Common use of – Rights of the Congress Clause in Contracts

– Rights of the Congress. A. The Congress may use school buildings at reasonable times and without cost for business of the Congress. Request for use of a building shall be made to the building principal in advance, and such use shall not interfere with any scheduled school programs or activities. B. The Congress may distribute materials dealing with the proper and legitimate business of the Congress through teacher mailboxes and e-mail. C. The Congress may utilize bulletin board space in a designated area in each school building for the exclusive purpose of posting material dealing with proper and legitimate business of the Congress. D. The Congress desires to establish the kind of cooperation with the District which reflects mutual understanding. In order to achieve this, the Congress will send a copy of the agenda of its general meetings to the District, and the District shall send to the Congress a copy of the official agenda of each regular Board of Education meeting when it is released to the public. E. The District and the Congress shall cooperate in making available appropriate records and survey statistics for the purpose of joint examination in the mutual endeavor to maintain or to reach a satisfactory agreement. F. Having notified the principal in advance, the Congress shall have the opportunity to use a short period for Congress business after the conclusion of any faculty meeting. G. The District shall bear the cost of reproducing this agreement. A copy shall be provided for each employee in Unit II. One hundred additional copies shall be provided for Congress use. H. Office space of not less than 120 square feet for the keeping of Congress records and conduct of Congress business shall be provided free of charge in a district-owned school building. The Congress may install and maintain a telephone with an automatic answering device in this space and/or the home school of the Congress President at Congress expense. I. For the performance of the duties of the office, the Congress President shall have an adjusted teaching load. Such adjusted load shall consist of either up to 20 days of released time or a mutually agreed upon equivalent to be utilized by the President or designee, a reduced teaching load where mutually convenient and agreeable to the Congress President and the building principal, or, at the elementary level, a reduction in classroom duties as agreed to by the President and the principal. When the terms of this Agreement require the presence of the President in legal or grievance procedures, it shall be the responsibility of the building principal, upon prior notice, to provide coverage of the President's classes. The Congress President shall not be required to have any extra duties. For the performance of the duties of the office, the Congress Vice President shall be provided with up to five days of release time or a mutually agreed upon equivalent to be used by the Congress Vice President, who may also be a President’ s designee. J. The Congress and the District agree to work cooperatively to provide educational programs and educational quality in the most cost-effective ways. Determination of staffing shall be the responsibility of the District, but the Superintendent of Schools agrees to: 1. Inform the Congress when staff reductions are seriously contemplated prior to any public announcement and to consider the recommendations of the Congress for constructive staffing patterns. 2. Secure staff reductions, whenever possible, through attrition, while maintaining the teacher-student ratios provided for in Articles 11 and 12. 3. Provide any tenured teacher whose position is eliminated through staff reduction with one month of severance pay at 1/10 of BA Step 1 for each two years of District service to a maximum of four months, and one month of medical insurance coverage for each two years of district service to a maximum of five months. Once new employment is found, both severance pay and insurance will cease. K. Congress building representative in each building shall be provided with an up-to-date copy of the District's Administrative Regulations. The District shall provide the Congress with copies of changes made in those regulations. L. The Congress shall be granted up to 12 additional days for official Congress business, for which the Congress shall reimburse the District for the cost of substitutes when necessary.

