Safe Reopening Bargaining Positions As of February 3, 2021 Page 1 of 7

Safe Reopening Bargaining Positions as of February 3, 2021 Page 1 of 7

Critical Issues Where CTU Where CPS Started CPS' 1/29 CPS Position as CTU Position as of 2/7/2021 Tentative Framework Started proposals of 2/3/2021 2/3/2021 Schedule for In October, CPS a) Pre-K and Special a) Pre-K and Special Education Cluster Return to In- announced that it Education Cluster Programs resume February 11, 2021 for both person Learning planned to resume in- Programs resume students and staff. person instruciton in February 8, 2021 for both b) Teachers and staff for Kindergarten through November. students and staff. 5th grade report on February 22, 2021. b) Teachers and staff for Students in those grades report on March 1. In November, CPS Kindergarten through 5th c) Teachers and staff for 6th through 8th grade announced that pre-K grade report on February report on March 1. Students in those grades and cluster staff were 15, 2021. Students in report on March 8, 2021. required to report in those grades report on person on January 4, February 22, 2021. with students returning c) Teachers and staff for January 11; and that K- 6th through 8th grade 8 staff must report on report on February 22, January 25, with 2021. Students in those student returning grades report on March 1, February 1. 2021. Health Metrics Below 3% No rules for opening Close district if Close district if Meet criteria in CDC District Operational Pause - Following the positivity to the district; no rules to above 3% above 3% "Lower risk of resumption of in-person learning under this reopen quarantine a school positivity from positivity from transmission in schools" agreement, CPS shall pause in-person learning district; close due to an outbreak. “surveillance “surveillance category (positivity below for 14 days and transition fully to remote schools based (Comments about use testing” of CPS testing” of CPS 5% and less than 20 new instruction citywide if the COVID-19 test on of an 18 day “doubling staff. Rules staff. Rules about cases per 100K residents positivity rate (7 day rolling average) in the City neighborhood rate” in press about suspending every 14 days) of Chicago meets the following criteria: transmission conferences.) suspending operations at a 1) Rate increases for 7 consecutive days: rates operations at a school based on 2) Rate for each of the 7 consecutive days is at school based 3 unrelated least 15% higher (i.e. one-fifth higher) than the on 3 unrelated positive cases in rate one week prior; and positive cases 2 weeks. 3) Rate on the 7th day is 10% or greater. in 2 weeks. CPS shall resume in-person learning when the 14-day pause expires, or when the criteria for pausing in-person learning are no longer met, whichever is later.

Classroom Operational Pause - Triggered by 1 or more positive cases present during contagious period.

School Operational Pause - Triggered by 3 or more confirmed cases at a school wtihin a 14- day period.

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Critical Issues Where CTU Where CPS Started CPS' 1/29 CPS Position as CTU Position as of 2/7/2021 Tentative Framework Started proposals of 2/3/2021 2/3/2021 Vaccines Offer all staff No plan. Has offered to Has offered 1,500 1) CPS must coordinate 1) CPS Employer Vaccination Program - CPS opportunity to prioritize vaccine doses with health providers to shall provide at least 1,500 first vaccine doses be fully certain groups per week for all ensure at least 1,500 per week to CPS employees. Second doses vaccinated when vaccine CPS employees. CTU members are are guaranteed and do not count against before is available, Wants to target vaccinated every week. weekly allotment. Number of doses provided by required to but no vaccines to CPS per week will increase as the overall return in- specifics. bargaining unit 2) CPS must provide at Chicago supply of vaccines increase. person. employees with least 1,500 vaccines to 2) Protect Chicago Plus and CPS Vaccine accommodations CTU members per week, Partner Program - and require them and increase that number CPS must make all concerted efforts to acquire to return to in- proportionate to future a total of at least 1,500 vaccine doses per week person work after increases in Chicago's through a combination of the these two 1 dose. increased vaccine supply. programs: (a) "Protect Chicago Plus is a City of Chicago vaccination initative that has targeted Chicago's 15 communities hardest hit by Covid-19. Under this offer, CPS employees who live or work in one of those communities are eligible for vaccination through Protect Chicago Plus. (b) CPS will coordinated with provide health provider "CPS vaccination partners" to priortize CTU bargaining unit employees. 3) Vaccine Priority List. CPS shall prioritize within the CTU bargaining unit vaccination of (a) bargaining unit employees in the order of their phase-in group below and clerks and other employees who are working in-person on or after February 8; (b) bargaining unit members in highest risk age and demographic categories; (c) bargaining unit employees who live or work in one of the ten zip codes in the City of Chicago with the highest Covid-19 positivity rates; and (d) bargaining unit employees with telework accommodations who request vaccination in order to resume in-person work. 4) At least 2,000 doses per week must be offered to Pre-K and Cluster staff, and staff who have requested household accommodations during the week of February 8. Half will be offered to each group. 5) Employees will be permitted paid time to get vaccinated Safe Reopening Bargaining Positions as of February 3, 2021 Page 3 of 7

