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Teacher union brings level 3 grievance alleging unfair labor practices; board votes to deny and refer to arbitration
Summary
At a Houston Public School District board meeting, high-school teacher and union president Kyle Taylor presented a level 3 grievance alleging the district violated the master agreement in assigning extended contracts and compensating overload work. The board voted to deny the grievance and send it to arbitration.
Kyle Taylor, a high-school teacher and president of the teachers’ union, presented a level 3 grievance to the Houston Public School District board, saying the district had not followed the district’s master agreement when issuing extended (0.25) contracts and other overload compensation. Taylor said administrators gave extended-contract pay to some returning teachers rather than adjusting those teachers’ full-time-equivalent (FTE) level based on student workload, and that practice amounted to an unfair labor practice. "Those 25 students should be counting toward their total student numbers not issued a separate 0.25 extended contract," Taylor said.
Taylor walked the board through multiple examples he said illustrated inconsistent placement on the salary…
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