– Rights of the Congress. A. The Congress may use school buildings at reasonable times and without cost for business of the Congress. Request for use of a building shall be made to the building principal in advance, and such use shall not interfere with any scheduled school programs or activities. B. The Congress may distribute materials dealing with the proper and legitimate business of the Congress through teacher mailboxes and e-mail. C. The Congress may utilize bulletin board space in a designated area in each school building for the exclusive purpose of posting material dealing with proper and legitimate business of the Congress. D. The Congress desires to establish the kind of cooperation with the District which reflects mutual understanding. In order to achieve this, the Congress will send a copy of the agenda of its general meetings to the District, and the District shall send to the Congress a copy of the official agenda of each regular Board of Education meeting when it is released to the public. E. The District and the Congress shall cooperate in making available appropriate records and survey statistics for the purpose of joint examination in the mutual endeavor to maintain or to reach a satisfactory agreement. F. Having notified the principal in advance, the Congress shall have the opportunity to use a short period for Congress business after the conclusion of any faculty meeting. G. The District shall bear the cost of reproducing this agreement. A copy The contract shall be provided for each employee made available in Unit IIelectronic format on the district’s web site. One hundred additional Fifty hard copies shall be provided made available for Congress usethe executive committee of the CCT. Unit members may request a hard copy from the Office of Human Resources. H. Office space of not less than 120 square feet for the keeping of Congress records and conduct of Congress business shall be provided free of charge in a district-owned school building. The Congress may install and maintain a telephone with an automatic answering device in this space and/or the home school of the Congress President at Congress expense. I. For the performance of the duties of the office, the Congress President shall have an adjusted teaching load. Such adjusted load shall consist of either up to 20 days of released time or a mutually agreed upon equivalent to be utilized by the President or designee, a reduced teaching load where mutually convenient and agreeable to the Congress President and the building principal, or, at the elementary level, a reduction in classroom duties as agreed to by the President and the principal. When the terms of this Agreement require the presence of the President in legal or grievance procedures, it shall be the responsibility of the building principal, upon prior notice, to provide coverage of the President's classes. The Congress President shall not be required to have any extra duties. For the performance of the duties of the office, the Congress Vice President shall be provided with up to five days of release time or a mutually agreed upon equivalent to be used by the Congress Vice President, who may also be a President’ s ’s designee. J. The Congress and the District agree to work cooperatively to provide educational programs and educational quality in the most cost-effective ways. Determination of staffing shall be the responsibility of the District, but the Superintendent of Schools agrees to: 1. Inform the Congress when staff reductions are seriously contemplated prior to any public announcement and to consider the recommendations of the Congress for constructive staffing patterns. 2. Secure staff reductions, whenever possible, through attrition, while maintaining the teacher-student ratios provided for in Articles 11 and 12. 3. Provide any tenured teacher whose position is eliminated through staff reduction with one month of severance pay at 1/10 of BA Step 1 for each two years of District service to a maximum of four months, and one month of medical insurance coverage for each two years of district service to a maximum of five months. Once new employment is found, both severance pay and insurance will cease. K. Congress building representative in each building shall be provided with an up-to-date copy of the District's Administrative Regulations. The District shall provide the Congress with copies of changes made in those regulations. L. The Congress shall be granted up to 12 additional days for official Congress business, for which the Congress shall reimburse the District for the cost of substitutes when necessary.

– Rights of the Congress. A. The Congress may use school buildings at reasonable times and without cost for business of the Congress. Request for use of a building shall be made to the building principal in advance, and such use shall not interfere with any scheduled school programs or activities. B. The Congress may distribute materials dealing with the proper and legitimate business of the Congress through teacher mailboxes and e-mail. C. The Congress may utilize bulletin board space in a designated area in each school building for the exclusive purpose of posting material dealing with proper and legitimate business of the Congress. D. The Congress desires to establish the kind of cooperation with the District which reflects mutual understanding. In order to achieve this, the Congress will send a copy of the agenda of its general meetings to the District, and the District shall send to the Congress a copy of the official agenda of each regular Board of Education meeting when it is released to the public. E. The District and the Congress shall cooperate in making available appropriate records and survey statistics for the purpose of joint examination in the mutual endeavor to maintain or to reach a satisfactory agreement. F. Having notified the principal in advance, the Congress shall have the opportunity to use a short period for Congress business after the conclusion of any faculty meeting. G. The District shall bear the cost of reproducing this agreement. A copy shall be provided for each employee in Unit II. One hundred additional copies shall be provided for Congress use. H. Office space of not less than 120 square feet for the keeping of Congress records and conduct of Congress business shall be provided free of charge in a district-owned school building. The Congress may install and maintain a telephone with an automatic answering device in this space and/or the home school of the Congress President at Congress expense. I. For the performance of the duties of the office, the Congress President shall have an adjusted teaching load. Such adjusted load shall consist of either up to 20 days of released time or a mutually agreed upon equivalent to be utilized by the President or designee, a reduced teaching load where mutually convenient and agreeable to the Congress President and the building principal, or, at the elementary level, a reduction in classroom duties as agreed to by the President and the principal. When the terms of this Agreement require the presence of the President in legal or grievance procedures, it shall be the responsibility of the building principal, upon prior notice, to provide coverage of the President's classes. The Congress President shall not be required to have any extra duties. For the performance of the duties of the office, the Congress Vice President shall be provided with up to five days of release time or a mutually agreed upon equivalent to be used by the Congress Vice President, who may also be a President’ s ’s designee. J. The Congress and the District agree to work cooperatively to provide educational programs and educational quality in the most cost-effective ways. Determination of staffing shall be the responsibility of the District, but the Superintendent of Schools agrees to: 1. Inform the Congress when staff reductions are seriously contemplated prior to any public announcement and to consider the recommendations of the Congress for constructive staffing patterns. 2. Secure staff reductions, whenever possible, through attrition, while maintaining the teacher-student ratios provided for in Articles 11 and 12. 3. Provide any tenured teacher whose position is eliminated through staff reduction with one month of severance pay at 1/10 of BA Step 1 for each two years of District service to a maximum of four months, and one month of medical insurance coverage for each two years of district service to a maximum of five months. Once new employment is found, both severance pay and insurance will cease. K. Congress building representative in each building shall be provided with an up-to-date copy of the District's Administrative Regulations. The District shall provide the Congress with copies of changes made in those regulations. L. The Congress shall be granted up to 12 additional days for official Congress business, for which the Congress shall reimburse the District for the cost of substitutes when necessary.

