Common use of Developmental Extracurricular Activity Fund (DECAF Clause in Contracts

Developmental Extracurricular Activity Fund (DECAF. a. The building principal of Knollwood will be granted a DECAF fund equal to fifteen (15%) of the base salary of the teacher’s salary schedule. The building principal of Forestlawn will be granted a DECAF fund equal to five percent (5%) of the base salary of the teacher’s salary schedule. The building principal of Brookside Intermediate School will be granted a DECAF fund equal to twenty percent (20%) of the base salary of the teacher’s salary schedule. The building principal of Brookside Middle School will be granted a DECAF fund equal to ten percent (10%) of the base salary of the teacher’s salary schedule. The building principal of Brookside High School will be granted a DECAF fund equal to twenty percent (20%) of the base salary of the teacher’s salary schedule. The purpose of this account will be for the creation of new, experimental supplemental contracts related to student activities, or the creation of limited duration supplemental contracts to perform specific tasks outside the contractually defined work day, during a duty free lunch and/or outside the contractually defined work year. b. The creation of a supplemental contract under this fund will be mutually agreed to by the building principal and teacher(s) involved. The principal and teacher(s) will agree to the duties involved, work schedule and level of compensation. This agreement will be put in writing and submitted to the District’s Supplemental Contract Committee for review and approval. The committee will notify the parties of its decision within ten (10) workdays of its meeting. If approved, it will be submitted to the Board for employment. c. Compensation for supplemental assignments created through this fund may range from zero percent (0%) to fifteen percent (15%) of the base teachers’ salary at Knollwood; or zero percent (0%) to five percent (5%) of the base teachers’ salary at Forestlawn; or zero percent (0%) to twenty percent (20%) of the base teachers’ salary at Brookside Intermediate School, or zero percent (0%) to ten percent (10%) of the base teachers’ salary at Brookside Middle School; or zero percent (0%) to twenty percent (20%) of the base teachers’ salary at Brookside High School. Total compensation for all such positions within a building may not exceed the fifteen percent (15%) limit at Knollwood; the five percent (5%) limit at Forestlawn; the twenty percent (20%) limit at Brookside Intermediate School; the ten percent (10%) limit at Brookside Middle School; or the twenty percent (20%) limit at Brookside High School. d. Academic Intervention/Tutoring shall not account for more than thirty percent (30%) of total DECAF funds. This thirty percent (30%) cap shall apply to each individual building during the first semester. When unused building DECAF funds are made available district wide at the end of the first semester as per Article XIII, Section B (3)(g), the thirty percent (30%) cap shall then apply to the overall district wide DECAF fund. e. Supplemental contracts created through this fund will automatically conclude at the end of the normal contract year, unless some other ending date is specified in the principal/teacher(s) proposal, and be considered non-renewed at that time without Board action being required. f. Upon the request of the DECAF contract holder, supplemental contracts created through this fund shall be considered for placement on the regular salary schedule by the Supplemental Contract Committee, once they have been in effect for at least three (3) consecutive school years. At this time or at the end of every ensuing consecutive year of the DECAF contract’s being in effect, the DECAF contract holder shall complete the Supplemental Proposal Form and submit it to the Supplemental Contract Committee. The Supplemental Contract Committee shall review this position in relation to other regular supplemental positions and include a proposed salary schedule. The Supplemental Contract Committee shall submit its recommendation to the Superintendent for Board action and the Association for ratification. g. Building funds unused at the end of the first semester will be made available to staff members in all buildings at the beginning of the second semester each year. Staff members will follow the customary and usual procedures in requesting unused DECAF funds. Remaining DECAF funds will continue to be monitored by the Supplemental Contract Committee. Any funds still unused at the end of the fiscal year will be returned to the general fund. The Association and the Supplemental Contract Committee will send out correspondence to all teachers reminding them of this provision approximately thirty (30) days prior to the end of the first semester.

