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Current Situation - large #’s of pink slips given because of budget insecurity and laws mandating reinstatement on basis of seniority. State Law Section16-2-9 (e): School Committee maintains a budget which does not result in debt: May only keep teachers on payroll if budget $$ exist to
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Current Situation - large #’s of pink slips given because of budget insecurity and laws mandating reinstatement on basis of seniority State Law Section16-2-9 (e): School Committee maintains a budget which does not result in debt: May only keep teachers on payroll if budget $$ exist to support their salaries. State Law Section 16-13-6 (b): Notice of suspension on or before March 1. State Law 16-13-6 (a): Suspension of teachers in the inverse order of their employment: Priority for teaching jobs given on the basis of seniority for individuals with similar certifications or teaching credentials. Pink Slips Job Fair Teachers reassigned. “Bumping” occurs. June July August September March School opens No school budget for next year. No funding formula for State aid to schools. State Budget announced. Includes aid to Cities and Schools City sets School budget PPSD budgets positions Harlan Rich/ESPEC
Problem 1 State Law Section16-2-9 (e): School Committee maintains a budget which does not result in debt: May only keep teachers on payroll if budget $$ exist to support their salaries. State Law Section 16-13-6 (b): Notice of suspension on or before March 1. State Law 16-13-6 (a): Suspension of teachers in the inverse order of their employment: Priority for teaching jobs given on the basis of seniority for individuals with similar certifications or teaching credentials. Pink Slips Job Fair Teachers reassigned. “Bumping” occurs. June July August September March School opens No school budget for next year. No funding formula for State aid to schools. State Budget announced. Includes aid to Cities and Schools City sets School budget PPSD budgets positions Harlan Rich/ESPEC
Problem 2 State Law Section16-2-9 (e): School Committee maintains a budget which does not result in debt: May only keep teachers on payroll if budget $$ exist to support their salaries. State Law Section 16-13-6 (b): Notice of suspension on or before March 1. State Law 16-13-6 (a): Suspension of teachers in the inverse order of their employment: Priority for teaching jobs given on the basis of seniority for individuals with similar certifications or teaching credentials. Pink Slips Job Fair Teachers reassigned. “Bumping” occurs. June July August September March School opens No school budget for next year. No funding formula for State aid to schools. State Budget announced. Includes aid to Cities and Schools City sets School budget PPSD budgets positions Harlan Rich/ESPEC
Problem 3 State Law Section16-2-9 (e): School Committee maintains a budget which does not result in debt: May only keep teachers on payroll if budget $$ exist to support their salaries. State Law Section 16-13-6 (b): Notice of suspension on or before March 1. State Law 16-13-6 (a): Suspension of teachers in the inverse order of their employment: Priority for teaching jobs given on the basis of seniority for individuals with similar certifications or teaching credentials. Pink Slips Job Fair Teachers reassigned. “Bumping” occurs. June July August September March School opens No school budget for next year. No funding formula for State aid to schools. State Budget announced. Includes aid to Cities and Schools City sets School budget PPSD budgets positions Harlan Rich/ESPEC
One solution: Funding formula/Announce school aid earlier in year State Law Section16-2-9 (e): School Committee maintains a budget which does not result in debt: May only keep teachers on payroll if budget $$ exist to support their salaries. State Law Section 16-13-6 (b): Notice of suspension on or before March 1. State Law 16-13-6 (a): Suspension of teachers in the inverse order of their employment: Priority for teaching jobs given on the basis of seniority for individuals with similar certifications or teaching credentials. Pink Slips Job Fair Teachers reassigned. “Bumping” occurs. June July August September March School opens No school budget for next year. No funding formula for State aid to schools. State Budget announced. Includes aid to Cities and Schools City sets School budget PPSD budgets positions Harlan Rich/ESPEC
