Common use of PROFESSIONAL NEGOTIATIONS Clause in Contracts

PROFESSIONAL NEGOTIATIONS. A. No later than March 1 of the calendar year in which this Agreement expires, the Board and the Association agree to begin negotiations with the procedure set forth herein in a good faith effort to reach agreement concerning teachers' salaries and other conditions of their employment. 1. Both parties agree that during the first meeting, the ground rules shall be set. By no later than the third meeting, all the basic demands concerning the language of the Contract shall be presented. 2. If negotiations are conducted during regular school hours, released time shall be provided for the Association's negotiation committee. B. Neither party in any negotiations shall have any control over the selection of the negotiations or bargaining representatives of the other party. The parties 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. It is expressly understood that any concessions so made shall not be binding unless ratified by both the Board and the Association. C. There shall be at least three (3) signed copies of any final Agreement. One copy shall be retained by the Board, one by the Association, and one by the Superintendent.

PROFESSIONAL NEGOTIATIONS. A. No later than March 1 of the calendar year in which this Agreement expires, the Board Board, or its designee, and the Association agree to begin negotiations with the procedure set forth herein in a good faith effort to reach agreement concerning teachers' salaries and other conditions of their employment. 1. Both parties agree that during the first meeting, the ground rules shall be set. By no later than the third meeting, all the basic demands concerning the language of the Contract shall be presented. 2. If negotiations are conducted during regular school hours, released time shall be provided for the Association's negotiation committee. B. Neither party in any negotiations shall have any control over the selection of the negotiations or bargaining representatives of the other party. The parties 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. It is expressly understood that any concessions so made shall not be binding unless ratified by both the Board and the Association. C. There shall be at least three (3) signed copies of any final Agreement. One copy shall be retained by the Board, one by the Association, and one by the Superintendent.

PROFESSIONAL NEGOTIATIONS. A. No later than March 1 of the calendar year in which this Agreement expires, the Board Board, or its designee, and the Association agree to begin negotiations with the procedure set forth herein in a good faith effort effort to reach agreement concerning teachers' salaries and other conditions of their employment. 1. Both parties agree that during the first meeting, the ground rules shall be set. By no later than the third meeting, all the basic demands concerning the language of the Contract shall be presented. 2. If negotiations are conducted during regular school hours, released time shall be provided for the Association's negotiation committee. B. Neither party in any negotiations shall have any control over the selection of the negotiations or bargaining representatives of the other party. The parties 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. It is expressly understood that any concessions so made shall not be binding unless ratified by both the Board and the Association. C. There shall be at least three (3) signed copies of any final Agreement. One copy shall be retained by the Board, one by the Association, and one by the Superintendent.