Common use of Flex Calendar Clause in Contracts

Flex Calendar. 5.12.1 For instructional faculty, a maximum of seven (7) FLEX days per year (42 hours), in lieu of instruction, of which up to four and a half (4.5) days (27 hours) may be spent in off-campus activities that are recommended by the FLEX Committee. The remaining two (2) FLEX days shall be spent on campus, one (1) District designed day prior to the start of the Fall semester and one (1) prior to the Spring semester. For non-instructional faculty, the FLEX obligation will be in the two (2) FLEX days spent on campus, one (1) prior to the start of the Fall semester and one (1) prior to the Spring semester. 5.12.2 The FLEX calendar shall begin early enough in August to permit the end of the first semester prior to the winter recess; unless the parties mutually agree to the contrary, the second semester shall end at least one (1) week before the start of the summer session. 5.12.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of the agreement between the parties, if there has been an adverse impact on District enrollment/ growth during the FLEX calendar period, the District retains the right to return to the traditional calendar at the end of the agreement. 5.12.4 The FLEX calendar to be implemented shall be in conformance with the Education Code, Title V, and be approved by the Chancellor's Office and shall also result in a FLEX calendar activities agreement between the individual unit member and the District. 5.12.5 A unit member shall be granted one (1) day of FLEX credit per year for each Peer Review Committee on which he/she is serving that year, to a maximum of five (5) days of FLEX credit per year.