– Rights of the Congress. A. The Congress may use school buildings at reasonable times and without cost for business of the Congress. Request for use of a building shall be made to the building principal in advance, and such use shall not interfere with any scheduled school programs or activities. B. The Congress may distribute materials dealing with the proper and legitimate business of the Congress through teacher mailboxes and e-mail. C. The Congress may utilize bulletin board space in a designated area in each school building for the exclusive purpose of posting material dealing with proper and legitimate business of the Congress. D. The Congress desires to establish the kind of cooperation with the District which reflects mutual understanding. In order to achieve this, the Congress will send a copy of the agenda of its general meetings to the District, and the District shall send to the Congress a copy of the official agenda of each regular Board of Education meeting when it is released to the public. E. The District and the Congress shall cooperate in making available appropriate records and survey statistics for the purpose of joint examination in the mutual endeavor to maintain or to reach a satisfactory agreement. F. Having notified the principal in advance, the Congress shall have the opportunity to use a short period for Congress business after the conclusion of any faculty meeting. G. The District shall bear the cost of reproducing this agreement. A copy The contract shall be provided for each employee made available in Unit IIelectronic format on the district’ s web site. One hundred additional Fifty hard copies shall be provided made available for Congress usethe executive committee of the CCT. Unit members may request a hard copy from the Office of Human Resources. H. Office space of not less than 120 square feet for the keeping of Congress records and conduct of Congress business shall be provided free of charge in a district-owned school building. The Congress may install and maintain a telephone with an automatic answering device in this space and/or the home school of the Congress President at Congress expense. I. For the performance of the duties of the office, the Congress President shall have an adjusted teaching load. Such adjusted load shall consist of either up to 20 days of released time or a mutually agreed upon equivalent to be utilized by the President or designee, a reduced teaching load where mutually convenient and agreeable to the Congress President and the building principal, or, at the elementary level, a reduction in classroom duties as agreed to by the President and the principal. When the terms of this Agreement require the presence of the President in legal or grievance procedures, it shall be the responsibility of the building principal, upon prior notice, to provide coverage of the President's classes. The Congress President shall not be required to have any extra duties. For the performance of the duties of the office, the Congress Vice President shall be provided with up to five days of release time or a mutually agreed upon equivalent to be used by the Congress Vice President, who may also be a President’ s designee. J. The Congress and the District agree to work cooperatively to provide educational programs and educational quality in the most cost-effective ways. Determination of staffing shall be the responsibility of the District, but the Superintendent of Schools agrees to: 1. Inform the Congress when staff reductions are seriously contemplated prior to any public announcement and to consider the recommendations of the Congress for constructive staffing patterns. 2. Secure staff reductions, whenever possible, through attrition, while maintaining the teacher-student ratios provided for in Articles 11 and 12. 3. Provide any tenured teacher whose position is eliminated through staff reduction with one month of severance pay at 1/10 of BA Step 1 for each two years of District service to a maximum of four months, and one month of medical insurance coverage for each two years of district service to a maximum of five months. Once new employment is found, both severance pay and insurance will cease. K. Congress building representative in each building shall be provided with an up-to-date copy of the District's Administrative Regulations. The District shall provide the Congress with copies of changes made in those regulations. L. The Congress shall be granted up to 12 additional days for official Congress business, for which the Congress shall reimburse the District for the cost of substitutes when necessary.

