NEGOTIATING PROCEDURE. A. 1. During negotiation, the Committee and the Association will present relevant data, exchange points of view, and make proposals and counter-proposals. The Committee will make available to the Association for inspection all pertinent public records of the Northampton School system. Either party may, if it so desires, utilize the services of outside consultants and may call upon professional and lay representative to assist in the negotiation. B. 1. If an agreement is reached, it will be presented to the Committee as a joint recommendation of the Superintendent and the Association if the matter is one upon which Committee action is necessary. If the Committee disagrees with such joint recommendation, it will not reject it without further negotiation with the Association in a good faith effort to resolve the disagreement.
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