Members,
After our September 29th guidance advising you to not sign the District's liability agreement for employee-assigned laptops until our concerns were addressed, we have secured the following revisions to the SDP liability form that will protect you from unfair imposition of costs or other discipline:
● The agreement cover page will be revised to make it clear that staff will not be charged for stolen or lost laptops when a police report or serious incident report is filed; to allow for lost or stolen laptop replacements to be delivered to schools at the Office of Information Technology’s earliest convenience; and to make it clear that the District will cover the cost of repair or replacement upon receipt of a documented serious incident report filed by the employee when a laptop is damaged through no fault of the employee.
● Stolen, lost, or damaged employee-assigned laptop guidelines will be revised to make it clear that staff will not be charged for stolen or lost laptops when a police report or serious incident report is filed; to allow for lost or stolen laptop replacements to be delivered to schools at the Office of Information Technology’s earliest convenience; and to make it clear that the District will cover the cost of repair or replacement upon receipt of a documented serious incident report filed by the employee when a laptop is damaged through no fault of the employee.
● Administrative procedures for District-issued computers and portable computing
devices (attachment for Policy No. 717.1) will be revised to make it clear that staff will not be charged for stolen or lost laptops when a police report or serious incident report is filed; to allow for lost or stolen laptop replacements to be delivered to schools at the Office of Information Technology’s earliest convenience; and to make it clear that the District will cover the cost of repair or replacement upon receipt of a documented serious incident report filed by the employee when a laptop is damaged through no fault of the employee.
In solidarity and in service,
Arthur G. Steinberg, President
