 Monday, November 22nd at 5.45 p.m. via Google Meet and Bethel campus agenda call to order any adjustments to the agenda. I do not imagine so let's keep going discussion 3.1 career change assistance program take it away Jamie all right so per the master agreement each board in the SU have to act on whether they're going to offer the career change assistance program opportunity for our faculty we at least since my 10 years started no one has we hadn't been in a place financially to feel like we could budget accordingly to support that just so folks know that article 17 does allow for any faculty member who's been with us 15 years or longer to apply if you do grant the opportunity to participate with that results in is a one-time so for the following year their salary 80% of their salary and for one single-planning single-healthcare plan and so you know we plan on you know when you think about salary and benefits about 80,000 for a teacher and so you'd be thinking about 80% of that if you were able to to allow for that and so we have not in your current budget what you've been seeing plan for that and so if you took action tonight in the wood budget accordingly if that was the case is it the negotiations committee recommendation that we do this I'm not in a place to talk about that publicly right now oh okay so shouldn't we be an executive session to talk about this no you should be taking action on this publicly that's it right now that's this year you're asking me what's the negotiations team thinking about in the future well I guess no I guess I'm confused is this in the current contract yes okay just so I understand so it's in the current contract but it can't be offered until we approve it and why did we approve it if you approve it or not offer you have the option every local district board in the current master agreement as the opportunity to offer this opportunity first down Robert go ahead yes as I understand from the language of the contract it's the hit will not be just will not be next year it will be 80% of the staff of the last year's salary and that'll be spread over three four or five years per the teacher's option is that correct yeah so what our financial the worst that our financial obligation would be in the fall in this the following year would be a third of the salary so yeah plus one one cost of health insurance what I would say is is that typically when I see these types of plans they are typically to support the idea of it's called career change assistance what I've seen them be is more of an opportunity to say to a teacher that maybe who are feeling like teaching behind them a way for them to feel like they can financially move on and what I'm very comfortable saying in public session is is that we have teachers who are feeling like this is no longer the ideal fit we should be helping them realize a position that they do feel is most supportive to wherever they're current and their current pursuit realize and I don't think we should be saying we'll provide a financial means to pursue so if you said to me then what do you advise I would certainly devise that we decline I'm sorry I missed the last part of that it faded out I would advise that we decline in offering this okay thank you that's what I'm because I'm not familiar I mean I like the idea of sabbatical in the sense of this is very different from that yeah got you okay that's what I was thinking this was that's that's no okay for the questions Amy justine Robert mayor you want another comment yes I want to point out in in history we had a similar a similar offering in the far past and hoping that some some particular teachers would take that option in fact our very best teachers which we hope to retain took that option so you have it needs to be taken very offered very judiciously so just a great point as well Robert again just because I'm thick and I like to understand things if we reject this it means that it can't be offered to anybody right right okay so we have to approve it in general and then a teacher applies for it and then we would say yes or no after we've approved it I don't think we have the option once the teacher applies to say yes or no they can take it if a teacher applies thank you that's this is this is the clarity I want on the record for us so we know what we're doing because is there a limit to how many teachers can apply I do believe there is and I do not bring the master agreement with me tonight so I apologize actually I have it right here I lied sorry it's been it's been a busy day folks I can imagine we're ready to move this motion yes I'd like to make a motion that we do not offer the career change assistance program second second discussion being none all in favor signify by saying aye aye aye aye aye aye oh aye him disappiors as say, if you want to pull up the agenda, I can, I muted you on purpose. I think it's over his computer. Yeah, I can pull up the agenda. See what was on it now. Action and then public comment. Okay. Oh, there's Ethan's back. Go ahead and take back over. We're about to do public comment. Can you just so just to add it is not captain's for any teacher over 15 years. You think you're muted? Immuted you. Okay, great. Any public comment? Being none. Motion to adjourn. There's no adjourn on this agenda. So we'll assume that that's understood. All in favor of adjourning. Signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Good. We're up. Thank you all for making time.