SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTCOUNTER PACKAGE PROPOSAL

TO SAN DIEGO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

October 8, 2007 2:30 p.m.

Article 7 -WAGES

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Salaries for all schedules within the SDEA bargaining unit shall be increased by1.5% retroactive to July 1, 2007.A compounded compensation comparability increase of2.75% shall be applied toall schedules within the SDEA bargaining unit, except Schedule F, effective mid

year.0 Unit members assigned to a 12-pay schedule will have their monthly

salary rates increased by 2.75% effective January 1, 2008.0 Unit members assigned to a 10-pay schedule will have their monthly

salary rates increased by 2.75% effective February 1, 2008.A salary schedule restructure shall be applied to Schedule A that collapses thesalary schedule to 17 Steps. This restructure shall be effective mid-year. Unitmembers on Steps 16-18 will be placed at the new Step 16. Unit members onSteps 19-23 will be placed on the new Step 17.Schedule F shall be increased by 2.5% effective June 30, 2008 at 11 :59 p.m. tomaintain compensation comparability.

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Article 9 -Health and Welfare Benefits

No change from existing language with a commitment to structure the make up of theparticipants and the function of Health and Welfare Committee consistent with Section9.6.

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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDINGBETWEEN SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

AND"SAN DIEGO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

October 1, 2007

PreambleBoth Parties recognize that a response is necessary to the rising costs in dental care. Therefore a joint-recommended change in dental coverage was made by the Health and Welfare Benefits Committee.This change was to eliminate the current CDN network (San Diego City Schools Dental BenefitsPlan) and to replace it with the proposed Delta Dental PPO Plan. This recommendation includestaking the proposed district-wide cost savings which are approximately $191,577.00 for the calendaryear 2008 and approximately $1,000,000.00 dollars for the 2009 calendar year and applying thesesavings to salaries for each of the units involved in those savings.

Therefore the Parties agree that the following changes to Article 9 -Health & Welfare Benefits, will beimplemented in advance of the adoption of the 2007/08 reopener agreement.

Section 9.3: DENTAL BENEFITS PLAN

The District will provide three (3) dental benefit plan options to eligible unit members and eligible

dependents:A.

Sail 9iege bit;' Sebeels geiltal Beileftts Flail, Delta Dental PPO Plan (effective January 1.2008) This will reDlace San Die!!o Citv Schools Dental Plan. Effective January 1. 2008.eli!!ible unit members. currently enrolled. who do not select either the Western DentalPlan or the Delta PMI Plan durin!! the November 2007 oven enrollment Deriod will beautomaticallv enrolled in the Delta Dental PPO Plan alon!! with their eli2ible

deDendents.

9.3.

Western Dental Services.9.3.

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Delta PMI. (effective January 1,2007) This will replace SafeGuard Dental in place as of July

1,2006.9.3.

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SAN DIEGO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

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THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIEDSCHOOL DISTRICT """"

~~rI'Director Labor RelationsSan Diego Unified School District

IJ.' L , /L-ib /~147Di~~4~ '~/7-Executive Director

Sj::O ~~:1 As~~Viraj WatdBargainirt ChairSan Education Association

TENTATIVE AGREEMENTSeptember 12, 2007

Appendix A -Salary Rules

2.025 COURSE WORK COMPLETED AFTER MEETING THE BACHELOR'SDEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Qualifying upper division or graduate course work completed after meeting theBachelor's degree requirements and prior to granting of the bachelor's degree will becredited in the same manner as course work taken after the bachelor's degree providedthe registrar of the college granting the bachelor's degree certifies that the additionalcourse work was not part of the requirements for granting the bachelor's degree.

Added language:2.026 CREDENTIAL COURSE WORK COMPLETED CONCURRENTLY WITHBA CHELO R' S DEGREE

Units taken towards earning a credential taken concurrently with the bachelor'sdegree coursework will be credited in the same manner as other units taken afterthe bachelor's degree provided the college granting the bachelor's degree certifieswhich courses were taken in the college approved credential program.

