Common use of Regular Member Clause in Contracts

Regular Member. A regular member shall be subject to dismissal for sufficient cause which shall include: a) Inefficiency; b) Insubordination; c) Neglect of duty; d) Physical or mental incapacity; e) Conviction of a felony or of a crime involving moral turpitude; f) Inadequate performance; g) Failure to comply with such reasonable requirements as the District may prescribe to show normal improvement and evidence of professional training and growth; h) Lack of continuing qualification to teach a course for which the State of Oregon has prescribed minimum instructional qualifications; and, i) Fraud or deception in submitting reports or information required by this Agreement. Except for termination for conviction of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude, a regular member, at the time of suspension from duty pending termination, shall be given a statement of the cause of the proposed dismissal and a summary of the facts giving rise thereto. This suspension shall become termination unless within five (5) working days thereafter, the suspended member shall file with the Office of the President, a Demand for Hearing. If such demand is timely filed, then the suspended regular member shall receive a due-process hearing before the Board of Education or a committee thereof. The Board of Education may reverse or affirm the proposed dismissal or may modify the sanction imposed. In the event the Board concludes the termination should be affirmed, such termination shall be deemed effective, as follows: a) For dismissals set forth in subparagraph (a), (c), (d), (f), (g), and (h), the dismissal shall be effective as of the date of the due-process hearing. b) For dismissals for the causes set forth in subparagraphs (b) and (i), the dismissal shall be effective as of the date of the suspension. Conviction of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude shall constitute grounds for dismissal without due process hearing, the conviction shall be deemed conclusive as to the cause or grounds for dismissal, and termination shall be effective as of the date of the conviction. A Board decision affirming the dismissal of a regular member upon grounds other than conviction of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude, may be appealed to arbitration pursuant to the Grievance Procedure contained in Article 25. There shall be no suspension from duty without pay.