Common use of EXTRA-TIME PAY FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS Clause in Contracts

EXTRA-TIME PAY FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS. 1. Permanent school bus drivers shall be guaranteed a daily task assignment of at least six hours per day and shall be paid at their regular rate for all hours which they are required to work beyond their regular daily task assignment, up to an aggregate maximum of 40 hours per week. A daily task assignment guarantee of five hours applies to summer school. a) Substitute bus drivers are excluded from the guaranteed task assignment. However, they shall be paid for all hours on a route they are assigned when replacing a permanent bus driver. b) The regular daily task assignment includes: assigned route time; allowance of 10 minutes in the a.m. and five minutes in the p.m. for walk-around inspection; and daily allowance of 24 minutes for refueling, clerical tasks, and delivery of assigned vehicles to inspection stations or to garages for maintenance. Employees shall be paid actual time for inservice training. After attainment of the regular daily task assignment, the bus driver will be paid for breakdown time. c) Employees charged with unauthorized absence in a given work week shall not be eligible for overtime for the remainder of that work week (including Saturday and Sunday). The overtime list shall be maintained and reviewed monthly with a Union designee(s) consistent with the work year. Employees on authorized absences shall not be denied overtime and shall retain their positions on the scheduled overtime distribution list. Extra-time distribution lists shall be established to provide for distribution of available extra-time on the basis of seniority in rotation in their groups at the geographic work locations. The extra-time list shall be maintained and reviewed monthly with Union designees consistent with the work year. d) A joint labor/management route bidding committee shall be established to develop a 2007-2008 route bidding process. The committee shall be comprised of six members: three selected by management and three by the Union. Recommendations shall be made to the Superintendent or his designee and the Union President by March 31st. 2. Field Trip Assignments - Field trip rotation assignments will be posted at each Transportation terminal. a) School bus drivers are required to make all assigned field trips. In cases of illness or emergencies that prevent a driver from making a trip, the bus driver will be responsible for notifying the designated administrative supervisor on the appropriate form. The administrator will reassign the trip in order of seniority on the rotation roster, based on the scheduling of the trip and the driver’s availability to perform the field trip. If the next two drivers on the rotation rosters are unavailable, the supervising administrator shall document his/her actions and shall assign the trip to an available driver, using substitute drivers (8022, job code) only in an urgent situation. Assignment of field trips will be made as follows: 1) During the bidding process, drivers will have the opportunity to sign-up or decline field trip assignments. Prior to the beginning of the school year, the final field trip roster (by seniority) will be posted and a copy sent to the Union. 2) All field trips shall be assigned from the field trip roster by seniority on a rotation basis. Drivers who do not accept a trip will be skipped in rotation and not offered another trip until their name comes up again on the field trip roster. Acceptance of emergency trips shall not be held against the driver on the seniority rotation. b) The supervisor or designee at each terminal will be responsible for posting rosters of bus drivers and indicating the field trips assigned and declined. Each bus driver will be responsible for checking the roster and assuring that they are aware and available for the assignment or for prior notification of the supervisor or designee of their non-availability on the appropriate form. c) School bus drivers who are assigned field trips shall be compensated for travel time from compound to compound. 3. School Bus Driver and Bus Aide work assignments in support of Saturday Academies will be administered pursuant to the Department of Transportation Administrative Directives No. 94-954 and 94-956. All other bargaining unit members required to work in support of Saturday Academies shall be assigned and compensated, pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.

