Field Trips. (a) Field trips of at least one (1) hour duration shall be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made by the Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned field trip is cancelled for any reason, that effected driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length of the trip. Payment for field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor and the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or trips. (1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked. (2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list. (b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price. (c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein. (d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority. (e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list. (f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave. (g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Field Trips. (a) A. Extra-Curricular/Field trips of Trips The drivers shall be contacted at least one forty-eight (148) hour duration shall be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made by the Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week hours prior to the week that scheduled date of an extra trip except in emergency. If a driver is not contacted at least forty- eight (48) hours prior to the scheduled date of the extra run is scheduled trip, s/he shall have the right to refuse without going to the bottom of the call roster. The driver’s name may be madeadded or removed from the seniority call roster upon written notice from the driver. Drivers who wish to drive the Pay for extra trips shall indicate to be included in the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be madedriver’s regular paycheck and all deductions and fringe benefits included.
B. Posting Extra-Curricular/Field Trips
1. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue post and maintain an extra- curricular/field trip roster, which shall bear the names of all drivers in seniority order wishing to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described take such trips. This roster shall be posted in the paragraph aboveBus Garage on Mondays two weeks in advance. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned field trip is cancelled for any reasonOn Thursday of every week, that effected driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length of the trip. Payment for field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor will hold a bid meeting at 8:00 a.m. at the Bus Garage to bid the trips by seniority on a rotating basis. If a driver passes, he/she shall go to the bottom of the seniority list. When a driver bids a trip, a line will be drawn at his/her name and the Union Presidentnext trip will start with the next senior driver. If a trip is not bid, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or tripsit will go to a Sub Driver.
(1) In 2. If a driver is not present to bid and has not let his/her intentions be known to the event Supervisor in writing, he/she will be considered a scheduled field pass and go to the bottom of the list.
3. If a driver successfully bids a trip and that trip is cancelled and rescheduled, that driver remains on that trip unless it conflicts with the driver’s schedule and the driver has begun service, cannot take the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total The trip time is less than 2 hours, they will then be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last rebid on the trip listsheet.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included C. Except in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at the event of an emergency, substitute drivers shall not be called for extra- curricular/field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until all regular drivers have declined or are unavailable. As used in this section, “emergency” means when the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus scheduled driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed fortyreports off six
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement, Negotiated Agreement
Field Trips. (a) Field trips of at least one (1) hour duration Any Board paid field trip shall be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus driversdriven by a contracted unit member. The assignment for Field trip assignments involving overtime/extra runs time will be made by the Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor rotated as to their intentions weeklyequally as possible among contracted unit member bus drivers and qualified maintenance drivers, in order that the assignments can be made. as follows:
a. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a establish an annual field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that drivereligibility list. In the event that an assigned field trip is cancelled for any reason, that effected Each driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length of the trip. Payment for field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor and the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or trips.
(1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation annual field trip eligibility list in seniority order. Field trips will be offered in seniority order on a rotation basis. If a driver refuses a field trip, the trip is offered to the next driver. Once a driver is found, the next available field trip is offered to the next person on the eligibility list.
b. It is each driver's responsibility to cover his or her trip. A driver upon 24 hour notice may trade or give a trip away to the next person on the eligibility list. If the total time earned originally assigned driver is 2 hours or moreunable to secure the replacement driver, they s/he shall immediately notify the Transportation Supervisor, who will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on offer the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related seniority order to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus next driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with eligibility list.
c. Daytime educational trips will be rotated in the person in charge of same manner to drivers on the field trip eligibility list.
d. If no full time or part time contracted unit member bus driver/maintenance driver can take a field trip or daytime educational trip, it may be awarded by the Transportation Supervisor to a substitute driver or vehicle driver.
e. Field trips are a minimum of two hours. However, if a trip is cancelled less than 30 minutes prior to pick-up time the driver will receive one hour pay for show up time and be reassigned another trip. If a trip is cancelled after the pick-up time the driver will receive the minimum two hours pay and this will be reassigned another trip.
f. The meal must be obtained at Transportation Supervisor may assign a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity local shuttle trip to any driver who is still on the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take clock from his/her meal at regular duties, with assignment given to the same time and placefirst driver returning to the garage from his/her route. No time shall be deducted from the bus If a local shuttle trip extends past a driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer tripsregular contracted time, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers s/he will be compensated based on their seniorityhis/her hourly rate.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Field Trips. A. A field trip is any trip that is not defined as a regular run or an extra run. All field trips shall be authorized by the Superintendent, or his/her designee, one (a1) week in advance and posted in the Transportation Center immediately following authorization, if at all possible.
B. Field trips shall be bid on or assigned on a continual year round basis for regular drivers. If a driver declines a field trip, he/she shall be passed by on the rotation list. A special event is a school event such as an Open House. Transportation staff will be required to attend K-4 Open Houses at their assigned building to meet with parents.
C. Rules governing field trips (Appendix C) will be published and posted. These rules shall not be modified except by mutual agreement between the parties.
D. Field trips shall be cancelled if the Director of at least Transportation considers roads to be hazardous.
E. Field trips shall not be scheduled unless supervised by a teacher-sponsor or other adult as designated by the Building Principal. Occasional exceptions may be made upon approval of the Director of Transportation when another adult is not available.
F. In the event a driver shows up for a field trip and has not been notified that the trip is cancelled, he/she will be entitled to one (1) hour duration shall pay. When a weekend trip is scheduled for three (3) hours or more, but actually turns out to be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs less than three (3) hours, the driver will be made by the Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driverpaid for three (3) hours. In the event a driver shows up for a summer field trip scheduled for six (6) hours or more, and has not been notified that an assigned field the trip is cancelled, he/she will be entitled to three (3) hours of pay.
G. If trips are cancelled, the Director of Transportation shall be notified immediately by the sponsor. If a trip is cancelled during the academic school year, the driver shall not lose any forfeited regular time. On extended trips (over two (2) hours) drivers may stop for a ten (10) minute rest period every hour.
H. The District will pay for gas, oil, emergency services, and supplies when drivers are on field trips.
I. Drivers shall periodically check their bus while waiting on field trips. The bus shall be warmed up and ready for reloading after the event.
J. If a driver calls in for any reasonreason for any portion of a day on the day of or the day before a Field Trip, that effected driver shall be placed on will lose the cancellation list and offered Field Trip scheduled for that day or the next available day. In the event of extenuating circumstances, the Director of Transportation will work with the Employee and Association to develop a plan related to the upcoming assigned field trip.
K. In the event the Employer schedules an overnight field trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length of the trip. Payment for field trips following shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made effect:
1. The Employer shall pay all costs incurred by the Transportation Supervisor driver for room and the Union President, or their designeesmeals. No trading of buses and/or tripsThe Employee shall be required to submit supporting documentation to Employer for all room and meal expenses.
(1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the 2. The driver has begun service, the employee will shall be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up spent driving on the day to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed destination and on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted day returning from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained hereindestination.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Field Trips. (a) Field trips 26.01 A field trip shall be defined as any transportation assignment which is scheduled through notification from the building principal, department head, teacher, coach, or group advisor to the Coordinator of Transportation Services for which a school bus, or a school van to be driven by a bus driver, will be used. If any trip at least the same time to the same place would require more than one (1) hour duration district vehicle to be used, a school bus driven by a bus driver shall be divided used instead.
26.02 If no driver is available to take or does not take a trip, the trip shall be offered to on-call substitutes, and rotated equally according then to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will outside providers, provided a good faith effort shall be made by to consult with the Union prior to using any non-bargaining unit member to drive.
26.03 All field trips in possession of the Transportation Supervisor Office shall be posted on the Friday first day of the week prior for the following week, (Sunday thru Saturday). The posted trips will come down on Wednesday (12:00 Noon) for assignment to drivers.
26.04 Trips not posted on the first of the week that due to unforeseen scheduling/emergencies will be assigned immediately and will not be posted on the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive board unless the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be madetrip occurs more than forty-eight (48) hours later which will then require posting. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue Office will contact the driver next in rotation for such emergency trips using the list (Day, evening, weekend) under which that trip falls. Trip departure time and date will determine how rapid of a response the Transportation Office will allow for securing a driver from the appropriate rotation list. Depending on trip departure time, the Transportation Office will perform a good faith effort to rotate contact the driver next on the list. If there were to be a complete rotation made and there is NO driver secured for the trip the Transportation Office will revert to the entire extra driver seniority list for securing a driver for the trip, providing there is adequate time. If there is no appropriate time for a driver search, the Transportation Office will contact any available driver.
26.05 Trips will be divided into four (4) categories for the purpose of assignment rotation as follows among bus drivers provided that the Coordinator/Assistant Coordinator of Transportation Services may deviate from using the applicable list if time constraints are such that it is reasonable to determine that it would not be practical to use such list:
1. Daytime
2. Evening
3. Weekend
4. Turn In/Call In
26.06 All field trips among all shall be assigned based upon a seniority rotation list for each of the drivers as described in four (4) categories just listed. These lists shall be established on a voluntary basis, and the paragraph abovebus driver's classification seniority shall be used. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the Any bus driver who is assigned turns in three (3) accepted trips in a field trip written instructions as to season will be taken off the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned field trip is cancelled for any reason, that effected driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority for that season (seasons being fall, winter, spring, and summer).
26.07 Daytime field trips: Drivers may be permitted to interrupt their AM, Mid-day, or PM route for a field trip.
26.08 If a daytime field trip should extend into the length drivers contracted PM route, the driver will simply log down the trip time stopping at the start of the contract route time A Route Specialist must be available for the forfeited route that is vacated by the driver. This is subject to change on the day of the trip. Payment for This will be under the discretion of the Coordinator/Assistant Coordinator of Transportation Services.
26.09 Evening field trips: Any field trip starting at 2:00 p.m. (Monday thru Friday). Evening field trips that begin prior to the end of the contractual day shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor and the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or trips.
(1) In the event a scheduled paid at field trip is cancelled and rates beginning at the driver has begun service, the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount end of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at contractual day without subtraction from regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge pay because of the field trip. A driver may bid on a trip and give up their entire PM route for an evening trip from the evening field trip list. The meal must be obtained pay for these trips will start at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site end of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the mealcontractual work day. If the activity group driver taking the trip is vacating their contacted route, they will still need to have a meal as part report to the garage at their contractual work time and stand by for their trip departure time. A Route Specialist must be available for the forfeited PM route that is vacated by the driver. This is subject to change on the day of the trip. This will be under the discretion of the Coordinator/Assistant Coordinator of Transportation Services. Weekend: Any field trip occurring on a Saturday or Sunday. Turn In/Call In: Any field trip that is turned back in or added with less than forty-eight (48) hours before departure. A trip with more than forty-eight (48) hour notice shall be posted.
26.10 If a trip starts and ends within the PM route time, the a bus driver shall take will be paid his/her meal normal hourly rate of pay and will not be eligible for additional field trip pay; i.e., the driver is simply taking the trip in lieu of the route.