Critical Issues Where CTU Where CPS Started CPS' 1/29 CPS Position as CTU Position as of 2/7/2021 Tentative Framework Started proposals of 2/3/2021 2/3/2021 Accommodations Telework for Telework for some staff Telework for all Telework for all Grant accommodations 1) Employees with Medical Risks or Primary all staff in a in COVID-19 high-risk staff in a staff in a COVID- for all employees with Caregivers for Relatives with Medical Risks. COVID-19 categories. COVID-19 19 high-risk medical risks, who are CPS will grant approval for telework high-risk high-risk category primary caregivers for accommodations for all. These employees are category category themselves family members with eligible to receive vaccinations as part of the themselves, themselves medical risks, or who district vaccination plan, and may opt to return or with a Telework for 20% have household members to in-person work once vaccinated. household Telework for of staff with a who have medical risks. member in a 20% of staff household 2) Employees with Household Members with high-risk with a member in a Medical Risks. CPS will grant telework category. household COVID-19 high- accommodations to the extent operationally member in a risk category. feasible. Principals will reasonably utilize the COVID-19 Offer of unpaid following strategies so as to maximize the high-risk job protected number of HH accommodations granted: category. leave and/or ● Teachers and classroom staff with no returning to in- assigned in-person students on their roster or person after 1 caseload may work remotely. dose of vaccine. ● Reassigning students to different homerooms or sections of the same subject or grade levels, including combining classes ● Swapping class assignments among appropriately-qualified, licensed teachers or paraprofessionals ● Pairing in-person teachers and staff with teleworking teachers and staff, respectively, in order to create student rosters for employees which are all in-person or all remote. ● Creating multi-grade classes spanning no more than two grade levels

Employees who requeseted a HH accommodation by January 24 will be entitled to weekly testing at their school, and:

a) 1,000 additional vaccines will be offered the week of February 8 to employees in this group who commit by February 9 to return to work in- person no later than 14 calendar days after receiving their first dose. b) Employees who do not make this commitment may take an unpaid, job protected leave of absence with full benefits until the 4th quarter. c) If any of these additional 1,000 vaccines are Safe Reopening Bargaining Positions as of February 3, 2021 Page 4 of 7

Critical Issues Where CTU Where CPS Started CPS' 1/29 CPS Position as CTU Position as of 2/7/2021 Tentative Framework Started proposals of 2/3/2021 2/3/2021 not used by HH accommodation seekers, they will be administered per the priority list above.

3) Employees with Childcare Challenges. CPS will granted telework accommodations as operationally feasible. Employees will have family leave rights as provided by law. Employees not granted a telework accommodation related to childcare will continue to be offered an alternate accommodation whereby their children may attend their regular school on all days when students are in attendance or a CPS Learning Hub.

4) Employees not Granted Accommodations. Employees without an accommodation and who are not fully vaccinated may, upon request, take a job-protected unpaid leave of absence, with full benefits, for the third academic quarter. They shall remain eligible to receive vaccinations as part of the broader district vaccination plan. They shall return to paid status upon reporting for in-person work.

5) Timing and duration of staffing decisions. To the extent legally allowed, CPS will reevaluate accommodations and leaves prior to the 4th quarter, based upon levels of in-person attendance for the 4th quarter.

Bargaining unit employees who take the unpaid job-protected leaves created by the agreement may be offered the opportunity to return from lave to provide remote instruciton at any time during their leave.

Accommodations and leave requests for 4th quarter may not be unreasonably denied. Safe Reopening Bargaining Positions as of February 3, 2021 Page 5 of 7