EXTRA-TIME PAY FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS. 1. Permanent Effective July 1, 2019, permanent school bus drivers shall be guaranteed a daily task assignment of at least six seven hours per day or 35 hours per week and shall be paid at their regular rate for all hours which they are required to work beyond their regular daily task assignment, up to an aggregate maximum of 40 hours per week. Bus Aide hours will continue to be aligned to the guaranteed minimum hours of Bus Drivers. A daily task assignment guarantee of five hours applies to summer school. a) Substitute bus drivers are excluded from the guaranteed task assignment. However, they shall be paid for all hours on a route they are assigned when replacing a permanent bus driver. b) The regular daily task assignment includes: assigned route time; allowance of 10 15 minutes in the a.m. and five 15 minutes in the p.m. for walk-walk- around inspection; and daily allowance of 24 30 minutes for refueling, clerical tasks, and delivery of assigned vehicles to inspection stations or to garages for maintenance. Employees shall be paid actual time for inservice training. After attainment of the regular daily task assignment, the bus driver will be paid for breakdown time. c) Employees charged with unauthorized absence in a given work week shall not be eligible for overtime for the remainder of that work week (including Saturday and Sunday). The overtime list shall be maintained and reviewed monthly with a Union designee(s) consistent with the work year. Employees on authorized absences shall not be denied overtime and shall retain their positions on the scheduled overtime distribution list. Extra-time distribution lists shall be established to provide for distribution of available extra-time on the basis of seniority in rotation in their groups at the geographic work locations. The extra-time list shall be maintained and reviewed monthly with Union designees consistent with the work year. d) A joint labor/management route bidding committee shall be established to develop a 2007-2008 route bidding process. The committee shall be comprised of six members: three selected by management and three by the Union. Recommendations shall be made to the Superintendent or his designee and the Union President by March 31st. 2. Field Trip Assignments - Field trip rotation assignments will be posted at each Transportation terminal. a) School bus drivers are required to make all assigned field trips. In cases of illness or emergencies that prevent a driver from making a trip, the bus driver will be responsible for notifying the designated administrative supervisor on the appropriate form. The administrator will reassign the trip in order of seniority on the rotation roster, based on the scheduling of the trip and the driver’s availability to perform the field trip. If the next two drivers on the rotation rosters are unavailable, the supervising administrator shall document his/her actions and shall assign the trip to an available driver, using substitute drivers (8022, job code) only in an urgent situation. Assignment of field trips will be made as follows: 1) During the bidding process, drivers will have the opportunity to sign-up or decline field trip assignments. Prior to the beginning of the school year, the final field trip roster (by seniority) will be posted and a copy sent to the Union. 2) All field trips shall be assigned from the field trip roster by seniority on a rotation basis. Drivers who do not accept a trip will be skipped in rotation and not offered another trip until their name comes up again on the field trip roster. Acceptance of emergency trips shall not be held against the driver on the seniority rotation. b) The supervisor or designee at each terminal will be responsible for posting rosters of bus drivers and indicating the field trips assigned and declined. Each bus driver will be responsible for checking the roster and assuring that they are aware and available for the assignment or for prior notification of the supervisor or designee of their non-availability on the appropriate form. c) School bus drivers who are assigned field trips shall be compensated for travel time from compound to compound. 3. School Bus Driver and Bus Aide work assignments in support of Saturday Academies will be administered pursuant to the Department of Transportation Administrative Directives No. 94-954 and 94-956. All other bargaining unit members required to work in support of Saturday Academies shall be assigned and compensated, pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.

EXTRA-TIME PAY FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS. 1. Permanent Effective July 1, 2019, permanent school bus drivers shall be guaranteed a daily task assignment of at least six seven hours per day or 35 hours per week and shall be paid at their regular rate for all hours which they are required to work beyond their regular daily task assignment, up to an aggregate maximum of 40 hours per week. Bus Aide hours will continue to be aligned to the guaranteed minimum hours of Bus Drivers. A daily task assignment guarantee of five hours applies to summer school. a) Substitute bus drivers are excluded from the guaranteed task assignment. However, they shall be paid for all hours on a route they are assigned when replacing a permanent bus driver. b) The regular daily task assignment includes: assigned route time; allowance of 10 15 minutes in the a.m. and five 15 minutes in the p.m. for walk-walk- around inspection; and daily allowance of 24 30 minutes for refueling, clerical tasks, and delivery of assigned vehicles to inspection stations or to garages for maintenance. Employees shall be paid actual time for inservice training. After attainment of the regular daily task assignment, the bus driver will be paid for breakdown time. c) Employees charged with unauthorized absence in a given work week shall not be eligible for overtime for the remainder of that work week (including Saturday and Sunday). The overtime list shall be maintained and reviewed monthly with a Union designee(s) consistent with the work year. Employees on authorized absences shall not be denied overtime and shall retain their positions on the scheduled overtime distribution list. Extra-time distribution lists shall be established to provide for distribution of available extra-time on the basis of seniority in rotation in their groups at the geographic work locations. The extra-time list shall be maintained and reviewed monthly with Union designees consistent with the work year. d) A joint labor/management route bidding committee shall be established to develop a 2007-2008 route bidding process. The committee shall be comprised of six members: three selected by management and three by the Union. Recommendations shall be made to the Superintendent or