2.0267 ADVANCED DEGREES -no changes to CUlTent contract language

2.0218 REPEATED COURSE -no changes to current contract language

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TENTATIVE AGREEMENTAugust 23, 2007

Appendix B -Early Childhood Salary Rules

5.03 A unit member reassigned from a regular teaching position assigtlee tewithin the Early Childhood Education Program to one of the followingpositions will receive a lead teacher stipend beginning on the effectivedate of the ~assignment.

Child Development Center Lead TeacherChild Development Center Resource TeacherExtended Day Magnet Program Lead TeacherState Preschool Resource Teacher

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The value of the lead teacher stipend shall be six and one-half (6.5%)percent of the salary amount designated for salary class 012-15 of theEarly Childhood Education Program Salary Schedule.

A unit member reassigned to Super Lead Teacher will receive a SuperLead Teacher stipend on the effective date of the reassignment. A SuperLead Teacher is a unit member assigned to a ~ center under thesupervision of a Child Development Center Administrator or othermanager having responsibility for two (2) or more sites. aile '.';hemailltaills his,lhef I3Hmafj' eff.ee at allethef site.

The value of the Super Lead Teacher stipend shall be eleven (11 %}percent of the salary amount designated for salary class 012-15 of theEarly Childhood Education Program Salary Schedule

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Appendix D

TENTATIVE AGREEMENTSeptember 20, 2007

SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

VISITING

TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE

Effective

TBD

1.00 POSITION CLASSES COMPENSATED ON THE VISITING TEACHER SALARYSCHEDULESalary schedule rates apply to visiting teachers, visiting military science instructors, and visitingchild development center teachers, and unit members retired from the District who are employedduring the regular school term and during summer school and intersession. These rates shall besubject to the same percentage change as negotiated for all other rates on the SDEA BargainingUnit Salary Schedule (Appendix A).

2.00 SDEA BARGAINING UNIT SALARY SCHEDULE (Except Early Childhood Education)VISITING TEACHERS

Regular School Tenn -- Daily Rate

2.01

D~y-to-Day Vi§iting Teachers $129.10

$144.28Long- Tenn Visiting TeachersLong-tenn visiting teachers are those visitingteachers who complete more than 5 consecutiveteaching days in a single assignment or who workon a continuing basis in schools in an approvedcluster.

Gemmeftit:; Based '.'isitiftg +eaehefs $l~l.S~Gemmeftity based ';isitiftg teaehefs ~;:e these';isitiftg teaehefs '.'-,he limit theif a';ail~bilit~, tespeeifted seheel eemmeftities.

$168.60Master Visiting TeacherMaster Visiting Teachers are those retireddistrict teachers who have been accepted intothe Master Visiting Teacher Program followingtheir retirement from the district due to theirteaching area being determined by the districtas surplus.

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Appendix D(Continued)

Summer School and lntersession--2.02

Day-to-Day Visiting Teachers $112.38

$128.35LQng- Term Visiting Teachers (Full-Day Program)

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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM SALARY SCHEDULE VISITINGTEACHERSSubstitutes for Child Development Center Teachers --

Day-to-Day Visiting Teachers $100.88

Long- Tenn Visiting Teachers receive an additional $8.00 per day. Long- Tenn

4.00 EXTENDED-DAY SERVICEExtended-day payments are payments made by the district to visiting teachers assigned tosupervise or direct pupil activities when the services of a regular district contract unit membercannot be obtained and which involve hours of service and responsibility beyond the normalrange

of visiting teacher assignments.

Extended-day payment units are units of value for each extended-day assignment approved bythe Board of Education. The value of each unit is established as 1.4 percent of the annual salaryamount designated for salary class 012-13 of the SDEA Bargaining Unit Salary Schedule(Appendix A). The annual value of one extended-day unit is:

$892.17

The types of pupil activities for which extended-day payments are authorized and the number ofunits assigned to each activity are contained in Procedures 7232 and 7233, respectively.