– Rights of the Congress. A. The Congress may use school buildings at reasonable times and without cost for business of the Congress. Request for use of a building shall be made to the building principal in advance, and such use shall not interfere with any scheduled school programs or activities. B. The Congress may distribute materials dealing with the proper and legitimate business of the Congress through teacher mailboxes and e-mail. C. The Congress may utilize bulletin board space in a designated area in each school building for the exclusive purpose of posting material dealing with proper and legitimate business of the Congress. D. The Congress desires to establish the kind of cooperation with the District which reflects mutual understanding. In order to achieve this, the Congress will send a copy of the agenda of its general meetings to the District, and the District shall send to the Congress a copy of the official agenda of each regular Board of Education meeting when it is released to the public. E. The District and the Congress shall cooperate in making available appropriate records and survey statistics for the purpose of joint examination in the mutual endeavor to maintain or to reach a satisfactory agreement. F. Having notified the principal in advance, the Congress shall have the opportunity to use a short period for Congress business after the conclusion of any faculty meeting. G. The District shall bear the cost of reproducing this agreement. A copy shall be provided for each employee in Unit II. One hundred additional copies shall be provided for Congress use. H. Office space of not less than 120 square feet for the keeping of Congress records and conduct of Congress business shall be provided free of charge in a district-owned school building. The Congress may install and maintain a telephone with an automatic answering device in this space and/or the home school of the Congress President at Congress expense. I. For the performance of the duties of the office, the Congress President shall have an adjusted teaching load. Such adjusted load shall consist of either up to 20 days of released time or a mutually agreed upon equivalent to be utilized by the President or designee, a reduced teaching load where mutually convenient and agreeable to the Congress President and the building principal, or, at the elementary level, a reduction in classroom duties as agreed to by the President and the principal. When the terms of this Agreement require the presence of the President in legal or grievance procedures, it shall be the responsibility of the building principal, upon prior notice, to provide coverage of the President's classes. The Congress President shall not be required to have any extra duties. For the performance of the duties of the office, the Congress Vice President shall be provided with up to five days of release time or a mutually agreed upon equivalent to be used by the Congress Vice President, who may also be a President’ s designee. J. The Congress and the District agree to work cooperatively to provide educational programs and educational quality in the most cost-effective ways. Determination of staffing shall be the responsibility of the District, but the Superintendent of Schools agrees to: 1. Inform the Congress when staff reductions are seriously contemplated prior to any public announcement and to consider the recommendations of the Congress for constructive staffing patterns. 2. Secure staff reductions, whenever possible, through attrition, while maintaining the teacher-student ratios provided for in Articles 11 and 12. 3. Provide any tenured teacher whose position is eliminated through staff reduction with one month of severance pay at 1/10 of BA Step 1 for each two years of District service to a maximum of four months, and one month of medical insurance coverage for each two years of district service to a maximum of five months. Once new employment is found, both severance pay and insurance will cease. K. Congress building representative in each building shall be provided with an up-to-date copy of the District's Administrative Regulations. The District shall provide the Congress with copies of changes made in those regulations. L. The Congress shall be granted up to 12 10 additional days for official Congress business, for which the Congress shall reimburse the District for the cost of substitutes when necessary.

– Rights of the Congress. A. The Congress may use school buildings at reasonable times and without cost for business of the Congress. Request for use of a building shall be made to the building principal in advance, and such use shall not interfere with any scheduled school programs or activities. B. The Congress may distribute materials dealing with the proper and legitimate business of the Congress through teacher mailboxes and e-mail. C. The Congress may utilize bulletin board space in a designated area in each school building for the exclusive purpose of posting material dealing with proper and legitimate business of the Congress. D. The Congress desires to establish the kind of cooperation with the District which reflects mutual understanding. In order to achieve this, the Congress will send a copy of the agenda of its general meetings to the District, and the District shall send to the Congress a copy of the official agenda of each regular Board of Education meeting when it is released to the public. E. The District and the Congress shall cooperate in making available appropriate records and survey statistics for the purpose of joint examination in the mutual endeavor to maintain or to reach a satisfactory agreement. F. Having notified the principal in advance, the Congress shall have the opportunity to use a short period for Congress business after the conclusion of any faculty meeting. G. The District shall bear the cost of reproducing this agreement. A copy The contract shall be provided for each employee made available in Unit IIelectronic format on the district’s web site. One hundred additional Fifty hard copies shall be provided made available for Congress usethe executive committee of the CCT. Unit members may request a hard copy from the Office of Human Resources. H. Office space of not less than 120 square feet for the keeping of Congress records and conduct of Congress business shall be provided free of charge in a district-owned school building. The Congress may install and maintain a telephone with an automatic answering device in this space and/or the home school of the Congress President at Congress expense. I. For the performance of the duties of the office, the Congress President shall have an adjusted teaching load. Such adjusted load shall consist of either