26.11 A driver is guaranteed to be paid for 2-½ hours at this field trip rate of pay for any field trip.
26.12 A bus driver is guaranteed to be paid for 2-½ hours at the same time field trip rate if assigned to a field trip that is cancelled within 24 hours of trip departure.
26.13 If more than one driver is dispatched for a trip and placeonly one driver is needed, the senior driver will choose to take the trip or take the 2-½ hr. No time shall be deducted from cancellation trip pay if the bus driver’s trip is cancelled within 24 hours of trip departure.
26.14 Drivers are entitled to receive a minimum 2-½ hr. of trip pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provisionthree cancelled trips (greater than 24 hour notice of cancellation). The bus driver must respond immediately Drivers are required to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions turn in the District provided that the three field trip forms with their time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed fortysheets.
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement, Negotiated Agreement
Field Trips. Bus drivers/attendants shall be paid their regular rate of pay for all field trip time except such time as exceeds forty (a40) Field trips hours per week of combined regular driving and field trip time. Except for Sundays which will be paid at least one and one-half times the regular rate and holidays which will be paid at two times the regular hourly rate, the rate for all time in excess of forty (40) hours per week shall be paid an overtime rate of one and one-half (1-1/2) hour duration shall times the regular rate. On over-night field trips, drivers will be divided paid for actual driving time each day with a guarantee of eight (8) hours per day and rotated equally according to seniority among will be provided with meals and lodging for all regular time spent on the trip.
1. When bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made by the Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week prior to the week that the extra run is /attendants are scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned field trip is cancelled for any reason, that effected driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length of the trip. Payment for field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor and the Union Presidenttrips, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or trips.
(1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee they will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to on the quarter hourtrip.
2. Field trips shall be assigned initially from a seniority list on a rotating basis. Any driver/attendant unavailable or refusing an assigned field trip will be charged for the hours.
3. An equalization list for field trips will be posted and updated weekly by the Supervisor or designee for the purpose of assigning field trip hours equitably. Drivers/attendants assigned field trips shall be notified as early as possible, but nor normally not less than twenty-four (24) hours in advance, whenever possible. It is understood that regular drivers/attendants will be given first preference as determined by the equalization list. Drivers/attendants who wish to exceed receive field trip assignments must be present at the amount of weekly field trip assignment meeting. A driver/attendant who does not attend the weekly field trip assignment meeting but who is otherwise eligible for a field trip assignment will be charged with declining the field trip rate as above. It is further understood that the Union and management will establish or reconfirm the rules for membership on the Field Trip Board and that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they appropriate exceptions will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group established concerning mandatory attendance at the weekly field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained hereinmeetings.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement
Field Trips. (a) Field trips A. A rotating system of at least one (1) hour duration shall be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made by the Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned field trip is cancelled for any reason, that effected driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length of the trip. Payment for field trips shall be established in the transportation center. The assignment shall be comprised of a listing, in the order of seniority, of all bus drivers desiring to participate in field trips. A year shall be defined as the regular school year. The Board recognizes that one (1) bargaining unit member will be selected on an annual basis to perform the assignment of field trips in accordance with the Trip Price made provisions set forth in this Agreement. The process used to select the member to perform these duties will be decided by the Transportation Supervisor bargaining unit. Such bargaining unit member shall be paid for time spent on these duties. The assignment of such field trips shall be on a rotating basis starting at the top of the list and rotating down. Drivers shall only be offered trips at times when regular route assignments do not conflict with either the Union President, beginning or their designees. No trading end of buses and/or trips.
(1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and with the following exceptions:
1. A driver has begun service, passing a trip because of an absence for which sick leave or emergency leave would be payable shall remain at the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount top of the field trip rate for that triplist.
2. In addition, the total trip Part-time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will drivers shall not be placed on the cancellation field trip rotation list they will but may be paid used for field trips if no full-time workeddriver is available for a field trip.
3. Drivers passing on three (3) consecutive trips will lose their place in the next rotation.
4. Drivers who turn two (2) accepted trips back in to the Supervisor of Transportation shall lose their place in the next rotation.
5. Drivers shall be eligible to drive a field trip if the driver can routinely arrive at the pickup location without adjustments to their regular driving schedule. If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there this time is a cancellationless than fifteen (15) minutes after the ending time of their regular route, the last bus driver will forfeit the fifteen (15) minute pre-trip inspection time for the trip.
B. All field trips shall be posted promptly in the order of the date the trip was requested. If two (2) or more trips were requested at the same time for that day; the longest trip will be cancelledassigned to the first person eligible that day. After a trip has been posted and refused by an eligible driver, it will be reposted in the original order by request date.
C. If a field trip has been posted at least six (6) hours during a workday but is still unassigned twenty-four (24) hours or less before the trip or an “ask” field trip arises twenty-four (24) hours of less before the trip, the Transportation Supervisor shall have the right to direct the least senior driver to take the trip. The driver so directed must drive the trip unless the driver has a personal obligation or family emergency. If multiple buses are requested and one is this occurs, then the Transportation Supervisor repeats this process with the next least senior driver. A field trip taken at the direction of the Transportation Supervisor shall not affect a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last driver's position on the field trip list.
(b) The rate D. A field trip request may be canceled for any reason including a decision to use alternate means of meal allowance transportation. If a field trip request is included in canceled, the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with retains his/her place on the activity group at list. All field trip request cancellations which occur without notification to the bus driver involved before the bus driver reports in for the field trip site unless authorized or directed shall result in payment of two (2) hours pay to leave each bus driver involved in the trip assignment.
E. Departure times from the bus garage for purposes related all bus drivers with field trips shall be established by the Administration. Bus drivers shall have fifteen (15) minutes of paid time to pre-trip the bus for departure. Driving time shall start when the bus departs the bus garage. All time shall be paid at the regular field trip rate. However, when a regular driver is available for a field trip only by going directly to the proper functioning or operation field trip pick-up location from his/her last stop on his/her regular route, the following shall apply:
1. The driver shall receive all regular compensation for running his/her regular route.
2. The driver shall not receive the fifteen (15) minutes of paid time to pre- trip the bus or the activityfor departure.
3. The bus driver shall will be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while paid on the field trip rate from the time the field trip was scheduled to depart unless a delay in departure time was caused by the driver; in which case the field trip pay will begin at the actual field trip departure time.
4. If a field trip occurs during the day where such field trip causes a delay in the driver running his/her regular meal times route, the driver shall be paid for all time spent on the field trip but shall not be paid overtime for his/her regular route if the extended time on the regular route is caused by the field trip delay.
F. Clean-up time fifteen (lunch 15) minutes after a field trip shall be paid at the regular field trip rate of pay unless there are special circumstances that may increase or decrease this time. Such time shall be paid at the regular field trip rate. Layover time on field trips shall be paid at the regular field trip rate.
G. The compensation for overnight field trips shall be the same as any regular field trip with one exception. That exception is the driver(s) shall not be compensated for eight (8) hours during the night. The driver shall be compensated for all other time. The Board shall provide overnight lodging.
H. The present rotation system for field trips, as governed by seniority, shall not run continuously from year to year, but shall start new on the first student day of the Reynoldsburg School District calendar and dinner end on the last student day of the Reynoldsburg School District calendar.
I. There shall be established in the transportation center, a rotating system of assignments for summer field trips. The assignment shall be comprised of a summer listing, in the order of seniority, of the bus drivers desiring to participate in summer field trips. The summer field trip list shall begin the first day after the last day of Reynoldsburg School District Calendar and breakfast), while maintaining contact with will end the person in charge day before the first day of Reynoldsburg School District Calendar. The same process that is used during the regular school year shall be used to make the summer field trip assignments and the Board will make an effort to have that process completed before the end of the school year. When the selection is determined the driver shall be called and informed of the field trip.
J. The Transportation Supervisor shall inform drivers of their exact destination (i.e., a specific street address) on field trips and provide written directions if requested by the driver which include:
1. The meal building or area of destination;
2. The best route to take; and
3. Provide all legally required trip documentation.
K. Anyone riding a school bus who is not an authorized student or teacher must have written authorization from a responsible administrator. If there is no authorization, the driver shall refuse to transport them.
L. The bus transportation of Reynoldsburg students, between District buildings or facilities during the regular student day, shall not be obtained at deemed a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment field trip unless the Administration posts such a trip as a field trip.
M. Subcontracting of a field trip may only occur if the cost of the subcontracted services is less expensive than the field trip and if the trip destination exceeds a seventy-five (not 75) mile radius of Reynoldsburg.
N. The definition of a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity split field trip is when a driver is required to transport students to an activity and return to the site of school district. A driver is required to go back to the activity and pick up the bus driver must return students to drive them back to the site promptly upon completion school district. A driver shall be compensated a minimum of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as two (2) hours for each part of the trip.
O. If a field trip turns into drop-only trip after the driver arrives at the school or the event, the bus driver shall take his/her meal be paid the number of hours posted with the original field trip request (for example, if a driver bids a basketball trip for 4 hours, arrives at Summit Campus to pick up the same time students and place. No time the coach advises the driver that it is now a drop-only trip, the driver shall be deducted from paid the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein4 hours).
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement, Negotiated Agreement
Field Trips. (a) Field trips of at least one (1) hour duration shall be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made by the Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned field trip is cancelled for any reason, that effected driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length of the trip. Payment for field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor and the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or trips.
(1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, service where the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Field Trips. 1. A field trip is defined as any transportation of students other than a regular run. All field trips shall be considered bargaining unit work, except for: (a) Field trips of at least one not requiring a bus or (1b) hour duration when a commercial vehicle is leased for the trip.
2. All field trips shall be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made by posted, along with the Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned field trip is cancelled for any reason, that effected driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the projected length of the trip. Payment for field Field trips shall be in accordance awarded to interested drivers who bid on the trip starting with the Trip Price made by most senior driver and continuing through the Transportation Supervisor and seniority list until all drivers have been offered a trip. The rotation list shall then start again with the Union President, or their designeesmost senior driver. No trading of buses and/or trips.
(1) In Extra duty trips will normally be posted on the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and drivers’ bulletin board one week prior to the trip. A driver has begun service, the employee will shall be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded a minimum of two (2) hours on any extra duty trips. If a driver on the rotation list has not signed up for an extra duty trip three (3) full working days prior to the quarter hourtrip, but nor they forfeit the right to exceed that trip. If a trip is scheduled with less than one week posting, the amount of list will be offered verbally to the next driver on the rotation list, and the three day rule does not apply. Drivers are expected to check the trip board daily unless they are not working. A notation will be placed by a driver’s name to indicate they did not sign up in the allotted time.
3. If no driver willingly accepts a field trip, then the trip shall be offered to a substitute driver. If no regular or substitute driver is willing to accept the trip voluntarily, then the trip shall be assigned to the lowest seniority regular driver. This trip shall not be charged against the assigned driver’s turn in the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip rotation list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at 4. Field trips leaving during regular driving time shall follow the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activityrotation list. The bus Should a driver miss his/her next regularly scheduled run, he/she shall be permitted up to 1 paid their regular run rate for the first hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must Subsequent hours shall be obtained paid at the field trip rate, including any other regular run hours missed.
