Inauguration of Negotiations. Either the Board or the Association may inaugurate negotiations for a successor Agreement by delivery of a written notice to the other after January 15, but not later than March 1, of the last calendar year of the Agreement as provided in Article VI, A, Duration. Said delivery of notice shall be from the Superintendent to the Association President or from the Association President to the Superintendent. If neither party inaugurates negotiations during the time period as specified above, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for one (1) year from the date upon which it was otherwise scheduled to expire.
Inauguration of Negotiations. 1. Either the Board or the Association may inaugurate negotiations by giving written notice to the other on or before January 31 of the school year during which the agreement expires. Said notice shall be deemed to have been given when given in writing and delivered by certified mail or hand delivered from the Superintendent to the Association President or from the Association President to the Superintendent.
Inauguration of Negotiations. Either the Board or the Association may inaugurate negotiations for a successor Agreement by delivery of a written notice to the other on January 31st of the last calendar year of the Agreement as provided in Article VI, A, Duration. If January 31 falls on a weekend or holiday, the notice date will be the following Monday. Such notice shall be from the Superintendent to the Association President or from the Association President to the Superintendent. On the eleventh working day following any such notice, there shall be a mutual exchange of complete negotiation packages. In addition to specific proposals for the salary schedule, health insurance, and housing rents, a package may not contain proposals on more than ten (10) additional topics. Topics are individual, standalone subjects or procedural issues. As examples, under the Leaves article, court, sick, personal, professional/administrative, and president's leaves are each a topic. Under the Housing article, assignment, lease, designation of principal housing are each a topic. Under the Assignment and Non-Retention/Dismissal article, posting, transfer rights, definition of vacancy, disputes, are each separate topics. Housekeeping/Editorial and duration are not included within the ten (10) topic limit. If neither party inaugurates negotiations on January 31, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for one (1) year from the date upon which it was otherwise scheduled to expire.
Inauguration of Negotiations. 15 B. Initial Negotiations Session ......................................................................................... 16 C. Negotiations Ground Rules .......................................................................................... 16 D. Impasse Resolution ...................................................................................................... 18 E. Ratification ................................................................................................................... 18 ARTICLE VIII. ASSIGNMENT AND NON-RETENTION/ DISMISSAL .................... 19 A. Assignment ................................................................................................................... 19 B. Non-Retention/Dismissal ............................................................................................. 22 ARTICLE IX. INDIVIDUAL TEACHER CONTRACTS AND CERTIFICATION ....... 23 A. Individual Teacher Contracts ....................................................................................... 23 B. Medical Certificate ....................................................................................................... 24 C. Teacher's Certificate .................................................................................................... 24 ARTICLE X. STANDARD WORK YEAR AND WORK DAY .................................... 25 A. Standard Work Year .................................................................................................... 25 B. Standard Work Week ................................................................................................... 26 C. Preparation Period ....................................................................................................... 26 D. Extended or Part-Year Contracts ................................................................................. 27 ARTICLE XI. LEAVES .................................................................................................... 27 A. General ......................................................................................................................... 27 B. Compensated Leaves ................................................................................................... 28 C. Non-Compensated Leaves ........................................................................................... 32 ARTICLE XII. SICK LEAVE BANK .............................................................................. 35
