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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Board of School Trustees of the Vigo County School Corporation will hold a meeting on Monday, June 5, 2023, at 6 p.m. in the Board Room of the Administration Building, 501 West Olive Street, West Terre Haute, Indiana in order to receive public input on a proposed contract between the Board of School Trustees and the Superintendent. The entire proposed contract will be posted on the Vigo County School Corporation website effective May 23, 2023 (available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LnadW4jxpexK37vb095s_6-VqRO_8FYQ/view) and copies will be made available at the public hearing. After the hearing the Board of School Trustees will consider the input and then it will consider the proposed contract at a public meeting no sooner than seven days after the public hearing. Summary of Contract Provisions 1.Base Salary. The Superintendent's base salary will be $195,000. These amounts are subject to annual raises should teachers collective bargain a base salary raise. Additionally, the Superintendent will also receive any one-time stipend provided to other School Corporation teachers, but Superintendent shall receive at least a Two Thousand Dollar ($2,000.00) stipend every year unless evaluated as "needs improvement" or "ineffective." 2.Incentive-Based Compensation. An incentive-based compensation plan is available for up to $10,000 annually. The Board and Superintendent shall determine annually the goals to be achieved by the Superintendent in order to receive the incentive-based compensation. The incentive-based compensation plan shall be reduced to writing in the form of a resolution to be approved by the Board in its regular course of business. The amount will be deposited into a deferred compensation account. 291422 3.Sick Leave. In the first school year of the Superintendent's employment, the Superintendent shall have available fourteen (14) paid days for personal illness and ten (10) days each year thereafter. The total unused portion of the annual sick leave allowance shall be added to prior accumulated sick leave days, up to an unlimited accumulation. The Superintendent shall also carryover unused accrued sick leave and personal days from the Superintendent's prior employer. 4.Vacation Days. The Superintendent shall be entitled to thirty (30) paid vacation days annually accumulating to a maximum of fifty (50) days. Beginning on July 1, 2023, the Superintendent will have the right to receive in July of each calendar year payment of up to twenty (20) accrued vacation days purchased at the Superintendent's daily rate. 5.Health, Dental and Vision Insurance. The School Corporation will annually pay or credit the same amount to either a single or family plan premiums, respectively. Those annual amounts will be paid or credited to the Superintendent through the School Corporation's Section 125 Plan. The Board shall also pay the premiums for a $400,000 term life insurance policy. During the term of the contract, the Board shall also pay the premium for a long term disability policy insuring the Superintendent under the VCSC's long term disability plan. These costs would depend upon changes in the insurance premiums. 6.ISTRF. In addition to the other considerations provided to the Superintendent by this Contract, the Board shall make contributions to the Superintendent's 403(b) or 457(b) Plan the equivalent of any contributions the school corporation would have made to the Indiana State Teachers' Retirement Fund, which includes three percent (3%) of the Superintendent's annual base salary, as determined by INPRS's General Counsel. 7.Car Allowance. The Board shall provide the Superintendent with an annual car allowance of $8,000, deposited into a deferred compensation account, and compensation for all mileage incurred out of county for work or for work-related trips at the IRS-approved mileage rate. 8.Cellular Phone/Technology. The School Corporation shall provide the Superintendent with a cellphone and service plan in addition to a laptop computer. 9.Business and Professional Expenses. The Board shall reimburse the Superintendent for appropriate business and professional expenses. Appropriate expenses shall include the cost of membership and participation in State and National professional associations for educational administrators including the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents (IAPSS) and the American Association of School Administrators (AASA). In addition the School shall pay membership fees for any other organization where the Superintendent's participation is required by the Board. The Board shall also cover expenses related to the Superintendent's attendance at IAPSS, AASA or other educational meetings and conferences subject to the prior approval of the Board. The Board shall budget at least the sum of Three Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($3,800) each year of the Superintendent's employment for the purpose of professional development, the payment or reimbursement of professional association dues, and for participation in various education related organizations. 10.Retirement/Deferred Compensation. The Board shall pay the Superintendent an additional amount towards tax deferred compensation plans of $25,000. The Superintendent may elect but need not contribute to employee elective qualified retirement plans. This provision replaces other provisions in the prior VCSC superintendent contract. The foregoing amounts, the salary as set forth in Sections 4(a) and (b) of this Contract, any incentive-based compensation as provided in Section 4(c), payment of accrued but unused vacation days under Section 4(e), and any Section 125 amounts elected under Section 4(f) of this Contract are intended to represent the Superintendent's basic salary as defined by Indiana Code 5-10.2-4-3, and such amounts shall be used to determine the average annual compensation defined in Indiana Code 5-10.2-4-3 and reported to the Indiana State Teachers Retirement Fund for the Superintendent. Other than the contributions in this subpart k, the Superintendent shall be vested twenty percent (20%) in all other contributions made by the School Corporation to the Superintendent's 401(a), 403(b), 457, or VEBA accounts under this Agreement, which shall increase twenty percent (20%) each July 1 such that Superintendent shall be immediately and fully vested in all contributions made by the School Corporation to the Superintendent's 401(a), 403(b), 457, or VEBA accounts on or after the Superintendent's fifth anniversary date. In the event that the School Corporation provides the Superintendent with notice of non-renewal under Section 6 of this Agreement, the Superintendent shall be fully vested in all contributions made by the School Corporation to the Superintendent's 401(a), 403(b), 457, or VEBA accounts on the day this Contract terminates. 11.Other Benefits. The Superintendent shall be entitled to all other benefits established by the Board for all management employees of the Board in applicable handbooks, as amended, but the benefits in this Contract modify any conflicting or duplicating benefits in any applicable handbooks. 12.Transition Expenses. The School Corporation will provide the Superintendent with $5,000.00 toward transition expenses. 13.Cancellation of Superintendent's Addendum Contract. The cancellation of the Superintendent's Addendum Contract will be pursuant to state law, and "immorality" is defined in the Contract. Any cancellation cannot result in a buyout of the Superintendent's contract that exceed the Superintendent's base salary for any one year under the Contract. 14.Term. The term of this contract shall be July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026. This Contract shall automatically be extended one school year on each June 30 effective the next day, i.e., on July 1, unless a party gives the other written notice on or before the preceding January 1 that the party does not agree to the extension of this Contract. This provision is to be interpreted consistent with Indiana Code. 293213-T/S-5/25-hspaxlp
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