5. In the event a restaurantdriver has “standing time” or “down time” in connection with a trip, cafe or fast food establishment he/she shall be compensated for all such time at the field trip rate. Drivers are required to park their bus in a designated area at the event and are not allowed to drive to any other designations without prior written permission from the Transportation Director.
6. When a trip is cancelled after you have signed up for it, if it is rescheduled within five (not a bar, tavern or lounge5) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the mealdays you may keep it. If it is not rescheduled within five (5) days, you have the activity group choice to take the next available trip or forfeit a trip. If your trip is to have started and then cancelled, a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at have the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately right to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained hereinretain that trip.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement
Field Trips. (a) Field trips Section 1 - At the start of at least one (1) hour duration shall be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made by the Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weeklyeach school year, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned field trip is cancelled for any reason, that effected driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of new field trip rotation seniority or the length of the trip. Payment list, reflecting no trips for field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor and the Union Presidenteach driver, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or trips.
(1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that tripposted. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they This list will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their by seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation Section 2 - Field trips shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip listthe field trip sheet starting with high seniority. Those drivers signing after the start of the school year will be added to the list and placed in the rotation equal to the driver with the highest number of trips.
(f) Section 3 - Field trips will be rotated according to trips assigned. Trips, both paid and charged, will be updated only on Tuesday for the prior Tuesday - Monday week. Trips assigned in accordance with Article XV, Section 8, shall be based on the prior Tuesday updating. The Employer shall have the sole responsibility for maintaining and updating the trip board. It is understood this method of calculation will equalize trips assigned for drivers on the field trip sheet, but will not equalize total pay for those drivers, since weekend field trips will continue to be paid at the time and a half.
Section 4 - Those drivers notified of trip cancellation prior to the trip shall not be charged for that trip. Those drivers shall then be offered the next available trip.
Section 5 - A driver turning who is not available for a field trip when his/her name appears in a trip rotation shall be penalized from acquiring additional charged (for rotation purposes) for that trip. A driver that does not indicate by signing whether they are available or not will be charged for that trip. A driver who indicates he/she is available and is assigned a field trip but does not drive it, shall be charged double for that trip. If the trip is turned in within twelve (12) hours prior to leave time, the employee will be charged four (4) times for that trip. An employee on an excused leave will be charged double.
Section 6 - Drivers may not be eligible for field trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, that conflict with their regular run with the exception of approved funeral leavean overnight or where the Supervisor of Transportation decides to post the trip for all regular drivers on the field trip sheet.
Section 7 - There will be no trading or bumping of trips.
Section 8 - Field trips will be numbered and posted each Tuesday p.m. of the school year. The posting will be for field trips for the following week, Tuesday through Monday. Regular drivers who are interested and available that week will indicate to the supervisor their availability by the following Thursday a.m. The supervisor will assign the trips. Assignments will be posted by the following Friday a.m. It is the driver’s responsibility to check the board for assignments.
Section 9 - When the Supervisor of Transportation is notified of a trip after the posting date, it will be posted for a minimum of four hours and assigned to the most eligible driver applying for said trip(s).
Section 10 - When the Supervisor of Transportation does not have four (g4) Employees hours notice to post a trip, he/she may assign the trip to the first available driver.
Section 11 - When a driver is not given 24 hours notice for a trip, he/she will not be charged if he/she does not take it.
Section 12 - If the Union established that an employee should have been assigned to a field trip, they shall be allowed given priority for the next available field trip.
Section 13 - Anytime a driver reports for a field trip and the trip is canceled without prior notification to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that driver, he/she shall receive one-hour show-up time at field trip rate.
Section 14 - After 60 calendar days, drivers on extended sick leave will be temporarily removed from the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agencyfield trip rotation board. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community SchoolsUpon return, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field they will be reinstated by averaging trips), does not exceed forty.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Field Trips. (a) Field trips 26.01 A field trip shall be defined as any transportation assignment which is scheduled through notification from the building principal, department head, teacher, coach, or group advisor to the Coordinator of Transportation Services for which a school bus, or a school van to be driven by a bus driver, will be used. If any trip at least the same time to the same place would require more than one (1) hour duration district vehicle to be used, a school bus driven by a bus driver shall be divided used instead.
26.02 If no driver is available to take or does not take a trip, the trip shall be offered to on-call substitutes, and rotated equally according then to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will outside providers, provided a good faith effort shall be made by to consult with the Union prior to using any non-bargaining unit member to drive.
26.03 All field trips in possession of the Transportation Supervisor Office shall be posted on the Friday first day of the week prior for the following week, (Sunday thru Saturday). The posted trips will come down on Wednesday (12:00 Noon) for assignment to drivers.
26.04 Trips not posted on the first of the week that due to unforeseen scheduling/emergencies will be assigned immediately and will not be posted on the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive board unless the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be madetrip occurs more than forty-eight (48) hours later which will then require posting. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue Office will contact the driver next in rotation for such emergency trips using the list (Day, evening, weekend) under which that trip falls. Trip departure time and date will determine how rapid of a response the Transportation Office will allow for securing a driver from the appropriate rotation list. Depending on trip departure time, the Transportation Office will perform a good faith effort to rotate contact the driver next on the list. If there were to be a complete rotation made and there is NO driver secured for the trip the Transportation Office will revert to the entire extra driver seniority list for securing a driver for the trip, providing there is adequate time. If there is no appropriate time for a driver search, the Transportation Office will contact any available driver.
26.05 Trips will be divided into four (4) categories for the purpose of assignment rotation as follows among bus drivers provided that the Coordinator/Assistant Coordinator of Transportation Services may deviate from using the applicable list if time constraints are such that it is reasonable to determine that it would not be practical to use such list:
1. Daytime
2. Evening
3. Weekend
4. Turn In/Call In
26.06 All field trips among all shall be assigned based upon a seniority rotation list for each of the drivers as described in four (4) categories just listed. These lists shall be established on a voluntary basis, and the paragraph abovebus driver's classification seniority shall be used. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the Any bus driver who is assigned turns in three (3) accepted trips in a season will be taken off the field trip rotation for that season (seasons being fall, winter, spring, and summer). Additionally, any bus driver who fails to report to perform his/her field trip shall be subject to the following: 1st occurrence: Loss of ability to select a field trip written instructions as in rotation for 1 week 2nd occurrence: Loss of ability to select a field trip in rotation for 2 weeks 3rd occurrence: Loss of ability to select a field trip in rotation for the map season 4th occurrence: Loss of ability to select a field trip in rotation for the current school year
26.07 Daytime field trips: Drivers may be permitted to interrupt their AM, Mid-day, or PM route and any directions for a field trip.
26.08 If a daytime field trip should extend into the drivers contracted PM route, the driver will simply log down the trip time stopping at the start of the contract route time. A Route Specialist must be available for the forfeited route that would be beneficial to that is vacated by the driver. In the event that an assigned field trip This is cancelled for any reason, that effected driver shall be placed subject to change on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length day of the trip. Payment for This will be under the discretion of the Coordinator/Assistant Coordinator of Transportation Services.
26.09 Evening field trips:
A. Any field trip starting at 2:00 p.m. (Monday thru Friday).
B. Evening field trips that begin prior to the end of the contractual day shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor and the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or trips.
(1) In the event a scheduled paid at field trip is cancelled and rates beginning at the driver has begun service, end of the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount contractual day without subtraction from regular pay because of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested C. A driver may bid on a trip and give up their entire PM route for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, an evening trip from the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the evening field trip list.
(b) D. The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group pay for these trips will start at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation end of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the mealcontractual work day. If the activity group driver taking the trip is vacating their contacted route, they will still need to have report to the garage at their contractual work time and stand by for their trip departure time.
E. If a meal as part trip starts and ends within the PM route time, a bus driver will be paid his/her normal hourly rate of pay and will not be eligible for additional field trip pay; i.e., the driver is simply taking the trip in lieu of the route.
F. A Route Specialist must be available for the forfeited PM route that is vacated by the driver. This is subject to change on the day of the trip, . This will be under the bus driver shall take hisdiscretion of the Coordinator/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless Assistant Coordinator of any provision contained hereinTransportation Services.
(d) The Board shall post G. Weekend: Any field trip occurring on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their senioritySaturday or Sunday.
(e) Drivers interested H. Turn In/Call In: Any field trip that is turned back in driving buses for purposes other or added with less than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty-eight
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Field Trips. (a) a. A field trip is defined to be the transportation of students other than on a regular run.
b. A driver interested in driving for field trips shall notify the supervisor and shall have his/her name put on the field trip list. All field trips shall be posted, along with the projected length of the trip, on the field trip chart. Field trips shall be awarded to interested drivers using a rotation system according to seniority. Field trips refused shall be charged to the driver on the chart. The chart is to be placed in a conspicuous location seven (7) days in advance of at least a trip when possible. This system is subject to change by a majority vote by the drivers. Trips canceled or postponed shall not be charged. The driver of a canceled or postponed trip is to be first on the rotation in the following week.
c. There shall be a one (1) hour duration minimum payment to a driver who shows for an extra trip that is canceled. The rate of pay shall be divided at the driver’s regular rate.
d. Field trips leaving during regular driving time shall be available to drivers who have regularly scheduled runs. A driver shall suffer no loss of pay for missing all or part of a regular run due to a field trip.
e. The time for field trip pay shall start when the bus leaves the bus storage area and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular shall end when the bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made by the Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week prior returns to the week that school where the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driverstudents were picked up except for overnight trips. In the event that an assigned the field trip involves an over-night stay, the time for field trip pay shall start when the bus leaves the bus storage area and pause when the bus is cancelled stopped for any reason, that effected driver the overnight. The time shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered begin again the next available trip, regardless of field day when the students are loaded and shall end when the students are returned to the school from which the trip rotation seniority or originated. In the length of event the trip. Payment for field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor and the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or trips.
trip involves more than one (1) In overnight, the trip pay time for each intervening day shall begin when the students are loaded and pause when the bus is stopped for the overnight.
f. Time spent at the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip is paid at the down time rate for that trip. In additionof pay with the time spent driving, either to the total trip time is less than 2 hoursevent or to a meal, they will be placed on paid at the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time workeddriver’s regular rate of pay.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein.
(d) g. The Board shall post on reimburse the bulletin board a seniority list driver for all one (1) paid admission to the event, when necessary.
h. An agreement shall be drawn up defining the responsibilities of the employees who desire to drive summer tripsdriver, the teacher/coach, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based chaperone while on their senioritya field trip.
i. All new bus drivers must be employed for forty-five (e45) Drivers interested in driving buses working days before being eligible for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Field Trips. A. A field trip of up to and including twenty (a20) Field trips of at least students shall require one (1) hour duration parent or teacher chaperon riding on the bus. Student field trip groups in excess of twenty (20) students on one (1) bus shall require two (2) parents and/or teacher chaperons riding the bus. It shall be the responsibility of the District to inform the activity sponsor of this requirement prior to or at the time of request for a field trip bus. District Policy 5131, Article IV, Section C, regarding bus conduct currently in effect, shall apply to field trips.
