NYS PERB Contract Collection – Metadata Header This contract is provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University. The information provided is for noncommercial educational use only. Some variations from the original paper document may have occurred during the digitization process, and some appendices or tables may be absent. Subsequent changes, revisions, and corrections may apply to this document. For more information about the PERB Contract Collection, see http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/perbcontracts/ Or contact us: Catherwood Library, Ives Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 607-254-5370 ilrref@cornell.edu Contract Database Metadata Elements Title: Longwood Central School District and Middle Island Teachers Association (MITA), New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), AFL-CIO (2008) Employer Name: Longwood Central School District Union: Middle Island Teachers Association (MITA), New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), AFL-CIO Local: Effective Date: 07/01/2008 Expiration Date: 06/30/2013 PERB ID Number: 5611 Unit Size: 794 Number of Pages: 66 For additional research information and assistance, please visit the Research page of the Catherwood website - http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/research/ For additional information on the ILR School - http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/ AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRlCT THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND THE MIDDLE ISLAND TEACHERS ASSOClAT10N (MITA) Middle Island Tea~hers Association Professional Advancement Committee Vlncent E. Giglio Chief Negotiator Ralph Alfieri, Jr. MITA President Patti Cilssella Rosemary D'Auria Lorraine DiBartolo Kristen Ferrante KQssy Lock JoAnn Millard Scott Schuster Richard D'Esposito NYSUT Labor Relations Specialists MITA OFFICERS July 1,2008 - June 30, 2010 President Ralph Alfieri, Jr. lst Vice President Vincent E. Giglio 2nd Vice President Paui C~sella Secretary Scott Schuster Treasurer Robert Andrejkovics Longwood Central School District Negotiating Team Michael Lonergan, DSW Deputy Superintendent of Schools Janet Bryan Asst. Superintendent for District Operations John Gross, Esq. Distri~t's Attorney Longwood Central S~hool Distri~t Board of Education Daniel Tomaszewski, President William K. Miller Michael A. Loguerl,;io, Jr.,Viee President Philip Reany, Jr. Robert L. Did;:erson Gcninc M. Schwingc Maureen E. Silvestri TABLE OF CONTENTS Articlc I Rccognition I Article II Association Rights 2 Articlc III Payroll Dcduction 3 Article IV School Calendar & School Day 4 Article V Teachers 6 Article V-A Substitutes 8 Article VI Compensation 8 Articlc VII Insurance 11 Article VIII Teaching Conditions 14 Article IX Tolal Professional Evaluation 17 Article X Special Teaching Assignments 19 Article XI Lcaves 20 Article XU Professional Behavior 25 Article XIII Protessionallmprovement 25 Article XTV Grievance Proccdurc 26 ArtideXV Guidance Counselor 28 Article XVI Department Chairpcrsons 29 Article XVII House Captains 30 Article )(VIII Coaches/Working Conditions & Compensation 30 Article XIX Psychologists 32 Article XX Tcachers ofthe Specl:h and Hearing 33 Article XXI Learning Specialists 33 Article XXII Nurses 33 Article XXIII Management Rights 34 Article XXIV Misccllaneous 34 Appendix A Salary Schedules 35 Appcndix B Extra Pay Sl:hedule 42 Appendix C Longwood C.S.D. Checklist 46 Appendix D Chapter I1Title I Teachers 48 Appendix E Special Education Teaching Assistants 50 Appendix F Permanent Substitutes 52 Exhibit 1 Healtb Insurancc 53 Exhibit 2 Dental Insurance 56 Exhibit 3 Claims Appcal Proccss 57 AGREEMENT mode this I s' day of July 2008 BY AND BETWEEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, LONGWOOD, TOWN OF llROOKHAVEN, SUFFOLK COUNTY, STATE OF NEW YORK herein referred to os the "DISTRICT' and lhe MIDDLE ISLAND TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, hereinafter referred to os "MITA". WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, after collective bargaining procedures the parties have ~ome to an agreement and it is desired to set forth the terms and conditions of said agreement herein. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree one with the other as follows: ARTICLE I Recognition A) Unit Defined: The District hereby recognizes MITA as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all certified school personnel (full time, part time, part year). who are paid according to the teachers' pay schedule, including c1a.';lsroom teachers, special tcal.:.hcrs, tt:acher media-librarians, psychologists, guidance counselors, school nurse~teachers, department chairpcrsons, TESOL teachers, house captains, htcililators, teachers of fhe speech and hearing handicapped, teachers of the blind and partially sighted, teachers of deaf and hcaring impaired, learning specialists, teachers of the academically giHed and talented, learning disabilities teachers, pemmncnt substitutes who have been appointed to regular positions tor the ensuing school year, home study teachers, social workers, per diem substitutes employed for a period of forty (40) or more CDnsecutive days who are filling ncwly created or unencumbered positions, Chapter 1 TeacherslTille I Teachers as per separate agreemcnt (Appendix D), special education teaching assistants as per scparatc agreement (Appendix E), permanent substitutes who work on a per diem basis as per separate agreement (Appendix F). Abo included in the bargaining unit are non-ccrtificd personnel on the AA schedule to include. but not limited to. community workers, registered nurses, and sign language interprcters, athletic trainer. Additionally. the bargaining unit shall indude four (4) year degree media specialists. All of the foregoing are hereinafter referred to a."! "teachers". B) Exclusions - The hargaining unit shall not inc1udt: the Superintendent of Schools, Assistant Superintendents of Schools, Principals, and Assistant Principals, or administrative aides to the Principals, or Central omct: Statl~ tor the period endlng seven (7) months prior to the expiration date of this contract pursuant fa Section 208(2) of the Civil Service Law afthe State of New York as amended. ARTTCLE Tl Assuciation Rights 1. MITA shall have the right to apply for the usc of sehuul buildings for its meetings, and to transact association business un school property, all of which shall bc outside ufregular schuul hours. The application for such uses shall be made upon proper fonns of the Board of Education of the District (hereinafter referred to as the "Board"), shall be subject to the approval of the Board and shall bc without charge. 2. MITA may pu:st notices on bulletin boards in faculty rooms. Page 2 3. At dates and times to be mutually agreed upon by the Superintendent of Schools and the MITA President, the Superintendent of Schools, or hisJher designee, lind the MITA President will meet monthly during the school year to discuss matters regarding the implementation of the various Icnns of this eontraet. Either party desiring the discussion as herein st:! forth shall submit an agenda therefore one week in advanee of the date set for the meeting. implementation of such matters agreed upon will be completed within a period ofthree (3) sehool days after Ihe meeting. This paragraph shall not be interpreted so as to preclude any teaehers represented by this eontraet from filing a grievanee. 4. Upon the request of MITA representatives, said representatives .~hall have a plaee on the agenda of the Board of Education of the Dlstriet at the next public meeting of the Board, said place to be as early as. possible on said agenda. 5. MITA representatives shall, upon request, have a maximum of fifteen (I 5) minutes at building faculty meetings in which to make announcements and brief reports ofMITA business. This time shall not be used for any other purpose. 6. The Board shall advise MITA in writing of any new or modified construction programs or major revisions of educational policy which are proposed or under consideration, and shall provide for MITA's advisory involvemenl. 7. The Board shall enter into no contract except BOCES' contracts, which will result in instruction heing provided, supervised, or influenced by any organization olher than MITA, wilhout first notifying MITA, and providing for public discussion and disclosure in which MlTA will have the right to participate. 8. Tuition waivers shall be placed in the governance of MITA if permitted by the granting institution. A tuition waiver is a certificate issued by a l:ollege or university entitling the recipient to enroll without any payment or tuition in a three credit course offered by the said college or university. 9. A. The MITA President shall be released from all District responsihilities and shall be classified as a "Teacher on Special Assignment," continuing to receive all benefits including but not limited to accruing seniority and maintaining all benefits of the membership in the New York State Teachers' Retirement System. MITA shall remit to the District a sum of money in the amount listed as Step I-A of each current year as its total contribution towards this relea.se time in twenty illstallments. B. The MITA Jst Vice President shall receive two hours and tcn minutes of release time at the end of the day, inclusive of lunch and preparation period. The MITA 1st Vice President shall be allowed to leave hisJher assigned building during this period of time. If a building is on split session, the District and MITA shall arrive at the schedule ofthe 1st Vice President on an annual basis_ Page 3 The foregoing provision shall be suspended in its entirety until June 30, 2013, whereupon it shall be restored and have full force and effect. C. Thc MITA 2nd Vicc President shall be releascd at the end of the day from lunch, preparation, and duty periods to attend to insurance concerns. In the event that the MITA 2nd Vice President is an elementary teacher, MITA and the District shall meet to discuss the arrangement of release time. 10. Attendance at professional planning sessions shall not be required of the MITA President, First Vice President, and Seeond Vice President. 