School Closings
and Compensation
- In the
event of inclement weather, MTI has negotiated provisions, in
its various Collective Bargaining Agreements with the District,
setting forth criteria for employees under such circumstances.
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- Teachers: Section V-K-4 provides that should schools
be closed, teachers will be compensated for such day on their
regular monthly payroll check. However, if it is necessary to
extend the school year in order to qualify for state aid, the
District may do so up to a maximum of two days. MTI's Contract
requires 182 school days. For a school district to qualify for
state aid, 180 days of instruction are necessary; however, the
State Superintendent has statutory authority to modify the requirement
under certain circumstances.
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- Educational
Assistants (EA-MTI): Section VI-N provides
that should schools be closed, educational assistants, at their
option, may elect to make up the work time. The administrator,
under whom the employee works, must approve the time, dates and
duties. Educational assistants "may make up all of
the regularly assigned time which was lost...through the completion
of one week after the current school year." Work
cannot exceed 40 hours per week. Educational assistants who elect
to make up the work will be compensated at their regular hourly
rate in the pay period in which the make up work is completed.
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- Clerical/Technical
Employees (SEE-MTI):
Section
V-C provides that should schools be closed, those employees
affected may elect to be absent on such day. Such absence
may be compensated by the employee's request in writing to the
supervisor to use vacation or compensatory time. The Contract
allows clerical employees who elect to work on such days to report
up to one hour late.
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MTI/MMSD Collective
Bargaining Agreements
Please reference the contract
section listed below, click on the link, and scroll to that section.
School
Board Policy
To Parents:
When is School Closed Due to Weather?
3031
- School Closing-Inclement Weather
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