Common use of Identification of a Preferred Solution Clause in Contracts

Identification of a Preferred Solution. The facilitator will assist the group in the following: ● Understanding the history of the FSA ● Identifying the problem that needs to be solved ● Determining the parties’ interests ● Generating options for solutions ● Applying agreed-upon criteria to evaluate possible solutions ● Reaching consensus on a preferred solution Potential solutions could include: ● Formal solicitation of voluntary retirements of Residential Faculty members in the FSA, in inverse order of potential layoff ● Moving one or more Residential Faculty in the affected FSA to a secondary FSA at the College in which the faculty member is qualified. The secondary FSA would become the primary FSA for the affected faculty member in the subsequent year ● Voluntary transfers of one or more Residential Faculty members in the affected FSA to vacant faculty positions at other Colleges pursuant to 15.1. ● Multiple College assignments to include day and evening assignments If the preferred solution includes a recommendation that no non-Residential Faculty be hired and one or more Residential Faculty members within the FSA be reduced, the parties will jointly prepare and submit a written reduction-in-force plan to the Chancellor no later than October 1. If approved by the Chancellor, the plan will go into effect on July 1 of the subsequent fiscal year.

Identification of a Preferred Solution. The facilitator will assist the group in the following: ● • Understanding the history of the FSA ● • Identifying the problem that needs to be solved ● • Determining the parties’ interests ● • Generating options for solutions ● • Applying agreed-upon criteria to evaluate possible solutions ● • Reaching consensus on a preferred solution Potential solutions could include: ● • Formal solicitation of voluntary retirements of Residential Faculty members in the FSA, in inverse order of potential layoff ● • Moving one or more Residential Faculty in the affected FSA to a secondary FSA at the College in which the faculty Residential Faculty member is qualified. The secondary FSA would become the primary FSA for the affected faculty Residential Faculty member in the subsequent year ● • Voluntary transfers of one or more Residential Faculty members in the affected FSA to vacant faculty Residential Faculty positions at other Colleges pursuant to 15.1. ● • Multiple College assignments to include day and evening assignments If the preferred solution includes a recommendation that no non-Residential Faculty be hired and one or more Residential Faculty members within the FSA be reduced, the parties will jointly prepare and submit a written reduction-in-force plan to the Chancellor no later than October 1. If approved by the Chancellor, the plan will go into effect on July 1 of the subsequent fiscal year.