Section 10-033.
Grievance Procedures
The USD 263 Board of Education has
adopted the following resolution relating to Grievance Procedures:
1.
The Local Education Agency
recognizes the right of employees and students to express their grievances and
to seek a solution concerning disagreements arising from working conditions,
employment practices or differences in interpretation of policy which might
arise between the LEA and its employees.
2.
The procedures for processing
grievances shall be as follows:
a.
Should a grievant or the
representative feel, after oral discussion with the supervisor, that the
grievant's rights under LEA Policy have been violated, they may originate a
grievance. The grievant and/or the
representative shall, within 180 days of the date the grievance occurred,
present the facts, in writing, to the proper supervisor, department head or a
designated representative of the LEA. The
decision of such official shall be made, in writing, to the grievant within ten
(10) working days.
b.
Should the grievant decide that
the reply of the supervisor, department head or representative is
unsatisfactory, the grievant shall, within ten (10) working day, submit an
appeal to the Superintendent of Schools. The
decision of the Superintendent of Schools shall be made, in writing, to the
grievant or the representative within then (10) days.
c.
Should the grievant decide that
the reply of the Superintendent of Schools is unsatisfactory, the matter may be
appealed, within ten (10) working days, to a Grievance Committee which shall be
established as follows:
1.
The grievant or the
representative may designate one (1) member.
2.
The Superintendent of Schools or
the representative shall appoint one (1) member.
3.
The two members appointed, as
provided in 1 and 2 above, shall agree upon a third member.
4.
In the event the grievant
representative and the LEA representative cannot agree upon a third members of
the Grievance Committee within a period of ten (10) working days, the President
of the local BOE shall designate a third member.
5.
The Grievance Committee, as
provided in "c" shall meet within a period of ten (10) working days
after the appointment of the third member of the Committee and set the matter
for hearing and shall render its decision as promptly as possible.
A decision of the Grievance Committee may be reached upon the concurrence
of any two (2) of the three members.
6.
The Grievance Committee shall
keep a complete record of any hearing before it, including any exhibits or
papers submitted to it in connection with the hearing and a complete transcript
of any testimony taken. Upon
rendering its decision, the complete record shall be filed in the office of the
Superintendent of Schools and shall be available to the grievant, the grievant's
representative or the LEA's representative.
d.
In the event the decision of the
Grievance Committee is unsatisfactory to either the grievant or the
Superintendent of Schools, either may, within ten (10) days after receipt of the
decision of the Grievance Committee, file a written notice of appeal to the
local Board of Education.
e.
Upon receipt of the notice of
appeal, the President of the local Board of Education shall cause the transcript
of the hearing before the Grievance Committee to be filed with the local Board
of Education who shall review such record. The
decision of the local Board of Education, upon such review, shall be
final.
f.
If the decision is deemed
unsatisfactory by the complainant(s), a complaint of alleged discrimination may
be filed with the:
900 Jackson,
Equal Employment
911 Walnut, 10th Floor
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Office of Civil Rights
Approved by Board