up to 20 days of released time or a mutually agreed upon equivalent to be utilized by the President or designee, a reduced teaching load where mutually convenient and agreeable to the Congress President and the building principal, or, at the elementary level, a reduction in classroom duties as agreed to by the President and the principal. When the terms of this Agreement require the presence of the President in legal or grievance procedures, it shall be the responsibility of the building principal, upon prior notice, to provide coverage of the President's classes. The Congress President shall not be required to have any extra duties. For the performance of the duties of the office, the Congress Vice President shall be provided with up to five days of release time or a mutually agreed upon equivalent to be used by the Congress Vice President, who may also be a President’ s ’s designee. J. The Congress and the District agree to work cooperatively to provide educational programs and educational quality in the most cost-effective ways. Determination of staffing shall be the responsibility of the District, but the Superintendent of Schools agrees to: 1. Inform the Congress when staff reductions are seriously contemplated prior to any public announcement and to consider the recommendations of the Congress for constructive staffing patterns. 2. Secure staff reductions, whenever possible, through attrition, while maintaining the teacher-student ratios provided for in Articles 11 and 12. 3. Provide any tenured teacher whose position is eliminated through staff reduction with one month of severance pay at 1/10 of BA Step 1 for each two years of District service to a maximum of four months, and one month of medical insurance coverage for each two years of district service to a maximum of five months. Once new employment is found, both severance pay and insurance will cease. K. Congress building representative in each building shall be provided with an up-to-to- date copy of the District's Administrative Regulations. The District shall provide the Congress with copies of changes made in those regulations. L. The Congress shall be granted up to 12 additional days for official Congress business, for which the Congress shall reimburse the District for the cost of substitutes when necessary.

– Rights of the Congress. A. The Congress may use school buildings at reasonable times and without cost for business of the Congress. Request for use of a building shall be made to the building principal in advance, and such use shall not interfere with any scheduled school programs or activities. B. The Congress may distribute materials dealing with the proper and legitimate business of the Congress through teacher mailboxes and e-mail. C. The Congress may utilize bulletin board space in a designated area in each school building for the exclusive purpose of posting material dealing with proper and legitimate business of the Congress. D. The Congress desires to establish the kind of cooperation with the District which reflects mutual understanding. In order to achieve this, the Congress will send a copy of the agenda of its general meetings to the District, and the District shall send to the Congress a copy of the official agenda of each regular Board of Education meeting when it is released to the public. E. The District and the Congress shall cooperate in making available appropriate records and survey statistics for the purpose of joint examination in the mutual endeavor to maintain or to reach a satisfactory agreement. F. Having notified the principal in advance, the Congress shall have the opportunity to use a short period for Congress business after the conclusion of any faculty meeting. G. The District shall bear the cost of reproducing this agreement. A copy shall be provided for each employee in Unit II. One hundred additional copies shall be provided for Congress use. H. Office space of not less than 120 square feet for the keeping of Congress records and conduct of Congress business shall be provided free of charge in a district-owned school building. The Congress may install and maintain a telephone with an automatic answering device in this space and/or the home school of the Congress President at Congress expense. I. For the performance of the duties of the office, the Congress President shall have an adjusted teaching load. Such adjusted load shall consist of either up to 20 days of released time or a mutually agreed upon equivalent to be utilized by the President or designee, a reduced teaching load where mutually convenient and agreeable to the Congress President and the building principal, or, at the elementary level, a reduction in classroom duties as agreed to by the President and the principal. When the terms of this Agreement require the presence of the President in legal or grievance procedures, it shall be the responsibility of the building principal, upon prior notice, to provide coverage of the President's classes. The Congress President shall not be required to have any extra duties. For the performance of the duties of the office, the Congress Vice President shall be provided with up to five days of release time or a mutually agreed upon equivalent to be used by the Congress Vice President, who may also be a President’ s ’s designee. J. The Congress and the District agree to work cooperatively to provide educational programs and educational quality in the most cost-effective ways. Determination of staffing shall be the responsibility of the District, but the Superintendent of Schools agrees to: 1. Inform the Congress when staff reductions are seriously contemplated prior to any public announcement and to consider the recommendations of the Congress for constructive staffing patterns. 2. Secure staff reductions, whenever possible, through attrition, while maintaining the teacher-student ratios provided for in Articles 11 and 12. 3. Provide any tenured teacher whose position is eliminated through staff reduction with one month of severance pay at 1/10 of BA Step 1 for each two years of District service to a maximum of four months, and one month of medical insurance coverage for each two years of district service to a maximum of five months. Once new employment is found, both severance pay and insurance will cease. K. Congress building representative in each building shall be provided with an up-to-to- date copy of the District's Administrative Regulations. The District shall provide the Congress with copies of changes made in those regulations. L. The Congress shall be granted up to 12 additional days for official Congress business, for which the Congress shall reimburse the District for the cost of substitutes when necessary.