Master Agreement 2005 - State Employment Relations Board

E. Any such school calendar will also include:
1. Labor Day as a paid holiday
2. Thanksgiving and the Friday immediately following
as paid holidays
3. Martin Luther King’s observed birthday as a paid
holiday
4. A spring intermission of six (6) paid school days
of which five (5) shall be consecutive days
5. The observed Memorial Day as a paid holiday
6. 195 contract days
Collective bargaining for school calendars other than for
the school year immediately following the expiration of a
collective bargaining agreement are not subject to this
section, but are subject to bargaining in accordance with
other sections of this article.
1501.04 Joint Negotiation Committee
No more than nine (9) representatives or designees of
the Board, the Superintendent or his/her designated representative,
and no more than ten (10) representatives
named by the Exclusive Representative shall comprise a
joint committee for the purpose of negotiating. All negotiations
shall be conducted in executive session and
exclusively between said representatives or designees. In
addition, each team of representatives or designees shall
be authorized to admit no more than two observers at
one time to such meetings. Such observers, if any, shall
be designated prior to each Joint Negotiation Committee
meeting and shall be without the right to speak or to
otherwise comment to either party during said meetings.
1501.05 Good Faith Bargaining
Good faith bargaining shall mean the obligation on all
parties to deal openly and fairly on all matters being
negotiated in a sincere effort to reach a mutual understanding
and agreement on such matters, but such obligation
does not compel either party to agree to a proposal
or require the making ofaconcession.
1501.06 Days
Days shall mean calendar days.
1501.07 Meetings
Negotiation Meetings–Upon written request of the
Exclusive Representative made not less than fifteen (15)
days and not more than thirty (30) days prior to March
15, the Board President or his/her designated representative
shall call for the initial meetingoftheJointNegotiation
Committeetotakeplacenotlater than March 15,
giving due notice oftimeandplace. The purpose of this
initial meeting shall be for establishing agenda items for
subsequent meetings, and for the handling of administrative
details. Thereafter, negotiations meetings shall be
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