11. MITA huilding representatives shall be released for five (5) minutes in thc morning and fifteen (15) minutes in the afternoon. ARTICLE III Payroll Deductions 1. Within thirty (30) calendar days of the beginning of the sehool ycar, the teachers may sign and deliver to the district an assignmcnl authorizing deduction of membership dues and a.....essments of MITA. 2. Dues deduction may also be authorized hy a similar assignrncntlur the New York Stale United Teachers, the American Fedcralion of Teachers, the AFL·CIO, Vote/Cope and NYSUT Benefit Trust and any other professional assoeiation approved by the District and MITA. 3. Teachers may also authorize deductions for the Teachers' Federal Credit Union and mass marketing automobile and homeowners insurance provided, however, that all such authorizations be made in accordancc with paragraph "1" and "4" hereof, and further provided that no changes may be made except during thc periud beginning December 1st in each year and ending on the lasl day prior to the Christmas reeess with deductions to be put into effect in January of the following year. Changes may also he made during the first 14 days of March and June to become effective for the first payroll of the following month. 4. Teachers entering employment or returning from leave aftcr the school year may make such assignments within thirty (30) ealemlar days of their employment. 5. Dues deduction authorization shall be in fonn to be agreed upon by the District and MITA and shall become effective fifteen (15) days after the filing thereof with the Superintendent of Schools. 6. The amonnt of each deduction from each regular payment shall be certified by the District to MITA and the District agrees to remit to MITA all monies as deducted accompanied hy a list of teachers from whom the deductions have been made. Deductions may be for a period of twenty (20) payments. The District shall not be responsible for the application of such monies after the payment thereof to MITA. Page 4 7. In the event a mass marketing operator cancels an individual teacher's poJiey. said teacher shall notify the business office of this change and the business office shall correct this matter. 8. Pursuant to the passage of legislation enabling the implementation of Agem::y Shop Fee, the Longwood Board of Education does hereby agree that no tater than fifteen (IS) days after effective date of this agreement or fifteen (15) days after the effective date of employment, whichever is luter, each employee will pay the Middle Island Teachers A.ssol.:iation each month a service charge toward the administration of this agreement and the representation of such employee; provided, however. that each employee will have available to himJher membership in the Middle Island Teachers Association on the same tenns and eonditions flS Me aVflilable to every other member of the Union. The serviee charge shall be an amount equal to the eollective bargaining agent's monthly dues for caeh month thereafter. The Board of Education shall c..Iedud su(,;h fee in the same manner as the membership dues are deducted. MITA shall supply the Board with a list ofnnmes ofnon-members at least fifteen (15) days prior to the deduction of the ageney fee. 9. MITA has submilled to the District, pursuant to Chapter 677 of the Laws of 1977 of the State of New York a procedure providing for the processing of demands, by members of the bargaining unit, for the return of that portion of the agency fee deduction, if any, which represents the employee's pro-rata share of expenditures by MITA in aid of aetivitics or eauses only incidentally related to negotiation of tenns andlor eonditions of employment. The aforementioned procedure shall not be substantially ehanged without the prior approval of the Board of Education. 10. TIle District and MITA agree to work to establish a 403b Employer Contribution Plan for the payment and distribution of Retirement Incentive monies, the sell baek of sick days upon retirement and any other incentive the District may offer to the limits established by IRS. ARTICLE IV School Calendar & School Day 1. Through all grade levels, kindergarten through t 2, a daily exercise specifically ineluding the Pledge of Allegiance shall be eonducted. 2. All teachers shall remain ailer the official closing date until the I;hlXklist requirements are complete. Checklist requirements shall be listed in Appendix C of this (,;ontract. Page 5 3. The Administration will not schedule any after school meetings for teachers on Mondays uf each month during the school year except in the event of an emergency so that MITA may schedule it'::i meetings. 4. Returning teachers shall he required to repurt one (I) day before the upening of the school for the purpose of urientation. 5. Effective July 1, 2009, for employees. hired on ur after July 1, 2009, newly employed teachers shall report for three (3) days, (prior to the tirst Superintendent's Conference day) before the opening of school for the purpose of orientation. Teaehen; in their second year of employment shall report for two (2) days (prior to the first Superintendent's Cunferenee day) before the upening of school for the purpose of orientation. Teachers entering their third (3 m) year of employment shall report for one (I) day (pim to the first Superintendent's Conference day) before the opening of sehoul for the purpose of orientatiun. Orientation shall be held on the week prior to the opening of school, and shall not be scheduled for either a MondRy or Friday. Teachers attending such orientatiun shall reeeive one in-service credit per summer orientation for salary advitncement pUlposes. 6. A committee wmposed of administrators and representRtives of MITA in equal numbers shall he fanned to act in itn advisory capacity on the program for such orientation with \he final decision thereof to be made by the Superintendent of Schools, not subject to the grievanee procedure. Such meetings shall be held so that a decision is made prior to May 1st. 7, The length of the official school day for both elementary nnd secondary sehools shall be seven (7) hours. Faculty meetings may he seheduled Tuesday through Thursday, beginning ten (l0) minutes after the close of the teachers' day, and being no longer than one (1) hour in duration. Only two (2) faculty meetings shall be held in September and June and these shall be in different weeks. During the months of October through May faculty meetings will be lirnit..,'(( to one (1) time per month. Up to four (4) of these faculty meetings per school year may be held oul uf the school building and may involve di!Terent departments or grade levels rather than the faculty of an entire school site. The district will designate which of these meetings up to four (4) it will hold as departmental style faculty meetings. Each year the distriet may elect which munths up to four (4) that it will utilize for departmental style meetings in that school year. Tf these require travel out of an assigned building, they shall begin no later than twenty-five (25) minutes after the ent! of the teaehers' Jay and last no longer than fifty (50) minutes. If these will not require anyone to travel out of his/her regularly assigned building, they shall start ten (HI) minutes after the close of the teachers' day, and shall be no longer tlIall fifty (50) minutes in duration. MITA relinquishes its fifteen (15) minutes at these departmental style faculty meetings up to 4 times per year. + MITA will receive a list of the d~ignated months and a copy of all of the schedules of in-huilding and out-Dr-building faculty meetings. Page 6 The month of the year frum October through Mayor the week in September or June in which you are assigned to a whole site faeulty meeting, yuu shall not be required to attend a departmental ~tyle meeting and vice-versa. *Nothing contained herein alters Article II, Section 5 of the 2008-2013 MITAlDistriL:t cuntract except as expressly written above. 8. Teachers shall be required to attend one "open.house" type meeting per year with the ma..'t.imum amount of time of the program being nu more than two (2) hours, and one additional evening schu(Jl activity at the discretion of the administrati(Jll. The second evening meeling may be for parent conferences and may nut exceed two (2) hours. 9. Every effort will be made by the responsihle individuals tu make uniform class loads, preparations, etc., for teachers in the spel:ial tenure areas. 10. School Calendar: A. The calendar shall henl:durth be negotiated. B. In the event it becomes necessary for an emergenl:y amendment to the calendar, the Distrid reoognizes its responsibility to negotiate with M1TA. C. The calendar shall in no event contain more than 183 teaching days. D. The District calendar will contain L80 days of student atlendancc and three conference days one of which will be the £lrst day and one the last day. In addition to the above. two days for emergenl:y sehoul closings shall be included in the l:aIendars. If one or both of these days are unused, they shall be added to the Memorial Day huliday. Further, MITA and the District agree tu negotiate arrangements of the days of the aforesaid calendars for each school year and the method of making up snow day closings above 2. E. The district may require the attendance of staff members for purposes of In-service Training for a periud not to exceed two (2) days during the life of this contract. Teachers shall be given six (6) months notice of the time at which the training will take place and will be salaried at 1/200th per day of the median salary as of the September of the year in which the inservice activity takes place. The training session will be held between the beginning and the end of the schuol year. F. The last two (2) days of student attendance at the elementary and middle schools shall be half days for students. Teachers shall be free to use one-half (1/2) of the time on each day on a self-directed basis. 