1. Preference in the assignment of field trips shall be given to the regular Driver.
2. Field trip Drivers will normally drive their regular route.
3. Drivers will receive regular pay for all field trips. On split trips, the Driver will receive a minimum three (3) hours pay (one and one-half [1 - 1/2] hours per Driver/split minimum). During deadheading time of more than one (1) hour, the employee not driving will receive minimum wage per hour. A split trip on the same day will be assigned to the same Driver if he/she is available.
4. Field trips shall be divided and rotated as equally according as possible among the regular Bus Drivers. An up-to-date list showing field trip hours shall be posted once each week. For the purpose of this Section, time not worked because the employee was unable or did not choose to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs take the field trip will be made by charged the Transportation Supervisor the Friday actual number of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned field trip is cancelled for any reason, that effected driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length hours of the trip. Payment For the purpose of equalization of hours, each Driver will start with zero (0) hours accumulated as of the first (1st) field trip of the then current school year. Drivers who know they are unavailable for certain days or times will notify the dispatcher in writing.
5. If no Driver within the Bus Drivers' unit is available for a field trip, the District shall have the right to assign a qualified Driver from outside the unit.
6. Every effort will be made to post field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made as soon as it is clerically possible by 2:00 p.m. on Friday, and signed by the Transportation Supervisor and Drivers by 5:00 p.m. on the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or tripsfollowing Monday.
(1) In 7. A Driver on an extra trip, during the event prescribed eating times, may take his/her bus to an eating establishment of his/her choice within the area unless the person in charge requests a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee will bus to be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group left at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activitystudent use. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact Driver must clear it with the person in charge of the before leaving.
8. During field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the triptrip down time, the bus driver Driver shall take reasonable steps to provide for the security of his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained hereinbus.
9. a. When field trips of up to three (d3) The Board shall post on hours duration are scheduled during regular morning or afternoon runs, the bulletin board a seniority list garage mechanic or substitute Driver may be used for all of the employees who desire to drive summer these trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniorityunless a regular Driver is available.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Field Trips. A. A field trip of up to and including twenty (a20) Field trips of at least students shall require one (1) hour duration parent or teacher chaperon riding on the bus. Student field trip groups in excess of twenty (20) students on one (1) bus shall require two (2) parents and/or teacher chaperons riding the bus. It shall be the responsibility of the District to inform the activity sponsor of this requirement prior to or at the time of request for a field trip bus. District Policy 5131, Article IV, Section C, regarding bus conduct currently in effect, shall apply to field trips.
1. Preference in the assignment of field trips shall be given to the regular Driver.
2. Field trip Drivers will normally drive their regular route.
3. Drivers will receive regular pay for all field trips. On split trips, the Driver will receive a minimum three (3) hours pay (one and one-half [1 - 1/2] hours per Driver/split minimum). During deadheading time of more than one (1) hour, the employee not driving will receive minimum wage per hour. A split trip on the same day will be assigned to the same Driver if he/she is available.
4. Field trips shall be divided and rotated as equally according as possible among the regular Bus Drivers. An up-to-date list showing field trip hours shall be posted once each week. For the purpose of this Section, time not worked because the employee was unable or did not choose to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs take the field trip will be made by charged the Transportation Supervisor the Friday actual number of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned field trip is cancelled for any reason, that effected driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length hours of the trip. Payment For the purpose of equalization of hours, each Driver will start with zero (0) hours accumulated as of the first (1st) field trip of the then current school year. Drivers who know they are unavailable for certain days or times will notify the dispatcher in writing.
5. If no Driver within the Bus Drivers' unit is available for a field trip, the District shall have the right to assign a qualified Driver from outside the unit.
6. Every effort will be made to post field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made as soon as it is clerically possible by 2:00 p.m. on Friday, and signed by the Transportation Supervisor and Drivers by 5:00 p.m. on the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or tripsfollowing Monday.
(1) In 7. A Driver on an extra trip, during the event prescribed eating times, may take his/her bus to an eating establishment of his/her choice within the area unless the person in charge requests a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee will bus to be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group left at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activitystudent use. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact Driver must clear it with the person in charge before leaving.
8. During field trip down time, the Driver shall take reasonable steps to provide for the security of his/her bus.
a. When field trips of up to three (3) hours duration are scheduled during regular morning or afternoon runs, the garage mechanic, or substitute Driver, or transportation secretary may be used for these trips, unless a regular Driver is available.
b. When field trips are posted, the exact location of the destination shall be posted. Drivers shall be given a copy of the complete itinerary of the trip prior to the start of the trip.
c. If students from other schools are to be transported with Waverly students on a field trip, such information shall be posted with the field trip when known.
10. Buses shall be swept out by the Driver upon its return from field trips, and the Driver paid a minimum of fifteen (15) minutes for such clean-up time, providing the trip does not leave directly from a regular assigned run, and regular run clean-up has not been performed. Any defects noted at that time shall be reported in writing as soon as possible to the mechanic.
11. When a school van accompanies a bus on a trip, a qualified Driver will be given first consideration to drive and will be covered by field trip rules. However, the District reserves the right to assign another Driver when it is in the best interest of the District.
12. On special occasions it may be necessary for the District to approve of an outside carrier for a field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe It is not intended to deny Drivers field trips or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to reduce the site overall number of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer field trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible but to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in permit the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed fortynecessary flexibility to meet unusual conditions when they occur.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Field Trips. A. Request for Transportation Forms (aField Trip Tickets) Field trips of shall be used for requesting field trips. Once field trip tickets are received by the Transportation Department, field trip meetings will be scheduled once per month. If a meeting is cancelled, at least one (1) hour duration shall be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs week’s notice will be made provided for the rescheduled meeting. Attendance at these meetings is voluntary.
B. Each field trip will be offered to contracted drivers on a rotating basis in descending order in accordance with the driver’s seniority of those in attendance at the field trip meeting. In order to bid an employee must be physically present, or in the case that an employee cannot attend a meeting and they are on school business, they may designate a representative to bid on their behalf, or attend by speaker phone if possible. Any driver who is unable to attend a meeting under these circumstances must notify the Transportation Supervisor the Friday in writing of the week prior name of his/her representative.
C. Any field trips that remain unassigned following the field trip meeting described in Paragraph (B) may be offered to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be madesubstitute drivers for completion. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate driver’s seniority list remains in effect until the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described next scheduled field trip meeting.
D. If a driver turns in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned or forfeits a field trip written instructions as between field trip meetings that he/she cannot complete, those trips will be added to the map route and rotation on seniority basis. Drivers may refuse a field trip. Two (2) or more forfeits (for any directions that would reason) between scheduled trip meetings from the same driver will result in the driver being ineligible to bid on field trips at the next trip meeting.
E. Drivers will be beneficial permitted to that driver. In the event that an assigned bid on a field trip that interferes with their bus route. After the field trips have been bid on and assigned, the Transportation Department must approve any field trips that interfere with any transportation employee’s contracted hours (bus route). Certified van/bus drivers will take field trips.
F. Field trip trading between drivers is cancelled prohibited except in cases of emergency and then only with the approval of the Transportation Supervisor.
G. All drivers will be paid within two (2) pay periods for field trips completed if the appropriate forms are submitted correctly.
H. Drivers will be compensated at the hourly rate of ninety-five percent (95%) of the Step 0 bus driver pay for driving field trips.
I. A regular route driver taking a trip shall be compensated at their regular pay rate for the trip until the estimated end time of their regular route. At that time they will receive the rate in Paragraph H.
J. Drivers will be compensated one-hour show up time if they arrive for a field trip that has been canceled and they were not notified. One-hour show up time will only be in effect if outside normal contracted hours.
K. If a new field trip becomes available after a field trip meeting is held and the new field trip will take place before the next scheduled field trip meeting, the new field trip will be offered to the bus driver next on the rotation list who does not have a field trip on the day of the new field trip. If that driver does not take the new field trip, for any reason, that effected the Board may use a substitute driver shall be placed on for the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length of the trip. Payment for field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor and the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or trips.
(1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the new field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Field Trips. (a) Field trips 26.01 A field trip shall be defined as any transportation assignment which is scheduled through notification from the building principal, department head, teacher, coach, or group advisor to the Coordinator of Transportation Services for which a school bus or a school van will be used. If any trip at least the same time to the same place would require more than one (1) hour duration district vehicle to be used, a school bus driven by a bus driver shall be divided used instead. A school van/car or like motor vehicle (hereinafter “van”) will be used by a bus driver or a van driver when the number of students involved does not require the use of a school bus and rotated equally according the field trip is assigned to seniority among all regular a transportation department employee. A van driver may only participate in field trips when the field trip permits the usage of a school van and not a school bus, unless a van driver meets the definition of “bus driversdriver” as defined in Article 27.
26.02 If no driver is available to take or does not take a trip, the trip shall be offered to on-call substitutes, and then to outside providers, provided a good faith effort shall be made to consult with the Union prior to using any non-bargaining unit member to drive.
26.03 All field trips in possession of the Transportation Office shall be posted on the first day of the week for the following week, (Sunday thru Saturday). The posted trips will come down on Wednesday (12:00 Noon) for assignment to drivers or van drivers.
26.04 Trips not posted on the first of the week due to unforeseen scheduling/emergencies will be assigned immediately and will not be posted on the board unless the trip occurs more than forty- eight (48) hours later which will then require posting. The Transportation Office will contact the eligible driver or van driver next in rotation for such emergency trips using the list (Day, evening, weekend) under which that trip falls. Trip departure time and date will determine how rapid of a response the Transportation Office will allow for securing an eligible bus or van driver from the appropriate rotation list. Depending on trip departure time, the Transportation Office will perform a good faith effort to contact the eligible bus or van driver next on the list. If there were to be a complete rotation made and there is NO eligible bus or van driver secured for the trip the Transportation Office will revert to the entire driver seniority list for securing an eligible bus or van driver for the trip, providing there is adequate time. If there is no appropriate time for an eligible bus or van driver search, the Transportation Office will contact any eligible and available bus or van driver.