First solution - domino effect State Law Section16-2-9 (e): School Committee maintains a budget which does not result in debt: May only keep teachers on payroll if budget $$ exist to support their salaries. State Law Section 16-13-6 (b): Notice of suspension on or before March 1. State Law 16-13-6 (a): Suspension of teachers in the inverse order of their employment: Priority for teaching jobs given on the basis of seniority for individuals with similar certifications or teaching credentials. Pink Slips Job Fair Teachers reassigned. “Bumping” occurs. June July August September March School opens State budget announced (excluding aid to schools). State budget for aid to schools announced. City sets School budget PPSD budgets positions Harlan Rich/ESPEC
First solution - domino effect State Law Section16-2-9 (e): School Committee maintains a budget which does not result in debt: May only keep teachers on payroll if budget $$ exist to support their salaries. State Law Section 16-13-6 (b): Notice of suspension on or before March 1. State Law 16-13-6 (a): Suspension of teachers in the inverse order of their employment: Priority for teaching jobs given on the basis of seniority for individuals with similar certifications or teaching credentials. Pink Slips Job Fair Teachers reassigned. “Bumping” occurs. June July August September March School opens State budget announced (excluding aid to schools). State budget for aid to schools announced. City sets School budget PPSD budgets positions Harlan Rich/ESPEC
First solution - domino effect - school budgets set earlier State Law Section16-2-9 (e): School Committee maintains a budget which does not result in debt: May only keep teachers on payroll if budget $$ exist to support their salaries. State Law Section 16-13-6 (b): Notice of suspension on or before March 1. State Law 16-13-6 (a): Suspension of teachers in the inverse order of their employment: Priority for teaching jobs given on the basis of seniority for individuals with similar certifications or teaching credentials. Pink Slips Job Fair Teachers reassigned. “Bumping” occurs. May June July September March School opens State budget announced (excluding aid to schools). State budget for aid to schools announced. City sets School budget City budget announced. PPSD budgets positions Harlan Rich/ESPEC
First solution - domino effect - job fair held earlier; fewer jobs at play State Law Section16-2-9 (e): School Committee maintains a budget which does not result in debt: May only keep teachers on payroll if budget $$ exist to support their salaries. State Law Section 16-13-6 (b): Notice of suspension on or before March 1. State Law 16-13-6 (a): Suspension of teachers in the inverse order of their employment: Priority for teaching jobs given on the basis of seniority for individuals with similar certifications or teaching credentials. Pink Slips Job Fair Teachers reassigned. “Bumping” occurs. May June July September March School opens State budget announced (excluding aid to schools). State budget for aid to schools announced. City sets School budget City budget announced. PPSD budgets positions Harlan Rich/ESPEC
Second solution - Change Suspension/Reinstatement Law State Law Section16-2-9 (e): School Committee maintains a budget which does not result in debt: May only keep teachers on payroll if budget $$ exist to support their salaries. State Law Section 16-13-6 (b): Notice of suspension on or before March 1. State Law 16-13-6 (a): Suspension of teachers in the inverse order of their employment: Priority for teaching jobs given on the basis of seniority for individuals with similar certifications or teaching credentials. Pink Slips Job Fair Teachers reassigned. “Bumping” occurs. May June July September March School opens State budget Announce (excluding aid to schools). State budget for aid to schools announced. City sets School budget City budget announced. PPSD Budgets positions Harlan Rich/ESPEC
Second solution - Suspension/Reinstatement Law changed State Law: Priority for reinstatement of teaching jobs given on the basis of multimodal assessment for individuals with similar certifications or teaching credentials, including job performance, merit, and seniority. Seniority does not trump job performance. State Law Section16-2-9 (e): School Committee maintains a budget which does not result in debt: May only keep teachers on payroll if budget $$ exist to support their salaries. State Law Section 16-13-6 (b): Notice of suspension on or before March 1. Pink Slips Job Fair Teachers reassigned. “Bumping” occurs. May June July August September March School opens State budget Announce (excluding aid to schools). State budget for aid to schools announced. City sets School budget City budget announced. PPSD Budgets positions Harlan Rich/ESPEC