his designee and the Union President by March 31st. 2. Field Trip Assignments - Field trip rotation assignments will be posted at each Transportation terminal. a) School bus drivers are required to make all assigned field trips. In cases of illness or emergencies that prevent a driver from making a trip, the bus driver will be responsible for notifying the designated administrative supervisor on the appropriate form. The administrator will reassign the trip in order of seniority on the rotation roster, based on the scheduling of the trip and the driver’s availability to perform the field trip. If the next two drivers on the rotation rosters are unavailable, the supervising administrator shall document his/her actions and shall assign the trip to an available driver, using substitute drivers (8022, job code) only in an urgent situation. Assignment of field trips will be made as follows: 1) During the bidding process, drivers will have the opportunity to sign-up or decline field trip assignments. Prior to the beginning of the school year, the final field trip roster (by seniority) will be posted and a copy sent to the Union. 2) All field trips shall be assigned from the field trip roster by seniority on a rotation basis. Drivers who do not accept a trip will be skipped in rotation and not offered another trip until their name comes up again on the field trip roster. Acceptance of emergency trips shall not be held against the driver on the seniority rotation. b) The supervisor or designee at each terminal will be responsible for posting rosters of bus drivers and indicating the field trips assigned and declined. Each bus driver will be responsible for checking the roster and assuring that they are aware and available for the assignment or for prior notification of the supervisor or designee of their non-availability on the appropriate form. c) School bus drivers who are assigned field trips shall be compensated for travel time from compound to compound. 3. School Bus Driver and Bus Aide work assignments in support of Saturday Academies will be administered pursuant to the Department of Transportation Administrative Directives No. 94-954 and 94-956. All other bargaining unit members required to work in support of Saturday Academies shall be assigned and compensated, pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.

EXTRA-TIME PAY FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS. 1. Permanent Effective July 1, 2019, permanent school bus drivers shall be guaranteed a daily task assignment of at least six seven hours per day or 35 hours per week and shall be paid at their regular rate for all hours which they are required to work beyond their regular daily task assignment, up to an aggregate maximum of 40 hours per week. A daily task assignment guarantee of five hours applies to summer school. a) Substitute bus drivers are excluded from the guaranteed task assignment. However, they shall be paid for all hours on a route they are assigned when replacing a permanent bus driver. b) The regular daily task assignment includes: assigned route time; allowance of 10 15 minutes in the a.m. and five 15 minutes in the p.m. for walk-walk- around inspection; and daily allowance of 24 30 minutes for refueling, clerical tasks, and delivery of assigned vehicles to inspection stations or to garages for maintenance. Employees shall be paid actual time for inservice training. After attainment of the regular daily task assignment, the bus driver will be paid for breakdown time. c) Employees charged with unauthorized absence in a given work week shall not be eligible for overtime for the remainder of that work week (including Saturday and Sunday). The overtime list shall be maintained and reviewed monthly with a Union designee(s) consistent with the work year. Employees on authorized absences shall not be denied overtime and shall retain their positions on the scheduled overtime distribution list. Extra-time distribution lists shall be established to provide for distribution of available extra-time on the basis of seniority in rotation in their groups at the geographic work locations. The extra-time list shall be maintained and reviewed monthly with Union designees consistent with the work year. d) A joint labor/management route bidding committee shall be established to develop a 2007-2008 route bidding process. The committee shall be comprised of six members: three selected by management and three by the Union. Recommendations shall be made to the Superintendent or his designee and the Union President by March 31st. 2. Field Trip Assignments - Field trip rotation assignments will be posted at each Transportation terminal. a) School bus drivers are required to make all assigned field trips. In cases of illness or emergencies that prevent a driver from making a trip, the bus driver will be responsible for notifying the designated administrative supervisor on the appropriate form. The administrator will reassign the trip in order of seniority on the rotation roster, based on the scheduling of the trip and the driver’s availability to perform the field trip. If the next two drivers on the rotation rosters are unavailable, the supervising administrator shall document his/her actions and shall assign the trip to an available driver, using substitute drivers (8022, job code) only in an urgent situation. Assignment of field trips will be made as follows: 1) During the bidding process, drivers will have the opportunity to sign-up or decline field trip assignments. Prior to the beginning of the school year, the final field trip roster (by seniority) will be posted and a copy sent to the Union. 2) All field trips shall be assigned from the field trip roster by seniority on a rotation basis. Drivers who do not accept a trip will be skipped in rotation and not offered another trip until their name comes up again on the field trip roster. Acceptance of emergency trips shall not be held against the driver on the seniority rotation. b) The supervisor or designee at each terminal will be responsible for posting rosters of bus drivers and indicating the field trips assigned and declined. Each bus driver will be responsible for checking the roster and assuring that they are aware and available for the assignment or for prior notification of the supervisor or designee of their non-availability on the appropriate form. c) School bus drivers who are assigned field trips shall be compensated for travel time from compound to compound. 3. School Bus Driver and Bus Aide work assignments in support of Saturday Academies will be administered pursuant to the Department of Transportation Administrative Directives No. 94-954 and 94-956. All other bargaining unit members required to work in support of Saturday Academies shall be assigned and compensated, pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.