11. It's the responsibility of all teachers to provide extra-help to students. ARTICLE V Teachers 1. The District agrees that it will attempt to use teachers in the areas of the teacher's certification, except on a temporary basis where required. 2. Room assignments shall be made on the basis of availability and suitability of the room assigned for the classes to be taught. Every effort shall be made to assign teachers to not more than three (3) classrooms. Where more than three (3) classrooms are assigned to anyone teacher, a review shall be made in an effort to satisfy all parties. Page 7 ~, All teaching assignments will remain the same unless notice is given by June 15. 4. In the event the District plans to rent classrooms away from school pwperty, MITA may submit recommendations for such classrooms. The final decision, however, shall he made hy the Board and the recommendations of MITA, if any, shall he advisory only. 5. Adequate chalkboard, bulletin board space and pencil sharpeners shall be available in every classroom and teaehing station. 6. No slatr member who has not heen designated a Department Chairperson or House Captain by the Board shall he requircl1 to attend Department Chairperson's meetings or House Captain '80 meclings unless such staff member has been elected by the Department or Team anti volunteers to attend. 7. The session and level to which a teacher will he assignoo will be based on seniority in the District tfthe positiun is open and if, in the upinion of the Superintendent of Schools, it is in the best interests of the District. Written educatiunal reasons shall be given tu anyone whose request tor assignment has been denied. ~. The District shall take whatever steps are ne..:essary to promote timely receipt of supplies. 9. Copies shall be provided, exclusively tor the teacher's use, of all texts and, where available, teacher's editions and manuals used in eaeh of the eourses he/she is w teach. All efforts shall be made to supply such material's prior to the first day uf school. 10. Adequate grade books, paper, pcneih, pens, chalk, erasers, and other materials required in daily teaching respunsibility shall be made available. 11. Luckable space shall be made availahle in each classroom and/or teaching station for the storage of instructional materials and supplies. 12. All teachers shall be provided with a handbook of the building policies and procedures in practice within the building to which they are assigned. 13. Teachers whosc positions are eliminated due to curriculum change or program reduction will be offered another teaching position. if available, in their area or another area uf their eertifieatiun. 14. Teachers whose building assignments are proposed to hc I,;hanged involuntarily. shall be notified of the proposed transfers as soon as it is praeticahle, but prior to June 15th. Priur to said date, the Superintendent and/or hislher designee shall meet with the MITA President and/or his/her designee to discuss the propused transfers. Following the annuuncement of the transfers. the teachers involuntarily affected may request a meeting, at which a MITA representative shall be present, with the Superintendent and/or hislher designee to review the transfer and discuss alternatives. Page 8 ARTICLE V -A Substitutes I. Teal~hers shall maintain emergency lesson plans which are updated so as to be relevant to the program for the use of the substitutc teacher. 2. Outside substitutes shall be hired on the first and subsequent days of teacher's absence if a suhstitute is available excepting for those teachers as outlined in the: District teachers' handbook for whom substitutes are not called. 3. A. teacher, upon realizing that he/she will he absent, shall notify the District's an:iwering serviec. This shall he done at any timt: not less than one and one-half hours prior to the opening of the :;chool session ex.cept in the event of an emergency so that an outside substitute can be hired. 4. To the extent possible a teacher shall have the prerogative of reqnesting a subslitutc from a list previously approved by tht: Superintendent of Schools providing the teacher anticipates being out for two or more days. 5. Tn the event that a regular teacher is reqnired to supervise students because of the absenct: of a colleague due to an emergency, thal teacher will be paid .00072 of the Septemher BA Schedule of that year for each class period if their coverage is more than IS minutes of a class period (40 minutes is a class period). A portion of time past the initial 15 minutes of a period will be eonsidered a class period. However, a teacher will receivt: pay for the first two (2) periods only after completing six. (6) periods ofsubstitutt: service during a school yei:1r. 6. MITA agrees that teachers used in an emergency situation two (2) limes for up to one period each time dnring the school year will not be paid for those periods. 7. The school district will not limit the nwnber ofsubstilutcs on the suhstitute list. 8. The school distriet will continue to give clear instruetion in the use of the county system to ex:haust the list in providing the school district with substitute teachers. 9. Per diem substitutes employed to fill newly created positions and other unencumbered po.silions for a period of twenty (20) con:it':t:utivc working days or less shall be paid a per diem rate established by thc Board of Education. Employment beyond twenty (20) consecutive working days up to and ineluding forty (40) eonsccutive working days shall be at the said per diem rate plus $20.00, Employment following the fortieth (40) consecutive working day shall be at the rate of 1I200th per day of the regular teaching salary schedule. ARTICLE VI Compensation 1. Teachers participating in non-school day trips shall be oompensated at the rate of two (2) times the substitute's &ily mtt: of pay. The teacher-pupil ratio shall be detennined in advance on an individual basis. This does not apply to teachers who are being paid for the sponsorship of an activity. Page 9 2. Such non-school day trips or other field trips or other business of the District shall be subjt::d to the approval of the Superintendent or Schools O[ hislhcr designee. 3. A teacher required to use hislher personal car to transport pupils on such trips shall he compensated at the ma"{imum amount allowable by IRS per mile lor the use of such automohile and must have the Superintendent of Schools' approval of said use in advance thereof. 4. Teachers involved in extra duty assignments set forth in Appendix B, which is annexed to and made part of this agreement, shall be compensated in accordance with the provisions thereof. 5. Teachers required to perform lunch duty during the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 school years shall be compensated at the rate paid in cfl~ct on July 1,2008 ($35.50 per period). Effective July 1. 20 IO. the lunch duty shall be compensated at the rate of .00072 of Step IA of Ihe July I, 1010 salary schedule, per period. From July I, 2011 to June 30, 2012, the rate will rcmain unchanged from the previous year. During the final ycar of this agreement, the lunch duty shall be compensated at the rate of .00072 of Step IA of the July 1, 2012 s.alary schedule. per period. 6. Salary A Ellectivc, July I, 2008, the following indicated longevity s.tep.s. on the 2008­ 2009 salary S(,;hedule, shall be modified to the extent intlicated: The salary value on the longevity stcp labeled Step 26 shall be increased to the salary value on Step 27. The salary value on the longevity step labeled Step 28 shall bc increased to the salary value on Step 19. After all of the above adjustments have occurred using the 2007-08 salary schedules, then the salary schedules for 2008-2013 shall be increased as fonows: B. 1. Effective July J, 200S, the salary schedule, including longevity steps, shall be increased oy 3.3% plus increment. 2. Effective July 1,2009, the salary schedule, including longcvity steps, shall be increased hy 2.7% plus increment. 3. El1ective July 1, 20] 0, the salary sehcdule, including longevity steps, shall be increased by 3.2% plus increment. 4. Effective July 1,2011, the salary schedule, including longC\'lty steps, shall be increased by 3.5% plus increment. 5. Etlective July 1, 2012, the salary scheduk, including longevity steps, shall be increased by 3.5 % plus increment. 6. The salary schedules referenced ahovc shall include sleps 1-26 and longevity steps 28, 31, and 33. Page 10 7. Salary schedules setting forth their effective dates arc attached hereto as Appendix A. Notwithstanding the effective dates of said salary schedule, effective July 1,2010, horizontal movement on the salary schedules shall be limited to one (1) CDiumn movement each year during the term of this agreement. Notwithstanding the above descrihed column movement restriction that is effective July 1, 2010, teachers shall continue to have only one column of horiz..mtal movement per year during their fust three (3) years on the regular salary schedule. FolJowing this initial three year period on the regular salary sehedule, the teacher will be advanced horizontally to the appropriate column in aecordance with credits earned nnd degrees achieved. 