Continuing Contract Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent that a member eligible for continuing contract status be re-employed, and approval by the Board of Education, as prescribed and in compliance with the Ohio Revised Code, of the Superintendent’s recommendation, a continuing contract shall be entered into between the Board and the member. Teachers eligible for continuing service status are those teachers qualified as described below, who within the last five years have taught for at least three years in the District, and those teachers who, having attained continuing contract status elsewhere, have served two years in the District. In order to be eligible for the granting of a continuing contract, the bargaining unit member must have on file with the Board by March 20 of the year of tenure eligibility either: a. A Professional, Permanent or Life teacher’s certificate issued upon application submitted to the State Board of Education prior to September 1, 1998 or renewed or upgraded subsequent to September 1, 1998 in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 3319.22; or b. A Professional Educator’s License issued after October 29, 1996 and proof of at least one of the following: i. If a master’s degree was not held at the time of initially receiving a teaching certificate or an educator’s license, thirty (30) semester hours of course work in the area of licensure or in an area related to the teaching field since the initial issuance of such certificate or license; or ii. If a master’s degree was held at the time of initially receiving a teaching certificate or an educator’s license, six (6) semester hours of graduate course work in the area of licensure or in an area related to the teaching field since the initial issuance of the teaching certificate or license; or iii. A teacher holding a senior professional educator license or a lead professional educator license issued under the licensure provisions of the ORC. c. For bargaining unit members initially licensed after January 1, 2011, continuing contract eligibility is met if the teacher: i. Holds a professional, senior professional or lead professional license; ii. Has held an educator’s license for at least seven (7) years; and iii. Has completed either of the following: a. If the bargaining unit member did not hold a master’s degree at the time of initially receiving an educator license, thirty
MASTER CONTRACT This Master Contract is entered into this 1st day of July, 2014, between Westlake Charter Schools (hereinafter referred to as “LEA”) and CARE Educational Services (hereinafter referred to as “CONTRACTOR”) for the purpose of providing special education and/or related services to LEA students with exceptional needs under the authorization of California Education Code sections 56157, 56361 and 56365 et seq. and Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations section 3000 et seq., AB490 (Chapter 862, Statutes of 2003) and AB1858 (Chapter 914, Statutes of 2004). It is understood that this agreement does not commit LEA to pay for special education and/or related services provided to any LEA student, or CONTRACTOR to provide such special education and/or related services, unless and until an authorized LEA representative approves the provision of special education and/or related services by CONTRACTOR. Upon acceptance of a LEA student, CONTRACTOR shall submit to LEA an Individual Services Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “ISA”) and a Nonpublic Services Student Enrollment form as specified in the LEA Procedures. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, these forms shall acknowledge CONTRACTOR’s obligation to provide all services specified in the student’s Individualized Education Plan (hereinafter referred to as “IEP”). The ISA shall be executed within ninety (90) days of an LEA student’s enrollment. ▇▇▇ and CONTRACTOR shall enter into an ISA for each LEA student served by CONTRACTOR. As available and appropriate, the LEA shall make available access to any electronic IEP system and /or electronic data base for ISA developing including invoicing. Unless placement is made pursuant to an Office of Administrative Hearings (hereinafter referred to as “OAH”) order, a lawfully executed agreement between LEA and parent or authorized by ▇▇▇ for a transfer student pursuant to California Education Code section 56325, ▇▇▇ is not responsible for the costs associated with nonpublic agency placement until the date on which an IEP team meeting is convened, the IEP team determines that a nonpublic agency placement is appropriate, and the IEP is signed by the LEA student’s parent.