EXTRA-TIME PAY FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS. 1. Permanent school bus drivers shall be guaranteed a daily task assignment of at least six hours per day and shall be paid at their regular rate for all hours which they are required to work beyond their regular daily task assignment, up to an aggregate maximum of 40 hours per week. A daily task assignment guarantee of five hours applies to summer school. a) Substitute bus drivers are excluded from the guaranteed task assignment. However, they shall be paid for all hours on a route they are assigned when replacing a permanent bus driver. b) The regular daily task assignment includes: assigned route time; allowance of 10 minutes in the a.m. and five minutes in the p.m. for walk-walk- around inspection; and daily allowance of 24 minutes for refueling, clerical tasks, and delivery of assigned vehicles to inspection stations or to garages for maintenance. Employees shall be paid actual time for inservice training. After attainment of the regular daily task assignment, the bus driver will be paid for breakdown time. c) Employees charged with unauthorized absence in a given work week shall not be eligible for overtime for the remainder of that work week (including Saturday and Sunday). The overtime list shall be maintained and reviewed monthly with a Union designee(s) consistent with the work year. Employees on authorized absences shall not be denied overtime and shall retain their positions on the scheduled overtime distribution list. Extra-time distribution lists shall be established to provide for distribution of available extra-time on the basis of seniority in rotation in their groups at the geographic work locations. The extra-time list shall be maintained and reviewed monthly with Union designees consistent with the work year. d) A joint labor/management route bidding committee shall be established to develop a 2007-2008 route bidding process. The committee shall be comprised of six members: three selected by management and three by the Union. Recommendations shall be made to the Superintendent or his designee and the Union President by March 31st. e) “Perfect Attendance” Incentive Pilot Program for Full Time Bus Drivers Effective the first pay period following ratification of the 2006-2009 M-DCPS/AFSCME contract, a “Perfect Attendance” Incentive Pilot Program shall be established as follows: • All full time drivers who have perfect attendance during an entire pay period shall receive $75 incentive compensation for that pay period; • The incentive shall be in effect for each pay period during the pilot program and will be reflected on the paycheck within 30 working days following the payment date for each pay period of perfect attendance; • Perfect Attendance shall mean physically present and performing assigned driving duties for each day and every shift through the pay period (lateness would void perfect attendance); • The only allowed exceptions to qualify for perfect attendance will be jury duty, legal holidays, and teacher planning/preparations days; and • The pilot program shall be in effect until the end of the 2006-2007 school year, at which time it shall be evaluated and recommendations shall be made to the Superintendent or his designee for deletion, continuation or modification. 2. Field Trip Assignments - Field trip rotation assignments will be posted at each Transportation terminal. a) School bus drivers are required to make all assigned field trips. In cases of illness or emergencies that prevent a driver from making a trip, the bus driver will be responsible for notifying the designated administrative supervisor on the appropriate form. The administrator will reassign the trip in order of seniority on the rotation roster, based on the scheduling of the trip and the driver’s driver!s availability to perform the field trip. If the next two drivers on the rotation rosters are unavailable, the supervising administrator shall document his/her actions and shall assign the trip to an available driver, using substitute drivers (8022, job code) only in an urgent situation. Assignment of field trips will be made as follows:. 1) During the bidding process, drivers will have the opportunity to sign-up or decline field trip assignments. Prior to the beginning of the school year, the final field trip roster (by seniority) will be posted and a copy sent to the Union. 2) All field trips shall be assigned from the field trip roster by seniority on a rotation basis. Drivers who do not accept a trip will be skipped in rotation and not offered another trip until their name comes up again on the field trip roster. Acceptance of emergency trips shall not be held against the driver on the seniority rotation. b) The supervisor or designee at each terminal will be responsible for posting rosters of bus drivers and indicating the field trips assigned and declined. Each bus driver will be responsible for checking the roster and assuring that they are aware and available for the assignment or for prior notification of the supervisor or designee of their non-availability on the appropriate form. c) School bus drivers who are assigned field trips shall be compensated for travel time from compound to compound. 3. School Bus Driver and Bus Aide work assignments in support of Saturday Academies will be administered pursuant to the Department of Transportation Administrative Directives No. 94-954 and 94-956. All other bargaining unit members required to work in support of Saturday Academies shall be assigned and compensated, pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.

