Common use of Salary Provisions Clause in Contracts

Salary Provisions. The School Committee agrees to include in its budget requests for each year of the Agreement, sufficient monies to fully fund the economic provisions of this Agreement, and submit such budget requests to the appropriate Town Meeting in Plymouth for funding. In the event that the submitted budget is not fully funded in any year of the Agreement, the parties to this Agreement agree to negotiate over the impact of that failure to fully fund. Following these negotiations, if the School Committee determines that it cannot fully honor the general wage increase of this Agreement, the parties will reopen the entire Agreement for negotiations for the year in which the budget was not fully funded. The following provisions are understood to accompany this salary schedule: A. Increments and salary adjustments are not to be considered automatic; they shall be reviewed annually and approved by the Superintendent. Among the factors to be considered by the Superintendent in making his decision shall be the attendance record of the employee. Any employee whose increment or salary adjustment is to be withheld shall be advised of such decision, in writing, on or before May 15th of the prior work year. If the recommendation to withhold an increment or salary adjustment is approved by the Superintendent of Schools, the employee shall be entitled to have the decision to withhold an increment or salary adjustment reviewed by the Superintendent prior to the close of the work year in which the notice was given. If the increment or salary adjustment is withheld, a decision whether to reinstate one- half (1/2) of the increment or salary adjustment will be made by January 31st of the year in which it is withheld. A similar decision regarding reinstating the second one-half (1/2) of the increment or salary adjustment will be made prior to the close of school during the work year in which the increment or salary adjustment is withheld. The employer agrees that increments and/or salary adjustments shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. All teachers will be on proper step, subject to (A) above and, if applicable, subject to Article XXVIII. C. In order to be placed on a new salary column, a teacher must submit to the School Department by September 15th a request for such placement. There are two opportunities during the school year for salary column changes. Provided official transcripts detailing credits for said move are submitted by September 30th the salary column change will be effective back to the first day of school. During the remainder of the school year, one additional salary column change will be allowed, and will become effective as of January 1st of that school year, provided the teacher had submitted their request by September 15th as notice to the district and official transcripts detailing credits for said move are submitted by February 1st of said school year. D. Any teacher who completes the requirement for a Masters Degree during the summer session and who successfully completes additional graduate courses approved by the Superintendent during the previous spring semester or during said summer session, shall be able to apply those additional credits, pursuant to the aforementioned graduate courses, toward lateral movement beyond the Masters level on the salary schedule, provided that such additional courses do not constitute part of the requirements of the teacher's Masters Degree. The parties agree that analogous conditions shall exist for a teacher who completes all the requirements for a Masters Degree during any spring semester or during any fall semester. In any event, no graduate credits will be applicable toward lateral movement beyond the Masters Degree Column on the salary schedule for courses taken more than one term prior to the term during which the Masters Degree is awarded.