8. LAP Program - Compensation for teachers and guidance eounselors, (etc.) in the LAP program shall be at the same hourly rate as home tutoring, induding the paid prep for every five hours of instruction. The direetor(s) of the LAP program shall receive an adllitional 25% per hour over the compensaliQn paid to teacher(s) in the program. In alldition, the director(s) shall also receive 2 hours of additional paill prep time at their hourly rate ufpay for eaeh.5 hours of the program. If this program, or any similar program (i.e. twilight school, etc....) is extended, mollified, or redeveloped beyond [hat whieh is presently in exislenee, the distriet and MITA shall negotiate the terms and conditions of employment prior to the implementation of said program(s). 9. All compensation for items including, but not limitel.! to, contract stipends, coaching, home tutoring, adult edueation, curriculum writing, summer school, guidance counselors, department chairpersons, house captains, supervision anll servicing of athletic events, chaperoning, and dass size coverage. shall bc raised by the salary increases referred to above. Notwithstanding the salary increases referred to above. co-curricular and extra­ curricular compensation shall be inereased by the equivalent of three percent (3%) per year. Effective June 30, 2013 the eontract formulas for caleulation of said compensation shall be restored. 10. Any employee who is paid on the AA salary schellule and who has a B.A. or B.S. degree in the field directly related to hislher job shall receive an annual differential of six percent (6%). Any employee who has a Master's degree in the field directly related to hisJher job shall reeeive an annual differential of six percent (6%) plus an additional one thousand dollars ($1000.00) above that individual's salary on the AA schedule. (Examples of a "field of directly re1atell" shall include a B.S. in Nursing or for Sign Interpreters a BAIBS in Special Educatl0n. These are meant to be examples, not the only fields lIeemed directly related.") Page 11 ARTICLE VII Tnsurancc I. Active employees shall contribute the following percentage of the premium cost of medical insuHUlcr,: for a single or family plan. July 1, 2008 - JundO, 2009 ~ 10% July I, 2009 June 30, 201 0 ~ 11 % July 1, 201 0 - June 30, 20 11 ~ 13% July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012 = 15% July 1,2012 - June 30, 2013 ~ 17% Notwithstanding the aforementioned contribution rates, active employees who have nol achieved tenure shall contrihute ten percent (10%) toward health insurance premiums. Upon aL:hieving tenure, active employees shaH contribute at the same rate as other tenured employees (Unit members on the AA or BB salary schedule shall contrihute ten pt:rcent (1O~/1) toward health insurance premiums until their annual salary exceeds sixty­ five thousand dollars ($65,OUO), whereupon they shall pay the same percentage of the prt11lium as is in effed for tenured teachers). The premium contribution by employees shall be subjecl to the following: 2,500.00 or ehangc from family health insurance to single health insurance shall reeeivc $2,000.00. Effective July 1, 2009 tcachers who waive family health insuram::c shall receive $4,500.00. Teachers who waive single health insurance shall receive $3,500. Teachers who change from family hcal\h insurance to single health insuran<::e shall receive $3,000.00. If the District does not receive increased savings as a result of the foregoing '.../alver payments, equaling the cash equivalent of eleven (11) family waivers by January 1 of 2010, the aforementioned numhers shall each be decreased by $500.00 in 2011. 9. Effective July 1,1994, the district shall establish a voluntary Cafeteria Plan to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code. This shall contain the following elements: 1. A salary reduction plan for the purpose of paying medical, dental and optical costs. 2. A child care and elder care salary reduction plan. 1 AI the teacher's option, "huy-out" funds arising from a waiver of health insurance as hereinbefore referred to for the purpose of establishing a medieal, dental and opti<::al reimbursement plan, and a child care and eldcr care expense reimhursement program. 10. Dual family health coverage shall not be pennitted as of December J 1,2003. a. Dual CQverage refers only to spouses or domestic partners who are both acti,,"ely employed by the Longw-ood School District. b. Each spouse or domestic partner may elect to have a single health plan and therefore each may receive the sell back difference hetween a family plan and a single plan as stipulated under Article VII, Section 8 of the MITA'District contrael, or c. One spouse or domcstic partner may elect to have family health coverage ami the other spouse or domestic partner may sell back hislher family health insurance coverage under the lerms of Article VII, Section 8 uf the MITA/District contract. Page 14 d. Upon retiring, a spouse or domestic partner who has sold back hislher in):iurancc may still elect to hove Il single plan in retirement, or a family plnn in retirement unless the other spouse or domestic partner has elected a family plan. e. Upon retiring n spouse or domestic partner who has had a family plan during active employment may still elect to have a singk plan in retirement, or a family plan in retirement unless the other spouse or domestic partner has elected a family plan. f. Nothing containt:d herein is intended to have any effect on individuals who have retired and/or will retire on or before Decemher 31, 2003. g. Itt:ms a., b., C., d., e., and f. above shall he in full force and effect even after December 31,2003. ] 1. Upon the death of an active lencher, the district shall pay the full premiwn cost for health insurance for that teach~r's surviving spouse or domestic partner and/or dependents for two (2) full years. Thereafter, the full cost of the family plan or (convertcd) single plan must be assumed by thc surviving sponse or domestic partner and/or dependents in order for covcrage to be continued at the group rate in the group plan. ARTICLE VlII Teaching Conditions 1. Wherc there is a wardrobe closet in a classroom or leaching station, said closet shall be provided with a workable lock prior to the first day ofschool. 2. Professional Planning: A. The Administration may assign thc period oftime formally known as "common planning" to other professional activities exclnding additional student contact time. (Howevcr, srodent rotorials may he conducted by a teacher, subject to the approval ofhislher Administrator.) "Common planning" does not have to be at same time, building wide, or at the beginning or end ofth~ day and it shall he 30 or morc minutes. B. A committee composed of MITA representatives shall be established to advise the Superintendent uf Schools and/or his/her designee, i.e., a Building Priucipal, regarding utilization of this period of time. However, such advisory committ~~ shall not diminish thc authority of the Superintendent of Schools to s~hedule such time in hislher discretion pursuant to Section 2~A hereuI C. The pusition ofHouse Captain shall be continued. The timc that previously was assigned, knuwn as "common planning". shall be professionally assigned in the discretion of the Superintendcnt of Schools. D. Nothing hcrein is intended tu permit the assignment oftt: subject to lh~ approval of the BoanJ on the recommendation in advance of the granting oUhe leave and shall be subject to satisfadory completion of the purpose for which thc leave is granted. With the exception of medical andlor emergency leaves, the term of all leaves shall coineide with the school year or scntester and musl be requesleJ six (6) weeks prior to their commencement. Any teacher with ten (10) or more years of service in the district may request and shaH he granted a leave of absence for one (I) year without pay which may be granted for career exploration. This leave rna)' not be consecutive with any other leaves. 7. ILLNESS IN THE FAMILY A leave of absence of up lo one (I) year without pay may be granted to any teacher upon application wherein the tcal;her shall verify that a memher of the said tea.cher's family or a teacher's Jomestic partner is seriously ill and requires the said tcacher's ful( time presence for the care of the ill person. Application therefore shall he madc in writing nnd shall be subjed to the approval of the Board. Action on wl;h application by tht:: Board shall not be subject to the grievance procedure. A teacher taking such leave shaH not advance upon the salary schedule while on leave or at the end thereof, but shall be placed on the hosis of the next step to whieh such teacher would he entitled at the beginning of the leave. Sueh a leave granted to a non-tenure teacher shaH not be c,redited toward the aehievement of tenure. A leave, if granted lUlder this scction, Page 24 may not he tenninated prior to its Donnal termination date, except upon approval of the Board. 8. DEATH IN THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY A maximum of five (5) days per each occurrence shall be granted without loss of pay for absence due to death in the immediate family of the teacher, not to be deducted from sick leave. For the purpose of this provision, the immediate family is defined as anyone of the following: husband, wit~, lIomestic partner, mother and father of domestic partner, chiltJ, father, mother, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchihJ, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, stepdaughter, step~on, stepmother, ~t\''Pfather, . and regulations of the Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, now or hereafter enacted, shall not render the balance of this agreement void, but each section shall be considered separate and distinct from the others, nod unless contrary to the said laws and regulations, shall remi2in in full force and effect. 