20-4. Social Workers

20-4.1. Work Year.

20-4.1(a).

All school social workers and all provisional and temporarily certificated school social workers shall be employed on a ten-school-month (208-day) basis.

20-4.1(b).

Employment of ten-school-month (208-day) school social workers beyond ten school months shall be considered as summer employment. Pension contributions and sick leave shall be based on the 208-day year.

20-4.2. School Social Worker Staffing.

20-4.2(a).

By the end of this Agreement every school shall have at least one school social worker assigned per school per instructional day.

20-4.2(b).

The BOARD, in consultation with the UNION, shall participate in the Illinois Department of Health and Family Services Healthy Schools Campaign Medicaid Expansion for School Health Learning Collaborative with the objective of maximizing Medicaid reimbursement for Medicaid-eligible services.