Common use of New or Modified Positions Clause in Contracts

New or Modified Positions. When and if the Board creates a new position or substantially changes an existing position, it shall first meet and discuss with the Association then assign a salary thereto and within ten (10) days advise the Association in writing as to the salary thus assigned. If the Association disagrees with the creation of the new position, the changes to the existing position, of the suggested salary, on the basis that such salary is not consistent with salaries applicable to other relatively comparable positions in the district, it shall notify the Superintendent in writing within ten (10) regularly scheduled working days after receipt of such written notice of its desire to discuss with the Superintendent the new position, the changes to the existing position, or the suggested salary. If a mutually satisfactory solution is not reached within thirty (30) calendar days after serving such notice on the Superintendent, a final decision will be made by the Board of Education at its next regular meeting. If, in the above procedure, a different rate of pay is arrived at, the different salary shall become effective retroactively to the date the position was created or substantially changed. Failure of the Association to notify the Superintendent in writing of its desire to negotiate within the ten-day (10) period from having served notice, or fails to refer the matter to the Superintendent within the aforementioned thirty (30) days period shall constitute acceptance by the Association of the salary assigned to said position.