Master Agreement 2005 - State Employment Relations Board

Association Building Council
The Board/CEA Master Agreement, Article 202 establishes
a five-member Association Building Council (ABC) for
each school to be organized during the first month of the
school year; two are elected, two are appointed by the principal
and one is the Senior Faculty Representative.
The RoleofMembersofthe
Association Building Council
Members of the Association Building Council should
assume the responsibility of verbalizing the function and
concept of the Association Building Council bearing in
mind:
1. Council members serve by consent only for a period
of one year;
2. Council members have the opportunity to encourage
teachers to present their problems or concerns;
3. Although the Council is advisory only, it is an excellent
vehicle to promote staff ideas, for which a record
is kept;
4. Council members should be knowledgeable of the
areas of the Agreement which relate to the function
of the Association Building Council;
5. The following articles are areas of the Agreement
which speak to expectations of the Association
Building Council. Council members should review
each of them.
Article 202
Association Building Council (ABC)
202.01 Each school or CEA Association unit shall have an
Association Building Council (ABC) to be organized
during the first month of the school year, consisting of
not less than five (5) teachers, which will meet with the
principal and members of the staff at least once a month.
202.05 Each professional staff member shall have the right
to have matters placed on the ABC agenda and shall
have the right to speak to the ABC on an item which the
staff member has initiated unless a majority of the ABC
shall vote to limit the discussion. The ABC’s meetings
shall be open to all teachers in the building, except that a
majority of the ABC may declare executive session.
Article 204
Length of School Day
204.05 In schools that vary their schedules from the normalteacher
work day of 8:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. or from
thenormal student day of 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in elementary
schools and 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in middle
and high schools, teachers shall be provided lunch periods,
conference periods, and other released-time periods
stipulated by this Agreementforvarious assignments
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