Bargaining

Contract Extension for 2011-2012

The 2008-2011 contract was extended for one year on approval of the membership in Spring 2011. Negotiations will begin anew in Fall 2011.

Summary of the proposed 2008-11 contract

The 2008-2011 Master Contract was ratified by a simple majority of Association members on June 9, 2008. To download the contract in its entirety, visit the Documents section.

Lane ESD and LCEA bargaining teams reached tentative agreement (TA) in May 2008 on all discussion items. The teams also agreed to continue collaborative efforts on items of mutual interest such as new and continuing employee training, providing prior work experience credit for classified employees, working conditions, periodic review of the classified position review process and development of an informational ESD question-and-answer website for employees. Below is a summary of the new contract. We are pleased to announce that we made some gains financially. However, it is looking as if insurance costs may rise significantly. The LCEA Benefits Committee, Lane ESD and the LCEA Executive Board will be working diligently on this issue.

Contract Length

  • 3 years: July 1, 2008 — June 30, 2011

Article XVI — Salaries and Wages

  • Wages: Year one 3.00%, years two and three, average CPI not less than 1.75% or more than 3.0%.
  • Add 2 additional steps to the classified salary schedule, steps 1-9, and change salary schedule from monthly rate to hourly rate.
  • Drop step 0 from educational assistant salary schedule and combine with the behavioral assistant salary schedule, steps 1-9 and change the position name to Instructional Assistant.
  • Add BA+75/MA and BA+110/MA+45 columns to licensed salary schedule.
  • Increase TSA amounts from 13 years at $80; 15 years at $90; 15 years at $100; to 13 years at $90; 15 years at $100 and 17 years at $110.
  • Increase paid calendar days from 185 to 187 for new 3.5 educational assistants (Instructional Assistants) and from 191 to 193 for new 6.0 educational assistants (Instructional Assistants) to attend new employee orientation and new Instructional Assistant training at the beginning of the school year.
  • Medical: Cap increase $25.00 each year. State law requires membership in OEBB starting 10/2008.

Language

  • Housekeeping: revise language of contract for consistency and accuracy.
  • Article I: Status of the Agreement: The probationary period for classified staff is increased from 6 months to 9 months.
  • Article VI: Joint Committees: Was only Input Committee. Now includes Input committee, Classroom Safety Committee (new), Sick Leave Bank Committee, Benefits Committee (one additional classified representative will be added to LCEA’s side).
  • Article VII: Grievance: Clarify language surrounding time periods for processing grievances (now using calendar days only - does not reduce time frames). Add additional step prior to Arbitration (LESD Board will hear grievance).
  • Article VIII: Discipline, Suspension, Dismissal: Clarify language around discipline. Added definition of Just Cause to contract.
  • Article XIII: Job Sharing: Simplify process and provide flexibility for job sharing. Allow for job sharing with new hires rather than only existing LESD employees.
  • Article XIV: Vacations, Holidays and Leaves: Language specific to domestic partnerships put back in contract (previous FMLA language simply referred to following Oregon & Federal law)
  • Article XV: Sick Leave Bank: Employees may donate up to one extra day to the SLB per year of employment.
  • Article XVIII: Vacancies and Transfers: Rural instructional assistants who wish to be considered for instructional assistant vacancies in urban classrooms will be provided interviews for such vacancies based on submission of a letter of interest (no longer required to complete entire job application)

Additional items

  • Staff Training: The District will write a letter of invitation inviting LCEA membership participation on a committee to develop new teaching and on-going staff training for ESD Special Education Staff.
  • Licensed employees may flex in-service days at beginning of the school year with supervisor approval.
  • Directors/supervisors have the flexibility to hire up to the third step on the classified and instructional assistant salary schedule, any over requires superintendent or designee approval.
  • Sue will work with supervisors to establish a procedure (for special education handbook) to ensure teachers know they can request subs to work on non-student days.
  • Teachers will be informed that they can ask for additional release time for IEP development.
  • LCEA intervention with member-member issues. A process will be developed outside of contract negotiations that will include input from EAP and supervisors.
  • Instructional assistant input from teacher to supervisor. ESD will reformat input form to look less evaluative.
  • TSA eligibility notification. To improve the notification process ESD will annually provide to LCEA a list of employees eligible for TSAs.
  • When an employee is taking Leave With Out Pay (LWOP) and a holiday falls within that time period the employee does not get paid for the holiday.
  • Post LCEA/LESD Agreement on website (not Blackboard). Provide hard copies to all new hires, each satellite site and employees who make a request to LCEA or LESD Human Resources.
  • Article II: Add the following (italicized) language to A.1.c. The costs for Association Leave requested for all other Association business will be reimbursed by the Association for the members regular salary including associated payroll costs and any substitute costs incurred.

Thank you for your support from your Bargaining Team — Gail Galbreath-Sheredy, Gene O'Neil, Jeri Ingallinero, Brad Passenger, Cameron Yee, Tracy Mansfield, Jeff Geiger and Steve Traylor.