ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment. B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere. C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers. F. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint. G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association. H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization. J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting. K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement, Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS.
A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation negotiating and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of her/his membership in the AssociationLocal 10/MEA/NEA, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association Lake Xxxxxx Unit or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their her/his institution of any grievance, grievance complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights she/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereby law.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit and its representatives shall have the right same rights as other community groups to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special where custodial service is services are required, the Board may make a reasonable the same charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsis made to other community groups.
D. Duly authorized representatives representation of the Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsoperation. The Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit may hold meetings of up to one hour in duration during Teacher Record Days or In-services that are scheduled when school is not in session for the entire day so long as said meetings don't interfere with or interrupt scheduled activities.
E. The Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit shall have the exclusive privilege to use school facilities and equipment normally used for instructional purposes when such equipment is not otherwise in use. After being given a list of district costs for materials and supplies, the Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit shall quarterly present to the Superintendent a list of supplies and material used along with a check for the same.
F. The Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx unit shall have the right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit concern on teacher bulletin boards, boards not accessible to students at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes mailboxes for communications to teachers. The Association agrees to be responsible for the content of all such communications which the Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit or its representatives post or distribute using school facilities. The informational materials will be identified with the name of the individual posting it or the unit authorizing it. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit either on or off school premises.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational education background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit to process any grievance or complaint. The Association shall specify in writing the information desired.
G. H. The Board may consult with the Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The Teachers shall be entitled to full rights granted herein of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the Association shall professional employment of such teacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not be granted within the appropriate concern or extended attention of the Board except as it exceeds the bounds of questionable, ethical or moral behavior that brings disgrace and discredit to any competing labor organizationthe Lake Xxxxxx Community Schools.
J. The Board Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit shall place have the same privileges for placing items on the agenda of each regular board meeting for Board consideration as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known other community groups. Such items shall be submitted to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar , in writing, at least five days prior to said regular the scheduled meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Contract, Master Contract, Master Contract
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee Certified Teacher of the Board shall have the right rights freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation bargaining, professional negotiations, and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionprotection to provide a quality education for the students of Engadine Consolidated Schools. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under and the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings to conduct association business at all reasonable after school hours for meetings. However, provided that when special custodial service no Association meetings will be held while school is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsin session.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective recognized affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal be while school operationsis in session.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to use school facilities and equipment, including typewriters, mimeographing machines, and all type of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use and upon approval of the Superintendent of Schools. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use.
F. The Association shall have the right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher teachers bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes mailboxes for communications to teachers.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests from time to time all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The Board agrees to furnish upon request to the Association prior to the opening of school copies of all individual salary and service agreements, including total payment for extra-curricular activities, of tenure teachers and contracts of non-tenure teachers for validation by members designated by the Association in terms of this contract.
I. The teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher.
J. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sex, or marital status. Membership .
K. Consistent with the Code of Ethics of the Education Profession, membership in the Association shall not be denied open to any teacher because all certified teachers under contract regardless of race, creed, religionsex, color, marital status or national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement, Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee member of the Board bargaining unit shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his this membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulationsLaws. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. Notwithstanding his employment, a teacher shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher. The local Xxxxxxxx Education private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board, provided it does not interfere with the performance of his contractual duties.
D. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, or marital status.
E. The Association and its representatives members shall have the right to use the school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetingsbuildings, equipment and facilities without cost to the Association, provided that when special custodial service is requiredsaid buildings, equipment and facilities are available and the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall Association use will not interfere with or interrupt the normal school operationsuse prescribed by the Board. Permission shall be obtained from the building principal one week in advance.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. F. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of the Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association shall be responsible for policing the boards. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications communication to teachers.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable written requests all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports Annual Financial Reports and auditsAudits, register Register of certificated personnelCertificated Personnel, tentative budgetary requirements Tentative Budgetary Requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets)Allocations, agendas Agendas and minutes Minutes of all Board meetingsMeetings, treasurerTreasurer's reportsReports, census Census and membership dataMembership Data, names Names and addresses Addresses of all teachersTeachers, salaries paid Salaries Paid thereto and educational backgroundEducational Background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their studentsteachers, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement, Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, MCL 423.201 et seq., the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board as defined in Article1.A. shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly-elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not neither directly or nor indirectly discourage or deprive discourage, deprive, or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Public Employment Relations Act or other laws of Michigan law or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect as to wages, hours, wages, or any and other terms or and conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their the institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect as to any terms or and conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to The Association agrees that it will neither directly nor indirectly coerce nor intimidate any teacher rights he may have under to join the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereAssociation.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Board and Association specifically recognize the mutual right to invoke the assistance of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission, or a mediator from such a public agency, or an arbitrator appointed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and its representatives both parties agree to be bound by any lawful order or award thereof.
D. The Association shall have the right to use school buildings building facilities for meetings at all reasonable after school hours and the equipment normally available for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, teachers’ use at all reasonable hours without cost for Association business. The Association shall pay for the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this cost of all materials and supplies incident to the use of said equipment. Use of facilities and equipment shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsthe instructional program.
D. Duly authorized representatives E. Bulletin boards and other established means of communication shall be made available to the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachersits members.
F. The Association agrees to reimburse the Board for any damages to school equipment entrusted to its use or care for Association-related events upon competent proof that the Association or one of its members intentionally caused any damage to said equipment. Any dispute which may arise as to liability or damages shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration provisions set forth in Article 19 of this Agreement.
G. The second and fourth Monday of every month shall be reserved for Association meetings after school hours, and the Board agrees that mutually-acceptable meeting rooms, when not previously scheduled, shall be made available to the Association without cost.
H. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests from time to time all public available information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict, including including, but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, a register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets)allocations, agendas agenda and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's ’s reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers teachers, community and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration I. This Agreement and the Association may be given opportunity to advise policies and practices of the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement District shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious, or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, agereligious beliefs, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesexual orientation, creedresidence, religionqualifying disability, colorpolitical activities, national originprofessional association activity, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted , or extended to any competing labor organizationgender.
J. The Board and the Association pledge themselves to seek to extend the advantages of public education to every student without discrimination in the same manner as stated in the above paragraph and to seek to achieve full equality of educational opportunity for all students.
K. This Agreement shall place not be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher those rights granted under the Michigan Revised School Code. The rights granted the teachers in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
L. Information regarding a teacher’s performance in extracurricular activities shall be included in his/her personnel file if the information relates to those professional and personal characteristics associated with his/her regular assignment. Information which relates only to those skills necessary for performance in extracurricular assignments shall be kept in a separate file.
M. Each bargaining unit employee shall have the right upon request to review the contents of his/her personnel file.
1. A representative of the Association may, at the teacher’s request, accompany the teacher in this review. The teacher and the representative of the Association, if any, shall review said file in the office of the administrator responsible for the safekeeping of said confidential credentials.
2. Letters of reference from universities, individuals, or previous employers are specifically exempt from review unless the Board or any of its agents, supervisors, or administrators rest any decision or discipline in any form on the agenda contents of such confidential credentials or said letters of reference. Under those circumstances said teacher shall have full opportunity to examine such documents and offer such explanation as said teacher deems necessary or warranted.
3. The administrator in charge of the personnel file shall, in the presence of the teacher or the representative of the Association, if any, remove the confidential credentials, letters of reference from universities, individuals, or previous employers from the file prior to a review of same by the teacher and the Association representative, if any, except when said confidential credentials or letters of reference are utilized or made the basis of any administrative decision or discipline in any form.
4. All communications, including evaluations by East Lansing Public Schools administrators, commendations, or validated complaints directed toward the teacher which are included in the personnel file shall be called to the teacher’s attention. The teacher shall have an opportunity to review same at or prior to the time of inclusion in the personnel file.
5. If the administration receives a complaint regarding a teacher from someone other than a school official, the administration shall notify the teacher of the complaint and investigate its validity. If the administration determines that the complaint is substantiated, the teacher shall be notified in writing of the administrative action taken. If a grievance is filed over a disciplinary action taken against a professional staff member working in a non-teaching position which results from a complaint from someone other than a school official, it shall be deemed to be at Level Two of the Grievance Procedures.
N. A professional staff member working in a non-teaching position is entitled, and may request, to have an Association Representative present when said professional staff member working in a non-teaching position is being warned, reprimanded, or disciplined for any reason. When a request for said representative is made by the professional staff member working in a non-teaching position, disciplinary action shall be suspended for a period not to exceed one (1) school day to provide an opportunity to arrange to have an Association Representative present. Further, the Board acknowledges that only authorized Association members may act in a representational capacity on behalf of bargaining unit employees. Not later than October 1st of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by year, the Association so long as those matters are made known President shall provide to the Superintendent's Office six Superintendent a written list of those authorized Association members who may act in a representational capacity on behalf of bargaining unit employees for that school year.
1. Any warning, reprimand, or disciplinary action made verbally to a professional staff member working in a non-teaching position may be reduced to writing and shall become formal.
2. All written material which is to be inserted into the personnel file, shall be called to the teacher’s attention.
a. A bargaining unit member shall be given the opportunity to review and sign such material(s) at or prior to the time of its inclusion in the personnel file. A copy of the material(s) shall be provided to the bargaining unit member and shall include a notation that a copy is to be inserted into the personnel file.
b. The bargaining unit member’s signature shall not be interpreted to mean agreement with the content of said material(s), but shall be interpreted to mean that the bargaining unit member has reviewed the same.
c. If a bargaining unit member refuses to sign material(s) intended to be inserted into the personnel file of that member, the material(s) may be inserted into the personnel file without the bargaining unit member’s signature provided that it is accompanied by written notation that the bargaining unit member refused to sign and, provided further, that the Association President is notified of the employer’s action at the time the material is inserted into the personnel file.
O. When in the teacher’s opinion, inaccurate or misleading documentation is to be inserted into said teacher’s personnel file, the teacher shall have the option to submit a written notation which specifically identifies and addresses briefly the statement believed to be inaccurate or misleading. Such notation shall be submitted within seven (67) calendar days prior to of receipt of said regular meetingdocumentation and shall be inserted into the personnel file. Letters of direction, formal warning, reprimand, or disciplinary action may be used in any future matters.
K. The Association P. No teacher shall have be required to submit to a maximum polygraph or lie detector device in any investigation without his/her consent.
Q. For the duration of eleven (11) days total each school year this Agreement, the Board agrees to pay the cost of released time without loss any physical examination required of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to new teachers coming into the Associationsystem. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall Board will pay the substitute feecost of Board-provided tuberculin skin tests. Substitutes will Teachers electing any x-ray in lieu of such tests shall be obtained through regular channelsreimbursed at the level of the Board’s cost for Board- administered tests.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly-elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; States and that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, his participation in any membership in the teacher's Association, his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or of conditions of employment, as defined by the Master Agreement.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulationsLaws. The rights granted to teachers hereunder in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Board specifically recognizes the right of its teachers appropriately to invoke the assistance of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission or a mediator from such public agency.
D. The Association and its representatives shall members have the right to use building facilities for meetings at such hours that do not interfere with the regular program of the school buildings or any other activities that had previously been scheduled and approved by the Board or its representatives.
E. Office mail boxes and bulletin boards in the teachers' lounges and workrooms shall be made available. This shall not be interpreted to require the District to process any such mail through the District's internal mail system. If the District refuses to process mail under this provision, it shall return the mail to the sending party.
F. Duly authorized representatives of the Association shall be permitted to transact Association business on school property at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, times provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall such does not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to honor reasonable requests all public for available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets)District, agendas and minutes of all Board school board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to bargain collectively and to process any grievance or complaintgrievances.
G. H. The Association shall be duly advised by the Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified of fiscal, budgetary or budgetary, and tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration programs affecting the District and the Association may be given shall, whenever feasible, have the opportunity in advance to advise consult with the Board with respect to said matters thereto prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. I. Academic freedom shall be guaranteed to teachers, and no special limitations shall be placed upon study, investigation, presenting and interpreting facts and ideas concerning man, human society, the physical and biological world, and other branches of learning, subject to accepted standards of professional responsibility.
J. The right to academic freedom herein established shall include the right to support or oppose political causes and issues outside of the normal classroom activities.
K. All confidential communications obtained by a teacher in the course of his professional duties with students shall be disclosed only as authorized by law.
L. Notwithstanding their employment, teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship, and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher. It is expressly understood that a teacher may not advance his own personal political or religious views in the classroom.
M. The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital sex, marital, or parental status. Membership , or membership in or association with the Association shall not be denied to activities of any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor employee organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to the Michigan Public Employment Employee Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right to freely to organize, organize and join and support support, or to refrain from organizing, joining and supporting the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation negotiations and other concerted activities for of mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of the code of law of in the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees the Association agree that it they will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive discourage, deprive, or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and or the United States; : that it they will not discriminate against any teacher teachers with respect to hours, wages, or any other terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in or by their failure to join the Association, the teacher's participation or failure to participate in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or of conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws laws or other applicable civil service laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall not be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher.
C. At least one bulletin board or a section thereof shall be reserved in each school for the exclusive use of the Association for purposes of posting material dealing with proper and legitimate Association business.
D. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have members may request the right use of school building for their purposes in accordance with the policies established by the Board.
E. Teachers' mailboxes, e-mail and the inter-school mail service may be used by the Association for the transmittal of communications.
F. Immediately prior to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is requiredcontract negotiations, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnelDistrict, tentative budgetary requirements requirements, and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational backgroundallocations, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintits proposals.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sex, or marital status, or membership in or association with the activities of any employee organization.
1. Membership The Association agrees that any grievance concerning an alleged violation of this clause that is resolved in Arbitration will be final and binding, and the Association will not participate or cooperate in any subsequent hearings.
H. No material regarding a teacher's conduct, service, character, or personality shall be placed in the Association shall not be denied file unless the teacher has had an opportunity to read the material. The Teacher has a right to prepare a written statement concerning any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusmatter contained within the file and have it placed in the file.
I. The teachers shall be entitled to full rights granted herein of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher.
X. The Board agrees that all written reprimands or docking of pay shall be for just cause. Any teacher protesting the reprimand or such docking of pay may file a grievance and process it up to and including binding arbitration. Whenever any teacher is called to the principal's office concerning possible discipline, he or she shall have the right to call for an Association Representative in the building. If the teacher requests an Association Representative, there shall be no further discussion until the representative arrives at the office. If an Association Representative (or Alternate Association Representative were designated) is not available in the building, the BVEA Grievance Chairperson may be requested and if the BVEA Grievance Chairperson is not available, the BVEA President may be requested. In no event shall a Representative leave their building or their assignment without approval from their building administrator.
X. Any resignation submitted by a member under duress may be revoked by said member within one (1) calendar week.
X. Any complaint made against a teacher by any parent, student, or other person cannot be granted used in any manner in evaluating or extended disciplining the teacher if said teacher has not been informed of the complaint, and is afforded the opportunity to any competing labor organizationanswer or rebut such complaint.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right to freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionnegotiations. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher Teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher Teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment. Any grievance which may arise under the specific charge of discrimination must state clearly the manner in which all parties were treated differently than said grievant which forms the basis for the charge of discrimination.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he The Association and its members may have under use school rooms at reasonable hours for meetings with the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws Administration’s approval and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereby scheduling such use with Central Office.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education No Teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
D. A bulletin board in the Teachers' lounge in each building shall be made available to the Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsmembers.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities be furnished on request all regularly and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public routinely prepared information concerning the financial resources condition of the district, school including but not limited to: annual financial reports statement and auditsadopted budget. In addition, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements the Board and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas the administration will grant reasonable requests for any other "readily available" and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with pertinent information which may be necessary relevant to negotiations or the processing of any grievance.
F. Board policies will be maintained and accessible through the district webpage. A hard copy is available in Central Office for the Association to process any grievance or complaintreview.
G. The Board may consult with agrees to provide to the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions up to twenty (20) days per year to permit selected Association members the use of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and said days for the purpose of attending various Association may be given opportunity to advise functions excluding those of non-teaching (non-certified) affiliates. The Association shall reimburse the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publicationits actual substitute rate for days 11-20. The Board None of these twenty (20) days shall not submit any proposal be utilized for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationovert strike support in other school districts.
H. The provisions of this Agreement PEA Grievance Chairperson shall be applied without regard released from regular classroom duties when necessary to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership facilitate the processing of grievances in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusconjunction with administratively called meetings.
I. The rights granted herein Association may use interschool mail and Teachers’ mailboxes for Association mail provided that no clerical employees are expected to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organizationhandle such mail.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board parties hereby agrees agree that every employee of the Board teachers shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly- elected body exercising governmental power under color cover of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's his/her participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment. The Association likewise agrees that it shall not intimidate or coerce any teacher in the exercise of his/her rights set forth herein or under law.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights s/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers a teacher hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives members shall have the right to make use of school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, and facilities in keeping with the rules and regulations of the Board may make a reasonable charge thereforegoverning the use of buildings and facilities. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. The Association shall have the right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on bulletin boards which shall be provided that this shall in each school building in areas designated for teacher use, such as teachers' lounges and work rooms, but not interfere with in areas open to the public or interrupt normal students. The Board will permit, but cannot assume the responsibility for, delivering notices through its school operationsdelivery service for Association purposes.
D. Duly authorized representatives Officials of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be Association, including its Executive Director, are permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall such business does not interfere with the teachers' performance of their duties or interrupt normal school operationsoperations and that the building principal or his/her designee shall be promptly informed of such officials' presence.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Association, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, all public information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict and tentative budget, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational backgroundwhich have passed the discussion stage by the Board, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their studentsAssociation, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint. Further, the Executive Director of the Association and the Board's Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources agree to exchange copies of all non confidential research reports and other relative material dealing with collective bargaining which become available to them.
G. F. The Board may shall advise the Association of fiscal, budgetary, and tax programs that affect the District promptly when adopted. The Association shall have the opportunity in advance to consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters thereto prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board .
G. Teachers shall not submit be entitled to full rights of citizenship, and no religious or political activities of any proposal teacher or lack thereof shall be grounds for additional operational any discipline or building millage without prior consultation discrimination with respect to the Associationprofessional employment of such teachers.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creeddisability, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sexual orientation or marital status.
I. The During the term of this Agreement, the rights granted herein to the Association shall will not be granted or extended to any competing labor other organizations claiming to represent a teachers' organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought policies which affect teachers but whose provisions are not covered in this Agreement will be provided in writing to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) school days prior noticeto the first reading to permit the Association to address the Board of its view of the proposal. The Association may request the opportunity to review and discuss the proposed Board policy only with administrative staff prior to the first reading. In addition to the above, if the implementation of a written Board or building policy or procedure directly affecting a teacher, which is not covered by this Agreement, is the basis of a complaint by him/her, it may be registered and processed as provided in Article through but not beyond Level II.
K. Membership in the Association is not compulsory. The Association is required under this Agreement to represent all of the teachers in the bargaining unit fairly and equally to the extent provided herein and under the law. The terms of the Agreement shall apply equally to all teachers in the bargaining unit and not only for members in the Association, and this Agreement has been executed by the Board after it has satisfied itself that the Association is the choice of a majority of the teachers in the bargaining unit.
(1) During the school year and conditioned on being given adequate advance notice, the Board will provide the Association a maximum of thirty (30) paid and released school days for the purpose of transacting official Association business by its President and/or Association authorized members, as long as there can be shown no demonstrable harm to the Board from the utilization of such days. Further, a maximum of twenty (20) additional days may be used, provided that the Association shall pay the cost of any substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsutilized for coverage of such days.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right to freely to organize, join and support the Association Asso- ciation for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionnegotiations. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of MichiganMichi- gan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher Teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher Teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or conditions con- ditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment. Any grievance which may arise under the specific charge of discrimination must state clearly the manner in which all parties were treated differently than said grievant which forms the basis for the charge of discrimination.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he The Association and its members may have under use school rooms at reasonable hours for meet- ings with the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws Administration’s approval and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereby scheduling such use with Central Office.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education No Teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
D. A bulletin board in the Teachers' lounge in each building shall be made available to the Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsmembers.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities be furnished on request all regularly and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information routinely prepared infor- mation concerning the financial resources condition of the district, school including but not limited to: annual financial reports statement and auditsadopted budget. In addition, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements the Board and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas the administration will grant reasonable requests for any other "readily available" and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with pertinent information which may be necessary for relevant to negotiations or the Association to process processing of any grievance or complaintgrievance.
F. Board policies will be maintained and accessible through the district webpage.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity agrees to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein provide to the Association shall not be granted or extended up to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six twenty (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (1120) days total each school per year to permit selected Association members the use of released time without loss said days for the purpose of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The attending various Association President shall make all requests on behalf functions excluding those of Association membersnon-teaching (non-certified) affiliates. The Association shall provide at least five reimburse the Board its actual substitute rate for days 11-20 and ORS costs for all days used in accordance with the law. None of these twenty (520) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsutilized for overt strike support in other school districts.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board as defined in Article I hereof shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of the law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or nor indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their the institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny The Association agrees it will not directly nor indirectly coerce or restrict to intimidate any teacher rights he may have under to join the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereAssociation.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Board and Association specifically recognize the mutual right to invoke the assistance of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission, or a mediator from such a public agency, or an arbitrator appointed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and its representatives both parties agree to be bound by any lawful order or award thereof.
D. The Association shall have the right to use school buildings building facilities for meetings at all reasonable after school hours and the equipment normally available for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, teachers’ use at all reasonable hours without cost for Association business. The Association shall pay for the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this cost of all materials and supplies incident to the use of said equipment. Use of facilities and equipment shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsthe instructional program.
D. Duly authorized representatives E. Bulletin boards and other established means of communication shall be made available to the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachersits members.
F. The Association agrees to reimburse the Board for any damages to school equipment entrusted to its use or care upon competent proof that the Association or one of its members intentionally caused any damage to said equipment. Any dispute which may arise as to liability or damages shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration provisions set forth in Article XIX of this Agreement.
G. The second and fourth Monday of every month shall be reserved for Association meetings after school hours, and the Board agrees that mutually acceptable meeting rooms, when not previously scheduled, shall be made available to the Association without cost.
H. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests from time to time all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including including, but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, a register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets)allocations, agendas agenda and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's ’s reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers teachers, community and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. I. The provisions of this Agreement and the policies and practices of the school district shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racereligious beliefs, creed, religionsexual orientation, colorresidence, national originqualifying disability, political activities, professional association activity, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted , or extended to any competing labor organizationgender.
J. The Board and the Association pledge themselves to seek to extend the advantages of public education to every student without discrimination in the same manner as stated in the above paragraph and to seek to achieve full equality of educational opportunity for all pupils.
K. Nothing contained herein shall place be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher those rights granted under the Michigan Revised School Code. The rights granted the teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
L. Information regarding a teacher’s performance in extracurricular activities shall be included in his/her personnel file if the information relates to those professional and personal characteristics associated with his/her regular assignment. Information which relates only to those skills necessary for performance in extracurricular assignments shall be kept in a separate file and shall have no negative effect or impact on evaluating the teacher’s regular assignment.
M. Each teacher or member of the bargaining unit, as defined in this Agreement, shall have the right upon request to review the contents of his/her personnel file.
1. A representative of the Association may, at the teacher’s request, accompany the teacher in this review. The teacher and the representative of the Association, if any, shall review said file in the office of the administrator responsible for the safekeeping of said confidential credentials.
2. Letters of reference from universities, individuals, or previous employers are specifically exempt from review unless the Board or any of its agents, supervisors, or administrators rest any decision or discipline in any form on the agenda contents of each regular board meeting such confidential credentials or said letters of reference. Under those circumstances said teacher shall have full opportunity to examine such documents and offer such explanation as said teacher deems necessary or warranted.
3. The administrator in charge of the first personnel file shall, in the presence of the teacher or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought the representative of the Association, if any, remove the confidential credentials, letters of reference from universities, individuals, or previous employers from the file prior to its consideration a review of same by the teacher and the Association so long as those matters Representative, if any, except when said confidential credentials or letters of reference are utilized or made known the basis of any administrative decision or discipline in any form.
4. All communications, including evaluations by East Lansing Public Schools administrators, commendations, or validated complaints directed toward the teacher which are included in the personnel file shall be called to the Superintendent's Office six teacher’s attention. The teacher shall have an opportunity to review same at or prior to the time of inclusion in the personnel file.
5. If the administration receives a complaint regarding a teacher from someone other than a school official, the administration shall notify the teacher of the complaint and investigate its validity. If the administration determines that the complaint is substantiated, the teacher shall be notified in writing of the administrative action taken. If a grievance is filed over a disciplinary action taken against a teacher resulting from such a complaint, it shall be deemed to be at Level Two of the Grievance Procedures.
N. A teacher is entitled, and may request, to have an Association Representative present when said teacher is being warned, reprimanded or disciplined for any reason. When a request for said representative is made by the teacher, disciplinary action shall be suspended for a period not to exceed one (61) school day in order to give the teacher an opportunity to arrange to have an Association Representative present.
1. Any warning, reprimand or disciplinary action made verbally to a teacher may, at that teacher’s request, be reduced to writing and shall become formal.
2. All written material which is of a disciplinary nature, and which is to be inserted into the personnel file, shall be called to the teacher’s attention.
a. A bargaining unit member shall be given the opportunity to review and sign such material(s) at or prior to the time of its inclusion in the personnel file. A copy of the material(s) shall be provided to the bargaining unit member and shall include a notation that a copy is to be inserted into the personnel file.
b. The bargaining unit member’s signature shall not be interpreted to mean agreement with the content of said material(s), but shall be interpreted to mean that the bargaining unit member has reviewed the same.
c. If a bargaining unit member refuses to sign material(s) intended to be inserted into the personnel file of that member, the material(s) may be inserted into the personnel file without the bargaining unit member’s signature provided that it is accompanied by written notation that the bargaining unit member refused to sign and, provided further, that the Association President is notified of the employer’s action at the time the material is inserted into the personnel file.
3. When in the teacher’s opinion, inaccurate or misleading documentation is to be inserted into said teacher’s personnel file, the teacher shall have the option to submit a written notation which specifically identifies and addresses briefly the statement believed to be inaccurate or misleading. Such notation shall be submitted within seven (7) calendar days prior to of receipt of said regular meetingdocumentation and shall be inserted into the personnel file.
K. The Association shall have a maximum 4. Only letters of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officersdirection, delegatesformal warning, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part reprimand or disciplinary action may be used in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsany future matters.
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Samples: Employment Agreement, Professional Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right to freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association Association, or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this the Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, upon notification of the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with Superintendent or interrupt normal school operationshis designated representative.
D. Duly X. Xxxx authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, times provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsoperations and the representative checks into the office upon arrival.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to use school facilities and equipment when such equipment is not otherwise in use and upon notification of the Superintendent or his/her designated representative.
F. The Association shall have the right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one (1) of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service teacher mailboxes and teacher mail boxes email for communications to teachers.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all matters of public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational backgroundDistrict, and such any other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. H. The Board may consult with the Concord Education Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may shall be given an opportunity to advise review proposed Board policy and present statements regarding the policy to the Board prior to final vote on said policy.
I. Notwithstanding their employment, the teacher shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to said matters prior the professional employment of such teacher, so long as it does not impair the ability to perform their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationteaching responsibility.
H. The provisions X. Xxxxxxx party shall unlawfully discriminate against any teacher or applicant for employment because of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to his/her religion, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sex, sexual orientation, height, weight, marital status. Membership status or handicap and neither party shall unlawfully discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of his/her membership or non- membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meetingAssociation.
K. The Association shall have may appear on the printed agenda of a maximum Board meeting for the purpose of eleven (11) days total each school year addressing the Board by filing a written statement of released time without loss such intention and appropriate informational materials with the Superintendent of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least Schools not later than five (5) days prior notice. to the date of the meeting.
X. The Association shall pay private life of a teacher is his/her own affair unless his/her conduct should adversely affect his/her relations with students or the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsdischarge of his/her teaching and other school related duties.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right to freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association Association, or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this the Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, upon notification of the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with Superintendent or interrupt normal school operationshis designated representative.
D. Duly X. Xxxx authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, times provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsoperations and the representative checks into the office upon arrival.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to use school facilities and equipment when such equipment is not otherwise in use and upon notification of the Superintendent or his/her designated representative.
