NEGOTIATING PROCEDURE. The Board agrees to make available to the Association when available to the Board information concerning the financial resources of the District, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits; register of Certificated personnel; tentative budgetary requirements and allocations; agendas and minutes of Board meetings; census data; names and addresses of all certificated employees; and public information available to the Board that will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed, and constructive programs on behalf of certificated employees and their students. The District and the Association agree to meet prior to the setting of the district budget for the ensuing year in order to provide the Association with an opportunity to provide input on budgeting priorities.
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURE. Personal matters of employment
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURE. A. Neither party in any negotiations shall have any control over the selection of the negotiating or bargaining representatives of the other party and each party may select its representatives from within or outside the School District. While no final agreement shall be executed without ratification by the Association and the Board, the parties mutually pledge that their representatives will be clothed with all necessary power and authority to make proposals, consider proposals, and make concessions in the course of negotiations. Both parties agree to submit the final agreement for ratification to their appropriate governing bodies. After ratification by both parties their representatives shall attach their signatures to the ratified agreement. There shall be three (3) signed copies for purposes of record, one (1) retained by the Board, one (1) by the Association, and one (1) by the superintendent.
B. If the parties fail to reach an agreement in any such negotiations, either party may invoke the mediation machinery of the State Labor Mediation Board or take any other lawful measure it may deem appropriate.
C. The Principal and designated Association Building Representatives shall meet by mutual agreement for the purpose of informally reviewing the administration of the contract and to resolve problems which may arise. These meetings are not intended to by-pass the grievance procedure.
D. The parties agree to negotiate in good faith any changes in the Agreement required to comply with the No Child Left Behind Act.
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURE. A. The Committee and the Association shall enter into negotiations over a successor agreement at a mutually agreed upon time prior to the expiration of the current agreement. After a reasonable number of bargaining sessions either party may declare an When, by mutual agreement, negotiations are scheduled during the school day, three (3) members of the negotiating team as designated by the president will be relieved, for not more than three (3) hours at any time during the school day, which is convenient to both parties, from all regular duties without loss of pay, or loss of accumulated sick leave, or personal leave as necessary in order to permit their participation in such meetings.
B. The parties acknowledge that during the negotiations that resulted in this Agreement, each had the unlimited right and opportunity to make demands and proposals with respect to any subject or matter not removed by law from the area of collective bargaining, and that the understandings and agreements arrived at by the parties after the exercise of that right and opportunity are set forth in this Agreement. Therefore, the Committee and the Association, for the term of this Agreement, each unqualifiedly and voluntarily waives the right, and each agrees that the other shall not be obligated, to bargain collectively with respect to any subject or matter not specifically referred to or covered in this Agreement even though the subject or matter may not have been within the knowledge or contemplation of either or both parties at the time that they negotiated or signed this Agreement.
C. This Agreement may not be modified in whole or in part by the parties except by an instrument in writing duly executed by both parties.
D. Except as this Agreement shall hereinafter otherwise provide, all conditions of employment applicable on the effective date of this Agreement to employees covered by this Agreement, as established by the School Committee's rules and policies in force on said date, shall continue to be so applicable during the life of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement which changes preexisting School Committee rules and policies shall operate retroactively.
E. This Agreement constitutes School Committee policy for the term of said Agreement and the School Committee shall carry out the commitments contained herein and give them full force and effect as School Committee policy. The School Committee shall amend its rules and policies and take such other action as may be nec...
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURE. A. Not later than May 1 of the calendar year in which this Agreement is subject to re-opener or expires, or on such date agreed to by both parties, the parties agree to begin negotiations in accordance with the procedures set forth herein.
B. Negotiations shall be conducted in closed session. Normally each party shall have a negotiating team of not more than six (6) members.
C. It is recognized that all agreements reached as a result of such negotiations shall be tentative until ratification by both parties is effected pursuant to the ratification procedures set forth in Board Policy H.1.
D. The parties agree to meet at reasonable times, to bargain in good faith, and to execute a written contract incorporating any agreement reached.
E. In the event the parties reach impasse, they may seek mediation assistance from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURE. 6-1 During the term of this Agreement, the Agreement may not be reopened except by mutual consent of the parties or when permitted by law or this Agreement.
