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| 1. Employee Leave Laws |
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a. Sick Leave
b. Personal leave
c. Sick Leave Bank
d. Catastrophic Sick Leave
e. On-the-Job Injury Leave
f. Leave of Absence
g. Vacation
h. Military Leave
i. Military Leave Differential Pay
j. Other Leave – Local Leave Policies (Optional)
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| 2. FLSA Wage & Hour |
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a. Record Keeping
b. Straight Time and Time & ½
c. Exempt and Non-exempt Employees
d. Comp Time vs. Overtime Pay
e. Child Labor Laws
f. Contract Employees
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| 3. Personnel Reporting |
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a. Teacher Certification
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iii.
iv.
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Highly Qualified
Fingerprinting
Background Check
Alternative Certifications |
b. LEAPS
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ii.
iii.
iv. |
General Overview
Funding Data
Scheduling Data
Troubleshooting and Verifying Data |
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| 4. Alabama Schools Accounting System and Payroll Coding |
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a. Review of Coding Components
b. Discussion – How it affects funding and how teacher units are earned
c. Function Code/Program Code/Object Code Crosswalk
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| 5. Retirement and Insurance |
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a. Retirement
b. RSA-1
c. DROP
d. PEEHIP
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| 6. School Law 1 – AASBO Core Course |
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a. Employment Laws
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ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
ix.
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Title VII Discrimination
Sexual Harassment
Age Discrimination
Americans with Disabilities Act
Equal Pay
Family and Medical Leave Act
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Open Records Act
Hiring
Evaluations |
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b. Contract Law – Teacher Accountability Act
c. Fair Dismissal Act
d. Personnel Policies
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| 7. Employee Benefits and Employer Tax Reporting Requirements |
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a. 403 (b) v. 457
b. Flexible Spending Accounts
c. POP Plans
d. New State Legislation
e. Garnishments
f. W-2's and 1099's
g. Calculation and Remittance of Payroll Taxes and 941's
h. Other Taxable Fringe Benefits
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| 8. Employment Legal Issues |
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a. Contracts
b. Supplements
c. Salary Schedules
d. Transfers
e. Suspensions
f. Fair Dismissal Act
g. FERPA
h. HIPPA
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| 9. Elective |
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| 10. Elective |
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** 30 Hour Certificate Program (24 core course hours and 6 elective hours)
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