F. The Association shall have the right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one (1) of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service teacher mailboxes and teacher mail boxes email for communications to teachers.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all matters of public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational backgroundDistrict, and such any other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. H. The Board may consult with the Concord Education Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may shall be given an opportunity to advise review proposed Board policy and present statements regarding the policy to the Board prior to final vote on said policy.
I. Notwithstanding their employment, the teacher shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to said matters prior the professional employment of such teacher, so long as it does not impair the ability to perform their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationteaching responsibility.
H. The provisions X. Xxxxxxx party shall unlawfully discriminate against any teacher or applicant for employment because of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to his/her religion, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sex, sexual orientation, height, weight, marital status. Membership status or handicap and neither party shall unlawfully discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of his/her membership or non-membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meetingAssociation.
K. The Association shall have may appear on the printed agenda of a maximum Board meeting for the purpose of eleven (11) days total each school year addressing the Board by filing a written statement of released time without loss such intention and appropriate informational materials with the Superintendent of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least Schools not later than five (5) days prior notice. to the date of the meeting.
X. The Association shall pay private life of a teacher is his/her own affair unless his/her conduct should adversely affect his/her relations with students or the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsdischarge of his/her teaching and other school related duties.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every certificated employee of the Board shall have the right to freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the The Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or working conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's his/her participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms hours, wages, or conditions of employmentworking conditions.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives members shall have the right to schedule use of the school buildings at all reasonable after school hours building facilities during custodial hours. For any Association use of the building facilities beyond these hours, custodial time will be paid for meetingsby the Association, provided that when special custodial service is required, the according to building use established by Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsPolicy.
D. C. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsoperations or classroom procedures.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. D. The Board agrees to make available furnish the Association with all financial reports and minutes of the Board meetings and any other information needed by the Association or necessary to process any grievance.
E. At the written request of the Unit Chairperson, the Board shall consult the executive board of the S.E.A. when initiating or revising tax or construction programs, curriculum, educational programs and policy, or extracurricular policy. Recommendations will not be binding on the Board.
F. As a condition of employment, each teacher at the time of signing his/her contract, shall either (1) agree to join the Association S.E.A., M.E.A., & N.E.A. or (2) pay a Service Fee to the Association, as determined in accordance with the policies outlined in the Association’s ―Policy Regarding Objections to Political-Ideological Expenditures‖ and the Administrative Procedures and pursuant to applicable court decisions. Employees choosing to be a Service Fee Payer shall notify the Association in response writing prior to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the districtAugust 31, including but not limited to: annual financial reports stating their political-ideological objections and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as whether they shall remain a Local Association member. The Service Fee dues will assist the Association be determined in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult accordance with the procedures outlined in the ―Policy Regarding Objections to Political-Ideological Expenditures‖ and pursuant to applicable court decisions. Service Fee payers choosing to remain a local Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and member shall pay the Association may be given opportunity S.E.A. amount in addition to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publicationService Fee dues. The Board Service Fee shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with exceed the Association.
H. The provisions amount of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of dues collected from Association members. The Association member dues shall provide at least five be equivalent to the sum of the S.E.A., M.E.A., and N.E.A. dues. Employees who wish to have payroll deductions of their dues will have a choice of either eight (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.8) or sixteen
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation negotia- tion and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate discrimi- nate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall members have the right to use school buildings building facilities at all any reasonable after school hours for Association meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with Building Principal or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives central office has been notified forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the Association and their respective affiliates meeting. No teacher shall be permitted to transact official prevented from wearing insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association business either on or off school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which premises. Bulletin board space shall be provided made available to the Association in each school building. The Association may agrees to reimburse the Board for the actual cost of paper supplies and use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes of copying machines used for communications to teachersAssociation business.
F. D. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public from time to time available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated certified personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets)allocations, agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint. It is expressly understood that information contained within an individual's personnel file may only be released by written permission of the individual.
G. E. The Board may shall consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration consideration, and the Association may shall be given opportunity to advise make recommendations to the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. F. The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein G. No religious or political activities of any teachers or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the Association professional employment of such teacher provided the same does not occur during the hours of duty. The private and personal life of any teacher shall not be granted or extended subject to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration disciplinary action by the Association so Board or its agents as long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meetingit does not affect his teaching effectiveness.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's his/her participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he he/she may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder here under shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings for meetings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that during which custodial services are regularly scheduled. Meetings may be held in the High School when there is no regularly scheduled custodial service in another building. When special custodial service is required, the Board may shall make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsstandard charges as stated in the custodial contract.
D. Duly Members of the bargaining unit and their authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to use school facilities and equipment, including typewriters, mimeographing machines, other duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall provide its own material and supplies incidental to such use.
F. The Association shall have the right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and District teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association on or off school premises. The fact that this Section does not state that the Association may use the District's mail service shall not be construed as changing any practice of allowing the Association to deliver mail to teachers and have access to teacher mail boxes.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests from time to time all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets)allocations, agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, students together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintAssociation.
G. H. The Board may consult with shall inform the Association on of any new or modified fiscalfiscal budgetary, budgetary or tax programsprogram, construction programs, program or major revisions revision of educational policy, policy which are proposed or under consideration consideration. The Association may ask to consult with the Board and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board shall meet with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication.
I. Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities or any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher. The Board Consistent with the Code of Ethics of the Education Profession and the Michigan Professional Educators Code of Ethics, the private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board. Subject to the requirement that there must be just cause for any discipline, this provision shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with restrict the Associationright to discipline if the teacher's ability to function effectively as a teacher is adversely affected.
H. J. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sex, or marital status. Membership Sex may be considered when making assignments requiring locker room supervision.
K. Consistent with the Code of Ethics of the Education Profession and the Michigan Professional Educators Code of Ethics, membership in the Association shall not be denied open to any teacher because all teachers regardless of race, creed, religion, color, age, sex, marital status, or national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. L. Each teacher may review the contents of all records (excluding documents exempt by law such as initial references and those from previous Districts) contained in his/her file. The rights granted herein teacher may have a representative of the Association present during such review. The teacher must make an appointment 24 hours in advance with a central office administrator or designee.
M. No material may be placed in the teacher's personnel file unless the teacher has had the opportunity to review the material. If the teacher is asked to sign such material, the signature shall be understood to mean only that the teacher has been made aware of the material. Any material found to be inappropriate or in error shall be corrected or removed from the file. The teacher shall have the right to attach a statement of clarification or dissent.
N. Any complaint against a teacher shall be promptly brought to the Association shall not be granted or extended teacher's attention if the nature of the complaint is such that discipline of the teacher is being considered based upon the complaint. It is agreed that the Board may reasonably delay bringing a complaint to any competing labor organizationthe teacher’s attention if doing so would jeopardize the investigation.
J. The Board O. All recommendations pertaining to whether a teacher’s employment should be continued or discontinued based upon the quality of his/her work performance shall place on be primarily based upon the agenda contents of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendentteacher's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meetingpersonnel file.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. 2.1 Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionnegotiation. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the The Board undertakes and agrees that it will not neither directly or nor indirectly discourage or deprive discourage, deprive, or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred covered by Act 379 of the Act or other Public Acts of 1965, laws of Michigan or the Constitution State of Michigan and the United States; that it will not nor discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or and conditions of employment by reason reasons of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or Association, participation in collective professional negotiations with the Boardnegotiations, or their the institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employmentAgreement.
B. 2.2 Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights s/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights and responsibilities granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. 2.3 The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives affiliates shall have the right to use school buildings at building facilities and shall be subject to all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, provisions of the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsof Education policies regarding such use.
D. 2.4 Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. All such representatives shall notify the building office of their immediate presence in the building.
E. 2.5 Time on the agenda of regular staff meetings shall be granted to the Association, when requested.
2.6 No teacher shall be prevented from wearing or displaying insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. The Association agrees that the displaying of such identification will not deface the building.
2.7 The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices use the District’s communication systems provided that all such Association material is clearly identified and the Association accepts all responsibility for such material. The location of activities and matters of the Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which boards shall be mutually agreed upon. Other communication systems may also be used by the Association upon mutual agreement by the parties. The Association office shall be a regular pick up delivery stop on the intra-district mail service, provided the W-WEA Office is located within the school district.
2.8 The Association may use school equipment including computers, typewriters, copy machines, and other duplication equipment normally available to teachers in each school buildingaccordance with Board policy, administrative regulations, and applicable legal requirements. The Association may also use calculating machines and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times when such equipment is not otherwise in use. It is understood that such equipment shall not be removed from school property. The Association shall pay the district intra-mail service current cost of all materials and teacher mail boxes for communications supplies incident to teacherssuch use. Use of equipment other than that listed herein shall be with Administrative approval. The Association recognizes that all equipment in a building is ultimately the responsibility of the school principal.
F. 2.9 The Board agrees to make furnish within ten (10) working days, all available to information requested by the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which District. Timelines may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintextended by mutual agreement.
G. The 2.10 Within a reasonable time prior to Board may consult with the Association on any consideration and adoption and/or general publication of major new or modified fiscal, fiscal budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Board shall inform the Association may be given opportunity in writing of such proposals and solicit the Association's opinion. Administration shall forward a copy of the Association's opinion to advise the Board prior to the meeting on the matter. When Board established committees, task forces, and other groups formed to study such major changes are to include teacher members, such teacher members will be appointed by the W-WEA.
2.11 Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship. No religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board. None of the aforementioned activities shall disrupt normal school operations.
2.12 Disciplinary interviews and reprimands will be considered privately. Meetings between a teacher and supervisor which are called for the purpose of disciplining and/or reprimanding the teacher shall begin with an announcement from the supervisor clearly stating that the purpose of the meeting is for discipline and/or reprimand. The supervisor shall also inform the teacher of his/her right to have an Association representative of his/her choice during any such meeting. When the affected teacher requests the presence of an Association representative the meeting/interview will not proceed until the representative is in attendance. At no time will this cause the meeting to be delayed more than 48 hours.
2.13 No teacher shall be disciplined or discharged by the Board, except in a manner that is fair and reasonable, (not arbitrary or capricious) with the exception of the termination or non- renewal of a probationary teacher.
2.14 Teachers against whom charges or allegations have been made which could lead to suspension, reprimand, and/or dismissal shall be provided copies of all allegations and charges at the time of a disciplinary meeting.
2.15 No disciplinary action shall result from a meeting characterized by the Board as non- disciplinary in nature.
2.16 Each teacher shall have the right to review the content of his/her personnel file. S/he shall have the right to have Association representation in such review. All such reviews shall be made in the presence of the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources or his/her designated representative. Confidential credentials and other letters of reference sought at the time of employment are specifically exempt from such review. The W-WEA and the Board will follow all procedures as outlined in the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Employee Right to Know Act, Act No. 397 of the Public Acts of 1978 MCLA 423.501 - 423.512. A teacher's personnel file may not contain a reprimand in excess of three years provided no additional reprimand occurs during the said matters prior three year period.
2.17 Wednesday afternoon following the teacher's regular work day shall be reserved for Association meetings. Teachers representing the Association as Executive Board members, Governing Board members, Grievance Committee members, and Bargaining Team members shall be allowed to leave their adoption and/or general publicationrespective building five (5) minutes after the close of the pupils' instructional day, except for school business which cannot be delayed. This dismissal time will not exceed two (2) meetings per month.
2.18 The Board shall not submit any proposal provide the Association, in a timely fashion, the names and addresses of all new teachers. When a new teacher orientation occurs, the Association shall have sufficient time on the agenda for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with presentation of items of mutual interest to new personnel and the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall 2.19 Special conferences for important matters will be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in arranged between the Association shall president and the Board or their designated representatives upon request of either party. Grievance hearings and bargaining sessions are not to be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusconsidered special conferences.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every professional employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not no discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed construe to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewherefounded in law or on contracts, individual and collective.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Teachers and their Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. When special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this . No charge shall not interfere with be made for use of school rooms before the commencement of the school day or interrupt normal school operations.after 6:00 P.M.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable timestime, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. Taking a teacher away from his assigned duty station is considered interrupting normal school operation.
E. Teachers shall have the right to use school facilities and equipment for Association business to include the use of computers, printers, email, fax machine, telephone and all type of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use, and said equipment shall be used on the school premises.
F. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intrainter-school mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers, provided they are signed by an Association representative.
F. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, MCL 423.201 et seq., the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board as defined in Article1.A. shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly-elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not neither directly or nor indirectly discourage or deprive discourage, deprive, or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Public Employment Relations Act or other laws of Michigan law or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect as to wages, hours, wages, or any and other terms or and conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their the institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect as to any terms or and conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to The Association agrees that it will neither directly nor indirectly coerce nor intimidate any teacher rights he may have under to join the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereAssociation.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Board and Association specifically recognize the mutual right to invoke the assistance of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission, or a mediator from such a public agency, or an arbitrator appointed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and its representatives both parties agree to be bound by any lawful order or award thereof.
D. The Association shall have the right to use school buildings building facilities for meetings at all reasonable after school hours and the equipment normally available for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, teachers’ use at all reasonable hours without cost for Association business. The Association shall pay for the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this cost of all materials and supplies incident to the use of said equipment. Use of facilities and equipment shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsthe instructional program.
D. Duly authorized representatives E. Bulletin boards and other established means of communication shall be made available to the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachersits members.
F. The Association agrees to reimburse the Board for any damages to school equipment entrusted to its use or care for Association-related events upon competent proof that the Association or one of its members intentionally caused any damage to said equipment. Any dispute which may arise as to liability or damages shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration provisions set forth in Article 19 of this Agreement.
G. The second and fourth Monday of every month shall be reserved for Association meetings after school hours, and the Board agrees that mutually-acceptable meeting rooms, when not previously scheduled, shall be made available to the Association without cost.
H. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests from time to time all public available information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict, including including, but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, a register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets)allocations, agendas agenda and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's ’s reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers teachers, community and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration I. This Agreement and the Association may be given opportunity to advise policies and practices of the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement District shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious, or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, agereligious beliefs, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesexual orientation, creedresidence, religionqualifying disability, colorpolitical activities, national originprofessional association activity, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted , or extended to any competing labor organizationgender.
J. The Board and the Association pledge themselves to seek to extend the advantages of public education to every student without discrimination in the same manner as stated in the above paragraph and to seek to achieve full equality of educational opportunity for all students.
K. This Agreement shall place not be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher those rights granted under the Michigan Revised School Code. The rights granted the teachers in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
L. Information regarding a teacher’s performance in extracurricular activities shall be included in his/her personnel file if the information relates to those professional and personal characteristics associated with his/her regular assignment. Information which relates only to those skills necessary for performance in extracurricular assignments shall be kept in a separate file.
M. Each bargaining unit employee shall have the right upon request to review the contents of his/her personnel file.
1. A representative of the Association may, at the teacher’s request, accompany the teacher in this review. The teacher and the representative of the Association, if any, shall review said file in the office of the administrator responsible for the safekeeping of said confidential credentials.
2. Letters of reference from universities, individuals, or previous employers are specifically exempt from review unless the Board or any of its agents, supervisors, or administrators rest any decision or discipline in any form on the agenda contents of such confidential credentials or said letters of reference. Under those circumstances said teacher shall have full opportunity to examine such documents and offer such explanation as said teacher deems necessary or warranted.
3. The administrator in charge of the personnel file shall, in the presence of the teacher or the representative of the Association, if any, remove the confidential credentials, letters of reference from universities, individuals, or previous employers from the file prior to a review of same by the teacher and the Association representative, if any, except when said confidential credentials or letters of reference are utilized or made the basis of any administrative decision or discipline in any form.
4. All communications, including evaluations by East Lansing Public Schools administrators, commendations, or validated complaints directed toward the teacher which are included in the personnel file shall be called to the teacher’s attention. The teacher shall have an opportunity to review same at or prior to the time of inclusion in the personnel file.
5. If the administration receives a complaint regarding a teacher from someone other than a school official, the administration shall notify the teacher of the complaint and investigate its validity. If the administration determines that the complaint is substantiated, the teacher shall be notified in writing of the administrative action taken. If a grievance is filed over a disciplinary action taken against a professional staff member working in a non-teaching position which results from a complaint from someone other than a school official, it shall be deemed to be at Level Two of the Grievance Procedures.
N. A professional staff member working in a non-teaching position is entitled, and may request, to have an Association Representative present when said professional staff member working in a non-teaching position is being warned, reprimanded, or disciplined for any reason. When a request for said representative is made by the professional staff member working in a non-teaching position, disciplinary action shall be suspended for a period not to exceed one (1) school day to provide an opportunity to arrange to have an Association Representative present. Further, the Board acknowledges that only authorized Association members may act in a representational capacity on behalf of bargaining unit employees. Not later than October 1st of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by year, the Association so long as those matters are made known President shall provide to the Superintendent's Office six Superintendent a written list of those authorized Association members who may act in a representational capacity on behalf of bargaining unit employees for that school year.
1. Any warning, reprimand, or disciplinary action made verbally to a professional staff member working in a non-teaching position may be reduced to writing and shall become formal.
2. All written material which is to be inserted into the personnel file, shall be called to the teacher’s attention.
a. A bargaining unit member shall be given the opportunity to review and sign such material(s) at or prior to the time of its inclusion in the personnel file. A copy of the material(s) shall be provided to the bargaining unit member and shall include a notation that a copy is to be inserted into the personnel file.
b. The bargaining unit member’s signature shall not be interpreted to mean agreement with the content of said material(s), but shall be interpreted to mean that the bargaining unit member has reviewed the same.
c. If a bargaining unit member refuses to sign material(s) intended to be inserted into the personnel file of that member, the material(s) may be inserted into the personnel file without the bargaining unit member’s signature provided that it is accompanied by written notation that the bargaining unit member refused to sign and, provided further, that the Association President is notified of the employer’s action at the time the material is inserted into the personnel file.
O. When in the teacher’s opinion, inaccurate or misleading documentation is to be inserted into said teacher’s personnel file, the teacher shall have the option to submit a written notation which specifically identifies and addresses briefly the statement believed to be inaccurate or misleading. Such notation shall be submitted within seven (67) calendar days prior to of receipt of said regular meetingdocumentation and shall be inserted into the personnel file. Letters of direction, formal warning, reprimand, or disciplinary action may be used in any future matters.
K. The Association P. No teacher shall have be required to submit to a maximum polygraph or lie detector device in any investigation without his/her consent.
Q. For the duration of eleven (11) days total each school year this Agreement, the Board agrees to pay the cost of released time without loss any physical examination required of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to new teachers coming into the Associationsystem. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall Board will pay the substitute feecost of Board-provided tuberculin skin tests. Substitutes will Teachers electing any x-ray in lieu of such tests shall be obtained through regular channelsreimbursed at the level of the Board’s cost for Board- administered tests.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant
X. Xxxxxxxx to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board parties hereby agrees agree that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionprotection or to refrain from doing so. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes The parties undertake and agrees agree that it neither will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; States and that it they will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, his participation or non-participation in any membership or non- membership in the teacher's Association, his participation or non-participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General Revised School Laws or other applicable laws and regulationsCode. The rights granted to teachers hereunder in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Board specifically recognizes the right of its teachers appropriately to invoke the assistance of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission or a mediator from such public agency.
D. The Association and its representatives shall members have the right to use building facilities for local CEA/ECEA Association meetings at such hours that do not interfere with the regular program of the school buildings or any other activities that had previously been scheduled and approved by the Board or its representatives.
E. Office mail boxes and bulletin boards in the teachers' lounges and workrooms shall be made available. This shall not be interpreted to require the District to process any such mail through the District's internal mail system. If the District refuses to process mail under this provision, it shall return the mail to the sending party.
X. Xxxx authorized representatives of the Association shall be permitted to transact Association business on school property at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, times provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall such does not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to honor reasonable requests all public for available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets)District, agendas and minutes of all Board school board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to bargain collectively and to process any grievance or complaintgrievances.
G. H. The Association shall be duly advised by the Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified of fiscal, budgetary or budgetary, and tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration programs affecting the District and the Association may be given shall, whenever feasible, have the opportunity in advance to advise consult with the Board with respect to said matters thereto prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. I. Academic freedom shall be guaranteed to teachers, but lessons and curriculum shall be consistent with Board Policies and MDE Standards.
J. The right to academic freedom herein established shall include the right to support or oppose political causes and issues outside of the normal classroom activities.
K. All confidential medical or FERPA protected information obtained by a teacher in the course of his professional duties with students shall be disclosed only as authorized by law.
L. Notwithstanding their employment, teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship, and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher. It is expressly understood that a teacher may not advance his own personal political or religious views in the classroom.
M. The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied by both parties without regard to raceany classification protected by local, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusstate or federal law.
I. The rights granted herein N. Affected teachers will be notified by the administration within 24 hours of any health or safety risk reported to the Association shall not be granted or extended district by the Xxxxx Xxxxx District Health Department, to any competing labor organizationthe extent allowable by law.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda O. By September 15 of each regular board meeting as contract year, the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought District will forward to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known all bargaining unit members electronic links to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meetingBoard Policies and employee handbooks, and bargaining unit members shall acknowledge receipt.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board parties hereby agrees agree that every employee of the Board teachers shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly-elected body exercising governmental power under color cover of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's his/her participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment. The Association likewise agrees that it shall not intimidate or coerce any teacher in the exercise of his/her rights set forth herein or under law.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights s/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers a teacher hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives members shall have the right to make use of school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, and facilities in keeping with the rules and regulations of the Board may make a reasonable charge thereforegoverning the use of buildings and facilities. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. The Association shall have the right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on bulletin boards which shall be provided that this shall in each school building in areas designated for teacher use, such as teachers' lounges and work rooms, but not interfere with in areas open to the public or interrupt normal students. The Board will permit, but cannot assume the responsibility for, delivering notices through its school operationsdelivery service for Association purposes.
D. Duly authorized representatives Officials of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be Association, including its Executive Director, are permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall such business does not interfere with the teachers' performance of their duties or interrupt normal school operationsoperations and that the building principal or his/her designee shall be promptly informed of such officials' presence.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Association, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, all public information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict and tentative budget, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational backgroundwhich have passed the discussion stage by the Board, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their studentsAssociation, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint. Further, the Executive Director of the Association and the Board's Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources agree to exchange copies of all non confidential research reports and other relative material dealing with collective bargaining which become available to them.
G. F. The Board may shall advise the Association of fiscal, budgetary, and tax programs that affect the District promptly when adopted. The Association shall have the opportunity in advance to consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters thereto prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board .
G. Teachers shall not submit be entitled to full rights of citizenship, and no religious or political activities of any proposal teacher or lack thereof shall be grounds for additional operational any discipline or building millage without prior consultation discrimination with respect to the Associationprofessional employment of such teachers.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creeddisability, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sexual orientation or marital status.
I. The During the term of this Agreement, the rights granted herein to the Association shall will not be granted or extended to any competing labor other organizations claiming to represent a teachers' organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought policies which affect teachers but whose provisions are not covered in this Agreement will be provided in writing to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) school days prior noticeto the first reading to permit the Association to address the Board of its view of the proposal. The Association may request the opportunity to review and discuss the proposed Board policy only with administrative staff prior to the first reading. In addition to the above, if the implementation of a written Board or building policy or procedure directly affecting a teacher, which is not covered by this Agreement, is the basis of a complaint by him/her, it may be registered and processed as provided in Article through but not beyond Level II.
K. Membership in the Association is not compulsory. The Association is required under this Agreement to represent all of the teachers in the bargaining unit fairly and equally to the extent provided herein and under the law. The terms of the Agreement shall apply equally to all teachers in the bargaining unit and not only for members in the Association, and this Agreement has been executed by the Board after it has satisfied itself that the Association is the choice of a majority of the teachers in the bargaining unit.
(1) During the school year and conditioned on being given adequate advance notice, the Board will provide the Association a maximum of thirty (30) paid and released school days for the purpose of transacting official Association business by its President and/or Association authorized members, as long as there can be shown no demonstrable harm to the Board from the utilization of such days. Further, a maximum of twenty (20) additional days may be used, provided that the Association shall pay the cost of any substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsutilized for coverage of such days.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every professional employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed construe to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewherefounded in law or on contracts, individual and collective.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Teachers and their Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. When special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this . No charge shall not interfere with be made for use of school rooms before the commencement of the school day or interrupt normal school operations.after 6 p.m.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. Taking a teacher away from his assigned duty station is considered interrupting normal school operation.
E. Teachers shall have the right to use school facilities and equipment for Association business to include the use of computers, printers, email, fax machine, telephone and all type of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use, and said equipment shall be used on the school premises.
F. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intrainter-school mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers, provided they are signed by an Association representative.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: to annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county country allocation board budgets), ) agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's ’s reports, census and membership student enrollment data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, background and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, intelligent accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, students together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. H. The private and personal life of a teacher is within the appropriate concern of the Board inasmuch as it can seriously affect the professional rights, duties, and responsibilities of the teachers. In the event that the Board feels that the private and/or personal life of a teacher is in fact affecting the professional rights, duties, and responsibilities of the teacher, the Board may consult discuss with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions teacher and/or a designated representative of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise at the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with option of teacher the Associationsubject of its concern.
H. I. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sex, or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national originsex, marital status, age, sex and/or marital statusor national origin.
I. J. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor teacher organization.
J. . The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board Board meeting as the first or second an meeting as an item for consideration under "new business" “New Business” any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar ’s office five days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActPERA, the Board hereby agrees that as amended, every employee of teacher employed by the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly-elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of MichiganMichigan law, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive encourage, discourage, deprive, or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan PERA or the Constitution Constitutions and laws of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect as to hours, wages, or any and other terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under as defined by the Grievance procedures about any provision of this Agreement or otherwise with respect any existing rule, order, or regulation of the Board as to any wages, hours, terms or conditions of employment, except those which are a prohibited or illegal bargaining subject.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed The parties recognize the right to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under invoke the assistance of the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereEmployment Relations Commission under PERA.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives members shall continue to have the right to use school buildings facilities at all reasonable after school hours for meetings to conduct necessary Association business as in the past. Arrangements shall be made with the Administrator of the building in question in advance of the time and place of all such meetings. The Association shall provide all materials and supplies incident to such use.
1. The Association shall have the right to place notices, provided that when special custodial service circulars, and other material on a designated bulletin board and in teachers' mail boxes, including electronic mail. Copies of all such material shall be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval is not required, .
2. The Association may have reasonable use of the Board school mail and delivery services.
3. The Association may make use a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with building’s public address system to announce the time of meetings at the time regular building announcements are read. Special announcements must be scheduled before classes are in session or interrupt normal school operationsafter they have been dismissed.
D. Duly The Board will furnish to the Association officers and/or designated representatives in response to reasonable requests from time to time all records about the District’s financial resources, tentative budgetary requirements, and allocations and such other information as legally would be available to the Association. The Association shall, whenever feasible, have the opportunity to consult with the Board's representatives as to fiscal, budgetary, and tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration before their adoption and/or general publication. The Board will inform the Association whenever a formal request to establish a Public School Academy (Charter School) is received.
E. Duly-authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall activity does not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have operations as determined by the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachersbuilding administrator.
F. The Association recognizes that the Board agrees has the responsibility and authority to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the districtmanage and direct, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers public, all the operations and their studentsactivities of the District to the full extent authorized by law, together provided that such rights and responsibilities shall be exercised by the Board in conformity with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult this Agreement and provided that such provisions do not conflict with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationlaw.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the an Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other lawful concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any lawful activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein The Association and its members shall be construed have the privilege to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under use school building facilities at all reasonable hours for meetings in accordance with the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws board rules and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder All meetings shall be deemed to be scheduled in addition to those provided elsewhereadvance with building principal’s permission.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Copies of this agreement shall be printed at the expense of the Board and presented to all teachers now employed or hereafter employed by the Board.
D. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignias or pins as identification of membership in the Association whether on or off school premises.
E. Bulletin board in the teachers’ lounge shall be made available to the Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachersmembers.
F. The Board Board, or it’s designee, agrees to make available to furnish the Association in response to reasonable requests “written” requests, all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint, except information from personnel or medical files deemed to be confidential.
G. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher, rights he may have under the Michigan Revised School Code. The rights granted to teachers under the master contract shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided by law.
X. The salary committee of the Association may, with the approval of each teacher whose contract is being reviewed, check teacher’s contracts in the presence of a representative of the Superintendent to determine if the salary schedule is being followed.
I. The Board may consult with recognizes that appropriate texts, library reference facilities, maps, and globes, laboratory equipment, audio-visual equipment, art supplies, physical education equipment, current periodicals, standard tests and questionnaires and similar materials are the Association on any new or modified fiscaltools of the teaching profession. The parties will confer from time to time for the purpose of improving the selection and use of such educational tools. The Board agrees at all times to keep the schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained.
J. The Board shall make available in each school adequate lunchroom space, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policyrestroom and lavatory facilities exclusively for teacher use and at least one room appropriately furnished, which are proposed shall be reserved for use as a faculty lounge.
K. Separate non-pay telephone facilities shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use.
L. Adequate parking facilities shall be made available to teachers for their assigned use.
M. Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or under consideration and political activities of any teacher or the Association may lack thereof shall be given opportunity to advise the Board grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publicationthe professional employment of such teacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board unless the teacher’s conduct shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with adversely affect his professional status as determined jointly by the AssociationAssociation and the Board.
H. N. The provisions of this Agreement agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital statusstatus or membership in or association with the lawful activities of any employee organization. Membership in The Board and the Association shall not be denied pledge themselves to any teacher because seek to extend the advantages of public education and opportunity to every student without regard to race, creed, religion, colorsex, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statuscolor and nationality.
I. The rights granted herein O. Board will provide: (1) a separate desk for each teacher, (2) lockable space to store coats and personal items; and (3) necessary teaching supplies and tools within budgetary limits. Other materials required by the teacher may be requested by the teacher through the building principal and such request will be given prompt consideration.
P. Teachers will be advised insofar as can be reasonably foreseen when any policy manual change directly related to the Association teaching staff is to be acted upon by the Board. The faculty will set up a principal’s advisory committee each semester in each of the respective buildings, the function of which shall not be granted or extended to provide a group with which the respective principal may consult in relation to the forgoing and other matters pertaining to the school. The high school principal’s committee will be made up of three (3) members chosen by the high school faculty with no more than one (1) member from any competing labor organization.
J. subject area. The Board shall place on elementary principal’s committee chosen by the agenda elementary faculty will be made up of three (3) members with no more than one (1) member from any grade level. The middle school principal’s committee, chosen by the middle school faculty, will be made up of three (3) members with no more than one (1) from each regular board meeting as grade level. One member from each of the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration principal’s advisory committees, each of the building principals (3) and one person designated by the Association so long will make up a Superintendent’s Advisory Committee.
Q. Upon his request the teacher shall be entitled to review the contents of his own personnel file, as those matters are made known provided by Michigan law. A representative of the Association may at the teacher’s request, accompany the teacher to this review. Materials provided by the teacher will be placed in the teacher’s file. No material that is disciplinary in nature may be placed therein without providing the teacher with a copy which shall be signed by the teacher to indicate receipt. This provision shall not prevent the District from responding to FOIA requests as provided by law. If the Board receives a request for any information or documents from a teachers personnel record, the Board shall notify the teacher and Association President as soon as possible. Before any requested information from a teachers personnel file is released, the Board will permit the teacher and Association representative the opportunity to review the file.
R. Upon his/her request the teacher shall at all times be entitled to have present a representative of the Association when he/she is being reprimanded, warned or disciplined or at any meeting which the teacher reasonably believes may result in discipline. When a request for such representation is made, no action shall be taken with respect to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days teacher until such representative of the Association is present. The Board will have the right to place a teacher on non-disciplinary, administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of an investigation. This may be deemed necessary to protect both the teacher and student(s). Such investigations will be concluded as quickly as possible. No teacher shall be disciplined, reprimanded, reduced in rank or compensation, or deprived of any professional advantage without just cause, due process and progressive discipline. Any disciplinary action of a probationary teacher shall be subject to the grievance procedure up to but not including arbitration. The progression of disciplinary action listed below shall be followed prior to said regular meeting.the imposition of economic discipline on any member of the bargaining unit:
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven a. verbal warning
b. written warning
c. written reprimand
d. one (111) to three (3) days total each school year suspension without pay. Any suspension without pay shall not affect in any manner the bargaining unit member’s insurance coverage and/or contractual fringe benefits. No economic penalty imposed shall be implemented until Level III of released time without loss the grievance process has been exhausted. Where the Board seeks to impose a discipline outside the normal progression set forth herein, reasonable cause must be shown for the acceleration of pay for officersthe disciplinary program, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members and the decision to take part in business which pertains do so is subject to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsgrievance procedure, up to and including arbitration except for probationary teachers.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of teacher employed by the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. Any violation of this paragraph may be processed through the grievance procedure through Level Two of the grievance procedure. It may then be referred to the Michigan Employment Relations Commission. Only if the Michigan Employment Relations Commission refuses to take jurisdiction of the matter may such a matter be referred to arbitration.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereby law.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right privilege to post notices of use school building facilities for meetings, subject to the same regulations relative to maintenance charges as apply to other local organizations; provided such meetings shall not interfere with other regular scheduled activities and matters provided the principals shall designate the location of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which said meeting within the building. Bulletin board space in lounges and school mail facilities shall be made available to the Association; provided the Board shall have no responsibility in each any way for any material in connection with use of school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachersfacilities.
F. D. The Board agrees to shall make available to the Association Association, upon its reasonable requests, such statistics or financial information in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources possession of the districtBoard as are relevant for the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements succeeding this agreement or as are relevant to processing any grievance. The Board will also furnish non-confidential information, including but not limited to: annual financial reports data and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist material it has in its possession to the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive for other programs on behalf of the relevant to teachers and their students, together with . It is understood that the foregoing shall not be construed to require the Board to compile information which may be necessary for or statistics not already compiled; provided the Association may at its expense make such compilation. Original records of the foregoing specified information are to process be examined only at the office of the Board. If the Association requests copies of any grievance or complaintsuch material, then the Association agrees to reimburse the Board for actual extra expense incurred in furnishing such copies.
G. The E. When requested by the Association, the Board may consult with shall give the Association on the opportunity to be heard at regular and special Board meetings prior to the adoption of any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or school tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions revision of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and . In order to keep the Association may informed, an outline copy of the "Superintendent's Report and Recommendation" will be given opportunity mailed or transmitted to advise the Association President the Friday before the regular Board meeting.
F. The district shall provide the ECEA president with respect release time equivalent to said matters prior one-sixth of the student day commencing the 2003-04 school year.
G. Teachers shall be entitled to their adoption and/or general publicationfull rights of citizenship. The Board Religious or political activities of any teacher, or the lack thereof, shall not submit be grounds for any proposal discipline or discrimination. Except for additional operational conduct that violates generally accepted conduct and/or moral standards of a professional person, the private or building millage without prior consultation with personal life of any teacher is not an appropriate matter for the Associationconcern or attention of the Board.
H. The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status. Neither the Board nor any of its representatives shall treat any individual covered by this Agreement any differently than the provisions that this Agreement provides.
I. Membership in the Association shall not be denied open to any teacher because all teachers regardless of race, creed, religion, color, sex and marital status or national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by provide the Association so long as those matters are made known to with one copy of the Superintendent's Office six Board Policies, Rules and Regulations for each school building and two (62) calendar days prior to said regular meetingcopies for the Association.
K. The Association EAST CHINA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION shall have the sole authority and responsibility to administer the provisions of this Agreement on a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests day-to-day basis on behalf of Association members. The Association its membership.
L. When a verbal or written complaint is received from another administrator, parent, teacher, or students, by a supervisor, directed against a teacher(s) that said supervisor feels could affect a teachers' formal evaluation, said teacher(s) shall provide at least be notified within five (5) school days prior noticeof the complaint's substance. The teacher(s) involved have ten (l0) school days from receipt of notification to request a meeting with the complainant(s), the supervisor, the Superintendent or his designee, and an Association representative. No data shall pay be entered into the substitute feeteacher's personnel file regarding the complaint unless the teacher is given the opportunity to sign said statement. Substitutes The supervisor shall provide the Association building representative with a copy of the statement and then place the statement in the teacher's personnel file. The teacher will be obtained through regular channelsprovided the opportunity to submit a rebuttal to the supervisor's statement. Unless the complaint is processed as per this section, the substance of the complaint will not appear on the teacher's formal evaluation.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of for engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other lawful concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color code of the law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any lawful activities of the Association or of collective professional negotiations with the Board, Board or their institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding processing under this Agreement or otherwise provided by law with respect to any terms or conditions of employment. The Association agrees that it will not discriminate against any employee, based upon Association membership or non-membership.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed Both parties to deny this Agreement specifically recognize the right of either the Board or restrict the teacher appropriately to any teacher rights he may have under invoke the assistance of the Michigan General School Laws Employment Relations Commission or other applicable laws an arbitrator appointed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed both parties agree to be in addition to those provided elsewherebound by any lawful order or award thereof.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives members shall have the right right, upon Board approval, to use school buildings building facilities at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, meeting. Bulletin Boards and other established media of communication shall be made available to the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsAssociation and its members for appropriate Association business.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Association, in response to the reasonable requests from time to time, all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their studentsteachers, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. E. Each teacher shall have the right, upon request, to review with an appropriate member of the administration, the contents of his/her own personnel file. The Board teacher may consult have a representative of the Association accompany him/her in such review. Other examination of a teacher's file shall be limited to qualified supervisory personnel, except that an Association representative, with the Association on any new written permission of the member, may review such files at reasonable times when necessary for contract administration purposes or modified fiscalto provide the teacher representation in other administrative or legal proceedings. All requirements of the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Employee Right to Know Act (Act 397 of 1978) shall be adhered to by the Board. These requirements include, budgetary but are not limited to, the right to review the teacher's own file; the right to disagree with information contained in the file; the right to request that the material be corrected or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration removed from the file; and the Association may right to submit a written statement explaining the teacher's position in the event the Superintendent refuses to change or remove the material from the file. When complaints against a teacher or disciplinary reports are to be given opportunity placed in a teacher's file, the affected teacher shall review and sign said material, such signature shall be understood to advise indicate awareness of the Board with respect material; but in no instance shall said signature be interpreted to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation mean agreement with the Associationcontent of the material.
H. F. The provisions of this Agreement agreement and the wages, hours, terms, and conditions of employment shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, or marital status or membership in or Association with the activities of any employee organization. The prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sex and/or marital statusshall not apply where sex is a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ). Membership in The Board and the Association shall not be denied pledge themselves to any teacher because seek to extend the advantages of public education to every student without regard to race, creed, physical size, handicap, religion, sex, color, or national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusand to seek to achieve full equality for educational opportunity to all pupils.
I. The rights granted herein G. Seniority is defined as the length of unbroken service within the school district commencing with the date of hire to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organizationa bargaining unit position.
J. The Board 1. Taking an approved leave does not constitute a break in service. Seniority shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought continue to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meetingaccrue during such approved leave.
K. The Association 2. Seniority is "frozen" when a bargaining unit member is employed within the district in a non-bargaining unit position. Should the employee return to a bargaining unit position, seniority will begin to accrue from the point at which it was "frozen.” A seniority list shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Associationbe published yearly and kept current. The Association President list shall make all requests on behalf show the name, date of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five hire, and date of letter of intent to hire (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsif available).
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of for engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other lawful concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color code of the law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any lawful activities of the Association or of collective professional negotiations with the Board, Board or their institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding processing under this Agreement or otherwise provided by law with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed Both parties to deny this Agreement specifically recognize the right of either the Board or restrict the teacher appropriately to any teacher rights he may have under invoke the assistance of the Michigan General School Laws Employment Relations Commission or other applicable laws an arbitrator appointed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed both parties agree to be in addition to those provided elsewherebound by any lawful order or award thereof.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives members shall have the right right, upon Board approval, to use school buildings building facilities at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, meeting. Bulletin Boards and other established media of communication shall be made available to the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsAssociation and its members for appropriate Association business.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Association, in response to the reasonable requests from time to time, all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their studentsteachers, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. E. Each teacher shall have the right, upon request, to review with an appropriate member of the administration, the contents of his/her own personnel file. The Board teacher may consult have a representative of the Association accompany him/her in such review. Other examination of a teacher's file shall be limited to qualified supervisory personnel, except that an Association representative, with the Association on any new written permission of the member, may review such files at reasonable times when necessary for contract administration purposes or modified fiscalto provide the teacher representation in other administrative or legal proceedings. All requirements of the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Employee Right to Know Act (Act 397 of 1978) shall be adhered to by the Board. These requirements include, budgetary but are not limited to, the right to review the teacher's own file; the right to disagree with information contained in the file; the right to request that the material be corrected or tax programsremoved from the file; and the right to submit a written statement explaining the teacher's position in the event the Superintendent refuses to change or remove the material from the file. When complaints against a teacher or disciplinary reports are to be placed in a teacher's file, construction programsthe affected teacher shall review and sign said material, such signature shall be understood to indicate awareness of the material; but in no instance shall said signature be interpreted to mean agreement with the content of the material.
F. A teacher, at such time as he/she feels he/she is being reprimanded, warned, or major revisions disciplined for any infraction of educational policydiscipline or delinquency in professional performance, which are proposed or under consideration and shall be entitled to have present a representative of the Association may Association. When a request for such representation is made, no action shall be given opportunity to advise the Board taken with respect to said matters prior the teacher until such representative of the Association is present. It shall be the joint responsibility of the administration and the teacher to their adoption and/or general publicationbe aware of the teacher's right to have Association representation at any meeting at or from which disciplinary action might result.
G. No teacher shall be disciplined, reprimanded, reduced in rank or compensation or deprived of any professional advantage without just cause. The Any such discipline, reprimand or reduction in rank, compensation or advantage, including adverse evaluation of teacher performance or violation of professional ethics asserted by the Board or any agent or representative thereof shall be subject to the professional grievance negotiations procedure hereinafter set forth. Article 3G does not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationpertain to probationary teacher non-renewal.
H. Notwithstanding their employment, teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher.
I. The provisions of this Agreement agreement and the wages, hours, terms, and conditions of employment shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, or marital status or membership in or Association with the activities of any employee organization. The prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sex and/or marital statusshall not apply where sex is a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ). Membership in The Board and the Association shall not be denied pledge themselves to any teacher because seek to extend the advantages of public education to every student without regard to race, creed, physical size, handicap, religion, sex, color, or national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein and to the Association shall not be granted or extended seek to any competing labor organizationachieve full equality for educational opportunity to all pupils.
J. Seniority is defined as the length of unbroken service within the school district commencing with the date of hire to a bargaining unit position.
1. Taking an approved leave does not constitute a break in service. Seniority shall continue to accrue during such approved leave.
2. Seniority is "frozen" when a bargaining unit member is employed within the district in a non-bargaining unit position. Should the employee return to a bargaining unit position, seniority will begin to accrue from the point at which it was "frozen.” A seniority list shall be published yearly and kept current. The Board list shall place on show the agenda name, date of hire, and date of letter of intent to hire (if available). By October 1 of each regular board meeting as new school year, the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration President of BREA and each member shall be provided a copy of the list by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall school district. Each member will have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.fifteen
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. 2.1 Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionnegotiation. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the The Board undertakes and agrees that it will not neither directly or nor indirectly discourage or discourage, deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred covered by Act 379 of the Act or other Public Acts of 1965, laws of Michigan or the Constitution State of Michigan and the United States; that it will not nor discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or and conditions of employment by reason reasons of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or Association, participation in collective professional negotiations with the Boardnegotiations, or their the institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employmentAgreement.
B. 2.2 Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights s/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights and responsibilities granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. 2.3 The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives affiliates shall have the right to use school buildings at building facilities and shall be subject to all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, provisions of the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsof Education policies regarding such use.
D. 2.4 Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. All such representatives shall notify the building office of their immediate presence in the building.
E. 2.5 Time on the agenda of regular staff meetings shall be granted to the Association, when requested.
2.6 No teacher shall be prevented from wearing or displaying insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. The Association agrees that the displaying of such identification will not deface the building.
2.7 The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices use the District’s communication systems provided that all such Association material is clearly identified and the Association accepts all responsibility for such material. The location of activities and matters of the Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which boards shall be mutually agreed upon. Other communication systems may also be used by the Association upon mutual agreement by the parties. The Association office shall be a regular pick up delivery stop on the intra-district mail service, provided in each the W-WEA Office is located within the school buildingdistrict.
2.8 The Association may use school equipment including typewriters, copy machines, and other duplication equipment normally available to teachers. The Association may also use calculating machines and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times when such equipment is not otherwise in use. It is understood that such equipment shall not be removed from school property. The Association shall pay the district intra-mail service current cost of all materials and teacher mail boxes for communications supplies incident to teacherssuch use. Use of equipment other than that listed herein shall be with Administrative approval. The Association recognizes that all equipment in a building is ultimately the responsibility of the school principal.
F. 2.9 The Board agrees to make furnish within ten (10) working days, all available to information requested by the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which District. Timelines may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintextended by mutual agreement.
G. The 2.10 Within a reasonable time prior to Board may consult with the Association on any consideration and adoption and/or general publication of major new or modified fiscal, fiscal budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Board shall inform the Association may be given opportunity in writing of such proposals and solicit the Association's opinion. Administration shall forward a copy of the Association's opinion to advise the Board prior to the meeting on the matter. When Board established committees, task forces, and other groups formed to study such major changes are to include teacher members, such teacher members will be appointed by the W-WEA.
2.11 Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship. No religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board. None of the aforementioned activities shall disrupt normal school operations.
2.12 Disciplinary interviews and reprimands will be considered privately. Meetings between a teacher and supervisor which are called for the purpose of disciplining and/or reprimanding the teacher shall begin with an announcement from the supervisor clearly stating that the purpose of the meeting is for discipline and/or reprimand. The supervisor shall also inform the teacher of his/her right to have an Association representative of his/her choice during any such meeting. When the affected teacher requests the presence of an Association representative the meeting/interview will not proceed until the representative is in attendance. At no time will this cause the meeting to be delayed more than 48 hours.
2.13 No teacher shall be disciplined by the Board except in a manner that is fair and reasonable (not arbitrary or capricious) with the exception of the termination or non-renewal of a probationary teacher.
2.14 Teachers against whom charges or allegations have been made which could lead to suspension, reprimand, and/or dismissal shall be provided copies of all allegations and charges at the time of a disciplinary meeting.
2.15 No disciplinary action shall result from a meeting characterized by the Board as non-disciplinary in nature.
2.16 Each teacher shall have the right to review the content of his/her personnel file. S/he shall have the right to have Association representation in such review. All such reviews shall be made in the presence of the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources or his/her designated representative. Confidential credentials and other letters of reference sought at the time of employment are specifically exempt from such review. The W-WEA and the Board will follow all procedures as outlined in the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Employee Right to Know Act, Act No. 397 of the Public Acts of 1978 MCLA 423.501 - 423.512. A teacher's personnel file may not contain a reprimand in excess of three years provided no additional reprimand occurs during the said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. three year period.
2.17 The Board shall not submit any proposal provide the Association, in a timely fashion, the names and addresses of all new teachers. When a new teacher orientation occurs the Association shall have sufficient time on the agenda for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with presentation of items of mutual interest to new personnel and the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall 2.18 Special conferences for important matters will be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in arranged between the Association shall president and the Board or their designated representatives upon request of either party. Grievance hearings and bargaining sessions are not to be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusconsidered special conferences.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board teachers shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted lawful activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the The Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or of the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that nor will it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any lawful activities of the Association or collective professional bargaining or negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect matter pursuant to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulationsArticle XXVII herein. The rights granted to teachers hereunder and responsibilities contained herein shall be deemed to be in addition to those contained in the above-mentioned laws.
B. The Association may be allowed the use of school building facilities for Association business, provided elsewherethat arrangements are made beforehand with the Administration in writing, if it does not interfere with regular school or scheduled school activities, and is outside of regular school hours.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the local Association and their respective affiliates shall may be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, i.e., prior to fifteen (15) minutes before school starts, during the lunch period, and fifteen (15) minutes following the close of school, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. Associations officials who are not employees of the Board shall be permitted to transact official Association business under the above-mentioned conditions provided they first report to the principal’s office upon entry and inform the principal of their presence.
D. The Association may have the right to use school equipment, at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association concern on teacher teachers’ lounge bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-District mail service service, teacher mailboxes, and teacher mail boxes electronic communication systems for communications to teachersteachers regarding Association business. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises.
F. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public request from time to time available information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict, including but not limited to, the following: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated certified personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's ’s reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers. Likewise, salaries paid thereto and educational backgroundthe Board agrees to make available to the Association, and such other in response to reasonable written request, factual information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complainta grievance, excluding confidential information.
G. The Board may consult shall, upon written request, give the Association and individual teachers a reasonable opportunity to discuss their views with the Association Board before the Board takes final action on any new or modified fiscalproposed referenda on operation millages, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or proposed major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed and major construction programs.
H. Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship, and no religious or under consideration and political activities of any teacher or the Association may lack thereof shall be given opportunity to advise the Board grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publicationthe professional employment of such teacher. The Board shall Consistent with Code of Ethics of the Education Profession the private and personal life of any teacher is not submit any proposal for additional operational within the appropriate concern or building millage without prior consultation attention of the Board, unless it interferes with the Associationhis/her teaching performance.
H. I. The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious, or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sex, or marital status. Membership in the .
J. The Association agrees that it shall not be denied admit all teachers to any teacher because its membership without discrimination by reason of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sex, or marital status, and to represent all teachers equally. Further, the Association agrees that neither it nor its members will discriminate, intimidate, or coerce any employee in respect to Association activity or membership.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. K. The Board shall place on the agenda of each any regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any Board meetings matters properly brought to its consideration attention by the Association so long as those matters are through the Superintendent.
L. Any individual contract between the Board and an individual teacher, heretofore executed shall be subject to and consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any individual contract hereafter executed shall be expressly made known subject to and consistent with the terms of this or subsequent agreements to be executed by the parties. If any individual contract contains any language inconsistent with this Agreement, this Agreement, during its duration, shall be controlling.
M. This Agreement shall supersede any rules, regulations, or practices of the Board, which shall be contrary or inconsistent with its terms. The provisions of this Agreement shall be incorporated into and be considered part of the established policies of the Board.
N. If any provision of this Agreement or any application of the Agreement to any employee or group of employees shall be found contrary to law, then such provision or application shall not be deemed valid and subsisting except to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meetingextent permitted by law, but all other provisions or applications shall continue in full force and effect.
K. O. Copies of this Agreement shall be proofread by the Association before being printed and/or placed on the Saline Area School web site. The Association cost shall be at the expense of the Board. All teachers now employed, or hereafter employed, by the Board shall have access to a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Associationprinted or electronic copy. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. will be provided with thirty (30) printed, paper copies.
P. Fund Equity - The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay recognizes that an adequate Fund Equity is a critical factor in the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsfinancial stability of the school District and further commits its support to the Board efforts in this regard.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. 2.1 Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionnegotiation. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the The Board undertakes and agrees that it will not neither directly or nor indirectly discourage or deprive discourage, deprive, or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred covered by Act 379 of the Act or other Public Acts of 1965, laws of Michigan or the Constitution State of Michigan and the United States; that it will not nor discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or and conditions of employment by reason reasons of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or Association, participation in collective professional negotiations with the Boardnegotiations, or their the institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employmentAgreement.
B. 2.2 Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights s/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights and responsibilities granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. 2.3 The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives affiliates shall have the right to use school buildings at building facilities and shall be subject to all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, provisions of the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsof Education policies regarding such use.
D. 2.4 Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. All such representatives shall notify the building office of their immediate presence in the building.
E. 2.5 Time on the agenda of regular staff meetings shall be granted to the Association, when requested.
2.6 No teacher shall be prevented from wearing or displaying insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. The Association agrees that the displaying of such identification will not deface the building.
2.7 The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices use the District mail system, LAN/WAN, and bulletin boards provided that all such Association material is clearly identified and the Association accepts all responsibility for such material. The location of activities and matters of the Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which boards shall be mutually agreed upon. Other communication systems may also be used by the Association upon mutual agreement by the parties. The Association office shall be a regular pick up delivery stop on the intra-district mail service, provided the W-WEA Office is located within the school district.
2.8 The Association may use school equipment including computers, typewriters, copy machines, and other duplication equipment normally available to teachers in each school buildingaccordance with Board policy, administrative regulations, and applicable legal requirements. The Association may also use calculating machines and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times when such equipment is not otherwise in use. It is understood that such equipment shall not be removed from school property. The Association shall pay the district intra-mail service current cost of all materials and teacher mail boxes for communications supplies incident to teacherssuch use. Use of equipment other than that listed herein shall be with Administrative approval. The Association recognizes that all equipment in a building is ultimately the responsibility of the school principal.
F. 2.9 The Board agrees to make furnish within ten (10) working days, all available to information requested by the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which District. Timelines may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintextended by mutual agreement.
G. The 2.10 Within a reasonable time prior to Board may consult with the Association on any consideration and adoption and/or general publication of major new or modified fiscal, fiscal budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Board shall inform the Association may be given opportunity in writing of such proposals and solicit the Association's opinion. Administration shall forward a copy of the Association's opinion to advise the Board prior to the meeting on the matter. When Board established committees, task forces, and other groups formed to study such major changes are to include teacher members, such teacher members will be appointed by the W-WEA.
2.11 Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship. No religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board. None of the aforementioned activities shall disrupt normal school operations.
2.12 Disciplinary interviews and reprimands will be considered privately. Meetings between a teacher and supervisor which are called for the purpose of disciplining and/or reprimanding the teacher shall begin with an announcement from the supervisor clearly stating that the purpose of the meeting is for discipline and/or reprimand. The supervisor shall also inform the teacher of his/her right to have an Association representative of his/her choice during any such meeting. When the affected teacher requests the presence of an Association representative the meeting/interview will not proceed until the representative is in attendance. At no time will this cause the meeting to be delayed more than 48 hours.
2.13 No teacher shall be disciplined or discharged by the Board, except in a manner that is fair and reasonable, (not arbitrary or capricious) with the exception of the termination or non-renewal of a probationary teacher.
2.14 Teachers against whom charges or allegations have been made which could lead to suspension, reprimand, and/or dismissal shall be provided copies of all allegations and charges at the time of a disciplinary meeting.
2.15 No disciplinary action shall result from a meeting characterized by the Board as non- disciplinary in nature.
2.16 Each teacher shall have the right to review the content of his/her personnel file. S/he shall have the right to have Association representation in such review. All such reviews shall be made in the presence of the Senior Executive Director of of Human Resources or his/her designated representative. Confidential credentials and other letters of reference sought at the time of employment are specifically exempt from such review. The W-WEA and the Board will follow all procedures as outlined in the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Employee Right to Know Act, Act No. 397 of the Public Acts of 1978 MCLA 423.501 - 423.512. A teacher's personnel file may not contain a reprimand in excess of three years provided no additional reprimand occurs during the said matters prior three year period.
2.17 Wednesday afternoon following the teacher's regular work day shall be reserved for Association meetings. Teachers representing the Association as Executive Board members, Governing Board members, Grievance Committee members, and Bargaining Team members shall be allowed to leave their adoption and/or general publicationrespective building five (5) minutes after the close of the pupils' instructional day, except for school business which cannot be delayed. This dismissal time will not exceed two (2) meetings per month.
2.18 The Board shall not submit any proposal provide the Association, in a timely fashion, the names and addresses of all new teachers. When a new teacher orientation occurs, the Association shall have sufficient time on the agenda for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with presentation of items of mutual interest to new personnel and the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall 2.19 Special conferences for important matters will be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in arranged between the Association shall president and the Board or their designated representatives upon request of either party. Grievance hearings and bargaining sessions are not to be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusconsidered special conferences.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every professional employee of the Board bargaining unit shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionnegotiation. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of the law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive discourage, deprive, or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; : that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his their membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their the institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher teacher, rights he they may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereRegulations.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable rooms on the same basis as other community groups and in addition, shall be specifically given the right to use a room for Association meetings after school hours for meetingsclasses have been dismissed, provided that when special custodial service is required, subject to prior notification of the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with Superintendent or interrupt normal school operationshis designee and mutual agreement as to time and place.
