Employee Contract Negotiation Summaries

The Board of Education at its June 14, 2022, meeting approved both the Education Association of Charles County (EACC) and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) negotiated agreements for the 2022-2023 school year. Bargaining teams for both union groups joined the meeting to participate in a ceremonial signing.

The following are important highlights for the approved agreements, which take effect July 1, 2022. A contract negotiations summary for both the EACC and AFSCME agreements is posted below. The approved contracts will be posted to the website by July 1.

AFSCME Contract

ARTICLE 17: HOLIDAYS -Policy Changes

Unit members shall be authorized to observe fifteen (15) holidays as specified below:
Added: Juneteenth.

ARTICLE 18: WORK HOURS, WORKDAYS, WORK WEEK AND WORK YEARS

Added: Juneteenth to holidays.

D. The number of workdays in a work year for specific job types is as follows:

Job	Months Employed	Workdays	Holidays	Total Days
Professional Technical	12	246	15	261
All other 12 Month + Secretary	12	246	15	261
Secretary Clerical	11	212	14	226
Secretary Clerical	10.5	203	14	217
Secretary Clerical	10	194	13	207
Instructional Assistant * *	10	190	0	190
Food Service Manager Assistant Manager***	10	191	0	191
Food Service Manager***	12	246	15	261
Food Service Worker***	10	184	0	184

ARTICLE 19: LEAVES

Added:

B. Sick Leave

The Board agrees that an employee who has completed 12 consecutive months of service may be granted an extended leave of absence for a maximum of two years without pay and without credit of experience for sick leave.

C. Personal Leave

If an employee terminates or retires prior to the end of the contract year, advanced personal leave will be prorated based on the number of contracted days worked prior to separation.

H. Parental Leave

ARTICLE 22: REIMBURSEMENTS

A. Tuition - Tuition reimbursement from $2500 to $3000

Unit members shall be reimbursed up to $3,000.00 per fiscal year or the actual cost, whichever is less, for costs associated with job-related college course work and/or specialized training and conferences. Requests for reimbursement must have the approval of the Superintendent or his or her designated agent prior to enrollment in the college course and/or training program or conferences.

ARTICLE 24: SALARIES AND WAGES

A. The Board offers the following salary adjustments effective July 1, 2022:

In FY 2023, all Unit 3 and Unit 4 employees will receive a ONE LEVEL pay increase and a 5% COLA.

EACC Contract

Article 13, Working Hours & Workload

Infant Toddler Program – flexible schedule that meets needs of students/families without extending workday
CCPS commits to publishing calendar start/end dates for all staff during calendar approval timeframe
CCPS commits to best practice discussions with principals to ensure effective use of faculty meetings
Relevant PD for all certificated positions including Student Services positions
Unit I employees without planning periods should establish one in consultation with their administrator
Teachers will post lessons in only one electronic platform
Unit I/II employees may be used to backfill positions; clear definitions for backfill language were developed (covering temporarily vacant positions)

Article 15, Salaries

Unit I employees will receive a ONE level pay increase and a 2.75% COLA
- Pay scale compressed – levels 1 through 3
- Conditional teachers move to the BS scale; placed based on their levels of education
School Counselors will be moved to the Related Service Provider pay scale
Unit II employees will receive a ONE level pay increase and a 1.75% COLA
- Pay scale adjusted – levels 1 and 2 will be compressed
- Scale will be recalibrated from 2.5% to 2.75% (increase intervals between levels)
- Unit II employees who act as an administrator outside of their normal workday/year shall be paid $45 per hour
Nationally Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) teachers directly teaching will have $10,000 added to their base salary
All NBPTS employees not directly teaching will be paid $2,500 + $2,000 by CCPS

Article 16, Extra Pay for Extra Duty

Joint EPED committee will make recommendations back to both bargaining teams and the superintendent
3% COLA will be added to the current EPED stipend scale

Article 17, Tuition Reimbursement and Staff Development

Educators pursuing NBC will be permitted to access tuition reimbursement after successful achievement, provided they commit to remain with CCPS for the next two years, unless retirement occurs or other extenuating circumstances, otherwise reimbursement must be made to CCPS.

Article 24, Employee Evaluation

Teachers will select SLO measurements from a menu of acceptable measures
Cleaned up language
Students not available 15% of the instructional period will be excluded from the SLO

Article 31, Duration and Severability

Duration – July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023
- Two openers per side in SY 22-23 plus Article 15 (Salaries), Article 31 (Duration and Severability) and other openers as required by the law of the Blueprint o Full reopener in SY 23-24
Work of the established joint study committees will make recommendations back to both bargaining teams and the superintendent