26.05 Trips will be divided into four (4) categories for the purpose of assignment rotation as follows among bus or van drivers provided that the Coordinator/Site Supervisor of Transportation Services may deviate from using the applicable list if time constraints are such that it is reasonable to determine that it would not be practical to use such list:
1. Daytime
2. Evening
3. Weekend
4. Turn In/Call In
26.06 All field trips shall be assigned based upon a seniority rotation list for each of the four (4) categories listed above. These lists shall be established on a voluntary basis, and the bus or van driver's classification seniority shall be used. Any bus or van driver who turns in or is late to three (3) accepted trips in a season will be taken off the field trip rotation for that season (seasons being fall, winter, spring, and summer). A bus driver shall not be considered late if he/she is late to a field trip due to their regular route responsibilities. Additionally, any bus or van driver who fails to report to perform his/her field trip shall be subject to the following: 1st occurrence: Loss of ability to select a field trip in rotation for 1 week 2nd occurrence: Loss of ability to select a field trip in rotation for 2 weeks 3rd occurrence: Loss of ability to select a field trip in rotation for the season 4th occurrence: Loss of ability to select a field trip in rotation for the current school year
26.07 Daytime field trips: Bus or van drivers may be permitted to interrupt their AM, Mid-day, or PM route for a field trip.
26.08 If a daytime field trip should extend into the drivers contracted PM route, the bus or van driver will simply log down the trip time stopping at the start of the contract route time. A Route Specialist must be available for the forfeited route that is vacated by the bus or van driver. This is subject to change on the day of the trip. This will be under the discretion of the Coordinator/Site Supervisor.
26.09 Evening field trips:
A. Any field trip starting at 2:00 p.m. (Monday thru Friday).
B. Evening field trips that begin prior to the end of the contractual day shall be paid at field trip rates beginning at the end of the contractual day without subtraction from regular pay because of the field trip.
C. A bus or van driver may bid on a trip and give up their entire PM route for an evening trip from the evening field trip list.
D. The pay for these trips will start at the end of the bus or van driver contractual workday. If the bus or van driver taking the trip is vacating their contacted route, they will still need to report to the garage at their contractual work time and stand by for their trip departure time.
E. If a trip starts and ends within the PM route time, a bus or van driver will be paid his/her normal hourly rate of pay and will not be eligible for additional field trip pay; i.e., the bus or van driver is simply taking the trip in lieu of the route.
F. A Route Specialist must be available for the forfeited PM route that is vacated by the bus or van driver. This is subject to change on the day of the trip. This will be under the discretion of the Coordinator/Site Supervisor.
G. Weekend: Any field trip occurring on a Saturday or Sunday.
H. Turn In/Call In: Any field trip that is turned back in or added with less than forty-eight (48) hours before departure. A trip with more than forty-eight (48) hour notice shall be posted.
26.10 A bus or van driver is guaranteed to be paid for 2-½ hours at this field trip rate of pay for any field trip.
26.11 A bus or van driver is guaranteed to be paid for two and one-half ( 2-½) hours at the field trip rate if assigned to a field trip that is cancelled within 24 hours of trip departure. If the date, time, or location changes for a field trip, the bus or van driver assigned to the field trip has the right to keep or decline the field trip without counting as a field trip “turn in.” If the bus or van driver declines to keep the field trip that was changed due to date, time, or location, the bus or van driver shall have the right to be inserted at the top of the seniority rotation list for field trip selection. If a field trip is assigned as an away trip and the field trip changes to be hosted at home within 24 hours of the field trip departure time, the driver will be paid for two and one half (2 ½) hours at the field trip rate of pay.
26.12 If more than one bus or van driver is dispatched for a trip and only one driver is needed, the first bus or van driver assigned will choose to take the trip or take the 2-½ hr. cancellation trip pay if the trip is cancelled within 24 hours of trip departure.
26.13 Bus or van drivers are entitled to receive a minimum 2-½ hr. of trip pay for the three cancelled trips (greater than 24-hour notice of cancellation). Bus or van drivers are required to turn in the three field trip forms with their time sheets.
26.14 Bus and van drivers may not trade field trips.
26.15 Bus and van drivers shall be paid at the field trip rate for a minimum of (a) two and one-half (2- ½) hours. Bus and van drivers performing pre-trip and post-trip inspections on field trips greater than two and one-half (2-½) hours will add .25 hours to trip pay for the pre-trip and .25 hours for the post-trip inspections unless the bus/van being used for the field trip has already been pre- tripped by the bus driver performing the field trip during his/her regular workday. When a field trip occurs on the weekend or when NAPLS is not is session, the bus or van driver will be paid an additional .25 hours for travel time to the transportation department at the field trip rate of pay.
26.16 If post-trip clean-up requires longer than the allotted fifteen (15) minutes, the bus or van driver will also be paid, at the field trip rate for the extra runs time required to clean.
26.17 The decision to classify a field trip as a drop off - pick up will be made by the Coordinator/ Site Supervisor. If a problem occurs, the Coordinator of Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned field trip is cancelled for any reason, that effected driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length of the trip. Payment for field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor Services and the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or tripsrepresentative will meet to discuss alternatives.
(1) In 26.18 Bus or van drivers with discrepancies on items not detailed in the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee will be paid for actual time worked at Union Contract must submit their normal hourly rate, rounded up concerns in writing to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed Association or the amount of the Administration.
26.19 The field trip rate of pay shall be $21.00 per hour for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid bus drivers and $17.00 for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included van drivers employed in the Trip Pricetransportation department.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement
Field Trips. Compensation to contract drivers shall be under the following conditions:
a. A “field trip” is defined as any additional driving assignment that is not part of the driver’s regular morning (apick up) Field and afternoon (drop off) routes, which are considered part of the driver’s “normal day.” This includes, but is not limited to, sporting events, extracurricular activities, shuttles, FCAT shuttles, trips generally considered to be “field trips,” or the like.
b. One voluntary master list consisting of short, long (per diem) and overnight trips of at least one (1) hour duration contract bus drivers by geographic area and by seniority, and an all inclusive master list by seniority of contract bus drivers shall be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made maintained by the Director of Transportation Supervisor for the Friday purpose of field trip selection. If all contract drivers on the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned voluntary geographic list refuse a field trip written instructions as to assignment, the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In Director of Transportation shall utilize the event that an assigned all inclusive list for field trip is cancelled for any reasonassignment. The voluntary geographic list will be a rotating list. Persons selected from the all inclusive list shall be permitted one refusal. After the initial all inclusive list has been exhausted, that effected the Director of Transportation may assign a field trip to a contract driver on a mandatory basis. Each contract driver assigned a trip, either voluntary or mandatory, shall be placed on the cancellation bottom of the all inclusive list and offered once an assignment is completed. The Director of Transportation may maintain separate lists for FCAT shuttles. FCAT shuttles will be assigned in accordance with the next available trip, regardless of procedures above for field trip rotation seniority or assignments. Once assigned, the length driver shall drive the full multi-week schedule of the tripshuttle. Payment for A field trip committee shall meet annually with the Director of Transportation, upon request, to make recommendations on additional procedures that relate to field trip assignments. The committee may meet more than once if needed.
c. On non-working days, field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor and the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or tripscompensated at $9.00 per hour.
d. On each working day of the assigned field trip, if a driver's normal assignment is a minimum working day of six (16) In hours, he/she shall be paid at the event rate of $9.00 per hour for assigned field trips for each hour beyond the minimum assigned six (6) hours.
e. On each working day of the assigned field trip, if the driver's normal assignment is a scheduled regular working day greater than six (6) hours, he/she shall be paid at his/her regular rate up to 7.5 hours and $9.00 per hour for assigned field trips for each hour beyond 7.5 hours.
f. Overnight trips shall be defined as any trip requiring the driver to sleep over prior to return.
g. Overnight trips shall be compensated at field trip is rates with no compensation for “sleeping” time. Per diem shall be paid as applicable.
h. If field trips are cancelled and after the driver has begun servicearrives at school, the employee will driver shall be paid compensated as stated above for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
two (2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group hours at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained hereinrates.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Compensation Agreement
Field Trips. (a) Field trips of at least one (1) hour duration shall be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made by the Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned field trip is cancelled for any reason, that effected driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length of the trip. Payment for field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor and the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or trips.
(1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, service where the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If substitute, when combined with the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed fortyforty (40) work hours per week. This provision does not limit an employee from receiving overtime for their regular duties, but does restrict employees from working as substitutes if such time would cause the District to pay overtime. Both parties agree that Transportation Employees who are employed by an additional agent(s) for the District shall not work enough time, through any means or combination of hours, that results in the District have to pay the Transportation Employee overtime.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Field Trips. (a) Field trips A. A rotating system of at least one (1) hour duration shall be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made by the Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned field trip is cancelled for any reason, that effected driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length of the trip. Payment for field trips shall be established in the transportation center. The assignment shall be comprised of a listing, in the order of seniority, of all bus drivers desiring to participate in field trips. A year shall be defined as the regular school year. The Board recognizes that one (1) bargaining unit member will be selected on an annual basis to perform the assignment of field trips in accordance with the Trip Price made provisions set forth in this Agreement. The process used to select the member to perform these duties will be decided by the Transportation Supervisor bargaining unit. Such bargaining unit member shall be paid for time spent on these duties. The assignment of such field trips shall be on a rotating basis starting at the top of the list and rotating down. Drivers shall only be offered trips at times when regular route assignments do not conflict with either the Union President, beginning or their designees. No trading end of buses and/or trips.
(1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and with the following exceptions:
1. A driver has begun service, passing a trip because of an absence for which sick leave or emergency leave would be payable shall remain at the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount top of the field trip rate for that triplist.
2. In addition, the total trip Part-time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will drivers shall not be placed on the cancellation field trip rotation list they will but may be paid used for field trips if no full-time workeddriver is available for a field trip.
3. Drivers passing on three (3) consecutive trips will lose their place in the next rotation.
4. Drivers who turn two (2) accepted trips back in to the Supervisor of Transportation shall lose their place in the next rotation.
5. Drivers shall be eligible to drive a field trip if the driver can routinely arrive at the pickup location without adjustments to their regular driving schedule. If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there this time is a cancellationless than fifteen (15) minutes after the ending time of their regular route, the last bus driver will forfeit the fifteen (15) minute pre-trip inspection time for the trip.
B. All field trips shall be posted promptly in the order of the date the trip was requested. If two (2) or more trips were requested at the same time for that day; the longest trip will be cancelledassigned to the first person eligible that day. After a trip has been posted and refused by an eligible driver, it will be reposted in the original order by request date.
C. If a field trip has been posted at least six (6) hours during a workday but is still unassigned twenty-four (24) hours or less before the trip or an “ask” field trip arises twenty-four (24) hours of less before the trip, the Transportation Supervisor shall have the right to direct the least senior driver to take the trip. The driver so directed must drive the trip unless the driver has a personal obligation or family emergency. If multiple buses are requested and one is this occurs, then the Transportation Supervisor repeats this process with the next least senior driver. A field trip taken at the direction of the Transportation Supervisor shall not affect a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last driver's position on the field trip list.
(b) The rate D. A field trip request may be canceled for any reason including a decision to use alternate means of meal allowance transportation. If a field trip request is included in canceled, the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with retains his/her place on the activity group at list. All field trip request cancellations which occur without notification to the bus driver involved before the bus driver reports in for the field trip site unless authorized or directed shall result in payment of two (2) hours pay to leave each bus driver involved in the trip assignment.
