ADMINISTRATION
Series 300
Administrative Regulation: Administrative Salary and Other Compensation
Code No. 303.4R1(L)
Benefits for Administrators and Directors
The Superintendent, Curriculum Director, Principals, Assistant Principals, Technology Director, Transportation Director, Director of Operations, Maintenance Foreman, Food Service Director, Activities Director, and Board Secretary shall generally receive benefits including, but not limited to, Paid Leaves, Sick Leave Bank, Unpaid Leaves, Health Insurance, Life Insurance and Long Term Disability Insurance, and Flex Benefits Plans similar to those stipulated in the Master Agreement with the Oskaloosa Education Association with the exception of specific provisions negotiated for their individual contracts and those listed below.
Any stipulations listed in individual contracts supersede the provisions listed below.
Work Year, Holidays and Vacations for Administrators and Directors
The work year (contracted days) shall be recommended by the Superintendent and approved by the Board. The contracted days shall be sufficient in number in order for the job description requirements and related tasks to be performed.
Positions requiring 260 days (Superintendent, Curriculum Director, Technology Director, Business Manager, Transportation Director, Director of Operations, Maintenance Foreman, High School Principal) shall receive twenty (20) days of paid vacation each fiscal year. In addition, these positions shall receive ten (10) paid holidays, including New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day (2), Christmas Day (2), New Year’s Eve, and one floating holiday. Employees in these positions that may need to work on a holiday shall be allowed to float that holiday to another day with approval by the Superintendent or designated representative.
Vacation earned in any fiscal year shall be expended before the end of the fiscal year. Any variation from these provisions must be approved by the Superintendent or a designated representative.
Administrators and Directors may be permitted to use their vacation or non-contract days plus some additional time for the purpose of attending summer school, workshops, or for teaching in college. The program of study is to be approved in advance by the Superintendent or a designated representative.
Any Administrator or Director who has earned vacation, and whose service with the District is terminated at a time when there is no opportunity for the earned vacation to be taken, shall be entitled to be paid a regular salary for the vacation days earned.
Administrators may use compensatory time (day for day, summer time only) to fulfill their contract upon approval by the Superintendent.
Administrative Fringe Benefits
Leave of Absence – Administrators and Directors are provided three (3) days personal leave. Personal leave for administrators is not exempt from use before and after vacations. Positions requiring 200 days of service shall also be granted leave of absence for personal illness, with full pay, at the rate of fifteen (15) days per year. The date that an employee may begin to use sick leave shall be the first day of the contract year. Unused sick leave days shall be cumulative from year to year, with a maximum of 120 days. If a position requires greater than 200 days, the Administrator or Director shall be entitled to one additional sick leave day for each unit of twenty (20) additional contract days. Administrators and Directors may also be included in the Sick Leave Bank as stipulated in the Master Agreement with the Oskaloosa Education Association upon request. One who wishes to join the Bank shall submit to the Superintendent or his/her designee a signed statement of intent to participate in the Bank on or before September 30 of any school year.
Life Insurance – Administrators and Directors shall receive term life insurance coverage with a $100,000 benefit, double for accidental death. The Superintendent shall be provided term life insurance as stipulated by his/her contract.
Dues – Administrators and Directors shall have their job-related dues to state and national associations paid by the District.
Approved: June 28, 2005
Reviewed: December 12, 2017
Revised: July 13, 2010