CONTRACT VARIANCES Clause Samples
CONTRACT VARIANCES. 23-1 The parties agree that buildings may operate in a manner different than that set forth by the Agreement if the following procedure is utilized and authorization is granted:
23-2 A Committee on Variances consisting of the Association President, VP for Negotiations, Grievance Chairman, and two other teachers, the Superintendent (or his/her designee), Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, and three other Administrators, shall make all final decisions regarding variances.
23-3 A request for a variance from the contract or policy may be initiated by a unit member, the Association, the District, a building committee, or a District-wide committee. All requests must be endorsed by the building ILT.
23-4 A request for variance form must be filed with the Committee on Variances.
23-5 If the Committee determines that a variance is appropriate and necessary, all affected persons shall receive a copy of the proposed variance.
23-6 At a meeting called by the Committee for the purposes of considering the variance, the variance must be supported by at least 80% of the affected persons. No amendments to the proposed variance shall be permitted.
23-7 A variance shall be effective for no more than two years or the expiration of the current contract, whichever is less. However, renewal may be obtained by returning to step number 3 above and proceeding through the procedure accordingly.
23-8 Variances shall not be granted for salary, fringe benefits, seniority, and evaluation provisions.
CONTRACT VARIANCES. 1. The parties recognize the Board’s right to implement pilot or experimental programs, not to exceed three (3) years. The Board and the Association are experimenting with a wide range of educational techniques and reforms. The parties recognize that some of the experiments may conflict with the terms and conditions of the Agreement. Such variations are acceptable under the Agreement provided each variation is approved by the Association and the Board. Provided further that no such variations shall be deemed precedent setting nor shall they extend beyond the life of the Agreement. The contract variance does not apply to pilot or experimental programs adopted by the Board. Any pilot program to exceed three (3) years may do so by mutual agreement of the Association and the Board.
2. Any modification of the current contract must be submitted on the approved deviation form. Said modifications must be mutually agreed upon by both the Board and the Association. See Appendix C for contract variance form.
CONTRACT VARIANCES. The parties recognize the Board’s right to implement pilot or experimental programs, not to exceed three (3) years. The Board and the Association are experimenting with a wide range of educational techniques and reforms. The parties recognize that some of the experiments may conflict with the terms and conditions of the Agreement. Such variations are acceptable under the Agreement provided each variation is approved by the Association and the Board. Provided further that no such variations shall be deemed precedent setting, nor shall they extend beyond the life of the Agreement. The contract variance does not apply to pilot or experimental programs adopted by the Board. Any pilot program to exceed three (3) years may do so by mutual agreement of the Association and the Board. Any modification of the current contract must be submitted on the approved deviation form. Said modifications must be mutually agreed upon by both the Board and the Association. See Appendix C for contract variance form. Any contract request for variance shall be submitted to the District Professional Council for review. The Professional Council will meet within two (2) weeks after receiving a request for variance to review the request. If the request is approved, it will go to the KHEA, the KHSSA and the Board for final approval. The Professional Council shall be composed of the Superintendent, Director of Finance, KHEA President, the KHSSA President and others mutually agreed upon.
CONTRACT VARIANCES. 1. Any modification of the current contract or Board policy must be submitted on the approved variance form, which is Appendix B. Said modifications must be mutually agreed upon by both the Board and the Kenowa Hills Education Association.
2. Any contract request for variance shall be submitted to the district Professional Council for review. The Professional Council shall be composed of the Superintendent, Director of Finance, Assistant Superintendent/Director of Curriculum & Instruction KHEA President, ▇▇▇▇▇ President who will meet to review requests for variances.
CONTRACT VARIANCES. 4 a. The Association and the District encourage efforts to improve existing educational practices 5 and student learning. To facilitate these efforts, the Association and District shall receive 6 and consider requests for variances from any portion of the Collective Bargaining 7 Agreement (CBA). Such variances, if granted, are:
8 i. Not precedent setting
9 ii. Building or site specific
10 iii. Temporary, automatically being rescinded on the last day of the school year unless 11 specifically extended by mutual agreement between the Association and the District. 12 If mutually agreed to, site variances may continue for the duration of the CBA.
13 iv. Reviewed annually by the site and an evaluation provided to the Association and 14 District, including the implications, success, and failures based upon these variances.
15 b. Process: A site may propose actions that conflict with provisions of the CBA. When a 16 decision is made which requires a variance, the Site Council shall:
17 i. Have current by-laws in place and on file with the District and Association.
18 ii. Demonstrate that the decision was arrived at pursuant to the site by-laws.
19 1) Voting shall take place according to the site’s by-laws
20 2) 100% of employees, including part time and/or itinerant employees, must 21 sign off on the request. Signing off indicates the employee’s commitment to 22 support the decision and shall waive any rights to grieve the variance.
23 iii. Be available to meet with the Association and the District on the contract provision.
24 iv. Comply with all contract provisions concerning variances.
25 v. Submit a completed Variance Request Form (APPENDIX T) to the Human Resources 26 Director and EEA President.
27 1) The Association and/or District may oppose the variance request if it is 28 determined to violate board policies, procedures, laws or negatively impact 29 other provisions of the CBA.
CONTRACT VARIANCES. 23 a. The Association and the District encourage efforts to improve existing educational practices 24 and student learning. To facilitate these efforts, the Association and District shall receive 25 and consider requests for variances from any portion of the Collective Bargaining 26 Agreement (CBA). Such variances, if granted, are: 27 i. Not precedent setting 28 ii. Building or site specific
CONTRACT VARIANCES. A number of variances remain unclosed at the date of this letter. The Alliance has asserted by letter of June 12,1998 (and in subsequent discussions) that a number of outstanding variances under the Contract were in fact changes to the Contract. Descriptions of these variances have been agreed to and their dispositions have been agreed to and are contained in the Schedule at Tab B. A holdback of $500,000 from the Milestone payment due upon System Acceptance will be retained by the ISO until the CVD and NCWV variances have been fixed. Except for six remaining Contract Supplier Performance milestone payments, the forgoing constitute all of the Alliance claims that accrue to the Alliance as of the above date. The Alliance agrees there are no further claims relating to the Contract as of this date, that no further claims will be made to the ISO based on facts occurring prior to the above date in connection with the Contract, and that the above settlements are dispositive of any and all claims of the Alliance, known or ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Telephone: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ unknown, directly or by way of set-off, which have arisen under the Contract to date or the facts underlying which have occurred prior to this date.