Factors and Conditions. A. All grievances will be presented to the appropriate administrator who has authority to grant the relief being sought.
B. Any action by the Board to terminate, renew or not renew the contract of any teacher whether any such teacher is under a limited or continuing contract with the Board, or any recommendation by the Superintendent to terminate, renew, or not renew any such contract shall not be deemed a grievance and may not be processed as such.
C. No grievance may be filed concerning a matter, which has been made the subject of a charge with a state or federal agency or a complaint in a state or federal court of record by a Tipp City Exempted Village Schools teacher.
D. This procedure must begin within ten (10) days of the alleged grievable act.
E. The grievant shall not be denied the right to union representation at Steps I, II, III and at step IV shall have the option to retain legal counsel.
F. A grievant must accept the answer given or appeal within the time limits set forth and may withdraw the grievance at any level without prejudice.
G. If the administrator does not abide by the time limits set forth, the grievant may proceed to the next step.
H. Failure of the grievant to proceed within the specified time limits to the next level of procedure shall act as a bar to any further appeal on the grievance.
I. There will be no reprisals taken against any participant in the grievance procedure by reason of such participation.
J. The number of days set forth in each step shall be considered a maximum unless otherwise extended by mutual agreement by the parties involved.
K. All notices to the grievant of hearings or disposition of grievance shall be hand-delivered with return receipt or emailed for purposes for documentation of date and time of delivery.
L. In the event a grievance is filed after May 15 of any year and strict adherence to the time limits results in hardship to either party, both parties shall use their best efforts to process such grievance prior to the end of the school term or as soon thereafter as possible.
M. All grievances shall begin at Step I. If the Superintendent or his/her designee hears Step I, the grievant may proceed to Step III if not satisfied with the response given at that step. If a group grievance proceeds to Step IV only members of said group essential to establish the facts of the grievance shall be present at the hearing if during school hours.
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Factors and Conditions. All grievances will be presented to the appropriate administrator who has authority to grant the relief being sought.
Factors and Conditions. All grievances will be presented to your immediate administrator. If a grievance appears to arise from the actions of an administrative officer other than the supervisor of an area and affects a group or class of teachers, or is concerned with a system-wide policy, it may be submitted at Step Three described below. The purpose of these procedures is to secure, at the lowest possible administrative level, equitable solutions to grievances. All parties agree that proceedings shall be kept confidential.
Factors and Conditions. A. All grievances will be initially presented to the administrator at the lowest administrative level who reasonably appears to have the authority to resolve the grievance. Most grievances should be presented first at the building level while certain grievances, such as those dealing with District- wide matters, would be presented to the Superintendent or designee, and other grievances, such as those dealing with payroll matters or insurance benefits, would be presented to the Board Treasurer.
B. If specific administrative agency relief of a quasi-judicial nature is provided for by the statutes of the State of Ohio and/or the United States for review or redress of a specific matter (such as Workers’ Compensation, Unemployment Compensation, EEOC, Civil Rights Commission), such matter may not be made the subject of a grievance and may not be processed as such.
C. Any action by the Board or any recommendation of the Superintendent to terminate or not renew the employment of a certificated/licensed employee with the Board may not be made the subject of a grievance and may not be processed as such.
D. Time limits are maximums unless mutually waived or reset by the Association and the Administration or Board. Formal Step time limits will exclude Thanksgiving break, winter break, and spring break (including any floating conference days or weekends associated with those breaks).
E. Failure to meet time limits on the grievant’ s part shall be deemed a waiver of further rights to process the grievance; failure to meet the time limits on the Administration’s part allows the grievant to appeal the grievance to the next step in the grievance procedure.
F. Grievant shall have the right to Association representation of their choice and administrators shall have the right to representation of their choice throughout the grievance procedure and before the arbitrator.
G. Communications regarding grievances processed beyond the informal step in the grievance procedure shall be in writing and hand-delivered or mailed with return receipt to the Administration, Association and grievant. The full grievance record will accompany all appeals.
H. Grievances processed beyond the informal step shall be written to provide the following information:
1. The name of the grievant;
2. The date of filing of the grievance;
3. The date of the act which gave rise to the grievance or the date on which the grievant knew or reasonably should have known of the act which gave rise to the grievance;...