D. Duly The Association shall have the right to use school facilities and equipment, including communication media and electronic resources, subject to board policies, at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use.
X. Xxxx authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association operations or teacher responsibilities. Such officials shall have notify the exclusive right to post notices principal’s office of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teacherstheir presence.
F. The Board shall notify the Association through the Association President, of all regular and special meetings at the same time that Board members are notified of such, by sending the Association a copy of the meeting agenda. The Board also agrees to make available send to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources President of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register Association a copy of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and the minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with agrees that the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions Master Contract will be printed and distributed within forty-five (45) days of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationratification by both parties.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard Board agrees to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains furnish to the Association, in response to reasonable requests, all information to which they are legally entitled under the Freedom of Information Act. The Board, however, will not do any research for the Association, and the Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall agrees to pay a reasonable cost for the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsinformation requested.
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Samples: Management Rights Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective negotiation or bargaining or negotiation and other concerted and lawful activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly-elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations bargaining with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher the rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable collect the established charge therefore, provided that this thereof. No charge shall not interfere with or interrupt normal be made for use of school operations.
D. rooms before the commencement of the school day nor until 6:00 p.m. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. The Association shall have the right to use school facilities and equipment, including typewriters, computers, other duplicating equipment, and all other types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use with the permission of the Administration. The Association shall pay for the actual cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association Association's concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-District mail service and teacher mail boxes mailboxes for Association-identified communications to teachers.
F. The After having received the written request from the President of the Association or his designee, the Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Association, in response to reasonable requests requests, all public available information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict, and such other information including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas agenda and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist which may be necessary for the Association in developing to develop intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintgrievance.
G. The Board may consult with shall consider any recommendations submitted to it by the Association on any concerning new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, programs or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or and marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board Board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new businessNew Business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six office five (65) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association X. Outside the classroom no religious or political activities of any teacher, or the lack thereof, shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay be grounds for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains any discipline or discrimination with respect to the Associationprofessional employment of such teacher. The Within the limits of the Professional Standards defined in Appendix C, the private and personal life of any teacher is not within the concern or attention of the Board.
K. A teacher shall at all times be entitled to have present a representative of the Association President when he is being investigated for any infraction of rules or delinquency in professional performance.
L. No teacher shall make all requests on behalf of Association membersbe disciplined, reprimanded, or reduced in compensation for reasons that are arbitrary and capricious. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay All information forming the substitute fee. Substitutes basis for disciplinary action will be obtained through regular channelsmade available, in writing, to the teacher and the Association.
M. No speech pathologist, counselor, social worker or ancillary certified student service professional not covered by MCL 38.71 - 38.191 shall be disciplined, reprimanded, discharged, or reduced in compensation without just cause. Any such discipline, reprimand, or reduction in compensation including adverse evaluation shall be subject to the professional grievance procedure hereinafter set forth. All information forming the basis for disciplinary action will be made available, in writing, to the teacher and the Association.
N. Bargaining unit members will be notified if there has been a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for information in the members personnel file. Notification to the bargaining unit member will take place before any information is released.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes Both Parties undertake and agrees agree that it they will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United StatesStates or their decision not to do so; that it they will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities or refused to participate in of the Association Association, or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their of his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, meetings concerning the local union provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this . No charge shall not interfere with be made for use of school rooms before the commencement of the school day or interrupt normal school operations.until 6 p.m.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Mar Xxx Education Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations, instruction, or activities. The Association shall have the right to use school facilities and equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school buildingthe teachers' Lounge. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and internal teacher mail boxes for communications communication to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests from time to time all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated certified personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, teachers and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs proposals on behalf of the teachers and their studentsteachers, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.)
G. The Board may or its designated representative shall consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may shall be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association; except there is no obligation to discuss regarding prohibited subjects of bargaining.
H. The teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship. Teachers shall comply with the Code of Ethics of the Education Profession.
I. The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied without in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious, or discriminatory with regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sex, disability, marital status. , or any other statutes protected by law.
J. Membership in the Association shall not be denied open to any teacher because all teachers regardless of race, creed, religionsex, colormarital status, national origin, age, sex and/or marital or any other protected status.
I. The rights granted herein K. If the school year is extended to provide increased educational opportunities for Xxx Xxx pupils the extended school year shall be in addition to that in this Agreement, as being clearly understood that the salary schedule of this Agreement is for professional services rendered during the regular school year.
L. Teachers shall have the right to participate in citizen curriculum studies and to attend all meetings for curriculum study and have a voice in the decisions and approved recommendations resulting from such studies.
M. It is recognized that teachers have a professional obligation to their profession, their school, and the community it serves to promote and encourage student teachers.
N. Each teacher shall have the right, upon request, to review the contents of his own personnel file. A representative of the Association may, at the teacher's request, accompany the teacher in this review. Each teacher's personnel file shall not contain the following minimum items of information: All teacher evaluation reports Copies of annual contracts Tenure recommendations No material may be granted or extended placed therein without allowing the teacher an opportunity to any competing labor organizationfile a response thereto, and said response shall become a part of said file. Any responses shall be attached within ten (10) business days of receipt of memo.
J. O. The Board school calendar shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration be developed by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to Board and the Association. Calendars will coincide with the Countywide Common Calendar per state law. The teacher calendar shall be one hundred eighty (180) instructional days and one hundred eighty-four (184) staff days. Teachers shall cover recess as part of their duties. Teachers shall be required to report for work ten (10) minutes before classes start and may leave ten (10) minutes after the instructional day is over. In the event there are scheduled days which must be cancelled because of inclement weather, epidemics, or other causes which are recognized by the Michigan Department of Education as legitimate causes for closing Mar Xxx School, teachers shall not lose compensation. Teachers shall not receive additional compensation for days rescheduled in order to meet state requirements.
P. Two (2) days will be made available to the instructional staff with the cost of the substitute teacher, and the employee’s retirement to be paid by the MLEA, MEA/NEA. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf days are for attending conferences or meetings of Association membersthe MEA/NEA only. The Association shall provide at least five notify the District no less than ten (510) school days prior noticeto the use of such days. The Additional days may be granted upon mutual agreement of the Association shall pay and the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsSuperintendent.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees recognizes that every employee of teacher employed by the Board shall have the right to freely to organize, join to join, and to support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities fringe benefits for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his the teacher’s membership in the Association, the teacher's ’s participation in any lawful activities of the Association Association, or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their the teacher’s institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher, rights the teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall may have the right to use the school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, upon request to the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsbuilding administrator.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. The authorized representative shall check in at the principal’s office in the building that the teacher is visiting.
E. The Board shall make available a room for DEA office use.
F. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association the Association’s concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school buildingteacher’s workrooms. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes mailboxes for communications to teachersteachers through the building representatives.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Association, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, all information of a public information concerning nature relative to the financial resources administration of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the AssociationXxXxxx Public Schools.
H. The provisions of this Agreement and the policies and practices of the District shall be applied without regard to race, color, national origin, religious belief, political activities, residence, professional association activities, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or gender.
I. Except where sex is a bona fide occupational qualification (“BFOQ”), the provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board will consult with representatives of the DEA on major revisions of educational policy and a representative of the DEA shall place on be given the agenda of each regular board meeting as opportunity to advise the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any Board with respect to such matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meetingtheir adoption.
K. The Association shall have a maximum will be notified of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part changes in business which pertains Board Policy and Administrative Guidelines that pertain to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf duties and responsibilities of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days the instructional staff prior notice. The Association shall pay to the substitute fee. Substitutes will effective date.
L. Any communication between the Board, or Administration, and a teacher may be obtained through regular channelscopied and delivered by that teacher to anyone of the teacher’s choice.
M. Subject to the provisions of Article 23
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. 2.1 Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionnegotiation. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the The Board undertakes and agrees that it will not neither directly or nor indirectly discourage or discourage, deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred covered by Act 379 of the Act or other Public Acts of 1965, laws of Michigan or the Constitution State of Michigan and the United States; that it will not nor discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or and conditions of employment by reason reasons of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or Association, participation in collective professional negotiations with the Boardnegotiations, or their the institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employmentAgreement.
B. 2.2 Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights s/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights and responsibilities granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. 2.3 The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives affiliates shall have the right to use school buildings at building facilities and shall be subject to all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, provisions of the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsof Education policies regarding such use.
D. 2.4 Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. All such representatives shall notify the building office of their immediate presence in the building.
E. 2.5 Time on the agenda of regular staff meetings shall be granted to the Association, when requested.
2.6 No teacher shall be prevented from wearing or displaying insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. The Association agrees that the displaying of such identification will not deface the building.
2.7 The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices use the District mail system, LAN/WAN, and bulletin boards provided that all such Association material is clearly identified and the Association accepts all responsibility for such material. The location of activities and matters of the Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which boards shall be mutually agreed upon. Other communication systems may also be used by the Association upon mutual agreement by the parties. The Association office shall be a regular pick up delivery stop on the intra-district mail service, provided in each the W-WEA Office is located within the school buildingdistrict.
2.8 The Association may use school equipment including typewriters, ditto machines, and other duplication equipment normally available to teachers. The Association may also use calculating machines and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times when such equipment is not otherwise in use. It is understood that such equipment shall not be removed from school property. The Association shall pay the district intra-mail service current cost of all materials and teacher mail boxes for communications supplies incident to teacherssuch use. Use of equipment other than that listed herein shall be with Administrative approval. The Association recognizes that all equipment in a building is ultimately the responsibility of the school principal.
F. 2.9 The Board agrees to make furnish within ten (10) working days, all available to information requested by the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which District. Timelines may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintextended by mutual agreement.
G. The 2.10 Within a reasonable time prior to Board may consult with the Association on any consideration and adoption and/or general publication of major new or modified fiscal, fiscal budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Board shall inform the Association may be given opportunity in writing of such proposals and solicit the Association's opinion. Administration shall forward a copy of the Association's opinion to advise the Board prior to the meeting on the matter. When Board established committees, task forces, and other groups formed to study such major changes are to include teacher members, such teacher members will be appointed by the W-WEA.
2.11 Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship. No religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for discipline or discrimination with respect to said matters the professional employment of such teacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board. None of the aforementioned activities shall disrupt normal school operations.
2.12 Disciplinary interviews and reprimands will be considered privately. Meetings between a teacher and supervisor which are called for the purpose of disciplining and/or reprimanding the teacher shall begin with an announcement from the supervisor clearly stating that the purpose of the meeting is for discipline and/or reprimand. The supervisor shall also inform the teacher of his/her right to have an Association representative of his/her choice during any such meeting. When the affected teacher requests the presence of an Association representative the meeting/interview will not proceed until the representative is in attendance. At no time will this cause the meeting to be delayed more than 48 hours.
2.13 No teacher shall be disciplined by the Board without just cause with the exception of the termination or non-renewal of a probationary teacher prior to their adoption his/her third year of teaching in the District.
2.14 Teachers against whom charges or allegations have been made which could lead to suspension, reprimand, and/or general publicationdismissal shall be provided copies of all allegations and charges at the time of a disciplinary meeting.
2.15 No disciplinary action shall result from a meeting characterized by the Board as non- disciplinary in nature.
2.16 Each teacher shall have the right to review the content of his/her personnel file. S/he shall have the right to have Association representation in such review. All such reviews shall be made in the presence of the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources or his/her designated representative. Confidential credentials and other letters of reference sought at the time of employment are specifically exempt from such review. The W-WEA and the Board will follow all procedures as outlined in the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Employee Right to Know Act, Act No. 397 of the Public Acts of 1978 MCLA 423.501 - 423.512. A teacher's personnel file may not contain a reprimand in excess of three years provided no additional reprimand occurs during the said three year period.
2.17 The Board shall not submit any proposal provide the Association, in a timely fashion, the names and addresses of all new teachers. When a new teacher orientation occurs the Association shall have sufficient time on the agenda for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with presentation of items of mutual interest to new personnel and the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall 2.18 Special conferences for important matters will be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in arranged between the Association shall president and the Board or their designated representatives upon request of either party. Grievance hearings and bargaining sessions are not to be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusconsidered special conferences.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees recognizes that every employee of teacher employed by the Board shall have the right to freely to organize, join to join, and to support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities fringe benefits for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any lawful activities of the Association Association, or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher teacher, rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall may have the right to use the school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, upon request to the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsbuilding administrator.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. The authorized representative shall check in at the principal’s office in the building that he is visiting.
E. The Board shall make available a room for DEA office use.
F. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association the Association’s concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school buildingteacher’s workrooms. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes mailboxes for communications to teachersteachers through the building representatives.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Association, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, all information of a public information concerning nature relative to the financial resources administration of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintXxXxxx Public Schools.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on H. Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship. No teacher’s religious or political activities outside of school hours or lack thereof, shall be grounds for any new discipline or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board discrimination with respect to the professional employment of said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publicationteacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board provided, however, that this shall not submit any proposal apply to conduct which is proven and which constitutes just cause for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationdiscipline.
H. The I. Except where sex is a bona fide occupational qualification (“BFOQ”), the provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board will consult with representatives of the DEA on major revisions of educational policy and a representative of the DEA shall place on be given the agenda of each regular board meeting as opportunity to advise the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any Board with respect to such matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meetingtheir adoption.
K. The Association Any communication between the Board, or Administration, and a teacher may be copied and delivered by that teacher to anyone of his choice.
L. Subject to the provisions of Article XXIII, Sections I, J, and K no teacher shall be discharged, disciplined or demoted except for just cause. This Section shall not apply to the non-renewal of a probationary teacher.
M. Upon request, a bargaining unit member shall at all times be entitled to have a maximum representative of eleven (11) days total each school year the Association present when the teacher is being questioned, warned or disciplined for any infraction of released time without loss of pay rules or delinquency in professional performance. When a request for officerssuch representation is made, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains no disciplinary action shall be taken with respect to the Associationbargaining unit member until such representative of the Association is present. It is understood that the teacher and his representative will meet with the administrator within two (2) workdays of the date the bargaining unit member is advised that a meeting is desired unless said time period is extended by mutual consent of the parties. A paid non- disciplinary suspension may be imposed until the meeting with the teacher and his representative is held.
N. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association Employer shall provide at least five (5the bargaining unit member with written notification of any alleged delinquencies; indicate the expected correction; and indicate a reasonable period for correction. Alleged breaches of discipline, rules, regulations or directions shall be promptly reported to the teacher. This section applies to situations involving conduct for which discipline may be appropriate as opposed to performance deficiencies which should be addressed through the evaluation process.
O. In the event a request is made for information in a bargaining unit member’s personnel file and said request is in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, the Board will notify the Association and the bargaining unit member who is named in the F.O.I.A. request prior to fulfilling the request. Upon request, the bargaining unit member will receive a copy of any and all information that is released to any such petitioner.
P. Prior to disclosing a bargaining unit member’s social security number to an outside third party, the Employer shall notify the bargaining unit member whether such disclosure is mandatory or voluntary, and what use(s) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsmade of it.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, MCL 423.201 et seq., the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board as defined in Article1.A. shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly-elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not neither directly or nor indirectly discourage or deprive discourage, deprive, or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Public Employment Relations Act or other laws of Michigan law or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect as to wages, hours, wages, or any and other terms or and conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their the institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect as to any terms or and conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to The Association agrees that it will neither directly nor indirectly coerce nor intimidate any teacher rights he may have under to join the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereAssociation.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Board and Association specifically recognize the mutual right to invoke the assistance of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission, or a mediator from such a public agency, or an arbitrator appointed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and its representatives both parties agree to be bound by any lawful order or award thereof.
D. The Association shall have the right to use school buildings building facilities for meetings at all reasonable after school hours and the equipment normally available for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, teachers’ use at all reasonable hours without cost for Association business. The Association shall pay for the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this cost of all materials and supplies incident to the use of said equipment. Use of facilities and equipment shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsthe instructional program.
D. Duly authorized representatives E. Bulletin boards and other established means of communication shall be made available to the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachersits members.
F. The Association agrees to reimburse the Board for any damages to school equipment entrusted to its use or care for Association-related events upon competent proof that the Association or one of its members intentionally caused any damage to said equipment. Any dispute which may arise as to liability or damages shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration provisions set forth in Article 19 of this Agreement.
G. The second and fourth Monday of every month shall be reserved for Association meetings after school hours, and the Board agrees that mutually-acceptable meeting rooms, when not previously scheduled, shall be made available to the Association without cost.
H. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests from time to time all public available information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict, including including, but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, a register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets)allocations, agendas agenda and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's ’s reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers teachers, community and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration I. This Agreement and the Association may be given opportunity to advise policies and practices of the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement District shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious, or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, agereligious beliefs, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesexual orientation, creedresidence, religionqualifying disability, colorpolitical activities, national originprofessional association activity, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted , or extended to any competing labor organizationgender.
J. The Board and the Association pledge themselves to seek to extend the advantages of public education to every student without discrimination in the same manner as stated in the above paragraph and to seek to achieve full equality of educational opportunity for all students.
K. This Agreement shall place not be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher those rights granted under the Michigan Revised School Code. The rights granted the teachers in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
L. Information regarding a teacher’s performance in extracurricular activities shall be included in his/her personnel file if the information relates to those professional and personal characteristics associated with his/her regular assignment. Information which relates only to those skills necessary for performance in extracurricular assignments shall be kept in a separate file.
M. Each bargaining unit employee shall have the right upon request to review the contents of his/her personnel file.
1. A representative of the Association may, at the teacher’s request, accompany the teacher in this review. The teacher and the representative of the Association, if any, shall review said file in the office of the administrator responsible for the safekeeping of said confidential credentials.
2. Letters of reference from universities, individuals, or previous employers are specifically exempt from review unless the Board or any of its agents, supervisors, or administrators rest any decision or discipline in any form on the agenda contents of such confidential credentials or said letters of reference. Under those circumstances said teacher shall have full opportunity to examine such documents and offer such explanation as said teacher deems necessary or warranted.
3. The administrator in charge of the personnel file shall, in the presence of the teacher or the representative of the Association, if any, remove the confidential credentials, letters of reference from universities, individuals, or previous employers from the file prior to a review of same by the teacher and the Association representative, if any, except when said confidential credentials or letters of reference are utilized or made the basis of any administrative decision or discipline in any form.
4. All communications, including evaluations by East Lansing Public Schools administrators, commendations, or validated complaints directed toward the teacher which are included in the personnel file shall be called to the teacher’s attention. The teacher shall have an opportunity to review same at or prior to the time of inclusion in the personnel file.
5. If the administration receives a complaint regarding a teacher from someone other than a school official, the administration shall notify the teacher of the complaint and investigate its validity. If the administration determines that the complaint is substantiated, the teacher shall be notified in writing of the administrative action taken. If a grievance is filed over a disciplinary action taken against a professional staff member working in a non-teaching position which results from a complaint from someone other than a school official, it shall be deemed to be at Level Two of the Grievance Procedures.
N. A professional staff member working in a non-teaching position is entitled, and may request, to have an Association Representative present when said professional staff member working in a non-teaching position is being warned, reprimanded, or disciplined for any reason. When a request for said representative is made by the professional staff member working in a non- teaching position, disciplinary action shall be suspended for a period not to exceed one (1) school day to provide an opportunity to arrange to have an Association Representative present. Further, the Board acknowledges that only authorized Association members may act in a representational capacity on behalf of bargaining unit employees. Not later than October 1st of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by year, the Association so long as those matters are made known President shall provide to the Superintendent's Office six Superintendent a written list of those authorized Association members who may act in a representational capacity on behalf of bargaining unit employees for that school year.
1. Any warning, reprimand, or disciplinary action made verbally to a professional staff member working in a non-teaching position may be reduced to writing and shall become formal.
2. All written material which is to be inserted into the personnel file, shall be called to the teacher’s attention.
a. A bargaining unit member shall be given the opportunity to review and sign such material(s) at or prior to the time of its inclusion in the personnel file. A copy of the material(s) shall be provided to the bargaining unit member and shall include a notation that a copy is to be inserted into the personnel file.
b. The bargaining unit member’s signature shall not be interpreted to mean agreement with the content of said material(s), but shall be interpreted to mean that the bargaining unit member has reviewed the same.
c. If a bargaining unit member refuses to sign material(s) intended to be inserted into the personnel file of that member, the material(s) may be inserted into the personnel file without the bargaining unit member’s signature provided that it is accompanied by written notation that the bargaining unit member refused to sign and, provided further, that the Association President is notified of the employer’s action at the time the material is inserted into the personnel file.
O. When in the teacher’s opinion, inaccurate or misleading documentation is to be inserted into said teacher’s personnel file, the teacher shall have the option to submit a written notation which specifically identifies and addresses briefly the statement believed to be inaccurate or misleading. Such notation shall be submitted within seven (67) calendar days prior to of receipt of said regular meetingdocumentation and shall be inserted into the personnel file. Letters of direction, formal warning, reprimand, or disciplinary action may be used in any future matters.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations negotia- tions with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement Agree- ment or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall members have the right to use school buildings building facilities at all any reasonable after school hours for Association meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with building principal or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives central office has been notified forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the Association and their respective affiliates meeting. No teacher shall be permitted to transact official prevented from wearing insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association business either on or off school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which premises. Bulletin board space shall be provided made available to the Association in each school building. The Association may agrees to pay the Board a fee of fifty dollars per year as reimbursement for paper supplies and use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes of copying machines used for communications to teachersAssociation business. This fee shall be reviewed annually.
F. D. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public from time to time available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated certified personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board County Allocation Board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint. It is expressly understood that information contained within an individual's personnel file may only be released by written permission of the individual.
G. E. The Board may shall consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration consideration, and the Association may shall be given opportunity to advise make recommendations to the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. F. The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein G. No religious or political activities of any teachers or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the Association professional employment of such teacher provided the same does not occur during the hours of duty. The private and personal life of any teacher shall not be granted or extended subject to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration disciplinary action by the Association so Board or its agents as long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meetingit does not affect his teaching effectiveness.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of teacher employed by the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. Any violation of this paragraph may be processed through the grievance procedure through Level Two of the grievance procedure. It may then be referred to the Michigan Employment Relations Commission. Only if the Michigan Employment Relations Commission refuses to take jurisdiction of the matter may such a matter be referred to arbitration.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereby law.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right privilege to post notices of use school building facilities for meetings, subject to the same regulations relative to maintenance charges as apply to other local organizations; provided such meetings shall not interfere with other regular scheduled activities and matters provided the principals shall designate the location of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which said meeting within the building. Bulletin board space in lounges and school mail facilities shall be made available to the Association; provided the Board shall have no responsibility in each any way for any material in connection with use of school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachersfacilities.
F. D. The Board agrees to shall make available to the Association Association, upon its reasonable requests, such statistics or financial information in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources possession of the districtBoard as are relevant for the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements succeeding this agreement or as are relevant to processing any grievance. The Board will also furnish non-confidential information, including but not limited to: annual financial reports data and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist material it has in its possession to the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive for other programs on behalf of the relevant to teachers and their students, together with . It is understood that the foregoing shall not be construed to require the Board to compile information which may be necessary for or statistics not already compiled; provided the Association may at its expense make such compilation. Original records of the foregoing specified information are to process be examined only at the office of the Board. If the Association requests copies of any grievance or complaintsuch material, then the Association agrees to reimburse the Board for actual extra expense incurred in furnishing such copies.
G. The E. When requested by the Association, the Board may consult with shall give the Association on the opportunity to be heard at regular and special Board meetings prior to the adoption of any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or school tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions revision of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and . In order to keep the Association may informed, an outline copy of the "Superintendent's Report and Recommendation" will be given opportunity mailed or transmitted to advise the Association President the Friday before the regular Board meeting.
F. The district shall provide the ECEA president with respect release time equivalent to said matters prior one-sixth of the student day commencing the 2003-04 school year.
G. Teachers shall be entitled to their adoption and/or general publicationfull rights of citizenship. The Board Religious or political activities of any teacher, or the lack thereof, shall not submit be grounds for any proposal discipline or discrimination. Except for additional operational conduct that violates generally accepted conduct and/or moral standards of a professional person, the private or building millage without prior consultation with personal life of any teacher is not an appropriate matter for the Associationconcern or attention of the Board.
H. The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status. Neither the Board nor any of its representatives shall treat any individual covered by this Agreement any differently than the provisions that this Agreement provides.
I. Membership in the Association shall not be denied open to any teacher because all teachers regardless of race, creed, religion, color, sex and marital status or national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by provide the Association so long as those matters are made known to with one copy of the Superintendent's Office six Board Policies, Rules and Regulations for each school building and two (62) calendar days prior to said regular meetingcopies for the Association.
K. The Association EAST CHINA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION shall have the sole authority and responsibility to administer the provisions of this Agreement on a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests day-to-day basis on behalf of Association members. The Association its membership.
L. When a verbal or written complaint is received from another administrator, parent, teacher, or students, by a supervisor, directed against a teacher(s) that said supervisor feels could affect a teachers' formal evaluation, said teacher(s) shall provide at least be notified within five (5) school days prior noticeof the complaint's substance. The teacher(s) involved have ten (l0) school days from receipt of notification to request a meeting with the complainant(s), the supervisor, the Superintendent or his designee, and an Association representative. No data shall pay be entered into the substitute feeteacher's personnel file regarding the complaint unless the teacher is given the opportunity to sign said statement. Substitutes The supervisor shall provide the Association building representative with a copy of the statement and then place the statement in the teacher's personnel file. The teacher will be obtained through regular channelsprovided the opportunity to submit a rebuttal to the supervisor's statement.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Section 1: Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board and the Association hereby agrees agree that every employee of all bargaining unit members employed by the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and or support the Association and PEA for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionprotection or refrain from exercising such rights. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or discourage, deprive or coerce any teacher Teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher Teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership or non-membership in the AssociationAssociation and PEA, the teacher's his/her participation in any activities of the Association and PEA or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.with
B. Section 2: Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher Teacher rights he he/she may have under the Michigan General Revised School Laws Code or other applicable State and Federal laws and regulationsregulations including the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended. The rights granted to teachers Teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereby law.
C. Section 3: The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association PEA and its representatives members shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable school-building facilities after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, . Bulletin boards and other established media of communication shall be made available to the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsPEA and its members. Supplies are to be furnished by the PEA.
D. Section 4: Duly authorized representatives of the Association PEA and their respective affiliates affi- liates shall be permitted to transact official Association PEA business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal after the regular school operationsday has been completed.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. Section 5: The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association PEA, in response to reasonable requests requests, from time to time, all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements final Board approved budgets and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association PEA in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers Teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any a grievance or complaint.
G. Section 6: The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions first Wednesday of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal each month that school is in session for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement a full day shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association reserved for PEA business from teacher dismissal time until 6 p.m. No other meetings involving PEA members shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusscheduled on these days and during these times except with PEA consent.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of teacher employed by the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid social and protectionprofessional activities. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms term or conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's his/her participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, upon written request provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsoperations and has received prior approval from the Superintendent or his/her designated representatives. In case there is no designated representative available in the building, a vacant room not scheduled for use may be used and the designated representative notified the following business day.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. C. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices use school facilities and equipment including typewriters, duplicating equipment, and all types of activities and matters of audiovisual equipment for Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school buildingbusiness. The Association may shall pay the audiovisual equipment for Association business. The Association shall pay the school's cost for all materials and supplies incident to such use, and damage to equipment not resulting through normal use of the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachersequipment.
F. D. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests from time to time all available public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports district and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with available public information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with grievances and conduct negotiations for the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration to process grievances and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting conduct negotiations as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration defined by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meetingMichigan Employment Relations Commission.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Contract
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every certified teacher employee of the Board (except those exclusions enumerated in Article I; Paragraph B) shall have the right to freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other lawful concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or discourage, deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or of conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or of conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed so as to deny or to restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewherethe aforementioned laws and regulations.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after for meetings when it does not interfere with or interrupt normal school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, operations. The Principal of the Board may make a reasonable charge thereforebuilding to be used shall designate location of meetings within the buildings.
