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COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THE DERBY BOARD OF EDUCATION
AND
THE DERBY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2019 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2022TABLE OF CONTENTS
Article I~ General
Article II ~ Recognition
Article Ill - Grievance Procedure
Article IV — Salaries
Article V — Fringe Benefits
Article VI Deductions
Article VII— Protection
‘Article VIII ~ Personal Injury Benefits
Article IX ~ Sick Leave
Article X — Personal, Bereavement, Renewal Leave
Article XI — Sabbatical Leave, Teacher Exchange Program
Article XII — Other Leave
Article XIII ~ Working Conditions
Article XIV — Teacher Assignments, Transfers & Promotions
Article XV — Reduction in Force
Article XVI General Working Conditions
Article XVII —Degree Definitions
Article XVIII - Summer Schoo! Program
Article XIX — General Provisions
Article XX — Stipends for Extra-Curricular Activities
Article XXI Duration
‘Appendix A~ Leave of Absence with Pay (Sabbatical Leave)
‘Appendix B ~ Teacher's Initial Contract
‘Appendix C—Teacher’s Annual Salary Statement
Appendix D ~ Dues Authorization Form
Appendix E - Coaching Salaries
Appendix F — Differentials and Extra Duty
Appendix G — Formal Grievance Presentation
Appendix H — 2019-2020 Salary Schedules
Appendix I~ 2020-2021 Salary Schedule
Appendix J 2021-2022 Salary Schedule
Appendix K ~ Annuity/Mutual Fund List
‘Appendix L — Health Insurance
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THIS AGREEMENT IS MADE AND ENTERED INTO by and between the Derby
Board of Education (hereinafter called the “Board”) and the Derby Education Association
affiliated with the Connecticut Education Association (hereinafter called the “Association”).
ARTICLE 1
GENERAL
‘A. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Board and the Superintendent of Schools
reserve and retain full rights, authority and discretion, in the proper discharge of th
duties and responsibilities, to control, supervise and manage the Derby Public Schools
and its professional staff under governing law, ordinances, rules and regulations,
municipal, state and federal. In all matters under this Agreement calling for the exercise
of judgment or discretion on the part of the Board (as for example only, the assignment,
transfer or promotion of teachers, the summer programs, or the numbers, categories or
priorities of the specialists to be employed) the decision of the Board shall be final and
binding if made in good faith, .e., not arbitrarily, capriciously or without rational basis in
fact, except where some other standard of grievability or arbitrability is set forth in this,
Agreement.
B, Nothing in this Agreement shall in any way limit or contravene the authority of the Derby
Board of Apportionment and Taxation or any other municipal, state or federal board,
commission, agency or other governmental body.
C. This Agreement shall not be altered, amended or changed except in writing, signed by
both the Board and the Association, which amendment shall be appended hereto and
become a part hereof.
D. The term “Board of Education” ot “Board,” as used in this Agreement, shall mean the
Board or its designee. The term “Superintendent of Schools” or “Superintendent,” as
used herein, shall mean the Superintendent or his/her designee.
ARTICLE II
RECOGNITION
‘A. The Board recognizes the Association for the purpose of professional negotiation, as the
exclusive representative of the entire unit consisting of all positions requiring a teaching
or other certificate, excluding positions requiring administrative or intermediate
administrative certificate and temporary substitutes and all other positions not included
under the Teacher Negotiation Act, §§10-153b et seq., of the General Statutes;
(hereinafter referred to as “teachers”) pursuant to and with all rights and privileges of
collective bargaining as defined by §10-153a-j of-the Connecticut General Statutes, the
Association having been certified as the exclusive representative pursuant to a
designation agreement signed by the Board on April 12, 1982.