6.1 Salary Schedules

The salary schedule(s) of all unit members are set forth in Appendix A, attached. The certificated hourly salary schedule (A-2) shall be increased annually at the same rate as the basic certificated salary schedule (A-1).

6.2 Salary for Days Beyond Established Work Year

All unit members who, at the request of the District, serve other than the required number of workdays as set forth in Appendix A-1 for their job classification, shall receive their per diem salary for each day worked.

6.3 Minimum Salary for One Semester

Notwithstanding 6.2, above, contract unit members who serve for one (1) full semester shall receive no less than one-half (1/2) the annual salary for their positions.

6.4 Classification Requirements

CLASS A - Bachelor's Degree or regular teaching credential.

CLASS B - Bachelor's Degree and fifteen (15) semester units of upper division or graduate work taken subsequent to the Bachelor's Degree.*

CLASS C - Bachelor's Degree and thirty (30) semester units of upper division or graduate work taken subsequent to the Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree.

CLASS D - Bachelor's Degree and forty-five (45) semester units of upper division or graduate work taken subsequent to the Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree and fifteen (15) semester units of upper division or graduate work taken subsequent to Master's Degree.

CLASS E - Master's Degree or Doctorate and sixty (60) semester units of upper division or graduate work taken subsequent to the Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree and thirty (30) semester units of upper division or graduate work taken subsequent to Master's Degree.

DOCTORATE - A stipend equal to three and one-half percent (3.5%) of step placement for the doctorate from an accredited institution** will be granted. No such stipend will be awarded for doctorates awarded based upon work experience or correspondence courses, etc. Prior approval will be required to qualify for this stipend. Approval shall be granted for doctorates in the field of education or bearing a substantial relationship to the unit member's assignment. Doctorates already acquired or in progress at the time of ratification of this document shall be approved.

*Effective 7/1/2000, Post Baccalaureate units clearly marked on the transcript will be counted for salary schedule placement. This provision shall only affect unit members with effective dates of July 1, 2000, or thereafter. It shall in no way affect the salary of any other unit members hired prior to that date.

**Accredited institution for the purpose of this entire Article shall be defined as any institution accredited by an agency accepted by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and listed in Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education:

Programs, Candidates. Unit members are encouraged to verify the accreditation of their institution of choice in the Human Resources Division office.

6.5 Classification by Professional Preparation

6.5.1 Horizontal Movement

For purpose of horizontal movement in salary placement only, those semester units shall be counted which were taken in or through an accredited institution of higher learning beyond completion of the Bachelor's Degree requirements, which are of upper division or graduate credit.

6.5.2 Lower Division Courses

Lower division courses that are taken from an accredited institution of higher learning, subsequent to the Bachelor's Degree, may only receive credit in the following manner:

6.5.2.1 The unit member makes written request to the Superintendent/Designee before registering for lower division courses.

6.5.2.2 Lower division courses must be approved in advance by the Superintendent/Designee.

6.6 Credit for Teaching and Step Placement

Effective July 1, 2003, unit members are allowed year-for-year credit for regular public school experience for which a valid public school credential (K-12) was held and required and which occurred during the preceding fifteen (15) years up to a maximum of ten (10) years (Step 11). This provision shall only affect unit members with effective dates of July 1, 2003, or thereafter. It shall in no way affect the salary of any other unit members hired prior to that date. Service as a substitute, home teacher, RISE teacher, or adult school teacher with Redlands Unified School District shall be included for computing the maximum ten (10) years for initial placement. Each five (5) hours of home teaching or adult school teaching shall be counted as one (1) day. One (1) year's credit shall be granted for each accumulated one hundred thirty-five (135) days of adult school or home teaching. One (1) year's credit shall be granted for each school year within which the employee substituted for one hundred thirty-five (135) days or more. After initial credit for experience is given, a member of the unit may not advance more than one (1) step for experience in any one (1) year. Unit members granted leave of absence to work in the Peace Corps shall have such service credited as experience on the Unit's salary schedule. Unit members may not receive more than one (1) year's credit for any one (1) year of experience. Members of the unit who are employed for seventy-five percent (75%) of the teaching days shall have that year count as a year of experience for salary purposes. Unit members who are hired subsequent to the date of 75% of the teaching days in a school year and who have been in continuous contract service that same year shall suffer no loss of experience credit if the total days of combined service equal at least 75% of the contract teaching days.

6.7 Anniversary Increments

Anniversary Increments shall be provided at the beginning of the 18th, 22nd, 26th, and 30^th steps for each salary column classification. Anniversary increments shall be increased annually at the same rate as the basic certificated salary schedule (A-1).

Credit for service toward anniversary increments includes all service credit that has been allowed, including up to ten (10) years out-of-district service credited upon entry into the District (Appendix A).

6.8 Changes in Salary Schedule Position

6.8.1 First Semester

Adjustments in salary schedule positions will be made effective the first day of paid service of the employee, provided: (1) academic work is completed prior to the opening day of school; (2) verification of work completed is received in the Human Resources Office on or before the last day of the first semester.

Adjustment in salary schedule position will be made for academic work completed after the first day of work and will be effective the first day of the month following completion of the course provided verification is received in the Human Resources Office on or before the last day of the first semester.

6.8.2 Second Semester

Adjustments in salary schedule position will be made effective the first day of the second semester, provided: (1) academic work is completed prior to the first day of the second semester; (2) verification of work completed is received in the Human Resources Office on or before the last day of the second semester. Adjustment in salary schedule position will be made for academic work completed after the opening day of the second semester and will be effective the first day of the month following completion of the course provided verification is received by the Human Resources Office on or before the last day of the second semester.

6.8.3 Academic Credit Review

This committee shall be composed of six (6) members, three (3) designated by the Association and three (3) designated by the Superintendent. The function of this committee is to review requests for lower division credit for the purpose of salary placement and to forward its recommendations to the Superintendent who shall submit the same to the Board. Lower division credit requests must be submitted to the committee in writing, and the committee shall determine that the course is needed to improve the employee's technique in a specific area before making an affirmative recommendation to the Superintendent.

6.9 Verification of Units

Units are to be verified by official transcript or official credit certificate from an accredited institution of higher learning only. An official seal or stamp is required to make said document official. No more than one (1) transcript shall be required by the District for a column movement unless more than one (1) institution is involved in the credit verification. Continuing education units are not counted as credits for column advancement.

6.10 Unit Conversion

Quarter units are converted to semester units by multiplying the quarter units by two thirds (2/3). The District shall provide unit members a statement of the number of units on file for them as soon as practicable after their request.

6.11 Status of Job Classifications

6.11.1 Change in Existing Classifications

If there is any substantial change in the duties of any existing job classification within the bargaining unit, the Board will negotiate with the Association regarding possible modification in the salary for such position, and any such modification will become effective the first day that the change in duties becomes effective.

6.11.2 New Classifications

If a new job classification is established appropriate for inclusion within the bargaining unit, the Board will negotiate with the Association over the appropriate salary for that classification. If possible, said negotiations shall take place prior to the filling of the position. The salary subsequently agreed upon shall be retroactive to the first day the position was filled.

6.12 Temporary Contract Members

The provisions of this Article applicable to regular contract unit members shall also apply to temporary contract unit members.

6.13 Salary Warrants

Members shall be permitted to receive salary warrants in one (1) of the following ways:

electronically transferred to bank or via the District mail.

6.13.1 All unit members shall have the option of a District twelve-month pay plan.