D. The Association has the right to use school equipment on school property, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives . The Association agrees to pay for the cost of the Association all materials and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationssupplies used.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, located in teachers’ lounges, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes mailboxes of Association members for communications to teachers. The Association will post nothing of slanderous or defamatory nature.
F. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated certified personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all the Board meetings, treasurer's ’s reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together . The Association agrees to make an appointment to look at financial information with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance Superintendent or complainthis/her designee.
G. The Board may consult with Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the Association on lack thereof shall be grounds for any new discipline or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board discrimination with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationprofessional employment of such teacher.
H. The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms, and conditions of employment shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, color, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. 2.1 Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionnegotiation. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the The Board undertakes and agrees that it will not neither directly or nor indirectly discourage or discourage, deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred covered by Act 379 of the Act or other Public Acts of 1965, laws of Michigan or the Constitution State of Michigan and the United States; that it will not nor discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or and conditions of employment by reason reasons of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or Association, participation in collective professional negotiations with the Boardnegotiations, or their the institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employmentAgreement.
B. 2.2 Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights s/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights and responsibilities granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. 2.3 The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives affiliates shall have the right to use school buildings at building facilities and shall be subject to all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, provisions of the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsof Education policies regarding such use.
D. 2.4 Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. All such representatives shall notify the building office of their immediate presence in the building.
E. 2.5 Time on the agenda of regular staff meetings shall be granted to the Association, when requested.
2.6 No teacher shall be prevented from wearing or displaying insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. The Association agrees that the displaying of such identification will not deface the building.
2.7 The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices use the District’s communication systems provided that all such Association material is clearly identified and the Association accepts all responsibility for such material. The location of activities and matters of the Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which boards shall be mutually agreed upon. Other communication systems may also be used by the Association upon mutual agreement by the parties. The Association office shall be a regular pick up delivery stop on the intra-district mail service, provided in each the W-WEA Office is located within the school buildingdistrict.
2.8 The Association may use school equipment including typewriters, copy machines, and other duplication equipment normally available to teachers. The Association may also use calculating machines and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times when such equipment is not otherwise in use. It is understood that such equipment shall not be removed from school property. The Association shall pay the district intra-mail service current cost of all materials and teacher mail boxes for communications supplies incident to teacherssuch use. Use of equipment other than that listed herein shall be with Administrative approval. The Association recognizes that all equipment in a building is ultimately the responsibility of the school principal.
F. 2.9 The Board agrees to make furnish within ten (10) working days, all available to information requested by the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which District. Timelines may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintextended by mutual agreement.
G. The 2.10 Within a reasonable time prior to Board may consult with the Association on any consideration and adoption and/or general publication of major new or modified fiscal, fiscal budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Board shall inform the Association may be given opportunity in writing of such proposals and solicit the Association's opinion. Administration shall forward a copy of the Association's opinion to advise the Board prior to the meeting on the matter. When Board established committees, task forces, and other groups formed to study such major changes are to include teacher members, such teacher members will be appointed by the W-WEA.
2.11 Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship. No religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board. None of the aforementioned activities shall disrupt normal school operations.
2.12 Disciplinary interviews and reprimands will be considered privately. Meetings between a teacher and supervisor which are called for the purpose of disciplining and/or reprimanding the teacher shall begin with an announcement from the supervisor clearly stating that the purpose of the meeting is for discipline and/or reprimand. The supervisor shall also inform the teacher of his/her right to have an Association representative of his/her choice during any such meeting. When the affected teacher requests the presence of an Association representative the meeting/interview will not proceed until the representative is in attendance. At no time will this cause the meeting to be delayed more than 48 hours.
2.13 No teacher shall be disciplined by the Board except in a manner that is fair and reasonable (not arbitrary or capricious) with the exception of the termination or non-renewal of a probationary teacher.
2.14 Teachers against whom charges or allegations have been made which could lead to suspension, reprimand, and/or dismissal shall be provided copies of all allegations and charges at the time of a disciplinary meeting.
2.15 No disciplinary action shall result from a meeting characterized by the Board as non- disciplinary in nature.
2.16 Each teacher shall have the right to review the content of his/her personnel file. S/he shall have the right to have Association representation in such review. All such reviews shall be made in the presence of the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources or his/her designated representative. Confidential credentials and other letters of reference sought at the time of employment are specifically exempt from such review. The W-WEA and the Board will follow all procedures as outlined in the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Employee Right to Know Act, Act No. 397 of the Public Acts of 1978 MCLA 423.501 - 423.512. A teacher's personnel file may not contain a reprimand in excess of three years provided no additional reprimand occurs during the said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. three year period.
2.17 The Board shall not submit any proposal provide the Association, in a timely fashion, the names and addresses of all new teachers. When a new teacher orientation occurs the Association shall have sufficient time on the agenda for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with presentation of items of mutual interest to new personnel and the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall 2.18 Special conferences for important matters will be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in arranged between the Association shall president and the Board or their designated representatives upon request of either party. Grievance hearings and bargaining sessions are not to be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusconsidered special conferences.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation negotiating and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of her/his membership in the AssociationLocal 10/MEA/NEA, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association Lake Xxxxxx Unit or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their her/his institution of any grievance, grievance complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights she/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereby law.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit and its representatives shall have the right same rights as other community groups to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special where custodial service is services are required, the Board may make a reasonable the same charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsis made to other community groups.
D. Duly authorized representatives representation of the Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsoperation. The Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit may hold meetings of up to one hour in duration during Teacher Record Days or In- services that are scheduled when school is not in session for the entire day so long as said meetings don't interfere with or interrupt scheduled activities.
E. The Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit shall have the exclusive privilege to use school facilities and equipment normally used for instructional purposes when such equipment is not otherwise in use. After being given a list of district costs for materials and supplies, the Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit shall quarterly present to the Superintendent a list of supplies and material used along with a check for the same.
F. The Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx unit shall have the right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit concern on teacher bulletin boards, boards not accessible to students at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes mailboxes for communications to teachers. The Association agrees to be responsible for the content of all such communications which the Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit or its representatives post or distribute using school facilities. The informational materials will be identified with the name of the individual posting it or the unit authorizing it. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit either on or off school premises.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational education background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit to process any grievance or complaint. The Association shall specify in writing the information desired.
G. H. The Board may consult with the Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The Teachers shall be entitled to full rights granted herein of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the Association shall professional employment of such teacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not be granted within the appropriate concern or extended attention of the Board except as it exceeds the bounds of questionable, ethical or moral behavior that brings disgrace and discredit to any competing labor organizationthe Lake Xxxxxx Community Schools.
J. The Board Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit shall place have the same privileges for placing items on the agenda of each regular board meeting for Board consideration as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known other community groups. Such items shall be submitted to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar , in writing, at least five days prior to said regular the scheduled meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Contract
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organizeBoard, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly as t h e duly-elected body exercising governmental power powers under color of law the laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect as to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect a s to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein The Association and its members shall, upon proper application and/or approval, be permitted to hold meetings in school facilities. Such use shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under free of charge, provided no additional custodial service cost is involved for the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulationsDistrict. The rights granted Association agrees that all of its Association activities will be conducted so as not to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereinterfere with regular classroom teaching duties and their related obligations.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, District and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
D. A bulletin board for the Association's exclusive use shall be provided near the teachers' mailboxes, or in a location mutually agreed upon, in each school building. All notices shall be posted only with the approval of the chief building representative of the Association, or of the designated representative, in an orderly manner, and shall be limited to the official affairs of the Association. Posting of any Association materials shall be limited to said bulletin board.
E. The Association shall have the right to use, on the school premises, equipment, such as and including typewriters, computers, copy machines and other duplicating equipment, calculators, and all types of audio-visual equipment, at reasonable times when such equipment is not otherwise in use provided prior approval is obtained from the building principal or his/her designee. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use, and for the cost of any repair which may result from any damage to the equipment through such use. The Band Director will be assigned coded keys for buildings and doors for which the employee’s job responsibilities require access, on condition that that key(s) not be loaned or given to any other person under any circumstances whatsoever, and not be used inconsistently with the District’s building access policy.
F. The Association, through its official representatives, may use the District mail service and teacher mailboxes for official communications to teachers. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises.
G. Duly-authorized officials of the Association shall be permitted to transact official Association business on District property, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
H. The Board may consult with will advise the local Association on any when there will be consideration at their meetings of new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy.
I. Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no political or religious activities, which are proposed or under consideration and lack thereof, shall be grounds for any discrimination as to the Association may be given opportunity professional employment of such teachers. However, no teacher shall use instructional privileges for private gain, or to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publicationpromote personal, political, or religious activities. The Board shall personal and private life of any teacher is not submit any proposal for additional operational within the appropriate concern or building millage without prior consultation with attention of the AssociationBoard, except if it is a detriment to the performance of the teacher's assignment.
H. J. The provisions of this the Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious, or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sex, marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meetingdisability.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association1. The Association President shall make be provided with up to three (3) hours released time daily to conduct Association business. The Board shall continue to provide all requests on behalf other benefits. The Board agrees to pay for the two (2) hours of release time daily for the Association membersPresident. The Association shall provide at least five reimburse the Board for one (51) days prior noticehour of daily salary of the President only if the third hour of release time is used. This release time will afford the Association President the opportunity to meet regularly with administration to discuss pertinent school issues and or manage Association business. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsagrees not to abuse this privilege.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActXXXX, the Board hereby agrees that as amended, every employee of teacher employed by the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly-elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of MichiganMichigan law, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive encourage, discourage, deprive, or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan XXXX or the Constitution Constitutions and laws of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect as to hours, wages, or any and other terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under as defined by the Grievance procedures about any provision of this Agreement or otherwise with respect any existing rule, order, or regulation of the Board as to any wages, hours, terms or conditions of employment, except those which are a prohibited or illegal bargaining subject.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed The parties recognize the right to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under invoke the assistance of the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereEmployment Relations Commission under XXXX.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives members shall continue to have the right to use school buildings facilities at all reasonable after school hours for meetings to conduct necessary Association business as in the past. Arrangements shall be made with the Administrator of the building in question in advance of the time and place of all such meetings. The Association shall provide all materials and supplies incident to such use.
1. The Association shall have the right to place notices, provided that when special custodial service circulars, and other material on a designated bulletin board and in teachers' mail boxes, including electronic mail. Copies of all such material shall be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval is not required, .
2. The Association may have reasonable use of the Board school mail and delivery services.
3. The Association may make use a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with building’s public address system to announce the time of meetings at the time regular building announcements are read. Special announcements must be scheduled before classes are in session or interrupt normal school operationsafter they have been dismissed.
D. Duly The Board will furnish to the Association officers and/or designated representatives in response to reasonable requests from time to time all records about the District’s financial resources, tentative budgetary requirements, and allocations and such other information as legally would be available to the Association. The Association shall, whenever feasible, have the opportunity to consult with the Board's representatives as to fiscal, budgetary, and tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration before their adoption and/or general publication. The Board will inform the Association whenever a formal request to establish a Public School Academy (Charter School) is received.
X. Xxxx-authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall activity does not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have operations as determined by the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachersbuilding administrator.
F. The Association recognizes that the Board agrees has the responsibility and authority to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the districtmanage and direct, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers public, all the operations and their studentsactivities of the District to the full extent authorized by law, together provided that such rights and responsibilities shall be exercised by the Board in conformity with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult this Agreement and provided that such provisions do not conflict with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationlaw.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee certified teachers of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionnegotiations. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other and the laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; Michigan, that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions condition of employment by reason of his his/her membership and participation in the Association's activities, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective bargaining or professional negotiations with the Board, or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employmentagreement.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he he/she may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewherelaws.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have representative may request of the right to Administration the use of the school buildings at all hours as deemed reasonable after by the Administration for meetings (the word "reasonable" means the building will be available for the use of teachers outside of the regular school hours when no other meetings have been scheduled and have been previously announced) and any additional costs incurred for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable use of the facilities shall be borne by the Association. No charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal be made for use of the school operations.rooms before the commencement of the school day nor until 6:00 p.m.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all property, as deemed reasonable timesby the Administration, and provided that that, this shall not interfere with or interrupt the normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have be granted permission by the exclusive right Administration to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at . At least one of which such board shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to the teachers. The Association shall have reasonable use of equipment and any costs incurred for the use of the equipment shall be borne by the Association.
F. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and reports, audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational backgroundMeetings, and such other all available information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed about state and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintfederally funded programs.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. . The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board Board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters matter brought to its consideration by the Association Association, so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days superintendent in writing by 9:30 a.m. the Wednesday prior to said regular meeting.
K. The H. Association time shall have be granted to the president or a maximum representative of eleven the president (11officer) of the union in the manner of three (3) days total each school per year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Associationwork on association business. The Association President shall make all requests will pay for substitutes on behalf of Association membersday one (1) and day (3). The Association shall provide at least five Board will pay for a substitute on day two (5) days prior notice2). The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes There will be obtained through regular channelsno carryover of days each year.
I. Individual contracts shall be issued to staff members.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right to freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association Association, or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this the Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, upon notification of the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with Superintendent or interrupt normal school operationshis designated representative.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, times provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsoperations and the representative checks into the office upon arrival.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to use school facilities and equipment when such equipment is not otherwise in use and upon notification of the Superintendent or his/her designated representative.
F. The Association shall have the right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one (1) of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service teacher mailboxes and teacher mail boxes email for communications to teachers.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all matters of public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational backgroundDistrict, and such any other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. H. The Board may consult with the Concord Education Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may shall be given an opportunity to advise review proposed Board policy and present statements regarding the policy to the Board prior to final vote on said policy.
I. Notwithstanding their employment, the teacher shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to said matters prior the professional employment of such teacher, so long as it does not impair the ability to perform their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationteaching responsibility.
H. The provisions J. Neither party shall unlawfully discriminate against any teacher or applicant for employment because of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to his/her religion, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sex, sexual orientation, height, weight, marital status. Membership status or handicap and neither party shall unlawfully discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of his/her membership or non-membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meetingAssociation.
K. The Association shall have may appear on the printed agenda of a maximum Board meeting for the purpose of eleven (11) days total each school year addressing the Board by filing a written statement of released time without loss such intention and appropriate informational materials with the Superintendent of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least Schools not later than five (5) days prior notice. to the date of the meeting.
L. The Association shall pay private life of a teacher is his/her own affair unless his/her conduct should adversely affect his/her relations with students or the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsdischarge of his/her teaching and other school related duties.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation negotiating and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of her/his membership in the AssociationLocal 10/MEA/NEA, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association Lake Xxxxxx Unit or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their her/his institution of any grievance, grievance complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights she/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereby law.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit and its representatives shall have the right same rights as other community groups to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special where custodial service is services are required, the Board may make a reasonable the same charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsis made to other community groups.
D. Duly X. Xxxx authorized representatives representation of the Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsoperation. The Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit may hold meetings of up to one hour in duration during Teacher Record Days or In-services that are scheduled when school is not in session for the entire day so long as said meetings don't interfere with or interrupt scheduled activities.
E. The Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit shall have the exclusive privilege to use school facilities and equipment normally used for instructional purposes when such equipment is not otherwise in use. After being given a list of district costs for materials and supplies, the Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit shall quarterly present to the Superintendent a list of supplies and material used along with a check for the same.
F. The Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx unit shall have the right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit concern on teacher bulletin boards, boards not accessible to students at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes mailboxes for communications to teachers. The Association agrees to be responsible for the content of all such communications which the Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit or its representatives post or distribute using school facilities. The informational materials will be identified with the name of the individual posting it or the unit authorizing it. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit either on or off school premises.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational education background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit to process any grievance or complaint. The Association shall specify in writing the information desired.
G. H. The Board may consult with the Association Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The Teachers shall be entitled to full rights granted herein of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the Association shall professional employment of such teacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not be granted within the appropriate concern or extended attention of the Board except as it exceeds the bounds of questionable, ethical or moral behavior that brings disgrace and discredit to any competing labor organizationthe Lake Xxxxxx Community Schools.
J. The Board Local 10/MEA/NEA, Lake Xxxxxx Unit shall place have the same privileges for placing items on the agenda of each regular board meeting for Board consideration as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known other community groups. Such items shall be submitted to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar , in writing, at least five days prior to said regular the scheduled meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Contract
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Section A— Teacher Rights Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board Employer hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association Union for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the laws of the State state of Michigan, the Board Employer undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the AssociationUnion, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association Union or collective professional negotiations with the BoardEmployer, or their the institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. . Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he the teacher may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. Section B— Building Use The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service services is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this . No charge shall not interfere with or interrupt normal be made for use of school operations.rooms before the commencement of the school day nor until 6:00 p.m.
D. Section C— Property Use Duly authorized representatives of the Union or Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. Section D— Facilities and Equipment Use The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities use school facilities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the districtequipment, including but typewriters, computers, fax machines, other duplicating equipment calculating and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association otherwise in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior noticeuse. The Association shall pay for the substitute feereasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use. Substitutes will The Association agrees to be obtained through regular channelsresponsible for the financial loss due to carelessness or negligence in the use of school premises and school equipment. No equipment shall be removed from the school premises without the consent of the Board.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board parties hereby agrees agree that every employee of the Board teachers shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly-elected body exercising governmental power under color cover of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's his/her participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment. The Association likewise agrees that it shall not intimidate or coerce any teacher in the exercise of his/her rights set forth herein or under law.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights s/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers a teacher hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives members shall have the right to make use of school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, and facilities in keeping with the rules and regulations of the Board may make a reasonable charge thereforegoverning the use of buildings and facilities. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. The Association shall have the right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on bulletin boards which shall be provided that this shall in each school building in areas designated for teacher use, such as teachers' lounges and work rooms, but not interfere with in areas open to the public or interrupt normal students. The Board will permit, but cannot assume the responsibility for, delivering notices through its school operationsdelivery service for Association purposes.
D. Duly authorized representatives Officials of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be Association, including its Executive Director, are permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall such business does not interfere with the teachers' performance of their duties or interrupt normal school operationsoperations and that the building principal or his/her designee shall be promptly informed of such officials' presence.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Association, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, all public information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict and tentative budget, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational backgroundwhich have passed the discussion stage by the Board, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their studentsAssociation, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint. Further, the Executive Director of the Association and the Board's Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources agree to exchange copies of all non-confidential research reports and other relative material dealing with collective bargaining which become available to them.
G. F. The Board may shall advise the Association of fiscal, budgetary, and tax programs that affect the District promptly when adopted. The Association shall have the opportunity in advance to consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters thereto prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board .
G. Teachers shall not submit be entitled to full rights of citizenship, and no religious or political activities of any proposal teacher or lack thereof shall be grounds for additional operational any discipline or building millage without prior consultation discrimination with respect to the Associationprofessional employment of such teachers.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creeddisability, religionsexual orientation, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status.
I. The During the term of this Agreement, the rights granted herein to the Association shall will not be granted or extended to any competing labor other organizations claiming to represent a teachers' organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought policies which affect teachers but whose provisions are not covered in this Agreement will be provided in writing to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) school days prior noticeto the first reading to permit the Association to address the Board of its view of the proposal. The Association may request the opportunity to review and discuss the proposed Board policy only with administrative staff prior to the first reading. The District shall consult and work with the Association in developing or changing Administrative Guidelines that affects teachers. The ultimate decision regarding Administrative Guidelines will be left to the district, unless covered under this agreement. The Administrative Guidelines shall be made available to employees. In addition to the above, if the implementation of a written Board or building policy or procedure directly affecting a teacher, which is not covered by this Agreement, is the basis of a complaint by him/her, it may be registered and processed as provided in Article V through but not beyond Level II.
K. Membership in the Association is not compulsory. The Association is required under this Agreement to represent all of the teachers in the bargaining unit fairly and equally to the extent provided herein and under the law. The terms of the Agreement shall apply equally to all teachers in the bargaining unit and not only for members in the Association, and this Agreement has been executed by the Board after it has satisfied itself that the Association is the choice of a majority of the teachers in the bargaining unit.
L. During the school year and conditioned on being given adequate advance notice, the Board will provide the Association a maximum of thirty (30) paid and released school days for the purpose of transacting official Association business by its President and/or Association authorized members, as long as there can be shown no demonstrable harm to the Board from the utilization of such days. Further, a maximum of twenty (20) additional days may be used, provided that the Association shall pay the cost of any substitute feeutilized for coverage of such days.
M. Should the Legislation prohibiting Agency Shop (MCL 423.14) be repealed, amended, or otherwise determined to be invalid and such provision be permitted during the term of this Agreement, either party may request to reopen the Contract and bargain over the impact of the repealed or amended language. Substitutes will Provided further should MCL 423.210 (1)(b) pertaining to the collection of unions dues be obtained repealed, amended, or otherwise held invalid, the District shall again permit payment of union dues through regular channelspayroll deduction, upon receiving written authorization from the teacher in accordance with applicable law.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. 2.1 Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionnegotiation. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the The Board undertakes and agrees that it will not neither directly or nor indirectly discourage or discourage, deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred covered by Act 379 of the Act or other Public Acts of 1965, laws of Michigan or the Constitution State of Michigan and the United States; that it will not nor discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or and conditions of employment by reason reasons of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or Association, participation in collective professional negotiations with the Boardnegotiations, or their the institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employmentAgreement.
B. 2.2 Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights s/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights and responsibilities granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. 2.3 The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives affiliates shall have the right to use school buildings at building facilities and shall be subject to all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, provisions of the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsof Education policies regarding such use.
D. 2.4 Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. All such representatives shall notify the building office of their immediate presence in the building.
E. 2.5 Time on the agenda of regular staff meetings shall be granted to the Association, when requested.
2.6 No teacher shall be prevented from wearing or displaying insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. The Association agrees that the displaying of such identification will not deface the building.
2.7 The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices use the District mail system, LAN/WAN, and bulletin boards provided that all such Association material is clearly identified and the Association accepts all responsibility for such material. The location of activities and matters of the Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which boards shall be mutually agreed upon. Other communication systems may also be used by the Association upon mutual agreement by the parties. The Association office shall be a regular pick up delivery stop on the intra-district mail service, provided in each the W-WEA Office is located within the school buildingdistrict.
2.8 The Association may use school equipment including typewriters, ditto machines, and other duplication equipment normally available to teachers. The Association may also use calculating machines and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times when such equipment is not otherwise in use. It is understood that such equipment shall not be removed from school property. The Association shall pay the district intra-mail service current cost of all materials and teacher mail boxes for communications supplies incident to teacherssuch use. Use of equipment other than that listed herein shall be with Administrative approval. The Association recognizes that all equipment in a building is ultimately the responsibility of the school principal.
F. 2.9 The Board agrees to make furnish within ten (10) working days, all available to information requested by the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which District. Timelines may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintextended by mutual agreement.
G. The 2.10 Within a reasonable time prior to Board may consult with the Association on any consideration and adoption and/or general publication of major new or modified fiscal, fiscal budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Board shall inform the Association may be given opportunity in writing of such proposals and solicit the Association's opinion. Administration shall forward a copy of the Association's opinion to advise the Board prior to the meeting on the matter. When Board established committees, task forces, and other groups formed to study such major changes are to include teacher members, such teacher members will be appointed by the W-WEA.
2.11 Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship. No religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for discipline or discrimination with respect to said matters the professional employment of such teacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board. None of the aforementioned activities shall disrupt normal school operations.
2.12 Disciplinary interviews and reprimands will be considered privately. Meetings between a teacher and supervisor which are called for the purpose of disciplining and/or reprimanding the teacher shall begin with an announcement from the supervisor clearly stating that the purpose of the meeting is for discipline and/or reprimand. The supervisor shall also inform the teacher of his/her right to have an Association representative of his/her choice during any such meeting. When the affected teacher requests the presence of an Association representative the meeting/interview will not proceed until the representative is in attendance. At no time will this cause the meeting to be delayed more than 48 hours.
2.13 No teacher shall be disciplined by the Board without just cause with the exception of the termination or non-renewal of a probationary teacher prior to their adoption his/her third year of teaching in the District.
2.14 Teachers against whom charges or allegations have been made which could lead to suspension, reprimand, and/or general publicationdismissal shall be provided copies of all allegations and charges at the time of a disciplinary meeting.
2.15 No disciplinary action shall result from a meeting characterized by the Board as non-disciplinary in nature.
2.16 Each teacher shall have the right to review the content of his/her personnel file. S/he shall have the right to have Association representation in such review. All such reviews shall be made in the presence of the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources or his/her designated representative. Confidential credentials and other letters of reference sought at the time of employment are specifically exempt from such review. The W-WEA and the Board will follow all procedures as outlined in the Xxxxxxx- Xxxxxxxx Employee Right to Know Act, Act No. 397 of the Public Acts of 1978 MCLA 423.501 - 423.512. A teacher's personnel file may not contain a reprimand in excess of three years provided no additional reprimand occurs during the said three year period.
2.17 The Board shall not submit any proposal provide the Association, in a timely fashion, the names and addresses of all new teachers. When a new teacher orientation occurs the Association shall have sufficient time on the agenda for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with presentation of items of mutual interest to new personnel and the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall 2.18 Special conferences for important matters will be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in arranged between the Association shall president and the Board or their designated representatives upon request of either party. Grievance hearings and bargaining sessions are not to be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusconsidered special conferences.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant
X. Xxxxxxxx to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board as defined in Article I shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the statutes of the State of Michigan, as amended, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United StatesLaw; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's his/her participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, Board or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing Except as required by 2011 Public Acts 100-103, nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he he/she may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use the school buildings at all reasonable after school for meetings when not conflicting with pre-scheduled activities, except during the teacher's working day as stated in this contract. No charge shall be made for the use of the building except when used during hours in which custodians are not on duty. Charges then shall consist of custodian's salary plus charges normally charged other organizations for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this same use. All arrangements for building use shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsbe made through the principal of the building concerned.
D. Duly The Association shall have the right to use for local Association business school equipment, including school- issued computers and computer network, copying machines, other duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and all types of audio-visual equipment at times when custodians are on duty. The Association shall pay for the actual cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use.
X. The duly authorized representatives of president, or vice president if the Association and president is not available, shall with notice to their respective affiliates shall administrator be permitted granted time to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsofficials of the M.E.A. during the preparation period of the local officer. Proper credentials must first be presented to the building principal.
E. F. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes boxes, as well as school equipment and computer system for communications to teachers. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board board meetings, treasurer's reports, and census and membership data, names . Only copies of official records and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist accounts shall be permitted to leave the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf office of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintBoard.
G. H. The Board may consult with the Association shall allow input from employees as defined in Article I on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publicationconsideration. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with provide the AssociationAssociation president a copy of the agenda of Board meetings which will be mailed at the same time of the mailing to the Board members.
H. I. The provisions of this the Agreement and the wages, hours, terms, and conditions of employment shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have be granted a maximum "bank" of eleven four (114) days total each school per year for the purpose of released time releasing its representatives from regular duties without loss of pay for officerssalary to participate in area, delegatesstate, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to or regional meetings of the Michigan Education Association. The An additional ten (10) days will be granted for which the Association President shall make all requests on behalf will pay the salary of Association membersa substitute teacher for that purpose. The Association shall provide Time must be drawn from the bank in half day or full day blocks of time. Any staff member drawing time from the bank must notify his/her respective building principal at least five on one (5l) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsschool day in advance.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee certified teachers of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionnegotiations. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other and the laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; Michigan, that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions condition of employment by reason of his his/her membership and participation in the Association's activities, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective bargaining or professional negotiations with the Board, or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employmentagreement.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he he/she may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewherelaws.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have representative may request of the right to Administration the use of the school buildings at all hours as deemed reasonable after by the Administration for meetings (the word "reasonable" means the building will be available for the use of teachers outside of the regular school hours when no other meetings have been scheduled and have been previously announced) and any additional costs incurred for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable use of the facilities shall be borne by the Association. No charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal be made for use of the school operations.rooms before the commencement of the school day nor until 6:00 p.m.
D. Duly X. Xxxx authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all property, as deemed reasonable timesby the Administration, and provided that that, this shall not interfere with or interrupt the normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have be granted permission by the exclusive right Administration to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at . At least one of which such board shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to the teachers. The Association shall have reasonable use of equipment and any costs incurred for the use of the equipment shall be borne by the Association.
F. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and reports, audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational backgroundMeetings, and such other all available information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed about state and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintfederally funded programs.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. . The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board Board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters matter brought to its consideration by the Association Association, so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days superintendent in writing by 9:30 a.m. the Wednesday prior to said regular meeting.
K. The H. Association time shall have be granted to the president or a maximum representative of eleven the president (11officer) of the union in the manner of three (3) days total each school per year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Associationwork on association business. The Association President shall make all requests will pay for substitutes on behalf of Association membersday one (1) and day (3). The Association shall provide at least five Board will pay for a substitute on day two (5) days prior notice2). The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes There will be obtained through regular channelsno carryover of days each year.
I. Individual contracts shall be issued to staff members.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees recognizes that every employee of teacher employed by the Board shall have the right to freely to organize, join to join, and to support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities fringe benefits for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any lawful activities of the Association Association, or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher teacher, rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall may have the right to use the school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, upon request to the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsbuilding administrator.
D. Duly X. Xxxx authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. The authorized representative shall check in at the principal's office in the building that he is visiting.
E. The Board shall make available a room for DEA office use.
F. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association the Association's concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school buildingteacher's workrooms. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes mailboxes for communications to teachersteachers through the building representatives.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Association, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, all information of a public information concerning nature relative to the financial resources administration of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintXxXxxx Public Schools.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on H. Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship. No teacher's religious or political activities outside of school hours or lack there of, shall be grounds for any new discipline or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board discrimination with respect to the professional employment of said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publicationteacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board provided, however, that this shall not submit any proposal apply to conduct which is proven and which constitutes just cause for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationdiscipline.
H. The I. Except where sex is a bona fide occupational qualification (“BFOQ”), the provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board will consult with representatives of the DEA on major revisions of educational policy and a representative of the DEA shall place on be given the agenda opportunity to advise the Board with respect to such matters prior to their adoption.
X. Any communication between the Board, or Administration, and a teacher may be copied and delivered by that teacher to anyone of each regular board meeting as his choice.
L. Subject to the first provisions of Article 23, Sections I, J, and K no teacher shall be discharged, disciplined or second item demoted except for consideration under "new business" any matters brought just cause. This Section shall not apply to its consideration by the non- renewal of a probationary teacher.
M. Upon request, a bargaining unit member shall at all times be entitled to have a representative of the Association so long as those matters are made known present when the teacher is being questioned, warned or disciplined for any infraction of rules or delinquency in professional performance. When a request for such representation is made, no disciplinary action shall be taken with respect to the Superintendentbargaining unit member until such representative of the Association is present. It is understood that the teacher and his representative will meet with the administrator within two (2) workdays of the date the bargaining unit member is advised that a meeting is desired unless said time period is extended by mutual consent of the parties. A paid non- disciplinary suspension may be imposed until the meeting with the teacher and his representative is held.
N. The Employer shall provide the bargaining unit member with written notification of any alleged delinquencies; indicate the expected correction; and indicate a reasonable period for correction. Alleged breaches of discipline, rules, regulations or directions shall be promptly reported to the teacher. This section applies to situations involving conduct for which discipline may be appropriate as opposed to performance deficiencies which should be addressed through the evaluation process.
O. In the event a request is made for information in a bargaining unit member's Office six (6) calendar days personnel file and said request is in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, the Board will notify the Association and the bargaining unit member who is named in the F.O.I.A. request prior to said regular meetingfulfilling the request. Upon request, the bargaining unit member will receive a copy of any and all information that is released to any such petitioner.
K. The Association X. Xxxxx to disclosing a bargaining unit member's social security number to an outside third party, the Employer shall have a maximum of eleven (11notify the bargaining unit member whether such disclosure is mandatory or voluntary, and what use(s) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsmade of it.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective negotiation or bargaining or negotiation and other concerted and lawful activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly-elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations bargaining with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher the rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable collect the established charge therefore, provided that this thereof. No charge shall not interfere with or interrupt normal be made for use of school operations.
D. rooms before the commencement of the school day nor until 6:00 p.m. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. The Association shall have the right to use school facilities and equipment, including typewriters, computers, other duplicating equipment, and all other types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use with the permission of the Administration. The Association shall pay for the actual cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association Association's concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-District mail service and teacher mail boxes for Association-identified communications to teachers.
F. The After having received the written request from the President of the Association or his designee, the Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Association, in response to reasonable requests requests, all public available information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict, and such other information including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas agenda and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist which may be necessary for the Association in developing to develop intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintgrievance.
G. The Board may consult with shall consider any recommendations submitted to it by the Association on any concerning new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, programs or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or and marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board Board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new businessNew Business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six office five (65) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association X. Outside the classroom no religious or political activities of any teacher, or the lack thereof, shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay be grounds for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains any discipline or discrimination with respect to the Associationprofessional employment of such teacher. The Within the limits of the Professional Standards defined in Appendix C, the private and personal life of any teacher is not within the concern or attention of the Board.
K. A teacher shall at all times be entitled to have present a representative of the Association President when he is being formally reprimanded, warned or disciplined for any infraction of rules or delinquency in professional performance.
L. No teacher shall make all requests on behalf of Association membersbe disciplined, reprimanded, or reduced in compensation without just cause. The Association Any such discipline, reprimand, or reduction in compensation including adverse evaluation shall provide at least five (5) days prior noticebe subject to the professional grievance procedure hereinafter set forth. The Association shall pay All information forming the substitute fee. Substitutes basis for disciplinary action will be obtained through regular channelsmade available, in writing, to the teacher and the Association.
M. Bargaining unit members will be notified if there has been a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for information in the members personnel file. Notification to the bargaining unit member will take place before any information is released.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees recognizes that every employee of teacher employed by the Board shall have the right to freely to organize, join to join, and to support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities fringe benefits for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any lawful activities of the Association Association, or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher teacher, rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall may have the right to use the school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, upon request to the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsbuilding administrator.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. The authorized representative shall check in at the principal’s office in the building that he is visiting.
E. The Board shall make available a room for DEA office use.
F. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association the Association’s concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school buildingteacher’s workrooms. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes mailboxes for communications to teachersteachers through the building representatives.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Association, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, all information of a public information concerning nature relative to the financial resources administration of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintXxXxxx Public Schools.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on H. Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship. No teacher’s religious or political activities outside of school hours or lack there of, shall be grounds for any new discipline or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board discrimination with respect to the professional employment of said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publicationteacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board provided, however, that this shall not submit any proposal apply to conduct which is proven and which constitutes just cause for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationdiscipline.
H. The I. Except where sex is a bona fide occupational qualification (“BFOQ”), the provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board will consult with representatives of the DEA on major revisions of educational policy and a representative of the DEA shall place on be given the agenda of each regular board meeting as opportunity to advise the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any Board with respect to such matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meetingtheir adoption.
K. The Association Any communication between the Board, or Administration, and a teacher may be copied and delivered by that teacher to anyone of his choice.
L. Subject to the provisions of Article 23, Sections I, J, and K no teacher shall be discharged, disciplined or demoted except for just cause. This Section shall not apply to the non-renewal of a probationary teacher.
M. Upon request, a bargaining unit member shall at all times be entitled to have a maximum representative of eleven (11) days total each school year the Association present when the teacher is being questioned, warned or disciplined for any infraction of released time without loss of pay rules or delinquency in professional performance. When a request for officerssuch representation is made, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains no disciplinary action shall be taken with respect to the Associationbargaining unit member until such representative of the Association is present. It is understood that the teacher and his representative will meet with the administrator within two (2) workdays of the date the bargaining unit member is advised that a meeting is desired unless said time period is extended by mutual consent of the parties. A paid non-disciplinary suspension may be imposed until the meeting with the teacher and his representative is held.
N. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association Employer shall provide at least five (5the bargaining unit member with written notification of any alleged delinquencies; indicate the expected correction; and indicate a reasonable period for correction. Alleged breaches of discipline, rules, regulations or directions shall be promptly reported to the teacher. This section applies to situations involving conduct for which discipline may be appropriate as opposed to performance deficiencies which should be addressed through the evaluation process.
O. In the event a request is made for information in a bargaining unit member’s personnel file and said request is in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, the Board will notify the Association and the bargaining unit member who is named in the
I. A. request prior to fulfilling the request. Upon request, the bargaining unit member will receive a copy of any and all information that is released to any such petitioner.
P. Prior to disclosing a bargaining unit member’s social security number to an outside third party, the Employer shall notify the bargaining unit member whether such disclosure is mandatory or voluntary, and what use(s) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsmade of it.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board as defined in Article I shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the statutes of the State of Michigan, as amended, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United StatesLaw; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's his/her participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, Board or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he he/she may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use the school buildings at all reasonable after school for meetings when not conflicting with pre-scheduled activities, except during the teacher's working day as stated in this contract. No charge shall be made for the use of the building except when used during hours in which custodians are not on duty. Charges then shall consist of custodian's salary plus charges normally charged other organizations for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this same use. All arrangements for building use shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsbe made through the principal of the building concerned.
D. Duly The Association shall have the right to use for local Association business school equipment, including computers and computer network, copying machines, other duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and all types of audio-visual equipment at times when custodians are on duty. The Association shall pay for the actual cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use.
E. The duly authorized representatives of president, or vice president if the Association and president is not available, shall with notice to their respective affiliates shall administrator be permitted granted time to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsofficials of the M.E.A. during the preparation period of the local officer. Proper credentials must first be presented to the building principal.
E. F. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes boxes, as well as school equipment and computer system for communications to teachers. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board board meetings, treasurer's reports, and census and membership data, names . Only copies of official records and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist accounts shall be permitted to leave the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf office of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintBoard.
G. H. The Board may consult with the Association shall allow input from employees as defined in Article I on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publicationconsideration. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with provide the AssociationAssociation president a copy of the agenda of Board meetings which will be mailed at the same time of the mailing to the Board members.
H. I. The provisions of this the Agreement and the wages, hours, terms, and conditions of employment shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have be granted a maximum "bank" of eleven four (114) days total each school per year for the purpose of released time releasing its representatives from regular duties without loss of pay for officerssalary to participate in area, delegatesstate, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to or regional meetings of the Michigan Education Association. The An additional ten (10) days will be granted for which the Association President shall make all requests on behalf will pay the salary of Association membersa substitute teacher for that purpose. The Association shall provide Time must be drawn from the bank in half day or full day blocks of time. Any staff member drawing time from the bank must notify his/her respective building principal at least five on one (5l) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsschool day in advance.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board Bargaining Unit Member as defined in Article I, Sec. A. shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other lawful concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly-elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher Bargaining Unit Member in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that . That it will not discriminate against any teacher Bargaining Unit Member with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or conditions of employment by reason reasons of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher Bargaining Unit Members 's rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers Bargaining Unit Member hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings Intermediate office facilities at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that prior approval must be obtained from the administration and when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationswill xxxx the Association.
D. Duly The Association and its duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school Intermediate property at all reasonable timestimes other than regular office hours, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsat locations designated by the administration and mutually acceptable to the Association.
E. The Association may request the use of Intermediate facilities and equipment, including typewriters, computers, other duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and audio- visual equipment at times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall have pay for the exclusive right cost of all materials and supplies incidental to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which such use. Any such use shall be provided in each school building. outside of the Bargaining Unit Member's regular working hours.
F. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes District message system for communications to teachersAssociation business communication.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available to furnish the Association in response to reasonable written requests all regular and routine public information normally available upon request from the Freedom of Information Act such as: 1) audited budget, 2) adopted budget, 3) state reports concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their studentsDistrict, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintAssociation business.
G. H. Prior to a Board of Education meeting, the Association President shall be furnished a Board agenda and following the meeting, shall receive a copy of the Board minutes within twenty (20) days of said meeting.
I. The Board may consult with place on the agenda of each regular Board Meeting as an item for consideration any matters brought to its attention by the Association on any new or modified fiscalas long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's office ten (10) days prior to said regular meeting. This is not to be used to expand, budgetary or tax programs, construction programsin place of, or major to circumvent the procedures provided in this Agreement.
J. The Association shall be advised of any revisions of in educational policy, policy which are proposed or under consideration consideration, and when possible the Association may shall be given the opportunity to advise the Board react with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association (Educational policy shall not be denied construed to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusmean board policy.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.)
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. 28. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color code of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher Teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; : that it will not discriminate against any teacher Teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership or lack of membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with the respect to any terms or conditions of employment. The Board agrees that its rules and regulations governing this Article will be fair and for just cause.
B. 29. All information forming the basis for disciplinary action shall be made available to the Teacher. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher Teacher rights he he/she may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers Teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere. This section shall not be subject to the grievance procedure.
C. 30. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, meetings provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.is
D. 31. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsoperations or the Teachers’ responsibilities to their students.
E. 32. The Association shall have the exclusive right to use school facilities and equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use and be responsible for its safe and prompt return.
33. The Association shall have the right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association concern on teacher Teacher bulletin boards, at least one (1) of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-shuttle mail service and teacher mail boxes Teacher mailboxes for communications to teachersTeachers. No Teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association, either on or off school premises.
F. 34. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated certified personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachersTeachers, salaries paid thereto contracted salary and educational backgroundservice contracts or agreements of all Teachers, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurateaccurate informed, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers Teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. 35. The Board may consult with shall inform the Association on any matters concerning new or modified fiscal, budgetary budgetary, or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, policy which are proposed or under for consideration and the Association may shall be given the opportunity upon request to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication.
36. Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any Teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such Teacher. Consistent with the Code of Ethics of the Education Profession as approved by the 1963 N.E.A. Representative Assembly, the private and personal life of any Teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board unless it adversely impacts the District. This shall in no way restrict the Board's rights under tenure law or the reemployment of non‐tenured Teachers.
37. The Board recognizes and respects the right of the citizens to make suggestions for the improvement of public schools. The Board also recognizes that the education profession has both the right and responsibility to insist that children must be free to
38. There shall not submit be no restriction on the place of residence of any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with Teacher. It shall be solely the Associationresponsibility of the Teacher to report to work at the designated time on each contract day.
H. 39. The provisions provision of this the Agreement and the wages, hours, terms, and conditions of employment shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant
X. Xxxxxxxx to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board parties hereby agrees agree that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes The parties undertake and agrees agree that it neither will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; States and that it they will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, his participation or non-participation in any membership or non- membership in the teacher's Association, his participation or non-participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulationsLaws. The rights granted to teachers hereunder in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Board specifically recognizes the right of its teachers appropriately to invoke the assistance of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission or a mediator from such public agency.
D. The Association and its representatives shall members have the right to use building facilities for meetings at such hours that do not interfere with the regular program of the school buildings or any other activities that had previously been scheduled and approved by the Board or its representatives.
E. Office mail boxes and bulletin boards in the teachers' lounges and workrooms shall be made available. This shall not be interpreted to require the District to process any such mail through the District's internal mail system. If the District refuses to process mail under this provision, it shall return the mail to the sending party.
X. Xxxx authorized representatives of the Association shall be permitted to transact Association business on school property at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, times provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall such does not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to honor reasonable requests all public for available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets)District, agendas and minutes of all Board school board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to bargain collectively and to process any grievance or complaintgrievances.
G. H. The Association shall be duly advised by the Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified of fiscal, budgetary or budgetary, and tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration programs affecting the District and the Association may be given shall, whenever feasible, have the opportunity in advance to advise consult with the Board with respect to said matters thereto prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. I. Academic freedom shall be guaranteed to teachers, but lessons and curriculum shall be consistent with Board Policies and MDE Standards.
J. The right to academic freedom herein established shall include the right to support or oppose political causes and issues outside of the normal classroom activities.
K. All confidential communications obtained by a teacher in the course of his professional duties with students shall be disclosed only as authorized by law.
L. Notwithstanding their employment, teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship, and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher. It is expressly understood that a teacher may not advance his own personal political or religious views in the classroom.
M. The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital sex, marital, or parental status. Membership , or membership in or association with the Association shall not be denied to activities of any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor employee organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionnegotiation. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his the teacher’s membership in the Association, the teacher's ’s participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings facilities at all reasonable after school hours for meetingsthe conduct of meetings of the Association, provided that when special custodial service is required, such use to be governed by policies adopted from time to time by the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsfor the use of its facilities.
D. C. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable timesbefore the regular starting time for teachers as stated elsewhere in this Agreement, or after such closing time stated elsewhere in this Agreement. No Association business shall be transacted on the school grounds during the regularly scheduled school day, except during duty free lunch.
D. A duly authorized representative of the Association may, with permission of his/her immediate supervisor and with the approval of the grievant's supervisor, investigate formal grievances during working hours. This privilege will be provided that this shall without loss of pay providing it does not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsexceed two (2) hours per month.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to the reasonable use of school equipment such as typewriters, computers, printers, duplicating machines, and audio-visual equipment, provided that such use shall not interfere with the Board's use, shall not require the services of any non- bargaining unit employee and shall not be used by any employee in such manner as to interfere with the discharge of his/her employment duties or the discharge of the duties of any other employee. The Board shall be reimbursed by the Association for all supplies used and for any damage.
F. The Association shall have the right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-District mail service service, including email, and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachersmembers. No member shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. Such notices and/or matters of State and National Association concern shall also be made available in the appropriate offices of such persons being affected by such action as it relates to the State and National association if such persons hold membership in the State and/or National association.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public at the written request of the Association information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, teachers and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with H. Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may lack thereof shall be given opportunity to advise the Board grounds for discrimination with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publicationthe professional employment of such teachers. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation Consistent with the AssociationCode of Ethics of the Education Profession, the private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board.
H. I. The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory and without regard to race, creedethnicity, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of teacher employed by the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation negotiations and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of the law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it the Board will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employmentAgreement.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he he/she may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives teachers shall have the right to use the school buildings building facilities in accordance with school policies at all reasonable after school hours for private Association meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this such use shall not interfere with interrupt the educational process or interrupt normal school operationsother previously authorized use of the building facilities.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their its respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association Local Unit shall have the exclusive right to post notices use and operate school facilities and equipment, including typewriters, mimeographing machines, and other duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and all types of activities audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Local Unit shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and matters supplies incidental to such use. These are to be used by authorized members qualified in the use of Association concern on teacher bulletin boardsthe machines, at least one provided such use shall not interrupt the educational process or other previously authorized use of which the facilities and equipment.
F. Bulletin boards shall be provided in each the teacher lounges for the dissemination of Association news and business activities, but such bulletin board shall not be used to disparage any person or group or contain intemperate or false accusations. Other use of the communication facilities of the school building. The system shall be made available to the Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachersas long as it does not interfere with normal school use.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public Local Unit information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative proposed budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational backgroundallocations, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf is part of the teachers and their studentspublic records of the school district provided, together with information that the school district shall not be required to undertake any expense to collate or research any data which may be necessary it would not prepare for the Association to process any grievance or complaintits own use.
G. The H. A representative committee of the Local Unit will be given the opportunity to advise the Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary budgetary, or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, policy which are proposed under consideration.
I. Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or under consideration and political activities of any teacher or the Association may lack thereof shall be given opportunity to advise the Board grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to said matters prior the employment of such teacher provided that a teacher shall refrain from exploiting the institutional privileges of his/her professional position to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational promote political candidates or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organizationpartisan activities.
J. The private and personal life of any teacher shall remain inviolate. However, where any teacher engages in activity that adversely affects the public image of the professional teacher or adversely affects his/her effectiveness as a teacher, the Board may take such action as is appropriate if the Association takes no action with regard to such conduct.
K. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board Board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" “New Business” any matters brought to its consideration by the Association Local Unit so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six ’s office three (63) calendar full business days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association L. No teacher shall be required to drive a school bus as part of his/her regular assignment.
M. A teacher shall have the right to review the contents of his/her personal file subject to Xxxxxxx- Xxxxxxxx Employee Right to Know, Act 397 of the Public Acts of 1978. However, communications received by the school as a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains pre-employment recommendations or evaluations and designated as confidential by the issuing person or agency need not be disclosed to the Associationteacher. A teacher shall be advised of any material of a critical or unfavorable nature at the time such material is placed in his/her personnel file.
N. All complaints directed against a teacher shall be promptly called to the teacher’s attention. The Association President complaining party shall make all requests be identified by the administrative supervisor in order that the teacher might clear him/her of the charges against him/her.
O. No teacher shall be required to submit to a polygraph test. This shall not prevent a teacher from voluntarily requesting such a test.
P. All monitoring or observation of the work performance of a teacher shall be done with the full knowledge of the teacher.
Q. The secretary of the Local Unit shall be notified in writing as soon as possible after the hiring of a new teacher’s name, address, phone number and position.
R. The Local Unit will notify the Superintendent’s office of the names of the officers of the Local Unit as soon after the annual election as possible, or whenever a change in officer is made.
S. Recommendations by administrative supervisors shall be limited to direct observations of that teacher’s performance and shall not be based on behalf hearsay evidence or rumor.
T. No teacher shall be disciplined or deprived of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelscompensation without just cause.
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Samples: Professional Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. 2.1 Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionnegotiation. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the The Board undertakes and agrees that it will not neither directly or nor indirectly discourage or discourage, deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred covered by Act 379 of the Act or other Public Acts of 1965, laws of Michigan or the Constitution State of Michigan and the United States; that it will not nor discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or and conditions of employment by reason reasons of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or Association, participation in collective professional negotiations with the Boardnegotiations, or their the institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employmentAgreement.
B. 2.2 Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights s/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights and responsibilities granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. 2.3 The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives affiliates shall have the right to use school buildings at building facilities and shall be subject to all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, provisions of the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsof Education policies regarding such use.
D. 2.4 Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. All such representatives shall notify the building office of their immediate presence in the building.
E. 2.5 Time on the agenda of regular staff meetings shall be granted to the Association, when requested.
2.6 No teacher shall be prevented from wearing or displaying insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. The Association agrees that the displaying of such identification will not deface the building.
2.7 The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices use the District mail system, LAN/WAN, and bulletin boards provided that all such Association material is clearly identified and the Association accepts all responsibility for such material. The location of activities and matters of the Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which boards shall be mutually agreed upon. Other communication systems may also be used by the Association upon mutual agreement by the parties. The Association office shall be a regular pick up delivery stop on the intra-district mail service, provided in each the W-WEA Office is located within the school buildingdistrict.
2.8 The Association may use school equipment including typewriters, ditto machines, and other duplication equipment normally available to teachers. The Association may also use calculating machines and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times when such equipment is not otherwise in use. It is understood that such equipment shall not be removed from school property. The Association shall pay the district intra-mail service current cost of all materials and teacher mail boxes for communications supplies incident to teacherssuch use. Use of equipment other than that listed herein shall be with Administrative approval. The Association recognizes that all equipment in a building is ultimately the responsibility of the school principal.
F. 2.9 The Board agrees to make furnish within ten (10) working days, all available to information requested by the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which District. Timelines may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintextended by mutual agreement.
G. The 2.10 Within a reasonable time prior to Board may consult with the Association on any consideration and adoption and/or general publication of major new or modified fiscal, fiscal budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Board shall inform the Association may be given opportunity in writing of such proposals and solicit the Association's opinion. Administration shall forward a copy of the Association's opinion to advise the Board prior to the meeting on the matter. When Board established committees, task forces, and other groups formed to study such major changes are to include teacher members, such teacher members will be appointed by the W-WEA.
2.11 Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship. No religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board. None of the aforementioned activities shall disrupt normal school operations.
2.12 Disciplinary interviews and reprimands will be considered privately. Meetings between a teacher and supervisor which are called for the purpose of disciplining and/or reprimanding the teacher shall begin with an announcement from the supervisor clearly stating that the purpose of the meeting is for discipline and/or reprimand. The supervisor shall also inform the teacher of his/her right to have an Association representative of his/her choice during any such meeting. When the affected teacher requests the presence of an Association representative the meeting/interview will not proceed until the representative is in attendance. At no time will this cause the meeting to be delayed more than 48 hours.
2.13 No teacher shall be disciplined by the Board except in a manner that is fair and reasonable (not arbitrary or capricious) with the exception of the termination or non- renewal of a probationary teacher.
2.14 Teachers against whom charges or allegations have been made which could lead to suspension, reprimand, and/or dismissal shall be provided copies of all allegations and charges at the time of a disciplinary meeting.
2.15 No disciplinary action shall result from a meeting characterized by the Board as non- disciplinary in nature.
2.16 Each teacher shall have the right to review the content of his/her personnel file. S/he shall have the right to have Association representation in such review. All such reviews shall be made in the presence of the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources or his/her designated representative. Confidential credentials and other letters of reference sought at the time of employment are specifically exempt from such review. The W-WEA and the Board will follow all procedures as outlined in the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Employee Right to Know Act, Act No. 397 of the Public Acts of 1978 MCLA 423.501 - 423.512. A teacher's personnel file may not contain a reprimand in excess of three years provided no additional reprimand occurs during the said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. three year period.
2.17 The Board shall not submit any proposal provide the Association, in a timely fashion, the names and addresses of all new teachers. When a new teacher orientation occurs the Association shall have sufficient time on the agenda for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with presentation of items of mutual interest to new personnel and the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall 2.18 Special conferences for important matters will be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in arranged between the Association shall president and the Board or their designated representatives upon request of either party. Grievance hearings and bargaining sessions are not to be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusconsidered special conferences.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionnegotiation. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color code of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement Agree- ment or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings facilities at all reasonable after school hours for meetingsthe conduct of meetings of the Association, provided that when special custodial service is required, such use to be governed by policies adopted from time to time by the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsfor the use of its facilities.
D. C. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable timesbefore the regular starting time for teachers as stated elsewhere in this Agreement, or after such closing time stated elsewhere in this Agreement. No Association business shall be transacted on the school grounds during the regularly scheduled school day.
D. A duly authorized representative of the Association may, with permission of ! hisjher immediate supervisor and with the approval of the grievant's super- visor, investigate formal grievances during working hours. This privilege will be provided that this shall without loss of pay providing it does not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsexceed two (2) hours per month.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to the reasonable use of school equip- ment such as typewriters, duplicating machines, and audio-visual equipment, provided that such use shall not interfere with the Board's use, shall not require the services of any non-bargaining unit employee and shall not be used by any employee in such manner as to interfere with the discharge of his employment duties or the discharge of the duties of any other employee. The Board shall be reimbursed by the Association for all supplies used and for any damage.
F. The Association shall have the right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachersmembers. No member shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. Such notices and/or matters of State and National Association concern shall also be made available in the appropriate offices of such persons being affected by such action as it relates to the State and National association if such persons hold membership in the State and/or National association.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public at the written request of the Association information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, teachers and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information infor- mation which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with H. Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the Association on lack thereof shall be grounds for any new discipline or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board discrimination with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publicationthe professional employment of such teachers. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation Consistent with the Associationcode of ethics of the education profession, the private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board.
H. I. The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Section 1: Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board and the Association hereby agrees agree that every employee of all bargaining unit members employed by the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and or support the Association and PEA for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or discourage, deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership or non-membership in the AssociationAssociation and PEA, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.his/her
B. Section 2: Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he he/she may have under the Michigan General Revised School Laws Code or other applicable State and Federal laws and regulationsregulations including the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereby law.
C. Section 3: The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association PEA and its representatives members shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable school-building facilities after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, . Bulletin boards and other established media of communication shall be made available to the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsPEA and its members. Supplies are to be furnished by the PEA.
D. Section 4: Duly authorized representatives of the Association PEA and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association PEA business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal after the regular school operationsday has been completed.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. Section 5: The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association PEA, in response to reasonable requests requests, from time to time, all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association PEA in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any a grievance or complaint.
G. Section 6: The Board may consult with policy will be to inform the Association PEA on any new or modified fiscal, fiscal budgetary or tax programs, programs and construction programs, or . The Board representative and the Superintendent shall consult with the PEA on major revisions of educational policy, curriculum which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may PEA shall be given the opportunity to advise the Board said person with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationmatters.
