Archive: June 2002

Year Round to Traditional Calendar &
Traditional to Year Round Calendar
By Steve Kaplan, UniServe Field Organizer

Moving from one calendar to another raises a number of issues since the year round calendar is different than the fiscal year (12 month period covered in salary schedule). The fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30. The year round calendar starts in late August and ends in mid July. The final fourteen day of the year round calendar occur in a different fiscal year than the rest of the calendar. What does this mean for you?

When going from a year round calendar to a traditional calendar
You will have worked the fourteen days in July. You will be working one hundred eighty-seven days on the traditional calendar. This is a total of two hundred and one days. The contractual work year is one hundred and eighty-seven days. Therefore, when moving from a year round to a traditional calendar you will have worked fourteen extra days. The District is required to pay you for these days at your pro rata daily rate.

When going from a traditional calendar to a year round calendar
You will be working one hundred seventy-three days on the year round calendar prior to the end of June. Therefore, you will be fourteen days short of the contractual work year. In order to receive your full salary for the year you must work those fourteen days.
Article 8, Section 8.1.1 and 8.1.2.2 both state, "Regardless of school calendar to which assigned (traditional, single-track year-round, etc.), unit members who are employed as of July 1 of any year shall be provided the opportunity to earn a full work year's retirement credit and a full work year's compensation during each fiscal year (July 1 to June 30) of employment by the District."
This means you have an absolute right to make up the fourteen days. You have the option of not making up the days and forfeiting pay for that time. However, if you want to work the days and receive a full year's pay, it is vital that you make arrangements to do so. Intercession is usually the means for making up the fourteen days but it may be possible to make other arrangements with your principal and the Human Resources Services Division.