8.1                   Salary Schedules

8.1.1                        Effective January 1, 2000, the salary schedules shall be increased by 10 percent.

Effective January 1, 2001, the salary schedules shall be increased by the approved and funded State COLA for the 2000-2001 fiscal year plus 1.0%. All Salary schedules in the appendices and all other compensation amounts including stipends and stipend pools shall be increased by any percentage increases agreed upon.

8.2                   Initial group and step placement on the appropriate salary schedule shall be based on professional experience and training as determined in accordance with Appendices C l, C 2 and C 3.

8.3                   Step and group movement shall be determined in accordance with Appendix D.

8.4                   Tenured and probationary faculty members shall be paid their regular annual contract salary ten equal monthly installments on the first of each month.  However, if the first falls on a weekend or holiday, then payment shall be made on the next day the District's offices are open.  The ten payments shall start on October 1.  Additionally, if the calendar for Fall semester requires a starting date prior to September 1, full-time faculty may request to be paid an advance against their October check by submitting the proper paperwork to Payroll prior to the first day of fall classes.

8.4.1                In lieu of the payment arrangements described in 8.4, full-time faculty shall have the option of receiving 12 (twelve) equal payments on the first of every month, beginning August 1.  Such an election shall be made during an annual enrollment period established and publicized by the District, and shall remain in force in 12-month increments until revoked in writing by the faculty member.

8.5                   Hourly employees working a compressed 16-week semester assignment shall be paid in four installments each semester during the regular year.  Payment shall be made on the last weekday of each month after the first month of the semester.

8.6                   Unit members employed to teach on an hourly basis shall receive a minimum of two (2) weeks of pay for a graded class that is canceled after the class convenes.  Hourly faculty who have unconditional employment contracts shall be compensated as stated in their contracts.

8.7                   Graded hourly faculty members who taught graded classes during the spring and/or summer sessions of 1977 shall be placed no lower than Group III, Step 2 on the graded hourly faculty schedule, and shall be entitled to step advancement when the necessary weekly teaching hours have been accumulated.

8.8                             Effective January 1, 1990, Nicholas DiCamillo shall have his salary fixed at an amount off the regular salary schedule.  Annual increases for this employee shall be the same as the general increase to the regular salary schedule.  In the event the employee qualifies for group movement, he shall receive the greater of the special placement or the point on the salary schedule for which he would qualify.

8.9                             Department chairs and certain other departmental faculty leaders shall be paid on schedules reflecting their increased responsibilities and longer calendars. (Article 22 and Appendix A).