The board recognizes the need for substitute teachers.  Substitute teachers will be licensed to teach in Iowa.

It will be the responsibility of the central office to maintain a list of substitute teachers who may be called upon to replace regular contract licensed employees.  Individuals whose names do not appear on this list will not be employed as a substitute without specific approval of the superintendent.  It shall be the responsibility of the building principal to fill absences with substitute teachers immediately.

Substitute teachers will be paid a daily rate.  Following ten (10) consecutive days in the same position, substitutes will be paid at the per diem rate as calculated by dividing the prevailing salary schedule placement of BA Step 1, minus the Teacher Supplementary Salary funds which have been incorporated into the published salary schedule, by 192 days.  Substitute licensed employees are expected to perform the same duties as the licensed employees.

In cooperation with the Affordable Care Act (Federal Health Care Reform legislation), substitute teachers, substitute support staff, and part-time employees falling under variable-hour employee status will be offered insurance based on the hours worked during a twelve month look back period beginning July 1^st and running through June 30^th. If the variable-hour employee is deemed to have worked an average of 30 or more hours per week, participation in the Fairfield Community School group plan will be offered to the variable-hour employee at that employee’s cost.

Legal Reference:  Iowa Association of School Boards v. PERB, 400 N.W.2d 571 (Iowa 1987).
                                      Iowa Code §§ 20.1, .4(5), .9; Ch. 272 (2011).
                                      281 I.A.C. 12.4.

Cross Reference:  405.1 Licensed Employee Defined
                                      405.2 Licensed Employee Qualifications, Recruitment, and Selection

Approved:  Feb. 11, 1985, May 20, 2013, February 28, 2019        
Reviewed:  Aug. 24, 2005, June 14, 2010, Oct. 11, 2010, Nov. 30, 2012, Apr. 5, 2013, Jan. 21, 2019.  
Revised:  Feb. 10, 1997, Jul. 12, 2010, Nov. 8, 2010, Nov. 30, 2012, Apr. 5, 2013, Jan. 21, 2019.

It is within the discretion of the board to offer an education program during the summer recess.  Licensed employees who volunteer or who are appointed to deliver the summer education program are compensated in addition to their regular duties during the school academic year, unless such arrangements are made prior to determining the employee's compensation for the year.

Licensed employees will be given the opportunity to volunteer for the positions available.  If the board determines a course must be offered and no licensed employee volunteers for the position, the board will make the necessary arrangements to fill the position.  The board will consider applications from volunteers of current licensed employees in conjunction with other applications.

It shall be the responsibility of the superintendent to make a recommendation to the board regarding the need for and the delivery of the summer education program.

Legal Reference:  Iowa Code §§ 279.8; 280.14 (2015).

Cross Reference:  603.2  Summer School Instruction

Approved:  Feb. 10, 1997, February 19, 2018               
Reviewed:  Aug. 24, 2005, Nov. 30, 2012, January 15, 2018                                       
Revised:  Nov. 30, 2012, January 15, 2018  

The board will appoint licensed employees from the district to serve as the district’s truancy officers.

The principal will notify the truancy officer when a student is truant.  The truancy officer will investigate the cause of a student’s truancy and attempt to ensure the student’s attendance.  The truancy officer may take the student into custody.  A student taken into custody will be placed in the custody of the principal.  The truancy officer will attempt to contact the student’s parents when the student is taken into custody.

Legal Reference:  Iowa Code §§ 299.10-.11, .15 (2013).

Cross Reference:  501.10 Truancy - Unexcused Absences

Approved:  Feb. 10, 1997, February 19, 2018               
Reviewed:  Aug. 24, 2005, Nov. 30, 2012, January 15, 2018                                            
Revised:  Nov. 30, 2012, January 15, 2018          

The board may employ education associates or other instructional support personnel to assist licensed personnel in nonteaching duties, including, but not limited to:

•   managing and maintaining records, materials and equipment;
•   attending to the physical needs of children; and
•   performing other limited services to support teaching duties when such duties are determined and directed by the teacher.

Education associates who hold a current teaching certificate are compensated at the rate of pay established for their position as an education associate.  It shall be the responsibility of the principal to supervise education associates.

Legal Reference:  Iowa Code §§ 279.8; 280.3, (2013).
                                      281 I.A.C. 12.4(9); .5(9).

Cross Reference:  411.2 Classified Employee Qualifications, Recruitment, and Selection

Approved:  Feb. 11, 1985, February 19, 2018              
Reviewed:  Aug. 24, 2005, Nov. 30, 2012, January 15, 2018                                            
Revised:  Feb. 10, 1997, Nov. 30, 2012, January 15, 2018