Feb 1, 2007 12:01 PM
Per diem substitutes covered by this Agreement are:
l. Full-term substitutes: serving after the fifteenth day of the school term for the duration of that term in a full-time or regularly scheduled part-time position.
2. Other-than-occasional: covering the absence of a particular employee for thirty (30) consecutive work days or more.
Per diem substitutes covered by this Agreement shall serve under the terms and conditions of this Agreement except as otherwise set forth in this Article or elsewhere in this Agreement.
Per diem substitutes covered by this Agreement shall continue to receive vacation pay on the same basis as heretofore.
Only those full-term per diem substitutes who are assigned to a position which is expected to be vacant for the remainder of the term shall be covered by Article 3F (Health Insurance and Welfare Benefits) of this Agreement.
Effective September 1, 1996, pedagogues serving in a regularly scheduled part-time position (commonly known as F-status) will be entitled to full health and welfare benefits if scheduled to work for at least one-half of the regular full-time schedule for that particular title. Pedagogues in a regularly scheduled, but less than half-time position are not eligible for health insurance or welfare fund benefits.
Per diem substitutes covered by this Agreement shall continue to receive sick leave on the same basis as heretofore.
The following provisions of this Agreement shall not apply: Article Four A,B,C (Pension and Retirement Program); Article Seven G (Return from Leave); Article Seven H (Regular Part-time Assignments for Appointees); Article Ten A (Cumulative Absence Reserves and Sick Leave); Ten B (Sabbatical Leaves); Ten C (Special Study Sabbatical to Achieve Certification); Ten D (TB Sabbaticals); Ten E (Leaves of Absence Without Pay); Ten H (Terminal Leave); Article Eleven (Excessing and Layoff); Article Twelve (Transfers); Article Fifteen F (Suspension); Article Fifteen G (Rating "Not Applicable"); Article Fifteen H (3020-a Procedures); Article Fifteen J (Peer Intervention Program); Article Nineteen (Conditions and Benefits Applicable to Mental Health Workers).
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be construed to deprive a per diem substitute of any benefit currently granted as a matter of Board policy and practice.