LLIs not covered by arbitration award

  An arbitrator has determined that Limited License Instructors (LLIs)  are not covered by the Oct. 14, 2005,
  arbitration award for laid-off contract teachers who accepted positions as long-term subs and then were
  placed in a classroom vacancy.
  In an opinion dated March 2, 2007, Arbitrator Alan Walt said the arbitration award was “expressly limited
  to ‘contract teachers’ which is the only classification identified in the grievance and the issued award.”

  Walt also noted that there was nothing in the grievance that informed the district that LLIs were included
  in the class for whom relief was requested.
  Walt’s ruling came in response to a November 2006 request from the DFT  for clarification of the 2005
  arbitration award. The union said the award covered LLIs; the district disputed that claim.  Arbitrator Walt’s
 follows.