H. Section 7: The provisions first Wednesday of this Agreement each month that school is in session for a full day shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association reserved for PEA business from school dismissal time until 6:00 P.M. No other meetings involving PEA members shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusscheduled on these days and during these times except with PEA consent.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sex, marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religionsex, colormarital status, or national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on in behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board parties hereby agrees agree that every employee of the Board teachers shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly-elected body exercising governmental power under color cover of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's his/her participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment. The Association likewise agrees that it shall not intimidate or coerce any teacher in the exercise of his/her rights set forth herein or under law.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights s/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers a teacher hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives members shall have the right to make use of school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, and facilities in keeping with the rules and regulations of the Board may make a reasonable charge thereforegoverning the use of buildings and facilities. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. The Association shall have the right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on bulletin boards which shall be provided that this shall in each school building in areas designated for teacher use, such as teachers' lounges and work rooms, but not interfere with in areas open to the public or interrupt normal students. The Board will permit, but cannot assume the responsibility for, delivering notices through its school operationsdelivery service for Association purposes.
D. Duly authorized representatives Officials of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be Association, including its Executive Director, are permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall such business does not interfere with the teachers' performance of their duties or interrupt normal school operationsoperations and that the building principal or his/her designee shall be promptly informed of such officials' presence.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Association, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, all public information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict and tentative budget, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational backgroundwhich have passed the discussion stage by the Board, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their studentsAssociation, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint. Further, the Executive Director of the Association and the Board's Assistant Superintendent of Hurman Resources agree to exchange copies of all non confidential research reports and other relative material dealing with collective bargaining which become available to them.
G. F. The Board may shall advise the Association of fiscal, budgetary, and tax programs that affect the District promptly when adopted. The Association shall have the opportunity in advance to consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters thereto prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board .
G. Teachers shall not submit be entitled to full rights of citizenship, and no religious or political activities of any proposal teacher or lack thereof shall be grounds for additional operational any discipline or building millage without prior consultation discrimination with respect to the Associationprofessional employment of such teachers.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creeddisability, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sexual orientation or marital status.
I. The During the term of this Agreement, the rights granted herein to the Association shall will not be granted or extended to any competing labor other organizations claiming to represent a teachers' organization.
J. The Present Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by policies which affect teachers but which are not covered in this Agreement will not be changed unless the Association so long as those matters are made known is notified. Notice of prospective Board policies that affect teachers shall be given in writing to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior Association sufficiently in advance of the scheduled Board action to said regular meeting.
K. The allow the Association shall to present an opinion and have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains it considered. In addition to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf above, if the implementation of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay a written Board or building policy or procedure directly affecting a teacher, which is not covered by this Agreement, is the substitute fee. Substitutes will basis of a complaint by him/her, it may be obtained registered and processed as provided in Article V herein through regular channelsbut not beyond Level II.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees recognizes that every employee of teacher employed by the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join or not join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities fringe benefits for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any lawful activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding proceedings under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or of conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have acquired under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Teachers may use school buildings the same as any other public group in the school district. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. Bulletin boards and other established media of communication shall be made available to the Association and its representatives shall have members upon approval of the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsAdministration.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this it shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations, and upon receiving approval of the Superintendent or designee.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices request the use of activities school facilities and matters equipment including duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and all types of Association concern on teacher bulletin boardsaudiovisual equipment at reasonable times, at least one of which shall be provided when such equipment is not otherwise in each school buildinguse. The Association may use shall pay for the district intra-mail service reasonable cost of all materials and teacher mail boxes for communications supplies incident to teacherssuch use.
F. The Board agrees to make available to the Association Association, in response to reasonable requests all public requests, information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements as presented to the Board, and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's financial reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing the intelligent, accurate, informed informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintteachers.
G. The Board may consult with Upon written request, the Association will be given information available on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed proposed, or under consideration and consideration. Upon written request the Association may be given the opportunity to advise confer with the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationon these matters.
H. The provisions of this Agreement agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status.
I. The Teachers shall be entitled to full rights granted herein of citizenship. No religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organizationprofessional employment of such teacher.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought With oneweek advance notice, up to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six four (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (114) days total each school per year of shall be granted as released time without loss for Association business for the purpose of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The attendance at Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior noticemeetings and conferences. The Association shall pay for the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelssubstitutes hired by the District.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of teacher employed by the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. Any violation of this paragraph may be processed through the grievance procedure through Level Two of the grievance procedure. It may then be referred to the Michigan Employment Relations Commission. Only if the Michigan Employment Relations Commission refuses to take jurisdiction of the matter may such a matter be referred to arbitration.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereby law.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right privilege to post notices of use school building facilities for meetings, subject to the same regulations relative to maintenance charges as apply to other local organizations; provided such meetings shall not interfere with other regular scheduled activities and matters provided the principals shall designate the location of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which said meeting within the building. Bulletin board space in lounges and school mail facilities shall be made available to the Association; provided the Board shall have no responsibility in each any way for any material in connection with use of school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachersfacilities.
F. D. The Board agrees to shall make available to the Association Association, upon its reasonable requests, such statistics or financial information in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources possession of the districtBoard as are relevant for the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements succeeding this agreement or as are relevant to processing any grievance. The Board will also furnish non-confidential information, including but not limited to: annual financial reports data and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist material it has in its possession to the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive for other programs on behalf of the relevant to teachers and their students, together with . It is understood that the foregoing shall not be construed to require the Board to compile information which may be necessary for or statistics not already compiled; provided the Association may at its expense make such compilation. Original records of the foregoing specified information are to process be examined only at the office of the Board. If the Association requests copies of any grievance or complaintsuch material, then the Association agrees to reimburse the Board for actual extra expense incurred in furnishing such copies.
G. The E. When requested by the Association, the Board may consult with shall give the Association on the opportunity to be heard at regular and special Board meetings prior to the adoption of any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or school tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions revision of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and . In order to keep the Association may informed, an outline copy of the "Superintendent's Report and Recommendation" will be given opportunity mailed or transmitted to advise the Association President the Friday before the regular Board meeting.
F. The district shall provide the ECEA president with respect release time equivalent to said matters prior one-sixth of the student day commencing the 2003-04 school year.
G. Teachers shall be entitled to their adoption and/or general publicationfull rights of citizenship. The Board Religious or political activities of any teacher, or the lack thereof, shall not submit be grounds for any proposal discipline or discrimination. Except for additional operational conduct that violates generally accepted conduct and/or moral standards of a professional person, the private or building millage without prior consultation with personal life of any teacher is not an appropriate matter for the Associationconcern or attention of the Board.
H. The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status. Neither the Board nor any of its representatives shall treat any individual covered by this Agreement any differently than the provisions that this Agreement provides.
I. Membership in the Association shall not be denied open to any teacher because all teachers regardless of race, creed, religion, color, sex and marital status or national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by provide the Association so long as those matters are made known to with one copy of the Superintendent's Office six Board Policies, Rules and Regulations for each school building and two (62) calendar days prior to said regular meetingcopies for the Association.
K. The Association EAST CHINA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION shall have the sole authority and responsibility to administer the provisions of this Agreement on a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests day-to-day basis on behalf of Association members. The Association its membership.
L. When a verbal or written complaint is received from another administrator, parent, teacher, or students, by a supervisor, directed against a teacher(s) that said supervisor feels could affect a teachers' formal evaluation, said teacher(s) shall provide at least be notified within five (5) school days prior noticeof the complaint's substance. The teacher(s) involved have ten (l0) school days from receipt of notification to request a meeting with the complainant(s), the supervisor, the Superintendent or his designee, and an Association representative. No data shall pay be entered into the substitute feeteacher's personnel file regarding the complaint unless the teacher is given the opportunity to sign said statement. Substitutes The supervisor shall provide the Association building representative with a copy of the statement and then place the statement in the teacher's personnel file. The teacher will be obtained through regular channelsprovided the opportunity to submit a rebuttal to the supervisor's statement. Unless the complaint is processed as per this section, the substance of the complaint will not appear on the teacher's formal evaluation.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionnegotiation. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color code of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings facilities at all reasonable after school hours for meetingsthe conduct of meetings of the Association, provided that when special custodial service is required, such use to be governed by policies adopted from time to time by the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsfor the use of its facilities.
D. C. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable timesbefore the regular starting time for teachers as stated elsewhere in this Agreement, or after such closing time stated elsewhere in this Agreement. No Association business shall be transacted on the school grounds during the regularly scheduled school day, except during duty free lunch.
D. A duly authorized representative of the Association may, with permission of his/her immediate supervisor and with the approval of the grievant's supervisor, investigate formal grievances during working hours. This privilege will be provided that this shall without loss of pay providing it does not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsexceed two (2) hours per month.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to the reasonable use of school equipment such as typewriters, computers, printers, duplicating machines, and audio-visual equipment, provided that such use shall not interfere with the Board's use, shall not require the services of any non-bargaining unit employee and shall not be used by any employee in such manner as to interfere with the discharge of his employment duties or the discharge of the duties of any other employee. The Board shall be reimbursed by the Association for all supplies used and for any damage.
F. The Association shall have the right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service service, including email, and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachersmembers. No member shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. Such notices and/or matters of State and National Association concern shall also be made available in the appropriate offices of such persons being affected by such action as it relates to the State and National association if such persons hold membership in the State and/or National association.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public at the written request of the Association information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, teachers and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with H. Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the Association on lack thereof shall be grounds for any new discipline or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board discrimination with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publicationthe professional employment of such teachers. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation Consistent with the Associationcode of ethics of the education profession, the private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board.
H. I. The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective negotiation or bargaining or negotiation and other concerted and lawful activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any those terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives duly authorized representatives, and respective affiliates, shall have the right be permitted to use hold meetings and transact official Association business on school buildings property at all reasonable after school hours for meetingstimes, with the permission of the building principal, provided that when this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operation. When a special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided thereof. No charge shall be made for the use of school rooms other than special events that this shall not interfere with require additional set up or interrupt normal school operationscleaning.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. C. The Association shall have the exclusive right to use school facilities and equipment, when such equipment is not otherwise in use and with the agreement of the administration. Expenses will be charged for materials and any intentional damages attributed to such use. .
D. The Association shall have the right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association may use either on or off the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachersschool premises unless it creates a disruption in the learning process.
F. E. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response information to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the districtwhich it is legally entitled, including such as, but not limited to: to annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated certified personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses list of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational backgroundteaching staff, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintgrievance.
F. At the written request of the Association, the Board shall grant the representatives of the Association an opportunity to discuss the district's financial condition and/or educational policy with a representative of the Board.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions private and personal life of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association a teacher shall not be denied within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board unless it impacts the teacher’s ability to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusbe an effective classroom teacher.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation negotiations and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color cover of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or any other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any legal activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulationsLaws. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives members shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours school-building facilities for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is requiredsubject to Board policy. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, the Board may make a reasonable charge thereforepins, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. Bulletin boards and their respective affiliates mailboxes shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make made available to the Association in response and its members.
D. The Board, upon written request, agrees to reasonable requests furnish to the Association all information available to the public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf programs.
E. The Board agrees to provide the Association with the names, phone numbers, and addresses of the new teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association membersteacher day. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. also be notified of any teachers hired after the first day of school.
F. The Association President or a designated member shall pay be allowed release time, during school hours, to conduct Association business. Such allotted time shall not interfere with classroom teaching assignments. When the substitute fee. Substitutes Association President or any Association representative conducts Association business on school time, he will notify the building principal of the building he will be obtained through regular channelsin and he will notify his principal.
G. At the beginning of every school year, the Association shall be credited with fifteen
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. 2.1 Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionnegotiation. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the The Board undertakes and agrees that it will not neither directly or nor indirectly discourage or deprive discourage, deprive, or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred covered by Act 379 of the Act or other Public Acts of 1965, laws of Michigan or the Constitution State of Michigan and the United States; that it will not nor discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or and conditions of employment by reason reasons of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or Association, participation in collective professional negotiations with the Boardnegotiations, or their the institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employmentAgreement.
B. 2.2 Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights s/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights and responsibilities granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. 2.3 The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives affiliates shall have the right to use school buildings at building facilities and shall be subject to all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, provisions of the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsof Education policies regarding such use.
D. 2.4 Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. All such representatives shall notify the building office of their immediate presence in the building.
E. 2.5 Time on the agenda of regular staff meetings shall be granted to the Association, when requested.
2.6 No teacher shall be prevented from wearing or displaying insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. The Association agrees that the displaying of such identification will not deface the building.
2.7 The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices use the District’s communication systems provided that all such Association material is clearly identified and the Association accepts all responsibility for such material. The location of activities and matters of the Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which boards shall be mutually agreed upon. Other communication systems may also be used by the Association upon mutual agreement by the parties. The Association office shall be a regular pick up delivery stop on the intra-district mail service, provided the W-WEA Office is located within the school district.
2.8 The Association may use school equipment including computers, typewriters, copy machines, and other duplication equipment normally available to teachers in each school buildingaccordance with Board policy, administrative regulations, and applicable legal requirements. The Association may also use calculating machines and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times when such equipment is not otherwise in use. It is understood that such equipment shall not be removed from school property. The Association shall pay the district intra-mail service current cost of all materials and teacher mail boxes for communications supplies incident to teacherssuch use. Use of equipment other than that listed herein shall be with Administrative approval. The Association recognizes that all equipment in a building is ultimately the responsibility of the school principal.
F. 2.9 The Board agrees to make furnish within ten (10) working days, all available to information requested by the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which District. Timelines may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintextended by mutual agreement.
G. The 2.10 Within a reasonable time prior to Board may consult with the Association on any consideration and adoption and/or general publication of major new or modified fiscal, fiscal budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Board shall inform the Association may be given opportunity in writing of such proposals and solicit the Association's opinion. Administration shall forward a copy of the Association's opinion to advise the Board prior to the meeting on the matter. When Board established committees, task forces, and other groups formed to study such major changes are to include teacher members, such teacher members will be appointed by the W-WEA.
2.11 Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship. No religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board. None of the aforementioned activities shall disrupt normal school operations.
2.12 Disciplinary interviews and reprimands will be considered privately. Meetings between a teacher and supervisor which are called for the purpose of disciplining and/or reprimanding the teacher shall begin with an announcement from the supervisor clearly stating that the purpose of the meeting is for discipline and/or reprimand. The supervisor shall also inform the teacher of his/her right to have an Association representative of his/her choice during any such meeting. When the affected teacher requests the presence of an Association representative the meeting/interview will not proceed until the representative is in attendance. At no time will this cause the meeting to be delayed more than 48 hours.
2.13 No teacher shall be disciplined or discharged by the Board, except in a manner that is fair and reasonable, (not arbitrary or capricious) with the exception of the termination or non-renewal of a probationary teacher.
2.14 Teachers against whom charges or allegations have been made which could lead to suspension, reprimand, and/or dismissal shall be provided copies of all allegations and charges at the time of a disciplinary meeting.
2.15 No disciplinary action shall result from a meeting characterized by the Board as non-disciplinary in nature.
2.16 Each teacher shall have the right to review the content of his/her personnel file. S/he shall have the right to have Association representation in such review. All such reviews shall be made in the presence of the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources or his/her designated representative. Confidential credentials and other letters of reference sought at the time of employment are specifically exempt from such review. The W-WEA and the Board will follow all procedures as outlined in the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Employee Right to Know Act, Act No. 397 of the Public Acts of 1978 MCLA 423.501 - 423.512. A teacher's personnel file may not contain a reprimand in excess of three years provided no additional reprimand occurs during the said matters prior three year period.
2.17 Wednesday afternoon following the teacher's regular work day shall be reserved for Association meetings. Teachers representing the Association as Executive Board members, Governing Board members, Grievance Committee members, and Bargaining Team members shall be allowed to leave their adoption and/or general publicationrespective building five (5) minutes after the close of the pupils' instructional day, except for school business which cannot be delayed. This dismissal time will not exceed two (2) meetings per month.
2.18 The Board shall not submit any proposal provide the Association, in a timely fashion, the names and addresses of all new teachers. When a new teacher orientation occurs, the Association shall have sufficient time on the agenda for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with presentation of items of mutual interest to new personnel and the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall 2.19 Special conferences for important matters will be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in arranged between the Association shall president and the Board or their designated representatives upon request of either party. Grievance hearings and bargaining sessions are not to be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusconsidered special conferences.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right to freely to organize, join and support the Association Asso- ciation for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionnegotiations. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher Teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher Teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment. Any grievance which may arise under the specific charge of discrimination must state clearly the manner in which all parties were treated differently than said grievant which forms the basis for the charge of discrimination.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he The Association and its members may have under use school rooms at reasonable hours for meetings with the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws Administration’s approval and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereby scheduling such use with Central Office.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education No Teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
D. A bulletin board in the Teachers' lounge in each building shall be made available to the Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsmembers.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities be furnished on request all regularly and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information routinely prepared infor- mation concerning the financial resources condition of the district, school including but not limited to: annual financial reports statement and auditsadopted budget. In addition, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements the Board and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas the administration will grant reasonable requests for any other "readily available" and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with pertinent information which may be necessary relevant to negotiations or the processing of any grievance.
F. Board policies will be maintained and accessible through the district webpage. A hard copy is available in Central Office for the Association to process any grievance or complaintreview.
G. The Board may consult with agrees to provide to the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions up to twenty (20) days per year to permit selected Association members the use of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and said days for the purpose of attending various Association may be given opportunity to advise functions excluding those of non-teaching (non-certified) affiliates. The Association shall reimburse the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publicationits actual substitute rate for days 11-20. The Board None of these twenty (20) days shall not submit any proposal be utilized for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationovert strike support in other school districts.
H. The provisions of this Agreement PEA Grievance Chairperson shall be applied without regard released from regular classroom duties when necessary to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership facilitate the processing of grievances in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusconjunction with administratively called meetings.
I. The rights granted herein Association may use interschool mail and Teachers’ mailboxes for Association mail provided that no clerical employees are expected to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organizationhandle such mail.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives provisions of this Agreement shall have the right be applied without regard to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetingsrace, provided that when special custodial service is requiredcreed, the Board may make a reasonable charge thereforereligion, provided that this shall not interfere with color, national origin, age, sex, or interrupt normal school operationsmarital status.
D. Duly authorized representatives Consistent with the Code of Ethics of the Education Profession, membership in the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted open to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable timesteachers regardless of race, provided that this shall not interfere with creed, sex, marital status, or interrupt normal school operationsnational origin.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's ’s reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. F. The Board may shall consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, major budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may shall be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationpublications.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board parties hereby agrees agree that every employee of the Board teachers shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly-elected body exercising governmental power under color cover of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's his/her participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment. The Association likewise agrees that it shall not intimidate or coerce any teacher in the exercise of his/her rights set forth herein or under law.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights s/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers a teacher hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives members shall have the right to make use of school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, and facilities in keeping with the rules and regulations of the Board may make a reasonable charge thereforegoverning the use of buildings and facilities. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. The Association shall have the right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on bulletin boards which shall be provided that this shall in each school building in areas designated for teacher use, such as teachers' lounges and work rooms, but not interfere with in areas open to the public or interrupt normal students. The Board will permit, but cannot assume the responsibility for, delivering notices through its school operationsdelivery service for Association purposes.
D. Duly authorized representatives Officials of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be Association, including its Executive Director, are permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall such business does not interfere with the teachers' performance of their duties or interrupt normal school operationsoperations and that the building principal or his/her designee shall be promptly informed of such officials' presence.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Association, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, all public information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict and tentative budget, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational backgroundwhich have passed the discussion stage by the Board, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their studentsAssociation, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint. Further, the Executive Director of the Association and the Board's Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources agree to exchange copies of all non- confidential research reports and other relative material dealing with collective bargaining which become available to them.
G. F. The Board may shall advise the Association of fiscal, budgetary, and tax programs that affect the District promptly when adopted. The Association shall have the opportunity in advance to consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters thereto prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board .
G. Teachers shall not submit be entitled to full rights of citizenship, and no religious or political activities of any proposal teacher or lack thereof shall be grounds for additional operational any discipline or building millage without prior consultation discrimination with respect to the Associationprofessional employment of such teachers.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creeddisability, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sexual orientation or marital status.
I. The During the term of this Agreement, the rights granted herein to the Association shall will not be granted or extended to any competing labor other organizations claiming to represent a teachers' organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought policies which affect teachers but whose provisions are not covered in this Agreement will be provided in writing to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) school days prior noticeto the first reading to permit the Association to address the Board of its view of the proposal. The Association may request the opportunity to review and discuss the proposed Board policy only with administrative staff prior to the first reading. In addition to the above, if the implementation of a written Board or building policy or procedure directly affecting a teacher, which is not covered by this Agreement, is the basis of a complaint by him/her, it may be registered and processed as provided in Article V through but not beyond Level II.
K. Membership in the Association is not compulsory. The Association is required under this Agreement to represent all of the teachers in the bargaining unit fairly and equally to the extent provided herein and under the law. The terms of the Agreement shall apply equally to all teachers in the bargaining unit and not only for members in the Association, and this Agreement has been executed by the Board after it has satisfied itself that the Association is the choice of a majority of the teachers in the bargaining unit.
L. During the school year and conditioned on being given adequate advance notice, the Board will provide the Association a maximum of thirty (30) paid and released school days for the purpose of transacting official Association business by its President and/or Association authorized members, as long as there can be shown no demonstrable harm to the Board from the utilization of such days. Further, a maximum of twenty (20) additional days may be used, provided that the Association shall pay the cost of any substitute feeutilized for coverage of such days.
M. Should the Legislation prohibiting Agency Shop (MCL 423.14) be repealed, amended, or otherwise determined to be invalid and such provision be permitted during the term of this Agreement, either party may request to reopen the Contract and bargain over the impact of the repealed or amended language. Substitutes will Provided further should MCL 423.210 (1)(b) pertaining to the collection of unions dues be obtained repealed, amended or otherwise held invalid, the District shall again permit payment of union dues through regular channelspayroll deduction, upon receiving written authorization from the teacher in accordance with applicable law.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board parties hereby agrees agree that every employee of the Board teachers shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly-elected body exercising governmental power under color cover of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's his/her participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment. The Association likewise agrees that it shall not intimidate or coerce any teacher in the exercise of his/her rights set forth herein or under law.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights s/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers a teacher hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives members shall have the right to make use of school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, and facilities in keeping with the rules and regulations of the Board may make a reasonable charge thereforegoverning the use of buildings and facilities. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. The Association shall have the right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on bulletin boards which shall be provided that this shall in each school building in areas designated for teacher use, such as teachers' lounges and work rooms, but not interfere with in areas open to the public or interrupt normal students. The Board will permit, but cannot assume the responsibility for, delivering notices through its school operationsdelivery service for Association purposes.
D. Duly authorized representatives Officials of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be Association, including its Executive Director, are permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall such business does not interfere with the teachers' performance of their duties or interrupt normal school operationsoperations and that the building principal or his/her designee shall be promptly informed of such officials' presence.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Association, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, all public information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict and tentative budget, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational backgroundwhich have passed the discussion stage by the Board, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their studentsAssociation, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint. Further, the Executive Director of the Association and the Board's Assistant Superintendent of Xxxxxx Resources agree to exchange copies of all non confidential research reports and other relative material dealing with collective bargaining which become available to them.
G. F. The Board may shall advise the Association of fiscal, budgetary, and tax programs that affect the District promptly when adopted. The Association shall have the opportunity in advance to consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters thereto prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board .
G. Teachers shall not submit be entitled to full rights of citizenship, and no religious or political activities of any proposal teacher or lack thereof shall be grounds for additional operational any discipline or building millage without prior consultation discrimination with respect to the Associationprofessional employment of such teachers.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creeddisability, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sexual orientation or marital status.
I. The During the term of this Agreement, the rights granted herein to the Association shall will not be granted or extended to any competing labor other organizations claiming to represent a teachers' organization.
J. The Present Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by policies which affect teachers but which are not covered in this Agreement will not be changed unless the Association so long as those matters are made known is notified. Notice of prospective Board policies that affect teachers shall be given in writing to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior Association sufficiently in advance of the scheduled Board action to said regular meeting.
K. The allow the Association shall to present an opinion and have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains it considered. In addition to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf above, if the implementation of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay a written Board or building policy or procedure directly affecting a teacher, which is not covered by this Agreement, is the substitute fee. Substitutes will basis of a complaint by him/her, it may be obtained registered and processed as provided in Article V herein through regular channelsbut not beyond Level II.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Section 1: Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board and the Association hereby agrees agree that every employee of all bargaining unit members employed by the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and or support the Association and PEA for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protectionprotection or refrain from exercising such rights. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or discourage, deprive or coerce any teacher Teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher Teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his their membership or non-membership in the AssociationAssociation and PEA, the teacher's their participation in any activities of the Association and PEA or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.with
B. Section 2: Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher Teacher rights he they may have under the Michigan General Revised School Laws Code or other applicable State and Federal laws and regulationsregulations including the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended. The rights granted to teachers Teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereby law.
C. Section 3: The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association PEA and its representatives members shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable school-building facilities after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, . Bulletin boards and other established media of communication shall be made available to the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsPEA and its members. Supplies are to be furnished by the PEA.
D. Section 4: Duly authorized representatives of the Association PEA and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association PEA business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal after the regular school operationsday has been completed.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. Section 5: The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association PEA, in response to reasonable requests requests, from time to time, all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements final Board approved budgets and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association PEA in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers Teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any a grievance or complaint.
G. Section 6: The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions first Wednesday of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal each month that school is in session for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement a full day shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association reserved for PEA business from teacher dismissal time until 6 p.m. No other meetings involving PEA members shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusscheduled on these days and during these times except with PEA consent.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. I. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right to freely to organize, join and or support the Association a negotiating unit for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of the law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or encourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act (MPERA) or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United StatesStates that directly relate to his/her duties as a teacher; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment or by reason of his the teacher's membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their the teacher's institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employmentas defined by law.
B. II. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he the teacher may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall conform with the law and will be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhereelsewhere in this document.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. III. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this business shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school or scheduled operations. The Uniserve Director of the Lenawee County District of MEA shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all times, provided that the appropriate area administrator is informed and that this business shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school or scheduled operations.
E. IV. The Association shall have the right to use school equipment, including typewriters, mimeographing machines, other duplicating equipment, calculating machines and audio-visual equipment at times when such equipment is not in scheduled use. The Association shall arrange with the appropriate representatives of the Board of Education to schedule the use of this equipment and pay the cost of all materials, supplies and replacements incident to such use. In each building the Association will have a bulletin board for exclusive right use to post notices of or activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one concern. Use of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service services and teacher mail boxes in each building by the Association for communications to teacherscommunicating with teachers will be allowed at all times.
F. V. The Board agrees to make available to furnish the Association Association, in response to reasonable requests written requests, all available public information concerning the financial resources of the districtdistrict and other generally available information, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated certified personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other public information in the Board's possession as will assist the Association in developing recommending intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for . The Association President shall receive copies of the agenda and minutes of the public Board meeting.
VI. The Board and/or its representatives will advise the Association to process of any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any major, new or modified fiscalmodified, fiscal budgetary or tax programs, programs and construction programs. Curriculum, curriculum related purchases, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration shall be discussed by the Director of Curriculum and Instruction with the appropriate curriculum coordinators prior to implementation. The Association may be given opportunity to advise will meet with the Board with respect and/or its representatives to said matters discuss and have input prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationdecisions.
H. VII. The provisions of this the Agreement shall be mutually applied without regard to race, creed, sexual preference, or disabilities unrelated to the ability to perform the duties of the position, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racegender, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Contractual Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every professional employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed construe to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewherefounded in law or on contracts, individual and collective.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Teachers and their Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. When special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this . No charge shall not interfere with be made for use of school rooms before the commencement of the school day or interrupt normal school operations.after 6 p.m.
D. Duly X. Xxxx authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. Taking a teacher away from his assigned duty station is considered interrupting normal school operation.
E. Teachers shall have the right to use school facilities and equipment for Association business to include the use of computers, printers, email, fax machine, telephone and all type of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use, and said equipment shall be used on the school premises.
F. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intrainter-school mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers, provided they are signed by an Association representative.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: to annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county country allocation board budgets), ) agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's ’s reports, census and membership student enrollment data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, background and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, intelligent accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, students together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. H. The private and personal life of a teacher is within the appropriate concern of the Board inasmuch as it can seriously affect the professional rights, duties, and responsibilities of the teachers. In the event that the Board feels that the private and/or personal life of a teacher is in fact affecting the professional rights, duties, and responsibilities of the teacher, the Board may consult discuss with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions teacher and/or a designated representative of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise at the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with option of teacher the Associationsubject of its concern.
H. I. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sex, or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national originsex, marital status, age, sex and/or marital statusor national origin.
I. J. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor teacher organization.
J. K. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board Board meeting as the first or second an item for consideration under "new business" “New Business” any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar ’s office five days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board parties hereby agrees agree that every employee of the Board teachers shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly- elected body exercising governmental power under color cover of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's his/her participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment. The Association likewise agrees that it shall not intimidate or coerce any teacher in the exercise of his/her rights set forth herein or under law.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights s/he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers a teacher hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives members shall have the right to make use of school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, and facilities in keeping with the rules and regulations of the Board may make a reasonable charge thereforegoverning the use of buildings and facilities. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises. The Association shall have the right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on bulletin boards which shall be provided that this shall in each school building in areas designated for teacher use, such as teachers' lounges and work rooms, but not interfere with in areas open to the public or interrupt normal students. The Board will permit, but cannot assume the responsibility for, delivering notices through its school operationsdelivery service for Association purposes.
D. Duly authorized representatives Officials of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be Association, including its Executive Director, are permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall such business does not interfere with the teachers' performance of their duties or interrupt normal school operationsoperations and that the building principal or his/her designee shall be promptly informed of such officials' presence.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Association, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, all public information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict and tentative budget, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational backgroundwhich have passed the discussion stage by the Board, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their studentsAssociation, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint. Further, the Executive Director of the Association and the Board's Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources agree to exchange copies of all non confidential research reports and other relative material dealing with collective bargaining which become available to them.
G. F. The Board may shall advise the Association of fiscal, budgetary, and tax programs that affect the District promptly when adopted. The Association shall have the opportunity in advance to consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters thereto prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board .
G. Teachers shall not submit be entitled to full rights of citizenship, and no religious or political activities of any proposal teacher or lack thereof shall be grounds for additional operational any discipline or building millage without prior consultation discrimination with respect to the Associationprofessional employment of such teachers.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sex, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.,
I. The During the term of this Agreement, the rights granted herein to the Association shall will not be granted or extended to any competing labor other organizations claiming to represent a teachers' organization.
J. The Present Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by policies which affect teachers but which are not covered in this Agreement will not be changed unless the Association so long as those matters are made known is notified. Notice of prospective Board policies that affect teachers shall be given in writing to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior Association sufficiently in advance of the scheduled Board action to said regular meeting.
K. The allow the Association shall to present an opinion and have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains it considered. In addition to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf above, if the implementation of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay a written Board or building policy or procedure directly affecting a teacher, which is not covered by this Agreement, is the substitute fee. Substitutes will basis of a complaint by him/her, it may be obtained registered and processed as provided in Article V herein through regular channelsbut not beyond Level II.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board teacher shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly- elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; States and that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, his participation in any membership in the teacher's Association, his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or of conditions of employment, as defined by the Master Agreement.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulationsLaws. The rights granted to teachers hereunder in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Board specifically recognizes the right of its teachers appropriately to invoke the assistance of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission or a mediator from such public agency.
D. The Association and its representatives shall members have the right to use building facilities for meetings at such hours that do not interfere with the regular program of the school buildings or any other activities that had previously been scheduled and approved by the Board or its representatives.
E. Office mail boxes and bulletin boards in the teachers' lounges and workrooms shall be made available. This shall not be interpreted to require the District to process any such mail through the District's internal mail system. If the District refuses to process mail under this provision, it shall return the mail to the sending party.
F. Duly authorized representatives of the Association shall be permitted to transact Association business on school property at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, times provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall such does not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to honor reasonable requests all public for available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets)District, agendas and minutes of all Board school board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to bargain collectively and to process any grievance or complaintgrievances.
G. H. The Association shall be duly advised by the Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified of fiscal, budgetary or budgetary, and tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration programs affecting the District and the Association may be given shall, whenever feasible, have the opportunity in advance to advise consult with the Board with respect to said matters thereto prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. I. Academic freedom shall be guaranteed to teachers, and no special limitations shall be placed upon study, investigation, presenting and interpreting facts and ideas concerning man, human society, the physical and biological world, and other branches of learning, subject to accepted standards of professional responsibility.
J. The right to academic freedom herein established shall include the right to support or oppose political causes and issues outside of the normal classroom activities.
K. All confidential communications obtained by a teacher in the course of his professional duties with students shall be disclosed only as authorized by law.
L. Notwithstanding their employment, teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship, and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher. It is expressly understood that a teacher may not advance his own personal political or religious views in the classroom.
M. The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital sex, marital, or parental status. Membership , or membership in or association with the Association shall not be denied to activities of any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor employee organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws Laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and or the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any other terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives members shall have the right to use school buildings building facilities for meetings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall such times and such facilities as will not interfere with the regular school activities or interrupt normal school operationsother commitments by the Board; however, prior arrangements must be made in not less than twenty-four (24) hours before the intended meeting date and approval granted by the Superintendent.
D. Duly X. Xxxx authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, during unscheduled hours provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. The Association shall have the right to use school facilities and equipment, calculating machines, and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use. Arrangements for the use of any such equipment must be made with the officials in charge of the care and custody of said equipment.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boardsboards and email, if such notices are signed by a representative of the Association, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service service, teacher mailboxes and teacher mail boxes email for communications to teachers. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association either on or off school premises.
F. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable written requests from time to time all public information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated certified personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and requirements, allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint. When such material is made available to the Association, any reproduction shall be at the cost of the Association.
G. The Board may consult with will inform the Association on of any new or modified fiscal, fiscal budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may will be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board .
X. A teacher shall not submit any proposal for additional operational use his classroom to advocate his religious or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationpolitical viewpoint.
H. The provisions I. If any question of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to racebreach of professional ethics is involved, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organizationnotified.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda By October 1 of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the year, Designated Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes Representatives will be obtained through regular channels.given, via email and attached excel document, a complete listing of bargaining unit staff that includes the following:
1. First and last Name 2. Start date of employment 3. FTE, step, lane placement as well as annual salary
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. 31) Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color code of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher Teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; : that it will not discriminate against any teacher Teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with the respect to any terms or conditions of employment. The Board agrees that its rules and regulations governing this Article will be fair and for just cause.
B. 32) No Tenured Teacher in the Lakewood system shall be disciplined or reduced in compensation without Just Cause. Any such discipline or reduction in compensation shall be subject to Due Process and the Grievance Procedure contained elsewhere in this Agreement. All information forming the basis for disciplinary action shall be made available to the Teacher. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher Teacher rights he he/she may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers Teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. 33) Should the Tenure Act of 1993 be repealed, rescinded, or otherwise rendered moot with regard to the length of the probationary period of four (4) years, the above paragraph shall be considered operable after a Teacher has at least two (2) years experience. Said two (2) years of experience shall also apply to other sections of this agreement that reference "Tenure" Teacher.
34) The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, meetings provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make reasonable charge. No charge shall be made for use of school rooms while a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationscustodian is on regular duty.
D. 35) Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsoperations or the Teachers’ responsibilities to their students.
E. 36) The Association shall have the exclusive right to use school facilities and equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use and be responsible for its safe and prompt return.
37) The Association shall have the right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association concern on teacher Teacher bulletin boards, at least one (1) of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-shuttle mail service and teacher mail boxes Teacher mailboxes for communications to teachersTeachers. No Teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association, either on or off school premises.
F. 38) The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated certified personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachersTeachers, salaries paid thereto contracted salary and educational backgroundservice contracts or agreements of all Teachers, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurateaccurate informed, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers Teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. 39) The Board may consult with shall inform the Association on any matters concerning new or modified fiscal, budgetary budgetary, or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, policy which are proposed or under for consideration and the Association may shall be given the opportunity upon request to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication.
40) Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any Teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such Teacher. Consistent with the Code of Ethics of the Education Profession as approved by the 1963 N.E.A. Representative Assembly, the private and personal life of any Teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board. This shall in no way restrict the Board's rights under tenure law or the reemployment of non‐tenured Teachers.
41) The Board recognizes and respects the right of the citizens to make suggestions for the improvement of public schools. The Board also recognizes that the education profession has both the right and responsibility to insist that children must be free to learn and the Teachers free to teach broad areas of knowledge, including those considered controversial. However, the final responsibility for curriculum content shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation rest with the AssociationBoard. The Teacher shall have the responsibility of keeping his/her building Principal informed on all controversial issues to be taught. Whenever any group or individual brings charges against a Teacher concerning the Teacher's freedom to teach, the Board shall provide, without charge to the Teacher, legal and/or other expert assistance and paid leave as required to address legal or other issues associated with the aforementioned charges.
H. 42) There shall be no restriction on the place of residence of any Teacher. It shall be solely the responsibility of the Teacher to report to work at the designated time on each contract day.
43) The provisions provision of this the Agreement and the wages, hours, terms, and conditions of employment shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein 44) An employee shall be entitled to have present a representative of the Association during any disciplinary action, including adverse evaluations. An employee shall not be granted or extended to advised of this right before any competing labor organizationaction is taken.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee teacher of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation negotiation, and in other concerted activities not prohibited by law, for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment employment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan and the United States or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of her/his membership in the Association, the teacher's her/his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their her/his institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment. The Association agrees not to discriminate against nonmembers.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, required the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore. No charge shall be made for use of schoolrooms except on Saturday or Sunday, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsand only in the same manner as the Board schedules and charges for such facilities for other groups.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business with teachers on school property at all reasonable timesproperty, provided that this such business is conducted at times when teachers are not directly responsible for students. Association representatives shall report to the school building office and advise the secretary of their presence in the building during the student day. General Association meetings and/or building Association meetings shall not interfere be held during the ten (10) minutes prior to the student day or the ten (10) minutes immediately following the student day unless the meetings are held in conjunction with or interrupt normal school operationsbuilding staff meetings called by the building principal.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to use school facilities and equipment, including typewriters, mimeographing machines, other duplicating equipment, calculating machines, computers, printers, fax machines, and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when use of such equipment does not interfere with the operation of the employer and provided that such business is conducted at times when teachers are not directly responsible for students. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use. A telephone that allows access to operator assisted calls shall be available for Association use and shall be located in a building specified by the Association President. Teachers shall be allowed the use of fax machines in their buildings so long as they pay the costs of the costs made.
F. The Association shall have the right to post bipartisan notices of its activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. G. The Board agrees to furnish or make available to the Association Association, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including including, but not limited to: published annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated certified personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board County Allocation Board budgets), monthly manifests of bills, agendas and published minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports’s report, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will teachers to assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information students which may be necessary for it would recommend in the Association to process any grievance or complaintbest interests of the school district.
G. H. The Board may consult will discuss with the Association on the development of any new or modified fiscal, budgetary budgetary, or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, policy which are proposed or under consideration consideration.
I. Consistent with the Code of Ethics, teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship; and no religious or political activities of any teacher, or the Association may lack thereof, shall be given opportunity to advise the Board grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Associationprofessional employment of such teacher.
H. J. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious, or discriminatory; and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creeddisability, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status.
I. 1. Any questions concerning Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin, should be directed to Director of Personnel, Niles Community Schools, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. 269/683-6662.
2. Inquiries related to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, should be directed to Executive Director of Curriculum, Niles Community Schools, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. 269/683-0736.
3. Questions concerning Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability, should be directed to Director of Special Education, Niles Community Schools, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. 269/683-0757.
4. If a grievance still exists after discussion with the appropriate coordinator, he/she will provide you with information concerning the formal grievance process.
K. Representatives of the Board and the Association’s Contract Review Committee will meet on the last school-day Tuesday of each month for the purpose of reviewing the administration of the Agreement, to plan ahead for future Agreements, and to resolve problems that may arise during the course of the year with respect to the current Agreement. These meetings are not intended to bypass the grievance procedures. Each party will submit to the other, by Friday of the previous week, an agenda covering what they wish to discuss. If neither party submits an agenda, there will be no contract review meeting that month.
L. The rights granted herein to president of the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organizationnotified in all cases of recommended dismissal of teachers.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Education Association Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every bargaining unit employee of the Board shall have has the right freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly-elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not not: directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect as to wages, hours, wages, or any other terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect as to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein in this Agreement shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he he/she may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in this Agreement are in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings for meetings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that during which custodial services are regularly scheduled. Meetings may be held in the High School when there is no regularly scheduled custodial service in another building. When special custodial service is required, the Board may shall make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsstandard charges as stated in the custodial contract.
D. Duly Association members and their authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall activity does not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to use school facilities and equipment, including duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall provide its own material and supplies incidental to such use.
F. The Association shall have the right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and District teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins, or other identification of membership in the Association on or off school premises. The fact that this Section does not state that the Association may use the District's mail service shall not be construed as changing any practice of allowing the Association to deliver mail to teachers and have access to teacher mail boxes.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available will furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests from time to time all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets)allocations, agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, students together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintAssociation.
G. H. The Board may consult with shall inform the Association on of any new or modified fiscalfiscal budgetary, budgetary or tax programsprogram, construction programs, program or major revisions revision of educational policy, policy which are is proposed or under consideration consideration. The Association may ask to consult with the Board and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to shall meet about said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. I. Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discrimination as to the professional employment of such teacher.
J. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creedreligion, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, or marital status.
K. Consistent with the Code of Ethics of the Education Profession and the Michigan Professional Educators Code of Ethics, membership in the Association shall be open to all teachers regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racesex, creeddisability, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status.
I. L. Each teacher may review the contents of all records (excluding documents exempt by law such as initial references and those from previous Districts) contained in his/her personnel file. The rights granted herein teacher may have a representative of the Association present during such review. The teacher must make an appointment 24 hours in advance with a central office administrator or designee.
M. No material may be placed in the teacher's personnel file unless the teacher has had the opportunity to review the material. If the teacher is asked to sign such material, the signature shall be understood to mean only that the teacher has been made aware of the material. Any material found to be inappropriate or in error shall be corrected or removed from the file. The teacher shall have the right to attach a statement of clarification or dissent.
N. The Board may reasonably delay bringing a complaint to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organizationteacher’s attention if doing so would jeopardize the investigation.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to Act 379 of the Michigan Public Employment Relations ActActs of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the an Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other lawful concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, wages or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any lawful activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein The Association and its members shall be construed have the privilege to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under use school building facilities at all reasonable hours for meetings in accordance with the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws board rules and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder All meetings shall be deemed to be scheduled in addition to those provided elsewhereadvance with building principal's permission.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Copies of this agreement shall be printed at the expense of the Board and presented to all teachers now employed or hereafter employed by the Board.
D. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignias or pins as identification of membership in the Association whether on or off school premises.
E. Bulletin board in the teachers' lounge shall be made available to the Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachersmembers.
F. The Board Board, or it's designee, agrees to make available to furnish the Association in response to reasonable requests "written" requests, all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint, except information from personnel or medical files deemed to be confidential.
G. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher, rights he may have under the Michigan Revised School Code. The rights granted to teachers under the master contract shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided by law.
X. The salary committee of the Association may, with the approval of each teacher whose contract is being reviewed, check teacher's contracts in the presence of a representative of the Superintendent to determine if the salary schedule is being followed.
I. The Board may consult with recognizes that appropriate texts, library reference facilities, maps, and globes, laboratory equipment, audio-visual equipment, art supplies, physical education equipment, current periodicals, standard tests and questionnaires and similar materials are the Association on any new or modified fiscaltools of the teaching profession. The parties will confer from time to time for the purpose of improving the selection and use of such educational tools. The Board agrees at all times to keep the schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained.
J. The Board shall make available in each school adequate lunchroom space, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policyrestroom and lavatory facilities exclusively for teacher use and at least one room appropriately furnished, which are proposed shall be reserved for use as a faculty lounge.
K. Separate non-pay telephone facilities shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use.
L. Adequate parking facilities shall be made available to teachers for their assigned use.
M. Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or under consideration and political activities of any teacher or the Association may lack thereof shall be given opportunity to advise the Board grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publicationthe professional employment of such teacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board unless the teacher's conduct shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with adversely affect his professional status as determined jointly by the AssociationAssociation and the Board.
H. N. The provisions of this Agreement agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital statusstatus or membership in or association with the lawful activities of any employee organization. Membership in The Board and the Association shall not be denied pledge themselves to any teacher because seek to extend the advantages of public education and opportunity to every student without regard to race, creed, religion, colorsex, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statuscolor and nationality.
I. The rights granted herein O. Board will provide: (1) a separate desk for each teacher, (2) lockable space to store coats and personal items; and (3) necessary teaching supplies and tools within budgetary limits. Other materials required by the teacher may be requested by the teacher through the building principal and such request will be given prompt consideration.
P. Teachers will be advised insofar as can be reasonably foreseen when any policy manual change directly related to the Association teaching staff is to be acted upon by the Board. The faculty will set up a principal's advisory committee each semester in each of the respective buildings, the function of which shall not be granted or extended to provide a group with which the respective principal may consult in relation to the forgoing and other matters pertaining to the school. The high school principal's committee will be made up of three (3) members chosen by the high school faculty with no more than one (1) member from any competing labor organization.
J. subject area. The Board shall place on elementary principal's committee chosen by the agenda elementary faculty will be made up of three (3) members with no more than one (1) member from any grade level. The middle school principal's committee, chosen by the middle school faculty, will be made up of three (3) members with no more than one (1) from each regular board meeting as grade level. One member from each of the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration principal's advisory committees, each of the building principals (3) and one person designated by the Association so long will make up a Superintendent's Advisory Committee.
Q. Upon his request the teacher shall be entitled to review the contents of his own personnel file, as those matters are made known provided by Michigan law. A representative of the Association may at the teacher's request, accompany the teacher to this review. Materials provided by the teacher will be placed in the teacher's file. No material that is disciplinary in nature may be placed therein without providing the teacher with a copy which shall be signed by the teacher to indicate receipt. This provision shall not prevent the District from responding to FOIA requests as provided by law. If the Board receives a request for any information or documents from a teachers personnel record, the Board shall notify the teacher and Association President as soon as possible. Before any requested information from a teachers personnel file is released, the Board will permit the teacher and Association representative the opportunity to review the file.
R. Upon his/her request the teacher shall at all times be entitled to have present a representative of the Association when he/she is being reprimanded, warned or disciplined or at any meeting which the teacher reasonably believes may result in discipline. When a request for such representation is made, no action shall be taken with respect to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days teacher until such representative of the Association is present. The Board will have the right to place a teacher on non-disciplinary, administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of an investigation. This may be deemed necessary to protect both the teacher and student(s). Such investigations will be concluded as quickly as possible. No teacher shall be disciplined, reprimanded, reduced in rank or compensation, or deprived of any professional advantage without just cause, due process and progressive discipline. Any disciplinary action of a probationary teacher shall be subject to the grievance procedure up to but not including arbitration. The progression of disciplinary action listed below shall be followed prior to said regular meeting.the imposition of economic discipline on any member of the bargaining unit:
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven a. verbal warning
b. written warning
c. written reprimand
d. one (111) to three (3) days total each school year suspension without pay. Any suspension without pay shall not affect in any manner the bargaining unit member's insurance coverage and/or contractual fringe benefits. No economic penalty imposed shall be implemented until Level III of released time without loss the grievance process has been exhausted. Where the Board seeks to impose a discipline outside the normal progression set forth herein, reasonable cause must be shown for the acceleration of pay for officersthe disciplinary program, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members and the decision to take part in business which pertains do so is subject to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channelsgrievance procedure, up to and including arbitration except for probationary teachers.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant X. Xxxxxxxx to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of teacher employed by the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association any organization for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other legal concerted activities for of mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights right conferred by the Act or of other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or of conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Associationany union, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employmentAgreement.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have Board agrees to permit the right to use of school buildings without charge for the Association fifteen minutes after the close of the pupils' school day in a place as designated by the principal thereof, upon request to the principal of such building at all reasonable least 24 hours in advance of such meetings. Said meetings not to exceed such time as the building is regularly serviced by the maintenance staff. All requests for building use after 6:00 p.m. or non-school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsdays will conform to District policies.
D. Duly X. Xxxx authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, during the duty free lunch period or outside of regular school duty hours provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-District mail service and teacher mail boxes for official and duly signed communications to teachers. Teachers may wear, while on school premises, insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association, provided such are in good taste as determined by the building principal or superintendent.
F. Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities outside the classroom or lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher and the private and personal life of any teacher is not within the concern of the Board of Education except to the extent that the same interferes with the student-teacher relationship and except that the Board specifically retains its rights of discharge, demotion, or retirement under Article IV, Section 38.101 Tenure Act of the Michigan General School Laws.
G. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests request from time to time all available public information concerning the financial resources and public records of the school district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with . Confidential files, not a matter of public record, shall not be subject to inspection without the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions express consent of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publicationindividual involved. The Board shall not submit be requested to compile data in any proposal for additional operational form not consistent with the usual practices of the District. Confidential records and materials which are received at the time of employment such as recommendations from colleges or building millage without prior consultation with other employers shall be exempt from observation of the individual and the Association.
H. The provisions of this the Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be applied in a manner which is not arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory and without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of racegender, creedsexual orientation, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein Board agrees to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda allow authorized association reps a total of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar working days prior per year to said regular meeting.
K. be used for association business. The Association Board shall have a maximum pay the salary of eleven the teacher(s) and necessary substitutes for these days. The YEA shall pay all conference-related expenses. For association days in excess of six (116) days, the association will be responsible for paying the substitute costs when needed. Notification of use of association days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains shall be submitted to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide Superintendent at least five (5) days prior noticein advance, when possible. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes reps will be obtained through regular channelspermitted to use work time for Association business, which shall be arranged with their building principal.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective negotiation or bargaining or negotiation and other concerted and lawful activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly duly-elected body exercising governmental power under color of law the laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's his participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations bargaining with the Board, or their his institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher the rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable collect the established charge therefore, provided that this thereof. No charge shall not interfere with or interrupt normal be made for use of school operations.
D. rooms before the commencement of the school day nor until 6:00 p.m. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. The Association shall have the right to use school facilities and equipment, including computers, other duplicating equipment, and all other types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use with the permission of the Administration. The Association shall pay for the actual cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association Association's concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-District mail service and teacher mail boxes mailboxes for Association-identified communications to teachers.
F. The After having received the written request from the President of the Association or his designee, the Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association Association, in response to reasonable requests requests, all public available information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict, and such other information including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas agenda and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist which may be necessary for the Association in developing to develop intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintgrievance.
G. The Board may consult with shall consider any recommendations submitted to it by the Association on any concerning new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, programs or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, color, creed, religion, colorsex, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creedpolitical or religious beliefs, religionfamily, colorsocial or cultural background, national origin, age, sex and/or marital statusor sexual orientation.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board Board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new businessNew Business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six office five (65) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
J. Outside the classroom no religious or political activities of any teacher, or the lack thereof, shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher. Within the limits of the Professional Standards defined in Appendix C, the private and personal life of any teacher is not within the concern or attention of the Board.
K. The Association A teacher shall at all times be entitled to have a maximum representative of eleven (11) days total each school year the Association present when he/she is being investigated for any infraction of released time without loss of pay rules or delinquency in professional performance.
L. No teacher shall be disciplined, reprimanded, or reduced in compensation for officersreasons that are arbitrary and capricious. All information forming the basis for disciplinary action will be made available, delegatesin writing, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the teacher and the Association.
M. No speech pathologist, counselor, social worker or ancillary certified student service professional not covered by MCL 38.71 - 38.191 shall be disciplined, reprimanded, discharged, or reduced in compensation without just cause. The Association President Any such discipline, reprimand, or reduction in compensation including adverse evaluation shall make all requests on behalf of Association membersbe subject to the professional grievance procedure hereinafter set forth. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay All information forming the substitute fee. Substitutes basis for disciplinary action will be obtained through regular channelsmade available, in writing, to the teacher and the Association.
N. Bargaining unit members will be notified if there has been a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for information in the members personnel file. Notification to the bargaining unit member will take place before any information is released.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of in the Board unit shall have the right to freely to organize, join join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, Michigan or to not join and support the Association. The Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or discourage, deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding proceedings under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment. Similarly, the Association shall not discriminate against bargaining unit employees based on their membership or non-membership in the Association.
B. Unless explicitly restricted herein, nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict any Board rights granted by the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or to restrict to any teacher rights he he/she may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this heretofore. No charge shall not interfere with be made for use of school rooms before the commencement of the school day or interrupt normal school operations.until 6:00 p.m.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or nor interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to use school facilities and equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for reasonable costs of all materials and supplies incident to such use.
F. The Association shall have the right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. Email, instant messenger, and a teacher bulletin board may be used during non-instructional time for this purpose provided such use complies with applicable Board policies. The Association may use the district intra-District mail service and teacher mail boxes mailboxes for communications communication to teachers.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public available information concerning the financial resources of the districtDistrict including, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board County Allocation Board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, background and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs proposals on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, age, sex, marital status, or national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or nor extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the its agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new businessNew Business" any matters brought to for its consideration by the Association Association, so long as those these matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days office at least the Thursday morning prior to said regular the next Board meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS. A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution Constitutions of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his his/her membership in the Association, the teacher's his/her participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their his/her institution of any grievance, complaint complaint, or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he he/she may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder here under shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings for meetings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that during which custodial services are regularly scheduled. Meetings may be held in the High School when there is no regularly scheduled custodial service in another building. When special custodial service is required, the Board may shall make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operationsstandard charges as stated in the custodial contract.
D. Duly Members of the bargaining unit and their authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to use school facilities and equipment, including typewriters, mimeographing machines, other duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall provide its own material and supplies incidental to such use.
F. The Association shall have the right to post notices of its activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and District teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers. No teacher shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins or other identification of membership in the Association on or off school premises. The fact that this Section does not state that the Association may use the District's mail service shall not be construed as changing any practice of allowing the Association to deliver mail to teachers and have access to teacher mail boxes.
F. G. The Board agrees to make available furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests from time to time all public available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets)allocations, agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, students together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaintAssociation.
G. H. The Board may consult with shall inform the Association on of any new or modified fiscalfiscal budgetary, budgetary or tax programsprogram, construction programs, program or major revisions revision of educational policy, policy which are proposed or under consideration consideration. The Association may ask to consult with the Board and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board shall meet with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication.
I. Teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities or any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher. The Board Consistent with the Code of Ethics of the Education Profession, the private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board. Subject to the requirement that there must be just cause for any discipline, this provision shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with restrict the Associationright to discipline if the teacher's ability to function effectively as a teacher is adversely affected.
H. J. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or sex, or marital status. Membership Sex may be considered when making assignments requiring locker room supervision.
K. Consistent with the Code of Ethics of the Education Profession, membership in the Association shall not be denied open to any teacher because all teachers regardless of race, creed, religion, color, age, sex, marital status, or national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. L. Each teacher may review the contents of all records (excluding documents exempt by law such as initial references and those from previous Districts) contained in his/her file. The rights granted herein teacher may have a representative of the Association present during such review. The teacher must make an appointment 24 hours in advance with a central office administrator or designee.
M. No material may be placed in the teacher's personnel file unless the teacher has had the opportunity to review the material. If the teacher is asked to sign such material, the signature shall be understood to mean only that the teacher has been made aware of the material. Any material found to be inappropriate or in error shall be corrected or removed from the file. The teacher shall have the right to attach a statement of clarification or dissent.
N. Any complaint against a teacher shall be promptly brought to the Association shall not be granted or extended teacher's attention if the nature of the complaint is such that discipline of the teacher is being considered based upon the complaint. It is agreed that the Board may reasonably delay bringing a complaint to any competing labor organizationthe teacher’s attention if doing so would jeopardize the investigation.
J. The Board O. All recommendations pertaining to whether a teacher’s employment should be continued or discontinued based upon the quality of his/her work performance shall place on be primarily based upon the agenda contents of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendentteacher's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meetingpersonnel file.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