3. It is agreed by and between the parties that any provision of this agreement requiring legislative action to pennit its implementation by amendment of law or by providing additional funds thereof shall not be etfective until the appropriate legislative body has given approval. TN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT LONGWOOD, To\VN OF BROOKHAVEN ~FOL't0u;;'TY'STATE OF NEW YORK BY ~~'"~~~~WA~-'O:=o;-­ SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MIDDLE ISLAND TEACIIERS' ASSOCIATION BY ~K~,¥,U"--"'~~OL'A~ .;;---_ r "?REsr'lfENT JULY " 2008 MITA SALARY SCHEDULE , A B C D I E F G H I J STEP BA BA+15 BA+3Q BA+45 BA+60/MA MA+15 MA+3D MA+45 MA+60 MA+751PHD f-­ 1 $ 49,304 $ 51,429 $ 53,552 $ 55,703 $ 57,803 $ 59,925 1$ 62,795 $ 65,671 $ 68,331 $ 70,790 2$ 51,429 $ 53,552 $ 55,676 $ 57,803 $ 59,925 $ 62,047 $ 64,921 $ 67,796 $ 70,455 $ 72,914 3 $ 53,552 $ 55,676 $ 57,803 $ 59,925 $ 62,047 $ 64,166 $ 67,038 $ 69,910 $ 72,574 $ 75,036 4 $ 55,676 $ 57,803 $ 59,925 $ 82,047 $ 64,188 $ 66,294 $ 69,163 $ 72,034 1$ 74,694 $ 77,158 5 $ 57,803 S 59,925 $ 62,047 $ 64,166 $ 66,294 $ 68,417 $ 71,285 $ 74,159 I 76,821 $ 79,282 6 $ 59,925 $ 62,047 $ 64,166 $ 66,294 $ 68,417 $ 70,544 $ 73,415 $ 76289 I 78.946 $ 81,410 7$ 62,047 $ 64,166 $ 66.294 . $ 68,417 $ 70,544 $ 72,666 $ 75,538 $ 78,406 $ 81.070 $ 83,533 8 $ 64,166 $ 66,294 $ 68,417 $ 70,544 $ 72,666 $ 74,784 $ 77,661 $ 80,530 $ 83,192 $ 85,656 9$ 66,294 $ 68,417 $ 70,544 $ 72,666 $ 74,784 $ 76,908 $ 79,779 $ 82,651 I$ 85311 $ 87.774 10 $ 68,417 $ 71.005 $ 73444 $ 75,956 $ 78,556 $ 81,164 $ 84,037 . $ 86,907 S 89,568 $ 92,030 11 $ 70,544 $ 74,532 $ 71.016 $ 79,478 $ 82,228 $ 84.874 $ 87,748 $ 90,618 S 93.279 $ 95741 12 $ 72,666 $ 77,206 $ 79,694 $ 82,254 $ 84,908 $ 87.546 $ 90,415 $ 93,292 S 95,950 $ 9B 411 I 13 $ 74,784 $ 79,529 $ 82,025 ,$ 84,583 S 87,224 $ 89,861 $ 92,736 $ 95,608 $ 98.267 $ 100,729 14 $ 76,910 $ 81,858 $ 84,351 $ 86,893 $ 89.374 $ 92,187 $ 95,060 $ 97,937 $ 100,591 $ 103,056 15 $ 79,043 ,$ 84,182 $ 86,664 $ 89,213 $ 91,867 $ 94,513 $ 97,385 •$ 100,257 $ 102,921 $ 105,381 16 $ 81,164 $ 86,339 $ 88,829 $ 91,381 $ 94,027 $ 96,674 $ 99,545 $ 102,422 . $ 105,078 $ 107,541 17 $ 83,281 $ 88,501 $ 90.995 $ 93,543 $ 96,190 $ 98.836 $ 101,710 $ 104.580 S 107,243 ,$ 109,704 18 $ 85,409 $ 90,660 $ 93,144 $ 95,705 $ 98,351 $ 100,998 $ 103,871 $ 106,744 $ 109,401 $ 111,863 '9 $ 87,523 $ 92,821 $ 95,305 $ 97,B63 $ 100,508 $ 103,157 $ 106,026 $ 108,a97 $ 111,562 $ 114,023 20 $ 89,652 $ 94,977 $ 97,473 $ 100,028 $ 102,669 $ 105,314 $ 108,189 $ 111 ,062 $ 113,723 $ 116,184 21 $ 91,782 $ 97,146 $ 99,661 $ 102,205 $ 104,861 $ 107,501 S 110,374 $ 113,245 $ 115,907 $ 118,370 ,.­ 22 $ 93,899 $ 99,329 $ 101825 $ 104,369 $ 107,025 $ 109,606 $ 112,539 $ 115,412 $ 118,073 1$ 120,537 23 $ 96,04il $ 101,476 $ 103.975 $ 106,516 $ 109,173 $ 111,816 I 114,689 S 117,560 $ 120,223 $ 122,682 24 S 98,570 $ 104,000 $ 106,498 $ 109,041 $ 111,687 $ 114,341 $ 117,210 $ 120,082 $ 122.743 $ 125,203 25 $ 100,764 $ 106,189 $ 108,687 $ 111,234 $ 113,684 $ 116,531 I 119,401 $ 122,274 $ 124,934 $ 127,398 . 26 $ 103,227 $ 108,651 $ 111,149 $ 113,694 $ 116,347 $ 118,992 $ 121,863 $ 124,737 $ 127,398 $ 129,857 27 $ 103,227 1$ 108,651 $ 111,149 $ 113,694 $ 116,347 $ 118,992 S 121,863 $ 124,737 $ 127,398 $ 129,857 28 $ 105,888 $ 111.116 $ 113,610 $ 116,158 $ 118,807 $ 121,453 S 124,323 $ 127,198 $ 129,857 $ , 32,321 29,$ 105,688 $ 111.116 $ 113,610 $ 116,158 $ 118,807 $ 121,453 $ 124.323 $ 127.198 $ 129,857 $ 132,321 30 $ 105,688 $ 111,116 $ 113,610 $ 116,158 $ 118,807 S 121,453 $ 124,323 $ 127,198 $ 129,857 $ 132,321 31 $ 108,152 $ 113 575 $ 116,072 $ 118,618 S 121.268 I 123,912 $ 126,788 $ 129,661 $ 132,321 $ 134,782 32 $ 108,152 $ 113,575 $ 116,072 $ 118,618 $ 121,268 $ 123,912 $ 126,788 $ 129,661 $ 132,321 $ 134,762 3 $ 110,614 $ 116,038 $ 118,534 1$ 121.082 $ 123,729 $ 126,375 $ 129,249 1$ 132,123 1$ 134,7821$ 137,245 JULY " 2009 MITA SALARY SCHEDULE I A B C 0 E I F I G H I I J I STEP SA BA+15 BA+30 BA+45 BA+60/MA' MA+15 I MA+30 MA+45 MA+60 MA+75JPHD 1 $ 50,635 $ 52,818 $ 54,998 $ 57,207 $ 59,363 $ 61,543 $ 64,491 $ 67,444 $ 70,176 $ 72,702 2$ 52,818 $ 54,998 . $ 57,179 $ 59,363 $ 61,543 $ 63,722 $ 66,674 $ 69,626 $ 72,357 $ 74,883 3 $ 54,998 $ 57,179 $ 59,363 $ 61,543 $ 63,722 $ 65,898 $ 68,848 $ 71,798 $ 74,534 $ 77,062 45 57,179 $ 59,363 $ 61,543 $ 63,722 $ 65,898 $ 68.084 $ 71,031 $ 73,979 $ 76,711 $ 79,241 I 51 $ 59,363 $ 61,543 $ 63,722 $ 65,898 $ 68,084 $ 70,264 5 73,210 $ 76,161 $ 78,895 $ 81,422 6 $ 61,543 5 63,722 $ 65,898 $ 68,084 $ 70,264 $ 72,448 $ 75,398 $ 78,349 $ 81,078 $ 83,608 7 $ 63,722 $ 65,898 $ 68,084 $ 70,264 $ 72,448 $ 74,628 $ 77,578 $ 80,523 : $ 83,259 $ 85,788 8$ 65,898 $ 68,084 $ 70,264 $ 72,448 $ 74,628 $ 76,803 $ 79,758 $ 82,704 $ 85,438 $ 87,969 9$ 68,084 $ 70,264 $ 72,448 $ 74,628 $ 76,803 $ 78,984 $ 81,933 $ 84,883 $ 87,615 $ 90,144 10 $ 70,264 $ 72,922 $ 75,427 $ 78007 $ 80,677 $ 83,355 $ 86,306 '$ 89,254 $ 91,987 $ 94,515 11 $ 72,448 $ 76,544 $ 79,096 $ 81,624 $ 84,448 $ 87,166 $ 90,117 $ 93,065 $ 95,797 $ 98,325 12 $ 74.628 $ 79,291 $ 81,846 $ 84,475 $ 87,201 $ 89,909 $ 92,857 $ 95,811 $ 98,541 $ 101,068 13 $ 76,803 $ 81,676 $ 84,240 $ 86,867 S 89,580 $ 92,287 $ 95,239 $ 98,190 $ 100,920 $ 103,449 14 $ 78,987 $ 84,068 $ 66,628 $ 89,239 $ 91,787 $ 94,676 $ 97,626 $ 100,561 $ 103,307 $ 105,839 15 $ 81,177 $ 86,455 $ 89,003 $ 91,622 $ 94,347 $ 97,065 $ 100,014 $ 102,964 $ 105,700 $ 108,227 16 $ 83,355 $ 88,670 $ 91,227 $ 93,849 $ 96,565 $ 99,285 $ 102,233 $ 105,187 $ 107,915 $ 110,445 17 $ 85,530 $ 90,891 $ 93,452 $ 96,069 $ 98,787 $ 101,505 $ 104,456 $ 107,404 $ 110,139 $ 112,666 18 $ 87,716 $ 93,108 $ 95,658 $ 98,289 $ 101,006 $ 103,725 $ 106,676 $ 109,626 $ 112,355 $ 114,883 19 $ 89,886 $ 95,327 $ 97,878 $ 100,506 $ 103,222 $ 105943 $ 108,889 $ 111,837 $ 114,574 $ 117,101 20 $ 92,073 $ 97,542 $ 100,105 $ 102,729 $ 105,441 $ 108,158 $ 111,110 $ 114,061 $ 116,793 $ 119,321 I 21 $ 94,260 $ 99,769 $ 102,352 $ 104,965 $ 107,692 $ 110,404 $ 113354 $ 116,302 $ 119,036 $ 121,566 \ 22 $ 96.434 $ 102,011 $ 104,574 $ 107,187 $ 109.915 $ 112,627 $ 115,578 $ 118,528 $ 121,261 $ 123,791 23 $ 98,642 $ 104,216 $ 106,782 $ 109,392 $ 112,120 $ 114.835 $ 117,785 $ 120.734 $ 123,469 $ 125,995 24 $ 101,231 $ 106,808 $ 109,374 $ 111,986 $ 114,702 $ 117.428 $ 120,375 $ 123,324 $ 126,057 $ 128,583 25 $ 103,485 $ 109,056 $ 111,622 $ 114,238 $ 116,959 $ 119,677 $ 122,625 $ 125,576 $ 128,307 $ 130,838 26 $ 106,014 $ 111,585 $ 114,150 $ 116,764 :$ 119,488 $ 122,205 $ 125,153 $ 128,105 $ 130,838 $ 133,364 27 $ 106,014 $ 111,565 $ 114,150 $ 116,764 $ 119,488 $ 122,205 $ 125,153 $ 128,105 $ 130,838 $ 133,364 28 $ 108,542 $ 114,116 $ 116,678 $ 119,294 $ 122,015 $ 124,732 $ 127,679 $ 130,633 $ 133,364 $ 135,894 29 $ 108,542 $ 114,116 $ 116,678 S 119.294 $ 122,015 $ 124,732 $ 127,679 $ 130,633 $ 133,364 $ 135,894 . 30 $ 108,542 $ 114,116 $ 116,678 $ 119,294 $ 122,015 $ 124,732 $ 127,679 $ 130,633 $ 133.364 $ 135,894 31 $ 111,072 $ 116,642 $ 119,206 $ 121,821 $ 124,542 $ 127,258 $ 130,212 $ 133,162 $ 135,894 $ 138,421 32 $ 111,072 $ 116,642 $ 119,206 $ 121,821 $ 124,542 $ 127,258 $ 130,212 $ 133.162 $ 135,894 $ 138421 33 $ 113.600 $ 119,171 $ 121,734 $ 124,351 $ 127,069 $ 129,787 $ 132,739 $ 135,690 S ,138,421 I$ 140,951 JULY 1,2010 MITA SALARY SCHEDULE A B C D E F G H I J I STEP BA BA+15 BA+30 BA+45 BA+60/MA MA+15 MA+30 MA+45 MA+60 MA+75/PHD 1 52,256 54,508 56,758 59,038 61,263 63,513 66,554 69,602 72,421 75,028 2 54,508 58,758 59,009 61,263 63,513 65,762 68,807 71.854 74.672 77,279 3 56,758 59,009 61,263 83,513 65.762 68,007 71,051 74,095 76.919 79,528 4 59,009 61,263 63,513 65762 68,007 70,262 73,304 76,346 79,166 81,777 5 61,263 63,513 65,762 68.007 70,262 72,512 75,553 78,599 81,420 84.028 6 63,513 65,762 68.007 70,262 72,512 74,767 77,810 80.856 83,672 86.283 7 65,762 68,007 70,262 72,512 74,767 77.016 80,060 83.099 85923 88,533 8 68,007 70,262 72,512 74,767 77,016 79,261 82.310 85.350 88,172 90,784 9 70,262 72,512 74,767 77,016 79.261 81,512 84,554 87,599 90,418 93,029 10 72,512 75,256 77,841 80.504 83.258 86,023 89,067 92,110 I 94,930 97,539 ~- 11 74,767 78;994 81,627 84,236 87,150 89,955 93.001 96,04;J 98,863 101,472 12 77,016 81,828 84,465 87,178 89,991 92,787 95828 98,877 101,694 104,302 13 79.261 84.290 86.936 89,647 92,446 95.240 98287 101.332 104,150 106,759 14 81,514 86,758 89,400 92,095 94,724 97,706 100,750 103,800 106,613 109,226 15 83,775 89,222 91,852 94,554 97,366 100,171 103,215 106,259 109.082 111,690 18 86,023 91,508 94.146 96,852 99.656 102,462 105,504 108,553 111,368 ' 113,979 17 88,267 93,799 96,442 99.143 101,948 104,753 107,799 110,840 113,663 116.271 L-__ 18 90,522 96,087 98,719 101,435 104,239 107,045 110,089 113,134 115,950 11B,559 19 92,762 98.376 101.010 103,722 106,525 109,333 112,373 115,416 118,240 120,848 20 95.019 100.663 103,308 106,017 108,815 111.619 114,666 117,711 120.531 123,139 21 97,276 102,962 105,627 108,323 111,136 113,937 116,981 120,024 122,845 125,457 22 99,520 105,275 107,921 110,617 113,432 116,231 119,276 ' 22,321 125,141 127,752 23 101,798 107,550 110,199 112.892 115,708 118,510 121,555 124,597 127,420 130,026 24 104,471 110,226 112,874 115,569 118.373 121,186 124,227 127,271 130,091 132,698 25 106,796 112,546 115,194 117,893 120,702 123,507 126,549 129,594 132,413 135,024 26 109,407 115,155 117,803 120,500 123,312 126,116 129.158 132,204 135.024 137,631 27 109,405 115,155 117,503 i 120,500 123,312 126.116 129,158 132.204 135,024 137,631 28 112.015 117,768 120,412 123,1~1 125.920 128,724 131,765 134,813 137,631 140,242 29 112,015 117.768 120,412 123,111 125.920 128,724 131,765 134,813 137,631 140,242 30 112,015 117,768 