Developmental Extracurricular Activity Fund (DECAF. a. The building principal of Knollwood will be granted a DECAF fund equal to fifteen ten percent (1510%) of the base salary of the teacher’s salary schedule. The building principal of Forestlawn will be granted a DECAF fund equal to five ten percent (510%) of the base salary of the teacher’s salary schedule. The building principal of Brookside Intermediate School will be granted a DECAF fund equal to twenty percent (20%) of the base salary of the teacher’s salary schedule. The building principal of Brookside Middle School will be granted a DECAF fund equal to ten percent (10%) of the base salary of the teacher’s salary schedule. The building principal of Brookside High School will be granted a DECAF fund equal to twenty percent (20%) of the base salary of the teacher’s salary schedule. The purpose of this account will be for the creation of new, experimental supplemental contracts related to student activities, or the creation of limited duration supplemental contracts to perform specific tasks outside the contractually defined work day, during a duty free lunch and/or outside the contractually defined work year. b. The creation of a supplemental contract under this fund will be mutually agreed to by the building principal and teacher(s) involved. The principal and teacher(s) will agree to the duties involved, work schedule and level of compensation. This agreement will be put in writing and submitted to the District’s Supplemental Contract Committee for review and approval. The committee will notify the parties of its decision within ten (10) workdays of its meeting. If approved, it will be submitted to the Board for employment. c. Compensation for supplemental assignments created through this fund may range from zero percent (0%) to fifteen ten percent (1510%) of the base teachers’ salary at Knollwood; or zero percent (0%) to five ten percent (510%) of the base teachers’ salary at Forestlawn; or zero percent (0%) to twenty percent (20%) of the base teachers’ salary at Brookside Intermediate School, or zero percent (0%) to ten percent (10%) of the base teachers’ salary at Brookside Middle School; or zero percent (0%) to twenty percent (20%) of the base teachers’ salary at Brookside High School. Total compensation for all such positions within a building may not exceed the fifteen ten percent (1510%) limit at Knollwood; the five ten percent (510%) limit at Forestlawn; the twenty percent (20%) limit at Brookside Intermediate School; the ten percent (10%) limit at Brookside Middle School; or the twenty percent (20%) limit at Brookside High School. d. Academic Intervention/Tutoring shall not account for more than thirty percent (30%) of total DECAF funds. This thirty percent (30%) cap shall apply to each individual building during the first semester. When unused building DECAF funds are made available district wide at the end of the first semester as per Article XIII, Section B (3)(g), the thirty percent (30%) cap shall then apply to the overall district wide DECAF fund. e. Supplemental contracts created through this fund will automatically conclude at the end of the normal contract year, unless some other ending date is specified in the principal/teacher(s) proposal, and be considered non-renewed at that time without Board action being required. f. Upon the request of the DECAF contract holder, supplemental contracts created through this fund shall be considered for placement on the regular salary schedule by the Supplemental Contract Committee, once they have been in effect for at least three (3) consecutive school years. At this time or at the end of every ensuing consecutive year of the DECAF contract’s being in effect, the DECAF contract holder shall complete the Supplemental Proposal Form and submit it to the Supplemental Contract Committee. The Supplemental Contract Committee shall review this position in relation to other regular supplemental positions and include a proposed salary schedule. The Supplemental Contract Committee shall submit its recommendation to the Superintendent for Board action and the Association for ratification. g. Building funds unused at the end of the first semester will be made available to staff members in all buildings at the beginning of the second semester each year. Staff members will follow the customary and usual procedures in requesting unused DECAF funds. Remaining DECAF funds will continue to be monitored by the Supplemental Contract Committee. Any funds still unused at the end of the fiscal year will be returned to the general fund. The Association and the Supplemental Contract Committee will send out correspondence to all teachers reminding them of this provision approximately thirty (30) days prior to the end of the first semester.

