Pesky Statutes and Policies
Defines the General Statutory Provisions and Definitions for Education
What is Title 20-A?
FAPE
What is a Free and Appropriate Public Education?
An employer may require any employee or accepted applicant for employment to bear the medical expense of an examination when that examination is ordered or required by the employer
What is false?
No teacher shall be, without just cause, discharged, disciplined, or deprived of increased compensation to which the teacher may be entitled under the provisions of this Agreement.
What are Employee Rights? Bonus points (100) if you can name the article.
'20= 14, '21 = 18, '22= 50, '23 = 30 (to date): Total 114
What is the number of professionals hired during the last four (4) years.
Any action or situation including harassing behavior that recklessly or intentionally endangers the mental or physical health of any school personnel enrolled in a public school.
What is hazing
CCL
What is Current Contract Language?
After January 2020, an employer may request an employee’s social security number after the employee has been hired
What is true?
Fifteen (15) Days
What is the number of days a teacher may have to informally discuss their grievance with the principal or appropriate administrator to resolve the problem.
40
What is the typical number of hours involved in an employee investigation?
Intentional behavior that a reasonable person would expect to interfere with an employee's performance or ability to work.
What is Workplace Bullying?
LBO
What is the Last Best Offer?
An employer may require an employee to disclose personal social media account information that the employer believes to be reasonably relevant to an investigation of allegations of employee misconduct or a workplace-related violation of applicable laws, rules or regulations
What is true?
The purpose of this procedure is to secure, at the lowest possible level, equitable solutions to the problems which from time to time may arise affecting the terms and conditions of this contract
What is the Grievance Procedure?
Title 20-A, Part 6, Subsection 13024, Chapter 502, Credentialing of Education Personnel
What is the investigation statute and required reporting of a credential holder to the Maine Department of Education?
Person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily injury of physical contact to another person
What is the definition of assault in Title 17-A?
MHRC
What is the Maine Human Rights Commission?
An employer who discloses information about a former employee’s job performance is presumed to be acting in good faith and, unless lack of good faith is shown by a clear and convincing evidence, is immune from civil liability
What is true?
The School Committee shall consider all of the following criteria, in priority order listed, giving greater weight to the factors higher on the list.
What is Reduction in Force (RIF) ? Bonus Point+ 200 if you can name the categories (in order): 1). Seniority,
2). Relative Effectiveness Ratings on most Recent evaluation 3). Areas and Levels of certification
4). Educational attainment, experience, or training 5). Leadership in co/extracurricular activities
NH School Department who: Paid $1,595,000 in damages to two (2) students for being sexually abused by a teacher
What is the Concord School District?
Title 5, Section 2004-B, 3 member board with 6 alternates appointed by the Governor and subject to review by the Joint Standing Committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over Labor Matters
What is the Maine Labor Relations Board?
BAC
What is the Board of Arbitration and Conciliation?
Just Cause is a 3-step process to determine guilt
What is false?
The right of an employee to representation
What are Weingarten Rights?
$10,000
What is the amount Auburn School Department paid to an independent investigator for claims brought by the Transportation Department?