Informational sessions. Up to two (2) times per year, the Employer and the Union will jointly present a one-hour informational session which managers and employees may attend regarding the xxxxxxx program.
Informational sessions. The District will provide informational sessions for students and parents at all District schools that will provide an explanation of the District’s disciplinary policies, what is expected of students under the policies, and the District’s efforts to ensure nondiscriminatory discipline for all students in a manner accessible to individuals with disabilities and limited English proficiency. The District will offer the informational sessions at times and locations to promote maximum participation by students and parents. The sessions will:
1. explain the District’s discipline policy, matrix, and procedures, including the definitions of offense categories and how progressive discipline is imposed;
2. provide parents and students with the opportunity to raise concerns or suggestions about the District’s disciplinary policies, matrix, and procedures;
3. include participation by staff involved in the administration of discipline (e.g., administrators, teachers, counselors);
4. emphasize the District’s commitment and goals as described in the Agreement Principles;
5. explain the role of the Committee and opportunities for parent participation on the Committee;
6. the rights of students to due process before discipline sanctions are imposed;
7. the range of non-exclusionary interventions, supports, and approaches to student discipline to be exhausted prior to exclusionary discipline where possible and consistent with federal and state law;
8. the resources that are available to students to assist them in developing social and emotional competencies;
9. information about whom to contact if there is a concern about discipline policy implementation or if assistance is needed in addressing student behavioral problems; and
10. the District’s commitment to recognizing and reinforcing positive student behavior and to ensuring to the maximum extent possible under state and federal law that student misbehavior is addressed in a manner that does not remove the student from the educational program.
Informational sessions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, within * days of the Effective Date, the Parties will finalize a schedule upon which a team of clinical, regulatory and business development representatives from each Party (including at least one JSC member from each Party) will have a monthly conference by telephone during the Term to discuss Commercialization activities hereunder and events material to such efforts, provided, that any such telephone conference may be cancelled by agreement of the Parties.