120,412 123.111 125,920 128,724 131,765 134,813 137,631 140,242 31 114,6213 120,374 123,021 125,719 128,528 131,330 134,378 137,423 140,242 142,850 32 114,626 120,374 123.021 I 125,719 128,528 131,330 134.378 137,423 140.242 142,850 33 117.235 I 122,984 125,630 I 128,331 131,135 133.940 136.986 I 140,032 I 142,850 145,461 JULY 1, 2011 MITA SALARY SCHEDULE A B C 0 E F 1 G H 1 I J STEP BA BA+15 BA+30 BA+45 BA"'60/MA MA+15 MA+30 MA+45 MA_ MA+751PHD 1 $ 54,085 1$ 56,415 $ 58,744 $ 61,104 $ 63,407 $ 65,736 $ 68,884 $ 72,038 $ 74,956 $ 77,654 2 $ 56,415 $ 58,744 $ 61,074 $ 63,407 $ 65,736 $ 66,Q63 $ 71,216 $ 74,369 $ 77,286 $ 79,984 3 $ 58,744 $ 61,074 $ 63,407 $ 65,736 $ 68,063 $ 70,387 $ 73,537 $ 76,689 $ 79,611 $ 82,312 4 $ 61,074 $ 63,407 $ 65,736 $ 68,063 $ 70,387 $ 72,722 $ 75,870 $ 79,019 $ 81,936 $ 84,639 1 5$ 63,407 $ 85,736 $ 68,063 $ 70,387 $ 72,722 $ 75,050 $ 78,197 $ 81349 $ 84,270 ' $ 86,989 6 $ 65,736 $ 88,063 $ 70,387 $ 72,722 $ 75,050 $ 77,383 1$ 80,534 $ 83,686 1$ 86,601 $ 89,303 7 $ 68,063 $ 70,387 $ 72,722 $ 75,050 $ 77,383 $ 79,712 '$ 82862 ,$ 86,008 $ 88,930 $ 91,632 8 $ 70,387 $ 72.722 $ 75,050 S 77,383 $ 79,712 $ 82,035 $ 85,191 $ 88,338 $ 91,258 $ 93,962 ~ $ 72,722 $ 75,050 $ 77,383 $ 79,712 $ 82,035 $ 84,365 $ 87,514 $ 90,665 $ 93,583 $ 96,285 10 $ 75,050 $ 77,890 ' $ 80,565 $ 83,321 $ 86,172 $ 89,033 $ 92,185 $ 95,334 $ 98,253 $ 100,953 11 $ 77.383 $ 81,759 $ 84,484 $ 87,184 S 90,201 $ 93,104 $ 96,256 $ 99,404 $ 102,323 $ 105,023 I 12 S 79,712 $ 84,692 $ 87,421 $ 90,229 $ 93,141 $ 96,034 $ 99,182 $ 102,338 $ 105,253 $ 107,953 13 $ 82,035 $ 87,240 $ 89,978 $ 92,784 $ 95,682 $ 98,573 $ 101,727 $ 104,678 $ 107,795 $ 110,495 I 14 $ 84,367 $ 89,795 $ 92,529 $ 95,318 $ 98,040 ' $ 101,125 S 104,277 $ 107,433 $ 110,345 $ 113,048 15 $ 86,707 $ 92,345 $ 95,066 $ 97,863 $ 100,774 $ 103,677 1$ 106,827 $ 109,978 $ 112,900 $ 115,599 t 16 $ 89,033 $ 94,711 $ 97,441 $ 100,242 $ 103,144 $ 106,048 '$ 109,197 $ 112,353 $ 115,266 $ 117,969 17 $ 91,356 1$ 97,082 $ 99,818 $ 102,613 $ 105,516 $ 108,420 $ 111,572 $ 114,720 $ 117,641 $ 120.340 18 $ 93,691 '$ 99,451 $ 102,175 $ 104,985 $ 107,887 $ 110,791 $ 113,943 $ 117,094 $ 120,008 $ 122,709 19 $ 96,009 $ 101,8211$ 104,545 ,$ 107,352 $ 110,253 $ 113,160 $ 116,306 $ 119,455 $ 122,379 $ 125,078 ~98'345 $ 104,186 $ 106,924 $ 109,727 $ 112,624 $ 115,526 $ 118,679 $ 121,830 $ 124,749 $ 127,449 21 $ 100,681 $ 106,566 $ 109,324 $ 112,115 $ 115,028 $ 117,924 $ 121,076 $ 124,225 $ 127,145 '$ 129,848 22 $ 103,003 $ 108,960 $ 111,698 $ 114,489 ,$ 117,402 $ 120,300 $ 123,451 $ 128,602 $ 129,521 $ 132,224 i 23 $ 105,361 $ 111,315 $ 114056 $ 116,843 $ 119,758 $ 122,658 $ 125,809 $ 128,958 ,$ 131,879 $ 134,577 1 24 $ 108,127 $ 114,084 $ 116,824 $ 119,614 $ 122,516 $ 125,427 $ 128,575 $ 131,725 $ 134,644 $ 137,342 , 25 $ 110,534 $ 116,485 $ 119,225 $ 122,020 $ 124,926 $ 127,829 $ 130,978 $ 134,130 $ 137,048 $ 139,750 , 26 $ 113,236 $ 119.186 $ 121,926 $ 124,718 $ 127,628 $ 130,530 $ 133,679 ' $ 136,831 $ 139,750 $ 142,448 27 $ 113,235 $ 119,186 $ 121,926 $ 124,718 $ 127,628 $ 130,530 $ 133,679 $ 136,831 $ 139,750 $ 142,448 28 $ 115,938 $ 121,889 $ 124626 $ 127,420 $ 130,327 $ 133,229 $ 136,377 $ 139,532 $ 142,448 $ 145,151 29 $ 115,936 $ 121,889 $ 124,626 $ 127,420 $ 130,327 $ 133,229 $ 136,377 $ 139,532 $ 142,448 $ 145,151 ~ 30 5 115,936 $ 121,889 $ 124,626 $ 127,420 $ 130,327 $ 133,229 $ 136,377 $ 139,532 $ 142,448 $ 145,151 31 $ 118,638 $ 124,587 $ 127,326 $ 130,120 $ 133,026 S 135,927 $ 139,082 $ 142,233 $ 145,151 $ 147,850 32 $ 118,638 $ 124,587 $ 127,326 $ 130,120 $ 133,026 $ 135,927 $ 139,082 $ 142,233 $ 145.151 $ 147,850 L 331 $ 121,339 $ 127,289 $ 130,027 $ 132,822 $ 135,725 . $ 138,628 $ 141,781 $ 144,933 $ 147,850 $ 150,553 JULY 1, 2012 MITA SALARY SCHEDULE , A B , C D E F G H I I J 5TEP BA I BA+15 BA+30 BA+45 BA-t601MA MA+15 MA.+3C MA+45 MA+60 MA+75fPHD 1 $ 55,977 S 55,390 $ 60,800 $ 63,243 $ 65,626 $ 68,036 $ 71,295 $ 74,560 $ 77,580 $ 80,372 2 $ 58,390 $ 60,800 $ 63,211 $ 65,626 $ 68,036 $ 70,445 $ 73,708 $ 76,972 $ 79,991 $ 82,783 3 $ 60,800 $ 63,211 $ 65,626 $ 68.036 $ 70,445 $ 72,851 $ 76,111 $ 79,373 $ 82,398 $ 85,192 4 $ 63,211 $ 65,626 S 68,036 $ 70,445 $ 72,851 $ 75,287 S 78,525 S 81,764 $ 84,804 $ 87,601 5 $ 65,626 $ 68,036 $ 70,445 $ 72,851 $ 75,267 $ 77,677 $ 80,934 $ 84,197 $ 87,219 $ 90,013 6 $ 68,036 S 70,445 $ 72,851 $ 75,267 $ 77,677 $ 80,092 $ 83,352 $ 86,615 $ 89,632 $ 92,429 7 $ 70,445 $ 72,851 $ 75,267 $ 77,677 $ 80,092 $ 82,502 $ 85,762 $ 89,018 $ 92,043 $ 94,839 8 $ 72,851 $ 75,287 $ 77,677 $ 80,092 $ 82,502 $ 84,906 $ 88,173 $ 91,429 $ 94,452 $ 97,250 9 $ 75,267 $ 77,677 $ 80,092 S 82.502 $ 84,906 $ 87,318 S 90,577 S 93,838 $ 96,858 $ 99654 10 $ 77,677 $ 80,616 $ 83,385 $ 86,237 $ 89,188 $ 92,150 $ 95,41' $ 98,670 $ 101,692 $ 104,486 11 S 80,092 $ 84,620 $ 87,441 $ 90,236 $ 93,358 $ 96,362 $ 99,625 $ 102,883 $ 105,904 $ 108,699 12 S 82,502 $ 87,657 $ 90,481 $ 93,387 $ 96A01 $ 99,395 $ 102,653 $ 105,920 $ 108,937 $ 111,731 1 $ 84,906 $ 90,293 $ 93,128 $ 96,032 $ 99,031 $ 102,024 $ 105,288 $ 108,549 $ 111,568 $ 114,363 14 $ 87,320 $ 92,938 $ 95,768 S 98,654 $ ',01,47', $ 104,665 S 107,926 $ 111,193 S 114,207 $ 117,005 15 $ 89,742 $ 95,577 $ 98,394 $ 101,288 $ 104,30' S 107,306 $ 110,566 $ 113,827 $ 116,852 $ 119,645 16 S 92,150 S 98,025 $ 100,852 $ 103,750 $ 106,754 $ 109759 $ 113,019 $ 116,285 $ 119,300 $ 122'~f1 17\$ 94.554 $ 100,480 $ 103,311 $ 106,205 $ 109,209 $ 112,214 $ 115,477 $ 118,735 $ 121,759 $ 124,552 18 $ 96,970 $ 102,931 $ 105,751 $ 108,659 $ 111 ,663 $ '14,669 ' $ '17,931 S 121,192 $ 124,209 $ 127,003 I 19 $ 99,369 $ 105,385 $ 108,204 $ 111,109 $ 114,112 $ 117,120 S 120,377 $ 123,636 $ 126,662 S 129,456J 20 $ 101,787 $ 107,833 $ 110,666 $ 113,568 $ 116,565 $ 119,569 $ 122,833 $ 126,095 $ 129,116 $ 131,909 21 S 104.205 $ 110,295 $ 113,150 $ 116,039 $ 119,054 $ 122,052 $ 125,313 $ 128,573 $ 131,595 $ 134,392 22 $ 106,608 $ 112,774 $ 115,607 $ 118,496 $ 121,511 $ 124,510 $ j 27, 772 $ 131,033 $ 134,054 $ 13~,~ 23 $ 1090491$ 115,211 $ 118,048· $ 120,933 $ 123,949 $ 126,951 $ 130,212 $ 133,472 $ 136,495 $ 139,288 24 $ 111,912 $ 118,077 $ 120,913 $ 123,800 $ 126,804 $ 129,817 $ 133,075 $ 136,336 $ 139,357 $ 142,149 25'$ 114,403 $ 120,562 $ 123,398 $ 126,290 $ 129299 $ 132,303 $ 135,563 $ 138,824 $ 141,844 $ 144,641 26 S 117,199 $ 123,357 $ 126,193 $ 129,083 $ , 32,095 $ 135,098 $ 138,358 $ 141,620 $ 144,641 $ 147,434 27 $ 117 199 $ 123,357 $ 126,193 $ 129,083 $ 132,095 $ 135,098 $ 138,358 $ 141,620 $ 144,641 $ 147,434 28 $ 119994 $ 126,155 $ 128,988 $ 131,880 $ 134,888 $ 137,892 $ 141,150 $ 144,415 $ 147,434 $ 150,231 29 $ 119,994.$ 126,155 $ 128,988 $ 131,880 $ 134,888 $ 137,892 $ 141,150 $ 144,415 $ 147,434 $ 150,231 30 $ 119,994 $ 126,155 $ 128,988 $ 131,880 $ 134.888 $ 137,892 $ 141,150 $ 144,415 $ 147,434 $ 150,231 31 $ 122,791 $ 126,948 $ 131,783 $ 134,674 $ , 37,682 $ 140,684 $ 143,950 $ 147,211 $ 150,231 $ 153,025 32 $ 122,791 $ 128,948 $ 131,783 $ 134,674 $ 137,682 $ 140,084 $ 143,950 $ 147,211 5 150.231 $ 153,025 i 33 $ 125,586 $ 131,744 $ 134,578 $ 137,471 $ 140,476 $ 143,480 1$ 146,743 $ 150,006 $ 153,025 $ 155,822 I MITA AA SALARY SCHEDULE Steo 7/1/200 7/1/2009 711/2010 711/2011 7/11201 1 $ 36,977 $ 37,976 $ 39,191 $ 40,563 $ 41,982 2 $ 38569 $ 39,610 $ 40,878 $ 42,309 $ 43,790 3 $ 40,160 $ 41,244 $ 42,564 $ 44,054 $ 45,596 4 $ 41,753 $ 42880 $ 44252 $ 45,801 $ 47 404 5 $ 43,349 $ 44519 $ 45,944 $ 47,552 $ 49,216 6 $ 44,941 $ 46,154 $ 47631 $ 49 298 $ 51,024 7 $ 46,536 $ 47,792 $ 49321 $ 51 048 $ 52,834 8 $ 48,130 $ 49429 $ 51 011 $ 52,796 $ 54,644 9 $ 49715 $ 51,058 $ 52,691 $ 54,536 $ 56,444 10 $ 51 313 $ 52,699 $ 54,385 $ 56,289 $ 58,259 11 $ 52,901 $ 54,329 $ 56,066 $ 58,030 $ 60,061 12 $ 55,048 $ 56,534 $ 58343 $ 60,385 $ 62 498 13 $ 56,646 $ 58,175 $ GO 037 $62,138 $ 64,313 14 $ 58,241 $ 59813 $ 61,727 $ 63,887 $66,124 15 $ 59833 $ 61,449 $ 63,415 $ 65,635 $ 67,932 16 $ 61 421 $ 63,080 $ 65,096 $67,376 $ 69,735 17 $ 63,017 $ 64,719 $ 66,790 $69,127 $ 71,547 18 $ 64,613 $ 66,358 $ 68,481 $ 70,878 $ 73,359 19 $ 66,211 $ 67,999 $ 70175 $ 72,631 $ 75,173 20 $ 67,804 $ 69635 $ 71,863 $ 74,378 $ 76,982 21 $ 69394 $ 71,267 $ 73,548 $ 76,122 $ 78,786 22 $ 70,986 $ 72,904 $ 75,237 $ 77,871 $ 80,596 23 $ 72,584 $ 74,544 $ 76,929 $ 79621 $ 82,408 24 $ 75,105 $ 77.133 $ 79601 $ 82,387 $ 85,271 2E $ 77,295 $ 79,382 $ 61,922 $ 84,790 $ 87,757 26 $ 79760 $ 81914 $ 84,535 $ 87,493 $ 90,556 27 $ 79,760 $ 81,914 $ 84,535 $ 87,493 $ 90,556 28 $ 82,216 $ B4,436 $ 87,138 $ 90,188 $ 93,345 29 $ 82,216 $ 84,43_6 $ 87,138 $ 90 188 $ 93,345 30 $ 82,216 $ 84,436 $ 87138 $ 90,168 $ 93,345 31 $ 84,680 $ 86967 $ 89749 $ 92,891 $ 96,142 32 $ 84680 $ 86,967 $ 89,749 $ 92,891 $96,142 33 $ 87,140 $ 89,493 $ 92,356 $ 95,589 $ 98,934 MITA BB SALARY SCHEDULE .- Slep 7/1/2008 7/1/2009 7/1/2010 71112011 7/1/2012 1 $ 29,584 $ 30,383 $ 31,355 $ 32,453 $ 33,588 2 $ 30,859 $ 31,892 $ 32,706 $ 33,851 $ 35,036 3 $ 32,132 $ 33,000 $ 34056 $ 35,248 $ 36482 4$ 33,406 $ 34,308 $ 35406 $ 36,645 $ 37928 5 $ 34682 $ 35,618 $ 36,758 $ 38,045 $ 39376 6$ 35,958 $ 36,929 $ 38,110 $ 39,444 $ 40,825 7 $ 37,231 $ 38,237 $ 39,460 $ 40,841 $ 42,271 8 $ 38,501 $ 39,540 $ 40,806 $ 42,234 $ 43,712 9 $ 39,776 $ 40,850 $ 42,157 $ 43632 $ 45,159 10 $ 41,048 $ 42,157 $ 43,506 $ 45,028 $ 46,604 11 $ 42327 $ 43,470 $ 44861 $ 46,431 $ 48,056 12 $ 43,599 $ 44,776 $ 46,209 $ 47,826 $ 49,500 13 $ 44,872 $ 46084 $ 47,559 $ 49,223 $ 50,946 14 $ 46,147 $ 47,393 $ 48,910 $ 50622 $ 52,393 15 $ 47,426 $ 48,707 $ 50,265 $ 52,024 $ 53,845 16 $ 48,699 $ 50,014 $ 51,614 $ 53,421 $ 55,290 17 $ 49967 $ 51,316 $ 52958 $ 54,812 $ 56,730 18 $ 51,244 $ 52,628 $ 54,312 $ 56,213 $ 58180 19 $ 52,516 $ 53,934 $ 55,659 $ 57,608 $ 59,624 20 $ 5~,791 $ 55,244 $ 57,012 $ 59007 $ 61,!2~ Page 42 APPENDlXH EXTRA PAY SCHEDULE Supervision lmd servicing of athletil: t:vt:nts trict shall pay insurance premiums in accordance with Article VII. TIle District reserves the right to reduce the number afhours in all the Chapter I1Title I Teachers' work day below six. In such an event, the following is applicable to insurance: The District shall pay 50% of the premium cost for health and dental insurance for each Chapter lITitk I Teacher, provided he/she elects to have such coverage and pays the remaining 50%. A Chapter IITitle I Tt:acher may elect to enroll in either the health or dental insurance or both, that c:hoice being solely within the Chapter TlTitle I Teaeher's discretion. 