ARTICLE IV SALARIES

East Providence School District

4.1 Salary Schedules

Salary Schedules are listed under Appendix A.

4.2 Method of Paying Salaries

4.2.1 The basic salary schedule for certified personnel in the East Providence Public Schools shall be a single salary schedule that is equal pay for equal work. Pay checks shall be dated for the date that checks are distributed.

4.2.2 All certified personnel shall be engaged by the East Providence School Committee on a contractual basis.

4.3 Distribution

The contractual salary for all certified personnel for the regular school year shall be distributed in twenty-six (26) pay periods with annual salary distributed evenly through twenty-six (26) paychecks.

All these payments shall be scheduled on an annually adopted calendar. All wage payments shall be paid to teachers by direct deposit.

Teachers shall be notified of changes in paychecks except for routine changes such as step increases, raises and items requested by the teacher. The payroll stub shall be updated to reflect all deductions and changes.

4.4 Payroll Deductions

Certified personnel may elect to have the following deductions made from their salaries.

4.4.1 Teachers’ and Community Credit Union of East Providence

4.4.2 Life Insurance Premiums

4.4.3 Dues

Dues Payment to the East Providence Education Association.

4.4.4 Tax Sheltered Annuities

Deductions will be taken in equal amounts from each paycheck. There must be a minimum of eight (8) members for an insurance company to be eligible to participate. Insurance companies with a minimum of five (5) members prior to November 1, 1983 will continue to be eligible. To the extent permitted by law and IRS regulations, teachers may elect to have deductions made from up to two (2) TSA companies simultaneously. Teachers may adjust their TSA deductions up to three (3) times in a calendar year.

4.4.5 IRA

Deductions will be taken in equal amounts from each paycheck and/ or in total from the large paycheck in June. There must be a minimum of eight (8) members for an insurance company, or bank, or licensed annuity company to be eligible to participate.

4.4.6 Savings Bonds

4.5 Work Beyond the School Year

4.5.1 Any teacher who is required to or mutually agrees to work beyond the one hundred eighty-three (183) days shall be paid a per diem rate of one hundred eighty-three (183) of his/her gross salary. In the case of Department Heads and Coordinators, this payment will be for any days worked beyond one hundred eighty-four (184). It is understood that this payment would exclude those positions in Appendices C and D. In addition, professional development and curriculum development are excluded as addressed in section 9.1.