5.00 SUPERVISION SESSION SERVICESupervision session payments are payments made by the district to visiting teachers assigned tosupervise pupils at school-sponsored dances or interscholastic athletic events when the service ofa regular district contract unit member cannot be obtained.Late Afternoon Sessions --

$29.31

per session

Session rate for events which occur after the end of the visiting teacher's required on-site dutyhours and commence prior to 6 p.m.

Evening

Sessions --$58.62 per session

Session rate for events which occur during evening hours and commence at or after 6 p.m. ordays when school is not in session.

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Visiting Teachers are those visiting teachers who complete 20 or more consecutiveteaching days in a single assignment.

Appendix D(Continued)

UNDERPAYMENTS OR OVERPAYMENTSEach employee is encouraged to review the annual salary placement and to examine all paywarrants carefully. If an incorrect salary placement has been made or an individual pay warrantis in error this information must be brought to the attention of the district immediately.Overpayments and underpayments are not subject to the accumulation of earned interest. If anincorrect salary placement or warrant results in an underpayment the district will issue asupplementary warrant for the amount due as soon as possible.Board of Education By-Laws limit the time period for submitting claims due to underpayment ofwages to one year from the date the underpayment began. If the incorrect placement or warrantresults in an overpayment the district is required to recover the full amount overpaid. Therecovery schedule will include consideration to both the district and the employee.

PAY RATES FOR WORK PERFORMED BY UNIT MEMBERS RETIRED FROM THEDISTRICTThe following hourly pay rates are established for unit members retired from the District whoreturn to work to complete short term and ongoing assignment(s) and who are not substitutingfor a regular unit member.

7.01

Unit members retired from the District who return to work to perform the full scope ofduties previously assigned to them as regular unit members will be paid the current prorata hourly rate, including special compensation, for the salary schedule step and columnon which they were placed on the date they retired.

7.02 Unit members retired from the District who return to work to perform certificated hourlyservices other than those covered in Section 7.01 will be paid the current NonclassroomAssignment rate in accordance with Appendix A, Section 7.011 of the Salary Rules andRegulations:

$29.31 per hour

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Salary Rules for Appendix E(Summer School Intersession)

( TENTATIVE AGREEMENTSeptember 20, 2007"1

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POSITION CLASSES COMPENSATED ON THE SUMMER SCHOOL ANDINTERSESSION TEACHERS' SALARY PLANSThe above rates apply to contract teachers of the San Diego Unified School District serving inthe regular or full-time special education summer school and intersession programs of thedistrict. These rates also apply to unit members in nonclassroom assignments such asCounselors, curriculum writers, Library Media Teachers, School nurses, School Psychologists,Psychometrists, and all other classes which are compensated on the contract SDEA BargainingUnit Salary Plans.

LENGTH OF WORKWEEKThe number of hours of service required for regular and special education summer school andintersession assignments will be as specified by state law and:

Unit members assigftee te sites in assienments where the length of the instructional dayfor regular and special education summer school and intersession programs is not greaterthan

four (4) hours will be compensated on Schedule A in Appendix E: Regular SummerSchool and lntersession Assignments.

2.01

Schedule A in Appendix E is based upon a weekly rate. Unit members assignedto this schedule earn the same amount during a week containing a holiday as theywould earn during a week with five (5) workdays.

2.01

2.012 The hourly equivalent rate of Schedule A in Appendix E will be one-twenty-fifth(1/25) of the weekly rate.

2.013 Classroom teachers delivering up to four (4) hours of instruction will be paid forfive (5) hours.

2.014 Schedule A in Appendix E applies to both elementary and secondary sites wherethe length of the instructional day is four (4) hours or less.