E. Departure times from the bus garage for purposes related all bus drivers with field trips shall be established by the Administration. Bus drivers shall have fifteen (15) minutes of paid time to pre-trip the bus for departure. Driving time shall start when the bus departs the bus garage. All time shall be paid at the regular field trip rate. However, when a regular driver is available for a field trip only by going directly to the proper functioning or operation field trip pick-up location from his/her last stop on his/her regular route, the following shall apply:
1. The driver shall receive all regular compensation for running his/her regular route.
2. The driver shall not receive the fifteen (15) minutes of paid time to pre- trip the bus or the activityfor departure.
3. The bus driver shall will be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while paid on the field trip rate from the time the field trip was scheduled to depart unless a delay in departure time was caused by the driver; in which case the field trip pay will begin at the actual field trip departure time.
4. If a field trip occurs during the day where such field trip causes a delay in the driver running his/her regular meal times route, the driver shall be paid for all time spent on the field trip but shall not be paid overtime for his/her regular route if the extended time on the regular route is caused by the field trip delay.
F. Clean-up time fifteen (lunch 15) minutes after a field trip shall be paid at the regular field trip rate of pay unless there are special circumstances that may increase or decrease this time. Such time shall be paid at the regular field trip rate. Layover time on field trips shall be paid at the regular field trip rate.
G. The compensation for overnight field trips shall be the same as any regular field trip with one exception. That exception is the driver(s) shall not be compensated for eight (8) hours during the night. The driver shall be compensated for all other time. The Board shall provide overnight lodging.
H. The present rotation system for field trips, as governed by seniority, shall not run continuously from year to year, but shall start new on the first student day of the Reynoldsburg School District calendar and dinner end on the last student day of the Reynoldsburg School District calendar.
I. There shall be established in the transportation center, a rotating system of assignments for summer field trips. The assignment shall be comprised of a summer listing, in the order of seniority, of the bus drivers desiring to participate in summer field trips. The summer field trip list shall begin the first day after the last day of Reynoldsburg School District Calendar and breakfast), while maintaining contact with will end the person in charge day before the first day of Reynoldsburg School District Calendar. The same process that is used during the regular school year shall be used to make the summer field trip assignments and the Board will make an effort to have that process completed before the end of the school year. When the selection is determined the driver shall be called and informed of the field trip.
J. The Transportation Supervisor shall inform drivers of their exact destination (i.e., a specific street address) on field trips and provide written directions if requested by the driver which include:
1. The meal building or area of destination;
2. The best route to take; and
3. Provide all legally required trip documentation.
X. Anyone riding a school bus who is not an authorized student or teacher must have written authorization from a responsible administrator. If there is no authorization, the driver shall refuse to transport them.
L. The bus transportation of Reynoldsburg students, between District buildings or facilities during the regular student day, shall not be obtained at deemed a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment field trip unless the Administration posts such a trip as a field trip.
M. Subcontracting of a field trip may only occur if the cost of the subcontracted services is less expensive than the field trip and if the trip destination exceeds a seventy-five (not 75) mile radius of Reynoldsburg.
N. The definition of a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity split field trip is when a driver is required to transport students to an activity and return to the site of school district. A driver is required to go back to the activity and pick up the bus driver must return students to drive them back to the site promptly upon completion school district. A driver shall be compensated a minimum of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as two (2) hours for each part of the trip.
O. If a field trip turns into drop-only trip after the driver arrives at the school or the event, the bus driver shall take his/her meal be paid the number of hours posted with the original field trip request (for example, if a driver bids a basketball trip for 4 hours, arrives at Summit Campus to pick up the same time students and place. No time the coach advises the driver that it is now a drop-only trip, the driver shall be deducted from paid the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein4 hours).
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Field Trips. A. A field trip of up to and including twenty (a20) Field trips of at least students shall require one (1) hour duration parent or teacher chaperone riding on the bus. Student field trip groups in excess of twenty (20) students on one (1) bus shall require two (2) parents and/or teacher chaperones riding the bus. It shall be the responsibility of the District to inform the activity sponsor of this requirement prior to or at the time of request for a field trip bus. District Policy 5131, Article IV, Section C, regarding bus conduct currently in effect, shall apply to field trips.
1. Preference in the assignment of field trips shall be given to the regular Driver.
2. Field trip Drivers will normally drive their regular route.
3. Drivers will receive regular pay for all field trips. On split trips, the Driver will receive a minimum three (3) hours pay (one and one-half [1 - 1/2] hours per Driver/split minimum). During deadheading time of more than one (1) hour, the employee not driving will receive minimum wage per hour. A split trip on the same day will be assigned to the same Driver if he/she is available.
4. Field trips shall be divided and rotated as equally according as possible among the regular Bus Drivers. An up-to-date list showing field trip hours shall be posted once each week. For the purpose of this Section, time not worked because the employee was unable or did not choose to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs take the field trip will be made by charged the Transportation Supervisor the Friday actual number of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned field trip is cancelled for any reason, that effected driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length hours of the trip. Payment For the purpose of equalization of hours, each Driver will start with zero (0) hours accumulated as of the first (1st) day of the then current school year. Drivers who know they are unavailable for certain days or times will notify the dispatcher in writing.
5. If no Driver within the Bus Drivers' unit is available for a field trip, the District shall have the right to assign a qualified Driver from outside the unit.
6. Every effort will be made to post field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made as soon as it is clerically possible by 2:00 p.m. on Friday, and signed by the Transportation Supervisor and Drivers by 5:00 p.m. on the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or tripsfollowing Monday.
(1) In 7. A Driver on an extra trip, during the event prescribed eating times, may take his/her bus to an eating establishment of his/her choice within the area unless the person in charge requests a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee will bus to be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group left at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activitystudent use. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact Driver must clear it with the person in charge of the before leaving.
8. During field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the triptrip down time, the bus driver Driver shall take reasonable steps to provide for the security of his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained hereinbus.
9. a. When field trips of up to three (d3) The Board shall post on hours duration are scheduled during regular morning or afternoon runs, the bulletin board a seniority list garage mechanic, substitute Driver, Transportation Supervisor or transportation secretary may be used for all of the employees who desire to drive summer these trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniorityunless a regular Driver is available.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Field Trips. (a) Field trips of at least one (1) hour duration shall be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made by the A School District Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned Department provided field trip is cancelled for any reasondefined as the scheduled transportation of students on a School District bus, that effected driver other than a regular route or run.
A. All School District Transportation Department provided field trips shall be placed on posted, along with the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the projected length of the trip. Payment for School District Transportation Department provided field trips shall be in accordance awarded to interested drivers who bid on the trip starting with the Trip Price made most senior driver. Drivers who do not plan to drive field trips are to inform the transportation supervisor in writing each year on a form provided by the Transportation Supervisor and Employer.
B. Priority for trip selection will be based on the Union President, or their designeesamount of hours accumulated by extra trips taken. No trading of buses and/or The driver with the lowest hours will have the first option to select trips.
C. Drivers interested in driving School District Transportation Department provided field trips must bid on the trip within four (4) hours after the driver next in rotation has had an opportunity to know about the official posting of the trip (unless granted a longer period of time by the Employer due to extenuating circumstances).
D. Drivers who elect not to take a trip when it is his/her turn in the rotation will have those hours charged against his/her accumulated extra trip hours. A driver may exchange or trade a trip with the approval of the bus supervisor.
E. Drivers who sign up for and are awarded/assigned a trip and then decide not to drive within two (2) working days of the trip (except for emergency or extenuating circumstances) will be charged with the posted (estimated) number of hours for the trip.
F. A posting log will be used to record field trips offered and accepted.
G. There shall be a two (2) hour minimum payment for a field trip on a day when school is not in session.
H. There shall be a two (2) hour minimum payment for show up time for a field trip that is cancelled without notification.
I. Field trips leaving during regular driving time shall be available to drivers who have regularly scheduled runs.
J. Drivers shall be paid field trip driving time of step one (1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or drivers’ salary schedule while driving and on down time.
X. Xxxxxxx who are assigned a School District Transportation Department provided field trip shall have fifteen (15) minutes added to the activity. The bus driver accumulated time of the trip for performing the safety checklist as mandated by the State, and for fueling and sweeping, paid at the driver's regular step one (1) hourly rate.
L. Drivers shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe paid "standing time" or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list "down time" for all of the employees who desire time a driver is on duty and not driving a bus during all “non-overnight” trips. "On duty" means that the driver is away from the central bus storage station waiting to drive summer trips, and shall rotate complete the assignment transportation of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation students. All “non-overnight standing time" or "down time” shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip listcompensated at the driver's regular step one (1) rate of pay.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Master Agreement
Field Trips. (a) Field trips of at least one (1) hour duration shall be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made by the Transportation Supervisor the Friday A. A field trip is defined as any extra-curricular, co-curricular, athletic or band trip outside of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver's normal assignment. In the event that an assigned field trip a van is cancelled for any reasonused as transportation, that effected driver and a teacher or activity sponsor volunteers to drive the van, the Board is not required to have a bargaining unit member drive. A year shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless defined as July 1 through June 30.
B. A rotating system of field trip rotation seniority or the length of the trip. Payment assignments for field trips shall be established in the transportation center. The assignment shall be comprised of a listing, in the order of seniority, of all bus drivers desiring to participate in field trips. The Board recognizes that one (1) bargaining unit member will be selected on an annual basis to perform the assignment of field trips in accordance with the Trip Price made provisions set forth in this Agreement. The process used to select the member to perform these duties will be decided by the Transportation Supervisor bargaining unit. Such bargaining unit member shall be paid for time spent on these duties. The assignment of such field trips shall be on a rotating basis starting at the top of the list and rotating down. Drivers shall only be offered trips at times when regular route assignments do not conflict with either the Union President, beginning or their designees. No trading end of buses and/or trips.
(1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and with the following exceptions:
1. A driver has begun service, passing a trip because of an absence for which sick leave or emergency leave would be payable shall remain at the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount top of the field trip rate for that triplist.
2. In addition, the total trip Part-time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will drivers shall not be placed on the cancellation field trip rotation list they will but may be paid used for field trips if no full-time workeddriver is available for a field trip.
3. Drivers passing on three (3) consecutive trips will lose their place in the next rotation.
4. Drivers who turn two (2) accepted trips back in to the Supervisor of Transportation shall lose their place in the next rotation.
5. Drivers shall be eligible to drive a field trip if the driver can routinely arrive at the pickup location without adjustments to their regular driving schedule. If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there this time is a cancellationless than fifteen (15) minutes after the ending time of their regular route, the last bus driver will forfeit the fifteen (15) minute pre-trip inspection time for the trip.
C. All field trips shall be posted promptly in the order of the date the trip was requested. If two (2) trips were requested at the same time for that day; the longest trip will be cancelledassigned to the first person eligible that day. After a trip has been posted and refused by an eligible driver, it will be reposted in the original order by request date.