Critical Issues Where CTU Where CPS Started CPS' 1/29 CPS Position as CTU Position as of 2/7/2021 Tentative Framework Started proposals of 2/3/2021 2/3/2021 Testing Baseline No plan. Test 50% of Tentative agreement to: Tentative agreement to: testing. Test staff/week, test 1) Test all symptomatic students and staff 1) Test all symptomatic students and staff all staff every 25% of 2) Test 100% of in-person employees per 2) Test 100% of in-person employees per week week, test students in 10 week at schools at the 134 schools in high at schools at the 134 schools in high covid case students in 40 zip codes with covid case count neighborhoods count neighborhoods schools with highest rates 3) Test 50% of in-person employees per 3) Test 50% of in-person employees per week highest week at all other neighborhoods at all other neighborhoods neighborhood 4) Test students at the 134 schools in high 4) Test students at the 134 schools in high rates covid case count neighborhoods covid case count neighborhoods 5) Offer testing to all staff before return to in- 5) Offer testing to all staff before return to in- person work person work 6) Offer testing to all students age 10 and 6) Offer testing to all students age 10 and above upon return to in-person above upon return to in-person Ventilation CPS must No plan. CPS conducted Tentative agreement. Tentative agreement. audit audit, ventilation, commitment to 5 CPS conducted audit, commitment to 5 air CPS conducted audit, commitment to 5 air comply with air changes/hr, changes/hr, portable air purifiers, ability for staff to changes/hr, portable air purifiers, ability for staff portable air self-check effectiveness, and non-compliant ASHRAE to self-check effectiveness, and non-compliant purifiers, ability rooms will not be used. standards. for staff to self- rooms will not be used. check effectiveness, and non- compliant rooms will not be used. Workspaces Workspaces No plan. Workspaces for clinicians that do not Tentative agreement. Tentative agreement. and nurses, meet shall meet therapeutic, Workspaces that do not meet therapeutic, Workspaces that do not meet therapeutic, therapeutic, instructional, instructional, safety, and ventilation instructional, safety, and ventilation standards instructional, safety, and standards will not be used. will not be used. and safety ventilation needs standards will not be used. Remote Learning Reduce No plan. CPS continues CPS continues to CPS shall provide families with additional Improvements student to propose no propose no technology and support for remote learning, screen time improvements improvements for including, but not limited to, headphones, by 1 hour, for the over the over 80% of devices and vision screening. increase prep 80% of families families choosing by one hour. choosing remote learning. Provide remote additional learning. tech support to families. Safe Reopening Bargaining Positions as of February 3, 2021 Page 6 of 7

Critical Issues Where CTU Where CPS Started CPS' 1/29 CPS Position as CTU Position as of 2/7/2021 Tentative Framework Started proposals of 2/3/2021 2/3/2021 PPE “Appropriate Full PPE for nurses “Appropriate Tentative agreement. Tentative agreement. PPE” and audiologists. PPE” including including N-95 N-95 masks, “Appropriate PPE” including N-95 masks, “Appropriate PPE” including N-95 masks, masks, gloves, gowns, gloves, gowns, and other equipment as gloves, gowns, and other equipment as gloves, and other required for specific jobs required for specific jobs gowns, and equipment as other required for equipment as specific jobs required for specific jobs.

Safety Building- and No plan. Building- and Tentative agreement. Tentative agreement. Committee district-level district-level safety safety Building- and district-level safety committees Building- and district-level safety committees committees committees empowered to enforce health and safety empowered to enforce health and safety empowered to empowered to protocols. Violations must be remedied as protocols. Violations must be remedied as soon enforce health enforce health soon as possible, preferably within 24 hours. as possible, preferably within 24 hours. and safety and safety protocols, protocols. including Violations must ordering a be remedied school return as soon as to full remote possible, for serious or preferably repeated within 24 violations. hours.

Provide the Additional No plan. Nothing to Nothing to Additional Supports for CPS and CTU shall collaborate through the support services Supports for increase increase support STLS students during the quarterly STLS services review under Article that our STLS support to CPS to CPS students pandemic. 46-1.4 of the CBA to provide additional support students/ parents students students and and families to students in transitional living situations, need in during the families facing facing greatest Hire 100 new counselors which shall include, but not be limited to, neighborhoods pandemic. greatest needs needs during the and social workers for coordination of social services, additional during the pandemic. trauma support. remote learning support (devices, broadband), Hire 100 new pandemic. and nutrition assistance. counselors and social workers for trauma support. Safe Reopening Bargaining Positions as of February 3, 2021 Page 7 of 7

Critical Issues Where CTU Where CPS Started CPS' 1/29 CPS Position as CTU Position as of 2/7/2021 Tentative Framework Started proposals of 2/3/2021 2/3/2021 Sustainable Release $2M No plan. No plan to No plan to Release $2M in unused Unaddressed. Community in unused release $2m release $2m that SCS funds from 19-20 to Schools SCS funds that should should have SCS schools for COVID from 19-20 to have supported these relieve and mutual aid. SCS schools supported schools. for COVID these schools. relieve and mutual aid. Specials Place No plan to address No plan. No plan. Place limitations on Specials teachers’ limitations on cohorts shall limitations on increased risk for these number of cohorts for not exceed the limitations established under the number of educators. specials previously-published CPS Principals’ Guidance. cohorts for specials Simultaneous Reject Simultaneous, but no No plan. No plan. Reject simultaneous Unaddressed. Instruction simultaneous PD or training on how. instruction instruction Rent abatement CPS should No plan. No plan. CPS should support the Unaddressed. support the CPS declines to call for rent abatement call for rent support. abatement Hold Pre-K and Make whole No plan. No plan. No plan. Make whole all Pre-K and Separate Side Letter to rescind discipline for Cluster staff, all Pre-K and cluster staff, clerks, and AWOL cases. Withheld pay and benefits, and clerks; and tech- cluster staff, tech-cos who exercised discipline concerning parent communication cos harmless clerks, and right to work remotely cases, to be handled through resolution of tech-cos who against whom CPS took pending litigation. exercised adverse action right to work remotely against whom CPS took adverse action