Lateral Movement Alert

The latest proposal the board has made to the negotiations team contained an item we feel we should mention to you. The proposal was to eliminate the list of in-district inservices that could count toward lateral movement. The board's lead negotiator explained that he felt teachers should not get lateral movement for inservice taken at the district's expense.

As a result, we feel we ought to encourage any of you who plan to apply for lateral movement to get your application in (and all documentation provided to the board) before July 1, and ideally to get everything in early enough to be approved by July 1. The lateral movement form has a due date of August 20, but if we have to agree to this provision, then the new contract will go into effect on July 1. Even if agreement isn't reached until after July 1, the contract will be retroactive to that date.

LNEA negotiations team