D. If a field trip has been posted at least six (6) hours during a workday but is still unassigned twenty-four (24) hours or less before the trip or an “ask” field trip arises twenty-four (24) hours of less before the trip, the Transportation Supervisor shall have the right to direct the least senior driver to take the trip. The driver so directed must drive the trip unless the driver has a personal obligation or family emergency. If multiple buses are requested and one is this occurs, then the Transportation Supervisor repeats this process with the next least senior driver. A field trip taken at the direction of the Transportation Supervisor shall not affect a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last driver's position on the field trip list.
(b) The rate E. A field trip request may be canceled for any reason including a decision to use alternate means of meal allowance transportation. If a field trip request is included in canceled, the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with retains his/her place on the activity group at list. All field trip request cancellations which occur without notification to the bus driver involved before the bus driver reports in for the field trip site unless authorized or directed shall result in payment of two (2) hours pay to leave each bus driver involved in the trip assignment.
F. Departure times from the bus garage for purposes related all bus drivers with field trips shall be established by the Administration. Bus drivers shall have fifteen (15) minutes of paid time to pre-trip the bus for departure. Driving time shall start when the bus departs the bus garage. All time shall be paid at the regular field trip rate. However, when a regular driver is available for a field trip only by going directly to the proper functioning or operation field trip pick-up location from his/her last stop on his/her regular route, the following shall apply:
1. The driver shall receive all regular compensation for running his/her regular route.
2. The driver shall not receive the fifteen (15) minutes of paid time to pre- trip the bus or the activityfor departure.
3. The bus driver shall will be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while paid on the field trip rate from the time the field trip was scheduled to depart unless a delay in departure time was caused by the driver; in which case the field trip pay will begin at the actual field trip departure time.
4. If a field trip occurs during the day where such field trip causes a delay in the driver running his/her regular meal times route, the driver shall be paid for all time spent on the field trip but shall not be paid overtime for his/her regular route if the extended time on the regular route is caused by the field trip delay.
G. Clean-up time fifteen (lunch 15) minutes after a field trip shall be paid at the regular field trip rate of pay unless there are special circumstances that may increase or decrease this time. Such time shall be paid at the regular field trip rate. Layover time on field trips shall be paid at the regular field trip rate.
H. The compensation for overnight field trips shall be the same as any regular field trip with one exception. That exception is the driver(s) shall not be compensated for eight (8) hours during the night. The driver shall be compensated for all other time. The Board shall provide overnight lodging.
I. The present rotation system for field trips, as governed by seniority, shall not run continuously from year to year, but shall start new on the first student day of the Reynoldsburg School District calendar and dinner end on the last student day of the Reynoldsburg School District calendar.
J. There shall be established in the transportation center, a rotating system of assignments for summer field trips. The assignment shall be comprised of a summer listing, in the order of seniority, of the bus drivers desiring to participate in summer field trips. The summer field trip list shall begin the first day after the last day of Reynoldsburg School District Calendar and breakfast), while maintaining contact with will end the person in charge day before the first day of Reynoldsburg School District Calendar. The same process that is used during the regular school year shall be used to make the summer field trip assignments and the Board will make an effort to have that process completed before the end of the school year. When the selection is determined the driver shall be called and informed of the field trip.
K. The Transportation Supervisor shall inform drivers of their exact destination (i.e., a specific street address) on field trips and provide written directions if requested by the driver which include:
1. The meal building or area of destination;
2. The best route to take; and
3. Provide all legally required trip documentation.
L. Anyone riding a school bus who is not an authorized student or teacher must have written authorization from a responsible administrator. If there is no authorization, the driver shall refuse to transport them.
M. The bus transportation of Reynoldsburg students, between District buildings or facilities during the regular student day, shall not be obtained at deemed a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment field trip unless the Administration posts such a trip as a field trip.
N. Subcontracting of a field trip may only occur if the cost of the subcontracted services is less expensive than the field trip and if the trip destination exceeds a seventy-five (not 75) mile radius of Reynoldsburg.
O. The definition of a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity split field trip is when a driver is required to transport students to an activity and return to the site of school district. A driver is required to go back to the activity and pick up the bus driver must return students to drive them back to the site promptly upon completion school district. These shall be bid as two (2) distinct field trips. A driver shall be compensated a minimum of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as two (2) hours for each part of the trip, the bus . The driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all first part of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a split field trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until given first refusal for the conclusion second part of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leavefield trip.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement
Field Trips. (a) a. A field trip is defined to be the transportation of students other than on a regular run.
b. A driver interested in driving for field trips shall notify the supervisor and shall have their name put on the field trip list. All field trips shall be posted, along with the projected length of the trip, on the field trip chart. Field trips shall be awarded to interested drivers using a rotation system according to seniority. Field trips refused shall be charged to the driver on the chart. The chart is to be placed in a conspicuous location seven (7) days in advance of at least a trip when possible. This system is subject to change by a majority vote by the drivers. Trips canceled or postponed shall not be charged. The driver of a canceled or postponed trip is to be first on the rotation in the following week.
c. There shall be a one (1) hour duration minimum payment to a driver who shows for an extra trip that is canceled. The rate of pay shall be divided at the driver’s regular rate.
d. The time for field trip pay shall start when the bus leaves the bus storage area and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular shall end when the bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made by the Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week prior returns to the week that school where the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driverstudents were picked up except for overnight trips. In the event that an assigned the field trip involves an over-night stay, the time for field trip pay shall start when the bus leaves the bus storage area and pause when the bus is cancelled stopped for any reasonthe overnight. The time shall begin again the next day when the students are loaded and shall end when the students are returned to the school from which the trip originated. In the event the trip involves more than one (1) overnight, that effected driver the trip pay time for each intervening day shall begin when the students are loaded and pause when the bus is stopped for the overnight.
e. An agreement shall be placed on drawn up defining the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length responsibilities of the driver, the teacher/coach, and the chaperone while on a field trip. Payment .
f. All new bus drivers must be employed for forty-five (45) working days before being eligible for field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor and the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or trips.
g. The Board shall reimburse the driver for one (1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up admission to the quarter hourevent, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time workedwhen necessary.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Field Trips. (a) Field trips and shuttle runs of at least one (1) hour duration shall be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made by the Director of Transportation Supervisor on the Friday of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Director of Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Director of Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate all of the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Director of Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned field trip is cancelled for any reason, that effected affected driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length of the trip. Payment for field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor and the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or trips.
(1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included reimbursement shall not exceed the amount established in Board policy for all employees of the Trip Priceschool district. All reimbursable expenses incurred by the driver shall be paid to the driver each pay period, or the pay period immediately following the time period in which the expenses were submitted by the driver. Reimbursable meals provided if the Field Trip, inclusive of pretrip preparation time, originates within one hour of the employee’s regular run. Refer to handbook regarding eligiblity requirements.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein.
(d) Payment for field trips shall be at the appropriate hourly rate. In the event a scheduled field trip is canceled within twenty four (24) hours of the scheduled departing time, for reasons other than adverse weather conditions, the driver(s) who were assigned shall receive a minimum of two (2) hours pay. In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service where the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list.
(e) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(ef) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation should sign a list maintained by the Director of Transportation. These trips shall be rotated among those drivers on Field Trip listthe list who are available, at the appropriate rate of pay.
(fg) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Field Trips. A. All field trips shall be authorized by the Superintendent, or his/her designee, one (a1) week in advance and posted in the Transportation Center immediately following authorization, if at all possible.
B. Field trips shall be bid on or assigned on a continual year round basis for regular drivers. If a driver declines a field trip, he/she shall be passed by on the rotation list.
C. Rules governing field trips will be published and posted. These rules shall not be modified except by mutual agreement between the parties.
D. Field trips shall be cancelled if the Transportation Director considers roads after consultation with driver and legal authorities, to be hazardous.
E. Field trips shall not be made unless supervised by a teacher-sponsor or other adult as designated by the Building Principal. Occasional exceptions may be made upon approval of at least the Transportation Director when another adult is not available.
F. In the event a driver shows up for a field trip and has not been notified that the trip is cancelled, he/she will be entitled to one (1) hour duration shall pay. When a weekend trip is scheduled for three (3) hours or more, but actually turns out to be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs less than three (3) hours, the driver will be made paid for three (3) hours.
G. If trips are cancelled by the Transportation Supervisor sponsor, the Friday of sponsor shall immediately notify the week prior to driver and the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips driver shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, not lose any forfeited regular time in order that the assignments can field trip might have been taken.
H. On extended trips (over two (2) hours) drivers may stop for a ten (10) minute rest period every hour.
I. Provisions will be mademade for gas and oil; emergency services and supplies when drivers are on field trips.
J. Drivers shall periodically check their bus while waiting on field trips. The Transportation Supervisor bus shall then continue to rotate be warmed up and ready for reloading after the entire extra trips among all event.
K. If a driver calls in sick for any portion of a day on the drivers as described in day of or the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish day before a Field Trip, that driver will lose the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to Field Trip scheduled for that day or the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. next day.
L. In the event that the Employer schedules an assigned overnight field trip is cancelled for any reason, that effected driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length of the trip. Payment for field trips following shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made effect:
1. The Employer shall pay all costs incurred by the Transportation Supervisor driver for room and meals; an estimate of these costs shall be determined by the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or tripsEmployer prior to the field trip and an advance provided.
(1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the 2. The driver has begun service, the employee will shall be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up spent driving on the day to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed destination and on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted day returning from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained hereindestination.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Field Trips. (a) Field trips of at least one (1) hour duration shall be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made by the Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned A. All lots must have a field trip written instructions as to board that is provided by transportation and kept current with the map route names of Bus Drivers/Bus Assistant IIs taking field trips and any directions trips noted for each day. Bus Driver and Bus Assistant II names will be listed by lot seniority. The symbols used on the boards posted at the bus lots shall be: E = Emergency trip (no more than 24 hours notification) R = Refused trip C = Canceled trip E = Emergency trip is a trip that would be beneficial to that gives the driver no more than 24 hours notification. Under normal circumstances, after utilizing the Field Trip Board with an all call, the Lead may solicit a county-wide volunteer if the all call does not secure a driver. In R= Refused trip is a trip that is offered to a driver that doesn’t interfere with the event driver’s route time, cause the driver to go into overtime or is an Emergency trip that an assigned the driver refuses. Refused trip will be noted as R = date. If the driver accepts the trip and then refuses it, it will be charged as a trip against the driver. C= Canceled trip is a trip canceled by the school and is noted as C = date. The driver of a Canceled trip remains at the top of the field trip is cancelled list for any reason, that effected driver shall be placed on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip.
B. All Bus Drivers or Bus Assistant IIs shall sign a form to indicate whether he or she chooses or does not choose to take field trips. All Bus Drivers/bus Assistant IIs shall sign up at their assigned bus lots. If a Bus Driver/Bus Assistant II changes bus lots, regardless of he or she must sign a new form at the newly assigned bus lot. It is the bus driver’s/Bus Assistant II’s responsibility to follow this procedure. Lead Drivers will have the form available.
