Rights and Limits. 1. An employee covered by this Agreement and/or the Association shall present grievances in accordance with these procedures. An employee has the right to adjust individual grievances with or without Association representation. 2. The failure of an employee or the Association to act on any grievance within the prescribed time limits will act as a bar to any further appeal. An administrator's failure to give a decision within the time limits shall permit the grievant to proceed to the next step. The time limits, however, may be extended by mutual agreement. 3. It is agreed that any filing, investigation, handling, or other processing of any grievance by the grieving employee or Association shall be conducted so as to result in no interference with or interruption of the instructional program or other assigned duties of the grieving employee and any or all of the employees. Time before school, after school, during the lunch period, planning period, or during a contract non-teaching workday shall be used. 4. If the Association or any employee files any claim or complaint in any manner other than under the grievance procedure of this Agreement, then the District shall not be required to process the same claim or set of facts through the grievance procedure. 5. All records dealing with the processing of a grievance shall be filed only in separate grievance files.
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Sources: Negotiated Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement