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Office of the Vice Chancellor for Labor Relations535 East 80tb Street

New York, NY 10075Tel: 212-794-5568Fax: 212-794-5530

March 21, 2012

Dr. Barbara Bowen

President

Professional Staff Congress/CUNY

61 Broadway, Suite 1500

New York, NY 10006

Dear Dr. Bowen:

This letter will confirm the parties' amended agreement regarding the CUNY Language Immersion

Program (CLIP) Teacher hourly rate schedule effective March 19,2011.

Continuing Education Teachers who are newly appointed to a position in the CUNY Language Immersion

Program (CLIP) that will continue for a period of more than six (6) months and requires them to teach a

minimum of twenty (20) hours per week shall be placed on the starting hourly rate of the CLIPStep

Hourly Rate Schedule effective March 19, 2011 as set forth below.

The calculation of the number of hours comprising a full year of service for the CLIP hourly rate schedule

set forth below shall be based upon service in the fall semester immediately preceding March 19 and

service in the prior spring semester. During the course of the two semesters, the CLIP teacher must be

appointed for 30 weeks of service with 30 hours worked per week, an annual total of900 hours.'

For CLIP teachers appointed to Kingsborough Community College, the calculation of the number of

hours comprising a full year of service for the CLIP hourly rate schedule set forth below shall be based

upon service in the fall sessions (Sessions A and B) immediately preceding March 19 and service in the

prior spring session (Session A).

For CLIPteachers appointed to LaGuardia Community College, the calculation of the number of hours

comprising a full year of service for the CLIP hourly rate schedule set forth below shall be based upon

service in the fall sessions (Sessions I and II) immediately preceding March 19 and service in the prior

spring session (Session I).

1 Defined as a full year of service solely for movement within schedule for Continuing Education Teachersappointed to the CLIPProgram and additions to base pay set forth in section 2 (f) of the Continuing EducationTeacher Supplemental Ag~re::!e;,!,.m!!.:e:;.!n.!!;t.;..'-------------------------l~

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In order for a movement within schedule for a Continuing Education Teacher appointed to the CLIP

Program to occur, the Continuing Education Teacher must be continuously employed in the position',

meet the general requirements stated above throughout the period, and provide full years of service as

defined above. Movement within schedule shall be from one schedule step to the next higher step of

the schedule set forth herein and shall occur following completion of one full year of service during each

of the first six years of service. Upon completion of six years of service, movement within the schedule

set forth herein shall be from one schedule step to the next higher step of the schedule set forth herein

and shall occur following completion oftwo full years of service. A Continuing Education Teacher who

was placed on the March 19, 2010 CLIPStep Hourly Rate Schedule shall be placed on the March 19,

2011 schedule set forth herein based upon full years of service (as referenced in the paragraph above) in

the CLIP Program as of March 18, 2011.

A Continuing Education Teacher appointed to a position in the CLIPProgram who is placed on the

schedule effective March 19, 2011 will not be eligible to receive any additions to base pay as provided

for in section 2 (f) ofthe Continuing Education Teacher Supplemental Agreement.

CLIP STEPHOURLY RATESCHEDULE EFFECTIVEMARCH 19, 2011

Starting Hourly RateAfter 1 yearAfter 2 yearsAfter 3 yearsAfter 4 yearsAfter 5 yearsAfter 6 yearsAfter 8 yearsAfter 10 yearsAfter 12 yearsAfter 14 yearsAfter 16 years

$37.75$38.40$39.10$39.80$40.50$41.25$42.00$43.40$45.00$46.60$48.50$51.05

This is the entire agreement of the parties; it cannot be amended, supplemented or modified, except by

written agreement of the parties.

2 Solely for purposes of interpreting "continuously employed" for movement within schedule, time employed inCLIPPrograms University-wide (rather than at a single college) will be determinative.

Please sign on the line provided below to indicate your assent to these terms.

Sincerely,

IA-rqPamela S. Silverblatt

Vice Chancellor for Labor Relations

Professional Staff CongressfCU NY Date