Iowa City Education Association (ICEA)

Initial Proposal for the

2019-20
NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT

between the

IOWA CITY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

and the
IOWA CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

December 17, 2018

ICEA Negotiations Team
Tom Cronk
Robin Fields
Megan Johnson
Adam Loria
Courtney Nelson
Susan Rekward
Jane Elerding (ECUU)
Brady Shutt

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Overview:
On July 1, 2017, a two-year agreement between the Iowa City Education Association (ICEA)
and the Iowa City Community School District (ICCSD) on ARTICLE XVI, APPENDICES C, D1
and D2 (Wages and Benefits, et al) began. Further, on July 1, 2017, a two-year agreement on
the language in all other articles outside of ARTICLE XVI, APPENDICES C, D1 and D2 began.

On September 11, 2018, ICCSD and ICEA amended the negotiated agreement (the contract).
The September 11th, 2018, contract amendment stated:

“Effective July 1, 2019, all provisions relating to retirement systems; dues checkoffs, and other
payroll deductions for political action committees or other political contributions or political
activities, insurance; leaves of absence for political activities; supplemental pay; transfer
procedures; evaluation procedures; procedures for staff reduction; and, subcontracting public
services shall be removed from the contract as excluded from the scope of negotiations under
Chapter 20 of the Code of Iowa.

Base wages for the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, school years will be open to negotiation in the time
and manner provided in Chapter 20 of the Code of Iowa; and, either party may request that the
other party, at the same time, negotiate matters which are permissive subjects of negotiations,
but neither party shall be obligated to do so.

The Amended Negotiated Agreement will be effective July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021,
except as otherwise provided herein.”

As agreed upon, ICEA will work with ICCSD on the removal of all excluded topics
of bargaining as delineated in the amendment to the negotiated agreement.

ICEA Proposal (Proposed changes underlined and in blue)

ICEA proposes the following changes to the negotiated agreement:

ARTICLE IX ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER

The superintendent of schools has the authority and responsibility to recommend to the Board
for their approval, the assignment of all district employees. Any employee who is assigned to
more than one building shall have one building designated in writing as the primary place of
assignment by September 20th. This does not restrict the district’s right to change the primary
place of assignment after September 20. A request from an employee that their
child(ren) be allowed to attend a building to which they are assigned shall be
granted.

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ARTICLE XIX EMPLOYEE HOURS

V Preparation Time
All employees in the elementary schools shall have 243 270 minutes per 5-day week for
preparation time which will occur during the normal student attendance time except in case of
emergency when a substitute teacher can not be found.

All employees in the elementary schools will be asked to verify in writing by October 1 of each
school year that their schedule includes 243 270 minutes of preparation time of the
proportional time as deemed by their contract. In the event that the building principal and
teacher cannot develop a schedule that guarantees 243 270 minutes per week within the
normal student attendance time, the principal and teacher will meet the Chief Human
Resources Officer to develop a schedule that conforms to the preparation time requirement.
This meeting will take place no later than October 15.

VII Building and District Meeting Responsibilities

Employees who are part-time and/or who regularly perform duties in more than one building
will communicate at the beginning of the school year with their building and/or district
supervisors regarding expectations for attending meetings and inservices. Part-time employees
are required to attend professional development and district meetings at an amount that is
proportional to the employee’s FTE (i.e. a .50 FTE employee must attend at least one half of
the meetings and professional development held each month).

Each month, one early-release professional development inservice will be

designated for the employee to engage in personalized professional development.

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ARTICLE XXI FINALITY AND DURATION
This Agreement supersedes and cancels all previous agreements related to articles in this document
between the School District and the Association or any employees and concludes the collective
bargaining for its term.

The parties acknowledge that during the negotiations which resulted in this Agreement, each had the
unlimited right and opportunity to make proposals with respect to the collective bargaining law and
the understandings and agreements arrived at by the parties are set forth in the Agreement. The
relationship between the Board and an individual employee, heretofore or hereafter executed, shall be
subject to and consistent with the terms of this Agreement.

If any article, section or clause of this Agreement be declared illegal by a court of competent
jurisdiction, then that article, section, or clause shall be deleted from this Agreement to the extent that
it violates the law. The remaining articles, sections, and clauses shall remain in full force and effect.

Except as provided in this Amendment the School District and the Association, each voluntarily and
unqualifiedly waives any right which might otherwise exist under law to negotiate any matter during
the term of this Agreement

Effective July 1, 2019, all provisions relating to retirement systems; dues checkoffs, and other payroll
deductions for political action committees or other political contributions or political activities,
insurance; leaves of absence for political activities; supplemental pay; transfer procedures; evaluation
procedures; procedures for staff reduction; and, subcontracting public services shall be removed from
the contract as excluded from the scope of negotiations under Chapter 20 of the Code of Iowa.

Base wages for the 2019-2020, 2020-2021 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024 school years will be
open to negotiation in the time and manner provided in Chapter 20 of the Code of Iowa.; and, either
party may request that the other party, at the same time, negotiate matters which are permissive
subjects of negotiations, but neither party shall be obligated to do so.

The Amended Negotiated Agreement will be effective July 1, 2019, through June 30, 20212024,
except as otherwise provided herein.

ARTICLE XVI (WAGES AND SALARY), APPENDICES C, D1, D2

ICEA is proposing a 2.5% increase for the 2019-2020 school year and a 3.25% increase
for the 2020-2021 school year. The salary schedule will be adjusted to reflect this
proposal when the costing information is finalized between ICEA and ICCSD.