Developmental Extracurricular Activity Fund (DECAF. a. The Each building principal of Knollwood will be granted a DECAF discretionary fund equal to fifteen ten percent (1510%) of the base salary of the teacher’s salary scheduleschedule then in effect. The building principal principals of Forestlawn Xxxx, Forestlawn, Tennyson and Knollwood will be granted a DECAF fund equal to five percent (5%) of the base salary of the teacher’s salary schedule. The building principal of Brookside Intermediate School will be granted a DECAF fund equal to twenty percent (20%) of the base salary of the teacher’s salary schedule. The building principal of Brookside Middle School will be granted a DECAF discretionary fund equal to ten percent (10%) of the base salary of the teacher’s salary schedule. The building principal of Sheffield Middle School will be granted a discretionary fund equal to thirteen percent (13%) of the base salary of the teacher’s salary schedule, and the building principal of Brookside High School will be granted a DECAF discretionary fund equal to twenty sixteen percent (2016%) of the base salary of the teacher’s salary schedule. The funding mechanism will remain in place until the grade reconfiguration of the District, at which time the building DECAF allocation will be based on five percent (5%) of the base for each grade housed in that building. Once grade = five percent (5%); two grades = ten percent (10%), three grades = fifteen percent (15%); four grades = twenty percent (20%); five grades = twenty-five percent (25%); six grades The purpose of this account will be for the creation of new, experimental supplemental contracts related to student activities, or the creation of limited duration supplemental contracts to perform specific tasks outside the normal contractually defined work day, during a duty free lunch day and/or outside the contractually defined work yearyear which are related to instructional/educational improvement. b. The creation of a supplemental contract under this fund will be mutually agreed to by the building principal and teacher(s) involved. The principal and teacher(s) will agree to the duties involved, work schedule and level of compensation. This agreement will be put in writing and submitted to the District’s Supplemental Contract Committee for review and approval. The committee will notify the parties of its decision within ten (10) workdays of its meeting. If approved, it will be submitted to the Board for employment. c. Compensation for supplemental assignments created through this fund may range from zero percent (0%) to fifteen ten percent (1510%) of the base teachers’ salary at Barr, Tennyson, and Knollwood; or zero percent (0%) to thirteen percent (13%) of the base teachers’ salary at Sheffield Middle School; or zero percent (0%) to sixteen percent (16%) of the base teachers’ salary at Brookside High School, but total compensation for all such positions within a building may not exceed the ten percent (10%) limit at Xxxx, Forestlawn, Tennyson, and Knollwood; the thirteen percent (13%) limit at Sheffield Middle School, or the sixteen percent (16%) limit at Brookside High School. Upon the time of grade reconfiguration in the District, compensation for supplemental assignments created through this fund may range from zero percent (0%) to five percent (5%) of the base teachers’ salary at Forestlawn; or zero percent (0%) to twenty percent (20%) for each grade level of student served in the base teachers’ salary at Brookside Intermediate School, or zero percent (0%) to ten percent (10%) of the base teachers’ salary at Brookside Middle School; or zero percent (0%) to twenty percent (20%) of the base teachers’ salary at Brookside High School. Total compensation for all such positions within a building may not exceed the fifteen percent (15%) limit at Knollwood; the five percent (5%) limit at Forestlawn; the twenty percent (20%) limit at Brookside Intermediate School; the ten percent (10%) limit at Brookside Middle School; or the twenty percent (20%) limit at Brookside High SchoolDECAF supplemental assignment. d. Academic Intervention/Tutoring shall not account for more than thirty percent (30%) of total DECAF funds. This thirty percent (30%) cap shall apply to each individual building during the first semester. When unused building DECAF funds are made available district wide at the end of the first semester as per Article XIII, Section B (3)(g), the thirty percent (30%) cap shall then apply to the overall district wide DECAF fund. e. Supplemental contracts created through this fund will automatically conclude at the end of the normal contract year, unless some other ending date is specified in the principal/teacher(s) proposal, and be considered non-renewed at that time without Board action being required. f. Upon the request of the DECAF contract holder, supplemental contracts created through this fund shall be considered for placement on the regular salary schedule by the Supplemental Contract Committee, once they have been in effect for at least three (3) consecutive school years. At this time or at the end of every ensuing consecutive year of the DECAF contract’s being in effect, the DECAF contract holder shall complete the Supplemental Proposal Form and submit it to the Supplemental Contract Committee. The Supplemental Contract Committee shall review this position in relation to other regular supplemental positions and include a proposed salary schedule. The Supplemental Contract Committee shall submit its recommendation to the Superintendent for Board action and the Association for ratification. g. Building funds unused at the end of the first semester will be made available to staff members in all buildings at the beginning of the second semester each year. Staff members will follow the customary and usual procedures in requesting unused DECAF funds. Remaining DECAF funds will continue to be monitored by the Supplemental Contract Committee. Any funds still unused at the end of the fiscal year will be returned to the general fund. The Association and the Supplemental Contract Committee will send out correspondence to all teachers reminding them of this provision approximately thirty (30) days prior to the end of the first semester.