2.015

Sick leave will be accrued at the rate of four (4) hours for every fifty (50) hours inpaid status during a summer school or intersession assignment under thisparagraph. Absence for a full day will be charged at a rate of five (5) hours perday.

2.016

Unit members delivering up to four (4) hours of instruction shall not be requiredto attend staff development.

2.02 Unit members assigRee te sites in assi2nments where the length of the instructional dayfor regular and special education summer school and intersession programs is greaterthan four (4) hours will be compensated on Schedule B in Appendix E: Full-DaySummer School and Intersession Assignments.

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Salary Rules for Appendix E(Continued)

Schedule B in Appendix E is based upon a daily rate. Unit members assigned tothis schedule are paid only for scheduled workdays.

2.021

The hourly equivalent rate of Schedule B in Appendix E will be one-fortieth(1/40) of the weekly rate.

2.022

2.023 Regular on site hours will be six (6) hours and thirty-five (35) minutes. A dutyfree lunch will be provided. The instructional day will not exceed five (5) hours.

2.024 Each week may include a maximum of four (4) hours mandatory staffdevelopment. Any staff development beyond the four (4) hours will be voluntary.

2.025 The regular day as defined in Article 8 will be honored,explicitly stated herein.

Any exceptions are

2.026 Sick leave will be accrued at the rate of four (4) hours for every two (2) weeks ofsummer school or intersession assignment under this paragraph. Absence for afull day will be charged at the rate of eight (8) hours per day.

2.027 Unit members in secondary school assignments who work less than the full five(5) hour instructional day assienment at their site/proeram will be paid asfollows:

.Two (2) hours of instruction will be paid for three (3) hours

.Three {3) hours of instruction will be paid for four (4) hours

.Four (4) hours of instruction will be paid for five and one-half (5 1f2) hours

Special education staff required to support the summer school program may work at morethan one site and may be assigned to a workday or workweek that varies from thestandard assignment of a single site. These staff will be assigned a weekly wage base4upon Salary Schedule A in Appendix E and pro-rated to the actual hours that the unitmember is assigned.

2.04

Unit members assigned to the infant program that work beyond their basic contractworkyear will be paid according to the Salary Rules and Schedules for Appendix A,paragraph 7.03-Extended Work Year Service to fulfill the state mandated instructionaldays for the infant program.

PLACEMENT ON THE SUMMER SCHOOL AND INTERSESSION TEACHERS' SALARYPLAN

3.00

Unit members, except Visiting Teachers, will be placed on the step and columndetermined in Appendix A, exclusive of any special compensation. A unit member in asummer school assignment who has just completed a temporary contract shall beincluded under this section.

Noncontract certificated employees hired to serve only in summer school and intersessionassignments included in Section 1.00 will be compensated at the rate for the SDEA

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Salary Rules for Appendix E(Continued)

Bargaining Unit Salary Plan 0199 Step 01, Column 010. This excludes employeesworking as day-to-day visiting teachers in summer school and intersession.

Assignments not included in Section 1.00 will be compensated in accordance with salaryrules established in other certificated employee. salary schedules as determinedappropriate by the Human Resources Director.

3.03

The rates for Appendix E, Schedule A and Schedule B shall be based upon the pro-rataequivalent of Appendix A rates.

UNDERPAYMENTS OR OVERPAYMENTSEach unit member is encouraged to review the annual salary placement and to examine all paywarrants carefully. If an incorrect salary placement has been made or an individual pay warrantis in error this information must be brought to the attention of the District immediately.Overpayments and underpayments are not subject to the accumulation of earned interest. If anincorrect salary placement or warrant results in an underpayment the district will issue asupplementary warrant for the amount due as soon as possible. Board of Education By-Lawslimit the time period for submitting claims due to underpayment of wages to one year from thedate the underpayment began. If the incorrect placement or warrant results in an overpaymentthe district is required to recover the full amount overpaid. The recovery schedule will includeconsideration to both the district and the unit member.

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