ARTICLE XVI SALARIES

Foster-Glocester School District

A. The salaries of all persons covered by the Agreement are set forth in Appendix A which is attached hereto and made a part hereof subject to the provisions in Article XXI.

B. In each case, the annual salary for certified personnel included in the Teacher's Salary Schedule as well as Additional Education Compensation and any additional payments, shall be added together and divided and paid in, commencing the second week of work in any school year:

1. Twenty-six (26) equal installments paid in twenty (20) or twenty-one (21) biweekly payments and the remaining five (5) or six (6) installments paid in one (1) check at the end of the school year. The first payroll check or direct deposit will occur on the first pay date after the first work day of the school year.

2. Twenty-one (21) equal installments paid biweekly from the first pay period through June.

NEA Ponaganset agrees to indemnify the School Committee for any monetary loss occasioned by pre-paying teachers if the Committee is unable to recover from the teacher any pre-payment.

C. Teachers in the Foster-Glocester School System shall be given full increment credit for previous outside experience in Rhode Island However, for all new employees with prior out-of-state public school experience, (not to include in- state public school experience) and private educational experience (whether in- state or out-of-state) which closely resembles or matches the work of a RI certified professional in a public school, shall be counted as the basis for one step on the salary schedule for every two years of experience to a maximum of five such steps.

D. Positions with extra compensation are set forth in Appendix B.

E. All Department Heads' salaries shall be included in their regular paychecks.