Section 13.3. 40 Transportation must be cleared with the School District management so as to pool rides as much as 41 possible. Paid transportation expense allowed will be for the lesser of: (A) Normal and reasonable 42 expenses from the District Administrative Office to the training location and return, or (B) Normal and 43 reasonable expenses from the employee's principal residence to the training location and return.
Section 13.3. 45 The parties recognize that an employee should have the option of declining to participate as a member 46 in the Union, yet contribute financially to the activities of the Union in representing such employee as 47 a member of the collective bargaining unit. Therefore, as an alternative to, and in lieu of the 48 membership requirements of the previous sections of this Article, an employee who declines 1 membership in the Union may pay to the Union each month a service charge as a contribution towards 2 the administration of this Agreement in an amount not to exceed the regular monthly dues. This 3 service charge shall be collected by the Union in the same manner as monthly dues.
Section 13.3. 17 Seniority rights shall not be lost for the following reasons, without limitation:
18 A. Time lost by reason of industrial accident, industrial illness or jury duty
19 B. Time on leave of absence granted for the purpose of serving in the Armed Forces of the United States 20 or
21 C. Time spent on other authorized leaves of absence, not to exceed one year.
Section 13.3. 33 Seniority rights shall not be lost for the following reasons, without limitation:
Section 13.3. 46 The District shall make required contributions for Industrial Insurance on behalf of all employees subject 47 to this Agreement.
Section 13.3. District shall provide Bus Driver qualification training to District employees requesting 7 qualifications leading to a Washington State Bus Drivers certificate/license. In the event an employee 8 does not complete all aspects of the requested trainings, the employee shall reimburse the District for 9 all costs incurred. The District will attempt to maintain a minimum of two (2) such qualified 10 employees for contingency substitute Bus Driver assignment.
Section 13.3 the expense for individual to obtain a CDL and additional school bus driving training costs, and 8 medical certification, the district has developed a policy whereby individuals may agree to accept a 9 training dollar loan which shall be forgiven 100% should the employee continue to work for the District 10 for no less than two (2) years. Should an employee separate from the district prior to completing two 11 years of service, the employee shall be responsible to repay the district in accordance with the Agreement 12 to Repay Costs of Training. The Agreement to Repay Costs of Training shall not be changed without 13 bargaining with the Association.
Section 13.3. 39 Job descriptions for all bargaining unit positions shall be posted on the district website.
Section 13.3. District will pay for the cost of classes for all mandatory training (First Aid, CPR, AED) as 22 required per job descriptions. Training will be provided outside of contracted time without 23 compensation to the employee. 26 A R T I C L E X I V 27 28 ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP AND CHECKOFF 30 Section 14.1. 31 Each employee subject to this Agreement, who, on the effective date of this Agreement, is a member 32 of the Association in good standing, may maintain membership in the Association in good standing 33 during the period of this Agreement.
Section 13.3. 13 The District agrees to pay the costs connected with the federally mandated Drug and Alcohol Testing 14 Program (see District Policy and Procedures 5259 and 5259P) including: pre-employment for 15 involuntary in-district transfers, random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, and the split test if 16 requested by the employee. Costs for time spent in testing or traveling to and from the testing site will 17 be paid by the District. In cases where a test is positive and/or the employee requests a split test which 18 shows positive, the District may recover all test costs from the employee. Also, in these instances, the 19 employee will not be eligible for reimbursement for time spent in tests or traveling to and from the 20 testing site.