5. The employee51 covered by this agreement shall be uecmed part-timt: employees and shall not he entitled to nor accrue any benefits regarding probationary appointment, the acquisition of tenurc nor any rights etc. regarding excessing as are provided by tht: Education Law of the State of N.Y. Each employee will be alUlually appointed on contract. 6. Each employee shall bt: ohserved at least once aIUlually and evaluated annually. IV. The District and MITA have agreed to the foregoing differing teTInS and conditions of employment for Chapter lfTitle 1 employees and this agreement is speeifieally limited to said category of employees except that the District may not assign any bargaining unit work. eurrently assigned to unit employees, to any persons, agency, c:ontractor or vendor outside the bargaining unit, (except to BOCES), without pnor negotiations with MITA as required by the Taylor Law of the State of New York V. In the event the District, under the Chapter liTille 1 program, should create additional job titles other than the ahove, said titles shall he deemed a part of the MlTA bargaining unit and the parties shall thereupon immediately meet to negotiate the tenns and conditions of crnpluyment of said persons. Page 50 APPENDIXE 1982-83 MITAJDISTRICT CONTRACT "Special Education Teaching Assistants" Agreement made this twenty-third day of March 1983, by ami between the Longwood C.S.D. hereinafter referred to as the "District") and the Middle Island Teal:hers Association (hereinafter referred to as "MITA"). I. The MITA unit shall have accreted to it the joh of Special Education Teaching Assistant effective March 23, 19S3. II. Article IA of the 19S1-83 contract between the Distril:t and MITA is hereby amended by providing that the MITA bargaining unit shall include the job title of Special Education Teaching Assistant. III. The terms and conditions of employment of the said Special Education Teaching Assistant employees shall be as follows: a) Special Education Teaehing Assistant employees shall bc certified by N.Y. State. "Teaching Assistant" shall mean individuals who are certified and/or licensed to provide instruetional assistancc in classrooms. The District shall not hire Wlcertified personnel to instruct students at any time. b) Speoial E~uoation Teaching Assistants shall assist the Special Education Teachcr in the delivery of lessons. They shall implement lesson plans constructed by the Special Education Teacher. c) Thc Special Education Teacher shall not be responsible for the performance of a teaching assistant. No rcmarks related to the perfonnance of a Spccial Education Teaching Assistant may be attached to or incorporated into any evaluative statement of the Special Education Teacher or hislher personnel file. d) Special Education Teaching Assistants shall not be responsible for lesson planning. No remarks shall be contained in any evaluative statements of Special Education Teaching Assistants related to any aspect of Jesson planning. e) The following provision of the 1981-1983 contract bctwccn MITA and the District shall not be applieablc to said employees: Art. IV (9); Art. V (7), (13), (15); Art. VA (1), (5), (6), (9); Art. VI (6), (7); Art. XIII (I), (2), (5). t) Speeial Edueation Teaching Assistants shall be paid on thc BB Schedule. Thc BB Schedule shall he 60% oftlle A column of each year's salary schedule containing Steps 1 through 20. Special Education Teaching Assistants who are on Step 16 shall advance on (he newly crealed Steps 17 through 20 at the rate of one step per year. Page 51 IV. The District and MITA have agreed to the foregoing, differing tenus and conditions of tmlplo)mcnt for Special Education Tear.::hing Assistant employees and this agretment is specifically limiteJ to said category of employees except that the District may not assign any bargmning unit work, currently assigned to unit employees, to any persons. agency, contractor or vendor outside the bargainin,g unit, (t::xcept to HOefS), without prior negotiations with MITA as rcqulred by the Taylor Law of the State of New York. v. In the event the District, under the Special Education Teaching Assistant Program, .should create addi.tional joh titles other than the above, "aid titles shall be deemed a part of the MITA bargaining unit and the parties shall thereupon immediately meet to negotiate the tcons and conditions of employment of said persuIl::!. Page 52 APPENDIX F Permanent Substitutes I. Th~ MITA unit shall have accreted to it the job of Pcnnanent Substitute effective July I, In9. 2. ArtlelC lA of the 1989-1992 contract between the District and MITA is herehy amended by providing that the MITA bargaining unit shall include the job title of Permanent Substitute. 3. The terms and conditions of employment of the said Pt:rmanent Suhstitutes shall he as follows: A. Permanent Suhstitute employees shall he certified by N.Y. State. "Pemlanenl Substitutes" shall mean individuals who are certified and/or licensed to provide instruction in classrooms. B. Teaehcrs shall not be responsible for the perfonnance of a Permanent Substitute. No remarks related to the pcrfonnance of a Permanent Substitute may be attaebed to or incorporated into any evaluative statement of the teacher or his/her personnel tile. C, The following provi~ions of the 1989·92 contract hetween MITA and the District shall not be applicable to said employees: Article IV (2), (8), (9); Artide V (7), (13), (15); Article VA (1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (9): Article VI (6), (7); Artiele XI (I), (3), (4); Article Xlil (1), (2), (5). D. Permanent Substitutes shall be paid on the BB Schetlule containing Steps I through 3. All eurrent Permanent Substitutes will be placetl on Step 1 for 1989-90. All Pennanent Substitutes subsequently hiretl will be placed on Step 1. 4. The Distriet and MITA have agfl~etl to the foregoing differing terms and conditions of employment fur Permanent Substitutes and this agreement is specifieally limitetl to said category of employees except that the District may not assign any bargaining unit work, currently assigned to unit employees, to any persons, ageney, contractor or vendor outside the bargaining unit, (except to BOCES), without prior negotiations with MITA as required by the Taylor Law orthe State of New York. 5. In the event the District under the Pemlanent Substitutes Program, should create additional job titles other tban the above, said titles shall he deemed a part of the MITA bargaining unit and the parties shall thereupon immetliate1y meet to negotiate the terms and conditions of employment of said persons. 6. Pennanent Substitute positions are not probationary positions. Pennanent Subs shall relinquish any possible clajm for probationary status. PageS3 EXHIBIT I 1. The District shaH enroll itself as a participating municipality in the New York State Government Employees Health lnsurance Program, Empie..:: Cvrc Plus Enhancement.s Plan. As used throughout the MITA district contract, any reference to "the Empire Plan" shall mean the New York State Government Employees Health Insurance Program, Empire Core PIlL:) Enhancements Plan. Any category of benefit (such as 'teaming impainncnt expenl:>c") provided under the CIGNA plan booklet dated 7/90 {as amended by (loy and all riders) which is not provided at 011 as a benefit under the Empire Plan. shall be providtxl under the self­ insured plan administered by ceCA through the eml of December 31, 2003. Throughout this contract the term "coverages" shall refer to eilher single or family plan. In the case of family plan it .shall include the insured, spouse or domestic partner, and any dependents. In order to be eligible to insure your domestic partner under a family medical or dental plan that domestil: partner must meet the l:ritcria listed under Article Xl, Section 13, except that the partnership for insurance purposes must have been of a one year duration or longer. 2. R~gardlcss of number of years in the district or in the Empire Plan, retiree health insurance shall be the same as that provided tor active employees. Teachers who retired sinL:e July 1, 1992 and teachers who will retire in the [ulure shaH reeeive separate, signed, irrevocable contrru..:ts which shall state the percentage guaranteed to he paid by the dislrid. 3. Retiree rights are more particularly set forth in Article VlI. A participating retiree and/or retiree's spouse or domestic panner whof;e primary coverage is through Medicare shall receive back from the Distrid that portion of hlslher health insurance premium (Medicare Part B) that is required under the current Empire Plan and/or state regulation, if any. This rebate shall he paid in a timely manner. 4.