C. Any Bus Driver/Bus Assistant II who elects to change his or her field trip rotation seniority or status must sign a form indicating the length of the trip. Payment for field trips change.
D. Each driver shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor and the Union President, or their designeesdocument his weekly hours. No trading of buses and/or trips.
(1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge exceed 40 hours of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted work per workweek without approval from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained hereinroute manager.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Field Trips. (a) Field trips of at least one (1) hour duration shall be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made by the A School District Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned Department provided field trip is cancelled for any reasondefined as the scheduled transportation of students on a School District bus, that effected driver other than a regular route or run.
A. All School District Transportation Department provided field trips shall be placed on posted, along with the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the projected length of the trip. Payment for School District Transportation Department provided field trips shall be in accordance awarded to interested drivers who bid on the trip starting with the Trip Price made most senior driver. Drivers who do not plan to drive field trips are to inform the transportation supervisor in writing each year on a form provided by the Transportation Supervisor and Employer.
B. Priority for trip selection will be based on the Union President, or their designeesamount of hours accumulated by extra trips taken. No trading of buses and/or The driver with the lowest hours will have the first option to select trips.
C. Drivers interested in driving School District Transportation Department provided field trips must bid on the trip within four (4) hours after the driver next in rotation has had an opportunity to know about the official posting of the trip (unless granted a longer period of time by the Employer due to extenuating circumstances).
D. Drivers who elect not to take a trip when it is his/her turn in the rotation will have those hours charged against his/her accumulated extra trip hours. A driver may exchange or trade a trip with the approval of the bus supervisor.
E. Drivers who sign up for and are awarded/assigned a trip and then decide not to drive within two (2) working days of the trip (except for emergency or extenuating circumstances) will be charged with the posted (estimated) number of hours for the trip.
F. A posting log will be used to record field trips offered and accepted.
G. There shall be a two (2) hour minimum payment for a field trip on a day when school is not in session.
H. There shall be a two (2) hour minimum payment for show up time for a field trip that is cancelled without notification.
I. Field trips leaving during regular driving time shall be available to drivers who have regularly scheduled runs.
J. Drivers shall be paid field trip driving time of step one (1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or drivers’ salary schedule while driving and on down time.
K. Drivers who are assigned a School District Transportation Department provided field trip shall have fifteen (15) minutes added to the activity. The bus driver accumulated time of the trip for performing the safety checklist as mandated by the State, and for fueling and sweeping, paid at the driver's regular step one (1) hourly rate.
L. Drivers shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe paid "standing time" or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained herein.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list "down time" for all of the employees who desire time a driver is on duty and not driving a bus during all “non-overnight” trips. "On duty" means that the driver is away from the central bus storage station waiting to drive summer trips, and shall rotate complete the assignment transportation of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation students. All “non-overnight standing time" or "down time” shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip listcompensated at the driver's regular step one (1) rate of pay.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Master Agreement
Field Trips. (a) Field The Employer shall post all field trips of and extra runs at least one three (13) working days in advance, and assign two (2) days in advance whenever possible, except in cases where the Employer is unable to give such advance notice. All field trips will be posted with a start time and anticipated return time. All field trips pay a minimum of two (2) hours, and will be awarded on the basis of seniority rotation. Two (2) hour duration trips in length of 65 minutes or less shall be divided paid at one hour of drive time and rotated equally according one hour of wait time. Trips sixty-six (66) and over shall be paid no less than two (2) hours of drive time. If a trip remains available due to seniority among all regular bus driversdrivers either refusing or having already been awarded a trip for that day, it shall be offered, by seniority, to any driver wanting a second trip. The assignment for extra runs will be made by the Transportation Supervisor the Friday of the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned a field trip written instructions as to the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In the event that an assigned field trip is cancelled for any reason, that effected Said driver shall be placed marked off rotation for both trips. If still available, it may be offered to a probationary employee who has completed at least thirty (30) driving days, and the Employer thinks has enough time/experience. If trip is still available, it will be offered, by seniority, to drivers without loss of rotation on the cancellation list and offered the next available trip, regardless of field trip rotation seniority or the length of the trip. Payment for field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor and the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or trips.
(1) In the event a scheduled field trip is cancelled and the driver has begun service, the employee will be paid for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
(2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) Any field trip assigned on the same day as trip will be assigned by the rotation list. Drivers refusing a same day trip will not be charged. Only the driver(s) accepting the assignment will be charged. Trips having two (2) hours or less notice will be assigned by seniority from among the first available drivers. The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Pricesame rules apply for charging as above. Drivers required to take an emergency trip will receive a twenty ($20.00) late call stipend.
(c) The Whenever school vehicles are used for transporting equipment needed to support student activities or performances, the vehicle shall be driven by a certified bus driver must remain with the activity group at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related driver, selected according to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activityseniority list for field trips. The bus driver It shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on mandatory that the field trip at regular meal times (lunch driver help load and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with unload the person in charge of the field tripvehicle. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained hereinThis paragraph excludes athletic vans.
(d) The Board shall post on When a field trip is cancelled, the bulletin board driver will have the option of two (2) hours field trip drive pay, the next available field trip, reassignment to their regular route. Weather related cancellations are excluded from this provision, except for trips in progress. If the driver cancels out of a seniority trip more than two (2) times per year, that driver will be checked off the rotation list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.next field trip posting. Documented emergencies are excluded
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses With administration approval, a driver could have the option of taking another driver on a field trip if the field trip is longer than twelve (12) hours. The additional driver(s) would be assigned by the normal procedure for purposes other than student transportation awarding field trips, and would be paid at the regular field trip rate. The Employer shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip listhave the right to make assignments of this nature according to the foregoing procedures.
(f) A driver turning in Trailered equipment trips will be filled according to a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take master seniority rotation list. When drivers refuse trailered equipment trips, with they will not be marked off the exception of approved funeral leaverotation list.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Field Trips. Compensation to contract drivers shall be under the following conditions:
a. A “field trip” is defined as any additional driving assignment that is not part of the driver’s regular morning (apick up) Field and afternoon (drop off) routes, which are considered part of the driver’s “normal day.” This includes, but is not limited to, sporting events, extracurricular activities, shuttles, FCAT shuttles, trips generally considered to be “field trips,” or the like.
b. One voluntary master list consisting of short, long (per diem) and overnight trips of at least one (1) hour duration contract bus drivers by geographic area and by seniority, and an all inclusive master list by seniority of contract bus drivers shall be divided and rotated equally according to seniority among all regular bus drivers. The assignment for extra runs will be made maintained by the Director of Transportation Supervisor for the Friday purpose of field trip selection. If all contract drivers on the week prior to the week that the extra run is scheduled to be made. Drivers who wish to drive the extra trips shall indicate to the Transportation Supervisor as to their intentions weekly, in order that the assignments can be made. The Transportation Supervisor shall then continue to rotate the entire extra trips among all of the drivers as described in the paragraph above. The Transportation Supervisor shall furnish the driver who is assigned voluntary geographic list refuse a field trip written instructions as to assignment, the map route and any directions that would be beneficial to that driver. In Director of Transportation shall utilize the event that an assigned all inclusive list for field trip is cancelled for any reasonassignment. The voluntary geographic list will be a rotating list. Persons selected from the all inclusive list shall be permitted one refusal. After the initial all inclusive list has been exhausted, that effected the Director of Transportation may assign a field trip to a contract driver on a mandatory basis. Each contract driver assigned a trip, either voluntary or mandatory, shall be placed on the cancellation bottom of the all inclusive list and offered once an assignment is completed. The Director of Transportation may maintain separate lists for FCAT shuttles. FCAT shuttles will be assigned in accordance with the next available trip, regardless of procedures above for field trip rotation seniority or assignments. Once assigned, the length driver shall drive the full multi-week schedule of the tripshuttle. Payment for A field trip committee shall meet annually with the Director of Transportation, upon request, to make recommendations on additional procedures that relate to field trip assignments. The committee may meet more than once if needed.
c. On non-working days, field trips shall be in accordance with the Trip Price made by the Transportation Supervisor and the Union President, or their designees. No trading of buses and/or tripscompensated at $8.40 per hour.
d. On each working day of the assigned field trip, if a driver's normal assignment is a minimum working day of six (16) In hours, he/she shall be paid at the event rate of $8.40 per hour for assigned field trips for each hour beyond the minimum assigned six (6) hours.
e. On each working day of the assigned field trip, if the driver's normal assignment is a scheduled regular working day greater than six (6) hours, he/she shall be paid at his/her regular rate up to 7.5 hours and $8.40 per hour for assigned field trips for each hour beyond 7.5 hours.
f. Overnight trips shall be defined as any trip requiring the driver to sleep over prior to return.
g. Overnight trips shall be compensated at field trip is rates with no compensation for “sleeping” time. Per diem shall be paid as applicable.
h. If field trips are cancelled and after the driver has begun servicearrives at school, the employee will driver shall be paid compensated as stated above for actual time worked at their normal hourly rate, rounded up to the quarter hour, but nor to exceed the amount of the field trip rate for that trip. In addition, the total trip time is less than 2 hours, they will be placed on the cancellation list. If the total time earned is 2 hours or more, they will not be placed on the cancellation list they will be paid for time worked.
two (2) If there are multiple buses requested for a fieldtrip and there is a cancellation, the last bus requested will be cancelled. If multiple buses are requested and one is a special needs bus, the special needs bus will be placed last on the trip list.
(b) The rate of meal allowance is included in the Trip Price.
(c) The bus driver must remain with the activity group hours at the field trip site unless authorized or directed to leave for purposes related to the proper functioning or operation of the bus or the activity. The bus driver shall be permitted up to 1 hour to obtain a meal while on the field trip at regular meal times (lunch and dinner and breakfast), while maintaining contact with the person in charge of the field trip. The meal must be obtained at a restaurant, cafe or fast food establishment (not a bar, tavern or lounge) within close proximity to the site of the activity and the bus driver must return to the site promptly upon completion of the meal. If the activity group is to have a meal as part of the trip, the bus driver shall take his/her meal at the same time and place. No time shall be deducted from the bus driver’s pay for the time involved in obtaining and consuming the meal in compliance with this provision. The bus driver must respond immediately to an emergency or other conditions requiring bus service regardless of any provision contained hereinrates.
(d) The Board shall post on the bulletin board a seniority list for all of the employees who desire to drive summer trips, and shall rotate the assignment of all such drivers based on their seniority.
(e) Drivers interested in driving buses for purposes other than student transportation shall be rotated among drivers on Field Trip list.
(f) A driver turning in a trip shall be penalized from acquiring additional trips until the conclusion of the next Monday through Sunday period by being ineligible to take trips, with the exception of approved funeral leave.
(g) Employees shall be allowed to work as substitute employees for other positions in the District provided that the time worked as a substitute is through EDUStaff or outside contract agency. (If the substitute is employed through Dexter Community Schools, the total combined time worked as a substitute and as a bus driver (regular runs and field trips), does not exceed forty
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Samples: Compensation Agreement
