and hold the District harmless against any claims made or against any suits instituted against the Board on account of payroll deductions for the Association. Upon presentation of proper evidence thereof, the Association agrees to refund to the District or the certificated employee, whichever is applicable, any amount paid to the Association in error because of the deduction provisions.

j. Authorization shall be continuing except that during the period of March 1 through April 15 of any year a member may revoke such authorization to be effective September 1 the year of the revocation by providing written notice during said period to the Association and the payroll department of the District of the member’s desire to terminate the deduction. Members who have a change in employment which moves them into an administrative position after the April 15 deadline may drop their membership provided their written request and an explanation of their change in status is received in the LEA office by September 1.

2-2 Student Teachers University Relations:

The Lincoln Public Schools shall set aside funds received from student teacher training institutions for distribution to teachers in accordance with recommendations made by the student teacher committee composed of Association and District representatives. The Board of Education has a responsibility to help insure that cooperating teachers get appropriate compensation from teacher training institutions.

a. Professional staff members will have an opportunity to indicate a willingness to work in the teacher education program each semester. Student teachers will be assigned only to those staff members willing to participate in the program. As soon as the District is aware of tentative assignments, those assignments will be communicated to the individual cooperating teachers.

b. In the event the professional staff member has a concern about the assignment and/or growth of a student teacher, the professional staff member will initiate the following process:

(1) Schedule a conference with the student teacher, the university or college (U/C) supervisor and building principal to discuss the issues. The meeting may result in a plan or action including a timeline to resolve the concerns. The Human Resources Office shall be notified of the meeting.

(2) Should the concern remain unresolved, the building principal shall schedule a meeting to include the building principal, the student teacher, the U/C supervisor, the cooperating teacher and a representative of the Human Resources Office. A joint decision may be reached to transfer the student teacher to another assignment within the school district or to cancel the student teacher’s assignment with Lincoln Public Schools.

(3) The student teacher and/or cooperating teacher may appeal the decision or action through established grievance channels within their respective organizations.

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