20-3. School Psychologists

20-3.1. Work Year. 

20-3.1(a). 

School psychologists employed in the Officer of Diverse Learner Supports and Services prior to December 16, 1967 have had the option of working ten school months (forty weeks), eleven school months (forty-four weeks) or twelve school months (forty-eight weeks) Subsequent to December 16, 1967, all school psychologists newly assigned to the Office of Diverse Learner Supports and Services and all school psychologists who elected to convert from twelve calendar months to twelve school months shall be employed on a twelve-school-month basis.

Pension contributions and sick leave shall be based on the work year for 248-day personnel. Pension contributions and sick leave for all other employment period classifications shall be based on the 208-day year.

Effective September 6, 2976, aAll newly appointed school psychologists and all provisional and temporarily certificated school psychologists shall be employed on a ten-school-month (208-day) basis. All school psychologists currently employed on a twelve-school-month (52-week) basis or on an eleven-school-month (248-day) basis shall be given the opportunity to convert to a ten-school-month (208-day) basis. Election to convert shall be final and cannot subsequently be changed at the request of the employee.

20-3.1(b). 

School psychologists continuously employed in the Office of Diverse Learner Supports and Services since on or before December 31, 1976 on a 248-day work year schedule (or its pervious equivalent of forty-eight weeks) shall maintain their 248-day work year schedule, unless they voluntarily elect to transfer to a position with a lesser work year At the beginning of each school year, the BOARD shall provide to the UNION a list of school psychologists who have continuously held forty-eight week positions since on or before December 31, 1976 and whose schedules shall be maintained under this section.

Pension contributions and sick leave shall be based on the work year for 248-day personnel Pension contributions and sick leave for all other employment period classifications shall be based on the 208-day year.