Common use of Negotiations Schedule and Procedure Clause in Contracts

Negotiations Schedule and Procedure. P rocedures for Reopening Previous Year’s Compensation Agreement ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ School Board and TEA have agreed to the following process for considering whether to reopen the prior year’s compensation package in light of changing financial conditions. a. No later than January 1st of each year, the negotiations compensation subcommittee from the previous year (with any changes made necessary by loss of membership) will meet. b. The purpose of this meeting will be to review the audited financial statement of the previous fiscal year and the October funded pupil count for the current year. c. After the subcommittee analyzes the information, if the Funded Pupil Count (exclusive of charter schools) is 50 or more students in excess of the budgeted number, the compensation subcommittee will reopen the compensation negotiations. d. If negotiations are reopened, the compensation subcommittee will prepare a recommendation for the large group to consider. e. The large group will convene (if it receives a recommendation from the compensation subcommittee) to decide whether to propose a compensation adjustment for the current year. f. If the decision is not to reopen the compensation, all monetary decisions will begin with the normal negotiations cycle. g. If the district outperforms the budget by $1,000,000 or more against the budgeted projections, the 4+4 Oversight Committee will reopen the previous year negotiations. h. When the financial condition of TSD improves, the 2011-2012 step will be reinstated. P rocedures for Current Year’s Negotiations 7-1. The Board’s representatives shall meet with the TEA’s representatives and shall negotiate within the scope as defined in 7-2 for the purpose of reaching agreements. 7-2. Written requests for negotiations between the Board and the TEA may be submitted by either party on matters only to include teachers’ salaries, fringe benefits (including leaves), grievance procedures, negotiations procedures, and number of annual contract working days. 7-3. Items outside of the scope of these foregoing matters may be presented either by the TEA or Board for consideration by the Professional Concerns Committee (hereinafter described). Such items must be presented by January 10 for study, information gathering, and discussion by the committee and all others concerned. 7-4. No more than one specific item not remedied by the Professional Concerns Committee may be brought by the TEA for discussion with the Board by January 10. Items outside of the scope of the above stated matters approved by the Memorandum may be brought to negotiations if mutually agreed upon by the Board and TEA. 7-5. The negotiations teams for TEA and the Board shall meet no later than February 15 to discuss the Protocols. Items for negotiations will be identified no later than March 1. Discussions will begin by the first week in March but not be held during Spring Break. These discussions will be held at times and places mutually agreeable to both parties. The date, hour and location of each meeting after the first meeting shall be established in advance. All negotiations will be completed by May 15 unless both parties mutually agree to extend the negotiations past this deadline.

Negotiations Schedule and Procedure. P rocedures for Reopening Previous Year’s Compensation Agreement ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ School The Board and TEA the Association have agreed to the following process for considering whether to reopen the prior year’s compensation package in light of changing financial conditions. a. No later than January February 1st of each year, the negotiations compensation subcommittee from the previous year (with any changes made necessary by loss of membership) 2+2 Oversight Committee will meet. b. The purpose of this meeting will be to review the audited financial statement of the previous fiscal year and the October funded pupil count for the current year. c. After the subcommittee 2+2 Oversight Committee analyzes the information, if the Funded Pupil Count (exclusive of charter schools) is 50 or more students in excess of the budgeted number, the compensation subcommittee 2+2 Oversight Committee will reopen the compensation negotiations. d. If negotiations are reopened, the compensation subcommittee 2+2 Oversight Committee will prepare a recommendation for the large group to considerrecommendation. e. The large group will convene (if it receives a recommendation from the compensation subcommittee) to decide whether to propose a compensation adjustment for the current year. f. If the decision is not to reopen the compensation, all monetary decisions will begin with the normal negotiations cycle. g. f. If the district outperforms the budget by $1,000,000 or more against the budgeted projections, the 42+4 2 Oversight Committee will reopen the previous year negotiations. h. When the financial condition of TSD improves, the 2011-2012 step will be reinstated. P rocedures for Current Year’s NegotiationsNegotiations The negotiation process used will be the Interest Based Negotiation (IBN) process. By November 1 of any year during the term of this agreement the 2+2 Oversight Committee will meet to revisit the negotiation process and to review and develop the protocols of the negotiation process to be recommended for the current school year to the Board and Association. In formulating procedures, these representatives will recognize the needs of both parties and attempt to find solutions that incorporate the needs of both in a consensus contract development process. 7-1. The Board’s representatives shall meet with the TEAAssociation’s representatives and shall negotiate within the scope as defined in 7-2 for the purpose of reaching agreements. 7-2. Written requests for negotiations between the Board and the TEA Association may be submitted by either party on matters only to include teachers’ salaries, fringe benefits (including leaves), grievance procedures, negotiations procedures, and number of annual contract working days. 7-3. Items outside of the scope of these foregoing matters may be presented either by the TEA Association or Board for consideration by the Professional Concerns Committee (hereinafter described). Such items must be presented by January 10 for study, information gathering, and discussion by the committee and all others concerned. 7-4. No more than one specific item not remedied by the Professional Concerns Committee may be brought by the TEA for discussion with the Board by January 10. Items outside of the scope of the above stated matters approved by the Memorandum may be brought to negotiations if mutually agreed upon by the Board and TEA. 7-5. The negotiations teams for TEA the Association and the Board shall meet to discuss the Protocols and identify items for negotiations no later than February 15 to discuss the Protocols. Items for negotiations will be identified no later than March March 1. Discussions will begin by the first week in March but not be held during Spring Break. These discussions will be held at times and places mutually agreeable to both parties. The date, hour and location of each meeting after the first meeting shall be established in advance. All negotiations will be completed by the second regularly scheduled school board meeting in May 15 unless both parties mutually agree to extend the negotiations past this deadline. 7-4-1. The membership of the negotiations teams shall be established according to the established protocols. (See Table of Contents). 7-5. Either party may, if it so desires, use the services of consultants for the purpose of presentation of data or information related to topics under discussion. The consultants need not be employees of TSD. The party using a consultant is solely responsible for the presentation and the conduct of the consultant. Consultants are not to make proposals or counter proposals or to enter into active discussions at the table but may furnish rationale, legal background, financial or budgeting information. Any use of a consultant by one party automatically reserves the right for the other party to have a consultant of their choosing present information on the same item.