Common use of Professional Consultation Clause in Contracts

Professional Consultation. The School Committee recognizes the professional standing of teachers and other professional staff. Similarly, the LEA recognizes the importance of an informed School Committee in the running of a school system which strives to be excellent. The ideas and opinions of professional staff are of significant value in improving the quality of education in, and the economical operation of, the Lexington Public School System. Therefore, the School Committee and the LEA agree that they, or their designated representatives, will upon request of either the School Committee or the LEA, meet at a reasonable time and place to discuss educational concerns of interest to each. It is understood by the School Committee and the LEA that nothing discussed at such meetings shall oblige them to negotiate such matters and that no binding decisions can be made in such meetings. Prior to two weeks before the date scheduled for such a meeting, there will be submitted to the Superintendent a written agenda of subjects to be discussed at that meeting. While it is the desire of both parties to provide for discussions of a wide range of subjects, it is also agreed that matters of wages, hours, and working conditions are exclusively the subject of collective bargaining as provided in this Agreement. Therefore, it is agreed that either the School Committee or the LEA may defer, decline, or specifically limit discussion on any item on any agenda proposed by the other by written notice to the proposing party not later than one week prior to the meeting. The Superintendent will participate in all such discussion.

Professional Consultation. The School Committee recognizes the professional standing of teachers and other professional staff. Similarly, the LEA recognizes the importance of an informed School Committee in the running of a school system system, which strives to be excellent. The ideas and opinions of professional staff are of significant value in improving the quality of education in, and the economical operation of, the Lexington Public School System. Therefore, the School Committee and the LEA agree that they, or their designated representatives, will upon request of either the School Committee or the LEA, meet at a reasonable time and place to discuss educational concerns of interest to each. It is understood by the School Committee and the LEA that nothing discussed at such meetings shall oblige them to negotiate such matters and that no binding decisions can be made in such meetings. Prior to two weeks before the date scheduled for such a meeting, there will be submitted to the Superintendent a written agenda of subjects to be discussed at that meeting. While it is the desire of both parties to provide for discussions of a wide range of subjects, it is also agreed that matters of wages, hours, and working conditions are exclusively the subject of collective bargaining as provided in this Agreement. Therefore, it is agreed that either the School Committee or the LEA may defer, decline, or specifically limit discussion on any item on any agenda proposed by the other by written notice to the proposing party not later than one week prior to the meeting. The Superintendent will participate in all such discussion.