EXTRA-TIME PAY FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS. 1. Permanent school bus drivers shall be guaranteed a daily task assignment of at least six hours per day and shall be paid at their regular rate for all hours which they are required to work beyond their regular daily task assignment, up to an aggregate maximum of 40 hours per week. A daily task assignment guarantee of five hours applies to summer school. a) Substitute bus drivers are excluded from the guaranteed task assignment. However, they shall be paid for all hours on a route they are assigned when replacing a permanent bus driver. b) The regular daily task assignment includes: assigned route time; allowance of 10 minutes in the a.m. and five minutes in the p.m. for walk-around inspection; and daily allowance of 24 minutes for refueling, clerical tasks, and delivery of assigned vehicles to inspection stations or to garages for maintenance. Employees shall be paid actual time for inservice training. After attainment of the regular daily task assignment, the bus driver will be paid for breakdown time. The parties agree that M-DCPS may pilot an Automated Fueling System during the term of this Agreement. Prior to implementation, M- DCPS shall provide the Union information regarding the nature, scope, and duration of the pilot project. c) Employees charged with unauthorized absence in a given work week shall not be eligible for overtime for the remainder of that work week (including Saturday and Sunday). The overtime list shall be maintained and reviewed monthly with a Union designee(s) consistent with the work year. Employees on authorized absences shall not be denied overtime and shall retain their positions on the scheduled overtime distribution list. Extra-time distribution lists shall be established to provide for distribution of available extra-time on the basis of seniority in rotation in their groups at the geographic work locations. The extra-time list shall be maintained and reviewed monthly with Union designees consistent with the work year. d) A joint labor/management route bidding committee shall be established to develop a 2007-2008 route bidding process. The committee shall be comprised of six members: three selected by management and three by the Union. Recommendations shall be made to the Superintendent or his designee and the Union President by March 31st. 2. Field Trip Assignments - Field trip rotation assignments will be posted at each Transportation terminal. a) a. School bus drivers are required to make all assigned field trips. In cases of illness or emergencies that prevent a driver from making a trip, the bus driver will be responsible for notifying the designated administrative supervisor on the appropriate form. The administrator will reassign the trip in order of seniority on the rotation roster, based on the scheduling of the trip and the driver’s driver!s availability to perform the field trip. If the next two drivers on the rotation rosters are unavailable, the supervising administrator shall document his/her actions and shall assign the trip to an available driver, using substitute drivers (8022, job code) only in an urgent situation. Assignment of field trips will be made as follows: 1) During the bidding process, drivers will have the opportunity to sign-up or decline field trip assignments. Prior to the beginning of the school year, the final field trip roster (by seniority) will be posted and a copy sent to the Union. 2) All field trips shall be assigned from the field trip roster by seniority on a rotation basis. Drivers who do not accept a trip will be skipped in rotation and not offered another trip until their name comes up again on the field trip roster. Acceptance of emergency trips shall not be held against the driver on the seniority rotation. b) The supervisor or designee at each terminal will be responsible for posting rosters of bus drivers and indicating the field trips assigned and declined. Each bus driver will be responsible for checking the roster and assuring that they are aware and available for the assignment or for prior notification of the supervisor or designee of their non-availability on the appropriate form. c) School bus drivers who are assigned field trips shall be compensated for travel time from compound to compound. 3. School Bus Driver and Bus Aide work assignments in support of Saturday Academies will be administered pursuant to the Department of Transportation Administrative Directives No. 94-954 and 94-956. All other bargaining unit members required to work in support of Saturday Academies shall be assigned and compensated, pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.