Common use of Negotiations Process Clause in Contracts

Negotiations Process. 1. All negotiating meetings shall be closed to the public and news media. All proposals and counterproposals between the Board and the Association, tentative agreements on individual items, and all notes and minutes taken during the confidential negotiations shall be private communications, not public records. Neither the Board, individually or collectively, or its agents, nor the Association, individually or collectively, or its agents, shall share any documents referred to in this paragraph before, during or after the negotiations process, to any member of the public. 2. The Board shall furnish to the Association, upon reasonable request, existing information which would assist the Association in making proposals for negotiations including, but not limited to, information about operating levies, enrollment, budgets, and other financial data of the school District. The Association shall furnish to the Board's negotiating representatives existing information that would assist the Board in analyzing Association proposals. After the initial negotiations session, all requests for information should be coordinated through the respective spokespersons. 3. As negotiation items receive tentative agreement they shall be reduced to writing and initialed by the spokesperson of each party. 4. When an Agreement is reached on all issues, each party's representatives shall respectively urge and recommend the adoption of such Agreement which shall be reduced to writing and submitted to the Association membership for approval. If approved, the Agreement shall be submitted to the Board for approval at the next regular or special meeting of the Board. When approved by the Association and the Board, the Agreement shall supersede any Board policy, rule, or regulation that may conflict with any term or condition of the Agreement. 5. The Board and the Association may admit up to three (3) observers to negotiation meetings. The parties can mutually agree to admit additional observers. Observers are to retain the confidentiality of the negotiations process.