Common use of Initial Procedure Clause in Contracts

Initial Procedure. 21.3.1 Any Employee who has a grievance shall initiate the complaint by setting forth the grievance in writing on a form provided by the school district stating the nature of the grievance and the relief sought. The written grievance must be filed with the Employee's principal within 20 days of the time of the Employee knew or should have known of the event. As exceptions, members of the Child Study Team shall file with the Director of Special Services, Maintenance and Custodial Employees shall file with the School Business Administrator and Secretarial Employees whose immediate supervisor is not a principal shall file with that supervisor. 21.3.2 The administrator shall render a determination on the grievance in writing and forward copies to the Employee, the Association Grievance Chairman, and the President of the Association, within 5 days after receiving the written grievance statement. 21.3.3 If the matter is not satisfactorily resolved at this level, the Employee may proceed to the next level. 21.3.4 The second level for Secretarial Employees whose immediate supervisor is not a principal is to repeat the initial level with the Employee's principal. The procedures and time limits are the same as for the initial level. If the matter is not satisfactorily resolved at this level, the Employee may proceed to the next level.