ARTICLE XV
WAGES
A. WAGE RATE. Wages shall be per the attached salary schedule
(Appendix B) based upon years of continuous service and salary column.
Employees hired after January 1 will remain on year one wage rate for the
following contract year.
Para Educators acting in the role of personal care aides (PCA) shall receive an
annual stipend of $150 for the nature of their work as discussed in negotiations.
This stipend will be provided at the conclusion of each school year. PCAs must
initially complete one full year to be eligible to receive this stipend.
B. LEVELS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Level C employees include all cafeteria workers, including cashiers, whose
primary duties include maintaining student discipline in the cafeteria, food
preparation, food serving, dish washing, kitchen cleaning, food sales, and
other duties assigned by the building principal or lead cook. Other Level C
employees are the high school guidance clerk II, the utility assistants, and
the regular education and intervention para educators.
Level D employees are secretarial/clerical staff whose primary duties are
word processing, filing, record-keeping, and other general office duties as
assigned by the supervisor. Level D secretarial/clerical employees are
expected to exhibit basic office skills, basic mathematics and communication
skills; employees are custodial staff whose primary duties are cleaning,
painting, snow removal, and general maintenance for a specifically assigned
area and other duties as assigned by the supervisor; special education para
educators who primary duties surround special education students, the
secretary to the athletic director/physical plant, and aides who assist
librarians.
Level E employees are custodial staff whose responsibilities cover an entire
building or whose responsibilities include directing others or whose
responsibilities include general repairs, mowing or helping maintenance
persons. Level E employees are secretarial/clerical staff whose position
requires advanced office skills as well as skill in composing original letters
and reports and cafeteria lead cooks. Level E employees also include all van
drivers and technology support technicians whose primary responsibilities
include general repair of computers.
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Level Femployees are maintenance staff that do not hold any certifications
and secretarial/clerical staff whose primary responsibilities include
advanced computer skills, bookkeeping, accounting, and district school
attendance record-keeping.
Level G_employees are maintenance staff whose primary responsibilities
include practicing the trade of electrician, carpenter, or plumber and
automotive mechanics, and health room aides who must hold nursing
degrees.
Level H employees are maintenance staff whose primary duties include
in addition to Level G the directing of other maintenance staff.
C. SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL. Bargaining unit employees who work the second
shift shall receive a shift differential, provided it is the employee's regular work
shift. Second shift shall be defined as any shift beginning after 12 o'clock noon.
The shift differential will be $0.45 per hour.
D. TEMPORARY PAY. When a higher level employee is absent and a
lower level employee is assigned the duties of the higher level, the assigned
employee shall receive the higher rate of pay.
Part-time employees used to replace a full-time employee on a temporary basis
shall not receive over-time pay but shall get the rate of pay for the higher
classification for the hours so worked.
When a nine (9) month employee works additional time during the summer in a
similar position as they are employed during the school year, that employee will
be paid their contracted hourly rate for any hours worked during the
summer.
E. NEW HIRE EXPERIENCE. Newly hired employees with previous
Bellefonte Area School District experience will be credited with steps on the
salary schedule for their prior years of District service. New hires, with similar
experience from other school districts, may be given credit on the salary
schedule for their experience.
ARTICLE XVI
ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION
A. TRAVEL ALLOWANCE. Employees who are required to use their own
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APPENDIX B
Bellefonte Area School District
BESPA Salary Schedules
2025-2026
Old New
Step Step C D E F G H
2 1 15.60 16.33 16.74 17.15 20.65 22.11
3 2 15.80 16.53 16.94 17.35 20.85 22.31
4 3 16.20 16.93 17.34 17.75 21.25 22.71
5 4 16.60 17.33 17.74 18.15 21.65 23.11
6 5 17.00 17.73 18.14 18.55 22.05 23.51
7 6 17.40 18.13 18.54 18.95 22.45 23.91
8 7 17.80 18.53 18.94 19.35 22.85 24.31
9 8 18.20 18.93 19.34 19.75 23.25 24.71
10 9 18.60 19.33 19.74 20.15 23.65 25.11
11 10 19.13 19.88 20.29 20.72 24.22 25.30
12 11 19.13 19.88 20.29 20.72 24.22 25.30
13 12 19.13 19.88 20.29 20.72 24.22 25.30
14 13 19.13 19.88 20.29 20.72 24.22 25.30
15 14 19.13 19.88 20.29 20.72 24.22 25.30
16 15 19.79 20.49 20.90 21.33 24.83 25.91
17 16 19.79 20.49 20.90 21.33 24.83 25.91
18 17 19.79 20.49 20.90 21.33 24.83 25.91
19 18 19.79 20.49 20.90 21.33 24.83 25.91
20 19 19.79 20.49 20.90 21.33 24.83 25.91
21 20 20.44 21.15 21.56 21.99 25.49 26.54
22 21 20.44 21.15 21.56 21.99 25.49 26.54
23 22 20.44 21.15 21.56 21.99 25.49 26.54
24 23 20.44 21.15 21.56 21.99 25.49 26.54
25 24 20.44 21.15 21.56 21.99 25.49 26.54
26 25 21.06 21.75 22.16 22.59 26.09 27.16
Step 1 has been eliminated. During this year of the contract, your step number will remain the same as 2024-
2025 but you are still actually one step closer to the top. For example: Someone who was on step 5 (out of 26
steps) in 2024-2025 would move to old step 6 (new step 5) in 2025-2026. This new step 5 is out of 25 steps
instead of 26 steps.
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