[SchoolFinance] Ed Techs / Volunteering

[Kate Bolton]

Agreed! I do like to suggest that folks can donate their earnings back to
the cause they want to volunteer for - we even have school board members
who will give their stipend back to the district!

:) Kate

Kate Bolton
(she/her/hers and here's why <https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why/>)
Director of Business & Finance
Scarborough Public Schools
Tel: 207-730-4114



On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 2:22 PM Mark Bouchard <mbouchard at rsu39.org> wrote:

> RSU 39 operates as does Adam and Lucie.
>
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 2:13 PM Lucie Tabor <ltabor at vuesc.org> wrote:
>
>> We operate the same as Adam / Lewiston.
>>
>> We do have some people that insist they do not want to get paid, we
>> inform them that we do not have the option NOT to pay them (for same
>> similar role), but once they have received payment they could choose to
>> donate their earnings to that cause/org, but that it would be completely
>> voluntary on their part.
>>
>> Not only is limiting the volunteering of our hourly employees for the
>> same/similar role a violation of labor laws, but it also opens us up to
>> potential grievances from other employees who could potentially have had an
>> opportunity for extra hours if the volunteer was not there.
>>
>> Lucie
>> Valley Unified ESC
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 12:10 PM Adam Hanson <
>> ahanson at lewistonpublicschools.org> wrote:
>>
>>> We do not allow hourly employees to volunteer for any work that is the
>>> same as or similar to their regular duties, as it could lead to labor law
>>> issues.
>>> For example, a custodian can't volunteer to sweep the gym after the YMCA
>>> team uses it in the evening. A nutrition worker can't volunteer to run the
>>> kitchen for an after-hours benefit.
>>> But if the volunteer work clearly has no correlation at all to the work
>>> they do for the school department, then we would allow it.
>>> I think an ed tech assisting with an after-school activity could very
>>> easily fall into that tricky area that you wouldn't want to enter.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 10:35 AM Ida Simmons <
>>> isimmons at winthropschools.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Good Morning,
>>>>
>>>> Have any of you allowed ed techs to volunteer their time after their
>>>> regularly scheduled day to assist with after school activities/clubs?  The
>>>> CBA does not have specific language, but I wasn't sure if there are any
>>>> labor laws that might not allow this.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ida Simmons
>>>> Finance Specialist
>>>> Winthrop Public Schools
>>>> 207-377-2296 x 2003
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>> Lucie Tabor
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>> *Valley Unified Educational Service Center (VUESC)*
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