Common use of Inauguration of Negotiations Clause in Contracts

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.