* In addition to the benefits provided above, the district shall est",blish a self-funded health benefit plan providing additional medical plan benefits to the extent hereinaftt:r described. Said sdf:·funded plan shall be administered by J. J. Newman & Company, Inc. of Garden City, New York, (hereina1\er referred to as the "Plan Administrator"), pursuant to a certain separate agreement Said self-funded plan includes the following provisions: a. Continuation of the 90% rate of reimbursement currently provided under the CIGNA 1nsurant,;e Plan foc non-Empire participating physicians and allied health professional fees, for the first $2000 Page 54 of expenses hut based upon the ninetieth (90lh) pelceutik of HIAA's schedule of ''reasonahle and customary fees". After $2,000 of expenses has been reached reimhursem~nt shall be at lhe rate of 100(%. b. Reimbursement for any costs inl~urred hy unit memhers arising from the ditIerence between the Empire deductible~ and CIGNA deductibles of $75 for individual and $150 for family. c. Any individual who was covered as of July 1, 1992 or thereafter under the CIGNA plan but who is refu.sed coverage in the Empire Plan shall be covered under the .self insurance fund administered by J.1. Newman & Company. This self-insurance will provide the same benefits as the health insurance provided to active employeI.:.'>. d. Additional Plan Benefits I. The Plan Administrator will a.'lsist unit members in the event that coverage and/or benefit issues arise with the New York State Government Employees Health Insurance plan. 2. The Plan Administrator will assist any bargaining unit member currently receiving benefits due to a continuing iHncss or injury under the CTGNA Insurance plan with transition to the new plan. 3. The plan administralur will a~~ist any bargaining unit member with respect to any claim or dispute involving CIGNA. c. The District's obligation shall be limited to the provision of the level ofb~nclits then provided by the New Yark Stille Government Employees Health Plan together with the supplemental benefits descrihed in Section 4(a), 4(b), and 4(e) of this Exhibit 1. 5.* Appcahi Tn thc event that a bargaining unit memher seeks review of a claim determination made by the Plan Adminj~trator, the appeals pwcedure as set forth in Exhibit 3 heroof ~hall be utiliz~d. 6. Confidentiality The self-funded henefits paid for by the Dlstriet wil1 require disclosure to the Plan Administrator of utilization of plan benefits by bargaining unit members. Personally identifiable infonnlltion shall he trcalL:u as confidential and shall not he utilized in an adverse manner against any bargaining unit member. 7.* The District reserves lhe right to change the Plan Admini.stffltor provided that the A~soeialion shall receive notice and have the right to discuss the matter at least 20 days prior to the decision being finalized. :-.:. Effective Decemher 31, 2003 dual family coverage shall not be permitted. Page 55 9.· The above described plan will be implemented with respect to all eligible District employee~ and those retirees who have continued health insurance l:ovcrage and were enrolled on or after July 1, 1992. 10. The District will allow teachers to use their building's duplicating machines to make copies of all insurance fonus and papers prior to submission to the insurance t.:ompanies. >I< All of Sectjons 4, 5, 7, and 9 shall end effective the end of December 31, 2003, except that claims may be :-iubmitted through March 31, 2004 Lor expenses incurred in these scetions through Decemher 31, 2003. Page 56 EXHIBJT 2 Dental insurance is a self insured program administered by CBCA. The Cigna Dental [nsurance Plan will be replicated except for the following changes: 1. For all participants and the1c dependents the annual maximum shall be $2,000 per person. 2. The plan shan cover any unmarried child less than twenty-six (26) yeafs of age enrolled in school as a full-lime student and/or any child less than twenty-six (26) years of age incapable of sea: sustaining employment by reason of mental or physieal handieap. 3. All participants who voluntarily use the CBCA provider network shall have the following additional benefits: 3. There shaH he no deductible, and h. There shall be no co-pay, and c. All cuvered expcmes shall be paid at the 100% rate up 10 the $2,000 annual maximum per person. 4. A family plan shall cover a spouse or domestic partner and any dependents. MITA shall be involved in overseeing, thedentat plan. Page 57 EXHIBIT 3 CLAIMS APPEAL PROCESS Introduction: The Long\llOOd Central School District has the responsibility for payment of certain sdf­ insured medieal benefits above the benefits provided by the Empire Plan for expenses incurred up to and induding DiXember 31,2003. Claims for payment of these musl be submitted no later than March 31, 2004. Additionally, the Longwood Central School District (hereinafter the "l.CSD") has the ongoing responsibility for payment of certain ~dj:·insured de:ntal plan benefits. This dental benefit does Dol end on December 31, 2003. The Longwood Central School District has employed a Plan AdminisLrator to effectuate the foregoing. Applicatlon for Claims: Any claims by a Particirant tor a benefit shall be submitted to the Plan Administrator pursuant to a pWl;ooure lu be effeetuated by the Plan Administrator subject tu the review and approval of the district anu MlTA. The Plan Administrator shall he responsible for decic.linl:l sueh daim and fur providing full f\uc.l fair review of the decision on such claim. Any legal aetion arising flut uf the denial in whole or in part of sueh claim shall be the rcsponsihility uf the LCSD. bach participant or other interested person shall file with the Plan Administrator such pertineut infonnation as the Plan Administrator may reasonably request, and in such rca:mnable manner and limn as the Plan Administrator may specify or provide; and such pers.on shall not have any rights or be entitled to any be;;nefits or furtber benefits hereunder, as the case may be, unless such reasonable infonnation is filed by the Participant or on the Partieipant's behalf Each participnllt claiming benefits under the Plan shall supply at sueh times and in sucb manner as the Plan Administrator may reasonably require written pmof that covered expenses were incurred or that the benefit is covered under the Plan. If the Plan Administrator shall detennine that a Participant or Covered Dependent has nol incurred a covered expense or [hat the benefit is not covered under the Plan or, if the Participant or Dependent shall fail to furnish such reasonable pmof as is requested. no benefit or nu further bl:neflts hereunder, as the case may he, shall he payable to such Participant or Dependent. Payment by the Plan Administrator with respect to a claim shall be furnished to lhe claimant within thirty (30) days following the receipt of a satisfactory proof of claim by the Plan Administratur. Cmruoeneement of benefit payments shall constitute notice of approval of a claim tfl the extent of the amount of the approved benefit If SUL:h claim shall he wholly or partially denied, such notice shall be in writing and worded in a manner calculated to he underslflod by the claimant, and shall set forth (a) thl: specifIc reason or reasons for the denial; (b) specifi\; reference to pertinent provislons of the Plan on which the denial is based~ (e) a description uf any additional material or infunnatioll necessary fix the e1aimant to perfect the daim and an explanation of why such material or infonnation is necessary and (d) an explanation of the Plan's claims reviev,' procedure. Pag" 58 If the Plan Administrator fails to notify tht: claimant uf the decision r~garding the claim in accordance with this Section or if the claimant is not ~atisfied with the decision of the Plan Admini~trator, the claimant shall then be permitted to proceed with the claims review procedure provided herein. Claim Review Procedure: Within forty (40) days following reeeipt by the claimant ofnotiee of the claim denial, or if the Plan Admjni,Strator fails to notify the claimant of the decisions within a thirty (30) day period, the claimant may appt:al denial of the claim by filing a written applicalion for review with the Plan Administrator. Following such request for review, the Plan Administrator shall fully and fairly review the decision denying the claim. Prior to the decision of the Plan Administrator pursuant to this Section, the claimant shall bc given an opportunity to review pminent documents and to submit issues and comments in writing and request a review by the Plan Administrator of sw..:h a decision denying the claim. Such a request shall be made in writing and filed with the Plan Administrator after delivery to the claimant of v.ritten notice of the decision. Such written request for review shall contain all additional information which the claimant wishes the Plan Administrator to CQnsider. The Plan Administrator may hold a hearing or conduct an independent investigation regarding tht;; merits of the denied claim and promptly following receipt by the Plan Administrator of the request for review shall deliver the decision to the claimant in writing. Final Review: After thl,,: Appeal review has heen exhausted with the Plan Administrator, an appeal shall bl;:: made directly to a committee composed of the Superintendent of Schools, one appointee of the Superintendent of Sehools, the President of MITA, and one appointee of the President of MlTA. The appt:al must be made in writ-ing after full or partial declination hy the Plan Administrator. The revit:w of the claim appeal by the Claims Appeal Cormnittee shall be completed within twenty (20) days of its receipt of the claim. Throughout the claiIDs appeal proce~s, confidentiality of the identity of the appellant will be maintained. In the event that the Claims Appeal Committee cannot reach a mnjority uetcrmination and/or if the appellant i~ not sat-isfied with the decision of the Claims Appeal Committee, the appellant may elect to submit the issue to binding arbitration before an arhitrator selected through procedures established by MTTA and the district, the costs of whieh shall be paid equally by the District and the appellant. The Jetennination ofthc arbitrator shall be final and binding.