6-2 The Agreement is open for negotiation during the eight months prior to the date the Agreement is scheduled to expire. While the Agreement is open, upon request by either party, the District and the Association will negotiate as provided in this Article 6-2.
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURE. A. The SOA shall present its demands for a successor Agreement to NJIT, in writing, related to terms and conditions of employment on or before October 1, prior to the expiration of this Agreement. On or before November 1, NJIT shall meet with the SOA for the purpose of negotiating, in good faith, a mutually acceptable Agreement.
B. Should any provision in or portion of this Agreement be held unlawful and unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction or unenforceable by the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC), such decision of the court/PERC shall only apply to the specific provision or portion thereof, directly specified in the decision. Upon the issuance of final determination, after any and all appeals, the parties agree immediately to meet and discuss a substitute for the invalidated provision or portion thereof.
C. This Agreement incorporates the entire understanding of the parties on all matters which were or could have been the subject of negotiations, and shall not be changed except by an amendment mutually agreed upon between the parties in writing.
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURE. Either the Union or the Board may initiate negotiations by letter of submission forwarded to the other party at any time during the twelve (12) month period prior to the expiration of the Agreement. Unless the parties agree to use the FMCS IBB process, the first negotiations session shall be for the purpose of exchanging proposals and determining any ground rules deemed necessary. At any negotiation session, either party may be represented by no more than five (5) representatives, exclusive of the Union’s field representative or the attorney for the Board.
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURE. 1. Both negotiating teams shall be selected by each party and may include a maximum of six (6) members. Both teams shall be vested with full authority to reach tentative agreement on all matters.
2. Negotiations shall commence no earlier than one hundred (100) and no later than sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the agreement.
3. Either party may call for the services of a Federal mediator to assist in negotiations. If a party calls for such involvement of FMCS, the other party shall participate by way of a joint request. This shall be the last step in the bargaining process. Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the association right to strike in accordance by O.R.C. Section 4117.14(D)(2).
4. Furthermore, the written provisions of this contract represent complete collective bargaining and full agreement by the parties with respect to wages, hours, terms of employment or other conditions of employment which shall prevail during the term thereof; however, during the duration of this contract, the parties may mutually agree to reopen bargaining on any issue involving a modification or deletion of the existing provisions of the collective bargaining agreement. Bargaining will begin within fifteen (15) calendar days of agreement to reopen in accordance with the negotiating procedure herein.
5. During the duration of this contract, if the Board contemplates any changes that would affect the terms and conditions of employment of the bargaining unit, the Board, through its representative, shall meet and discuss such changes with representatives chosen by the Association in an attempt to reach an agreement.
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURE. 6-1 Written requests for negotiations between the Board and the Association may be submitted on such matters concerning teachers' salaries, wages, hours and conditions of employment. All proposals relevant to these issues are subject to negotiation. Such requests will specify the subject matter to be considered.
6-2 A written response will be made within ten (10) school days of the receipt of any such written request.
6-3 Negotiations will be conducted at times and places mutually agreeable to the negotiators named by each party; provided, however that the first meeting shall be held within ten (10) school days of such written response.
6-4 The Board and the Association agree to accept and consider recommendations from the Community when modifying this Agreement.
6-5 The parties to this Agreement recognize that the public has an interest in the negotiations and acknowledge a duty jointly to inform the public of the status and progress of negotiations.
6-6 During negotiations, the Board and the Association will present relevant data, exchange points of view, and make proposals and counter-proposals. Upon request of either party, the other will make available for inspection its records and data pertinent to the subject of negotiations.
6-7 As of the time they are made available to the Board, the Board will provide the Association with a Superintendent's proposed budget for the next fiscal year, as well as available preliminary budgetary information and proposals affecting teachers' salaries, wages, hours and conditions of employment.
6-8 If negotiations are scheduled during the school day, the negotiators shall be released from their regular duties with no loss of pay.
6-9 Either party may use the services of outside consultants and may call upon professional and lay representatives to assist in the negotiations.
6-10 Tentative agreements reached as a result of such negotiations will be reduced to writing and will have conditional written approval of both parties pending final adoption of the District budget. After such adoption and approval, the final Agreement will be signed by the Board and Association and will become an addendum to this Agreement. If changes in this tentative Agreement are necessary as a result of a legal budget adoption process, the Agreement will be subject to negotiation.
