Common use of REQUIREMENTS AS TO CONTINUITY OF SERVICE Clause in Contracts

REQUIREMENTS AS TO CONTINUITY OF SERVICE. 1. Service requirements for advancement within the compensation ranges and for other purposes as specified in this agreement, shall have the implication or continuous service, which mean employment in the school district without break or interruption. All absences without leave in excess of three (3) work days in any calendar year shall be deducted from and shall interrupt continuity of service. 2. For purpose of counting years of service, in arriving at placement on longevity pay steps, one year of service shall be granted for time spent as a full-time employee for at least one school year of nine months’ duration. Full-time shall be considered to be a job classified as requiring 27.5 hours per week or more. One-half year may be granted for full-time employment for at least five months. One-half year of service shall be granted for time spent as a part-time (less than 27.5 hours per week) employee for each separate school year of nine months. No service time shall be granted for part-time service for a separate school year of less than nine months. No service time shall be granted for time spent as a substitute; and shall not be eligible to advance to longevity steps as long as the employee remains a substitute. 3. Service in other jobs in the school district, outside of school Nutritional Service positions, will not be countable towards longevity service. 4. Employees will be held on the Base Rate Step if they have not completed the School Lunch Basic Food Course at Kirkwood Community College or an acceptable substitute course approved by the school Nutritional Service Director.