GCB
PROFESSIONAL  STAFF
CONTRACTS  AND  COMPENSATION

Salaries in the District will be differentiated in relationship to duties and responsibilities.

The Superintendent will provide recommendations on salaries and fringe benefits to the Board.

The Board at any time may establish, within the budgetary constraints of the District, the salaries and benefits for all employees necessary for the succeeding year.

Every fiscal year, each School District employee will be provided a total compensation statement that is broken down by category of benefit or payment and that includes, for that employee, at least all of the following:

A.  Base salary and any additional pay.

B.  Medical benefits and the value of any employer-paid portions of insurance plan premiums.

C.  Retirement benefit plans, including social security.

D.  Legally required benefits.

E.  Any paid leave.

F.  Any other payment made to or on behalf of the employee.

G.  Any other benefit provided to the employee.

Subject to the terms of employment contracts, the Governing Board at any time may reduce salaries or eliminate certificated teachers in the District in order to effectuate economies in the operation of the District or to improve the efficient conduct and administration of the District's schools.  Notice of a general salary reduction shall be given each certificated teacher affected.  These provisions do not apply to salary reductions from classroom site fund money.

Liquidated  Damages

All contracts offered to certificated personnel shall include a provision that the employee will pay an amount in liquidated damage to the District in the event the employee abandons or resigns from the employment prior to the termination date in the contract.  This amount is not a penalty but is meant to reimburse the District for expenses such as substitutes, advertising and employment of a replacement.  While the District's future costs cannot be forecast accurately, liquidated damages will be set in an amount that is a reasonable estimate of the costs.  The Board, with the recommendation of the Superintendent, will approve the amount of liquidated damages annually at the time the form of contract is approved.

Liquidated damages may be withheld from the employee's final pay.  Any balance remaining may be collected by the District by any lawful means.

The Board reserves the right to waive all or a portion of the liquidated damages if the employee's resignation is due to unforeseen circumstances beyond the employee's control.  Uncontrollable circumstances may include, but are not limited to, incapacitating medical condition or injury of the employee or a member of the employee's immediate family requiring employee's care, a spouse's relocation due to employment to a distance beyond a reasonable commuting distance, other situations determined by the Board to be beyond the employee's control.  The Board may, but is not required to, waive payment when the employee's departure is to take a position within the education field that constitutes a promotion.  Liquidated damages will not be charged when the termination of employment is initiated by the District.

Adopted:  November 3, 2021

LEGAL REF.:
A.R.S.
15-341
15-502
15-503
15-544
15-952
15-977

CROSS REF.:
GCF - Professional Staff Hiring
GCO - Evaluation of Professional Staff Members