MASTER CONTRACT This Master Contract is entered into this 1st day of July, 2014, between Westlake Charter Schools (hereinafter referred to as “LEA”) and CARE Educational Services (hereinafter referred to as “CONTRACTOR”) for the purpose of providing special education and/or related services to LEA students with exceptional needs under the authorization of California Education Code sections 56157, 56361 and 56365 et seq. and Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations section 3000 et seq., AB490 (Chapter 862, Statutes of 2003) and AB1858 (Chapter 914, Statutes of 2004). It is understood that this agreement does not commit LEA to pay for special education and/or related services provided to any LEA student, or CONTRACTOR to provide such special education and/or related services, unless and until an authorized LEA representative approves the provision of special education and/or related services by CONTRACTOR. Upon acceptance of a LEA student, CONTRACTOR shall submit to LEA an Individual Services Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “ISA”) and a Nonpublic Services Student Enrollment form as specified in the LEA Procedures. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, these forms shall acknowledge CONTRACTOR’s obligation to provide all services specified in the student’s Individualized Education Plan (hereinafter referred to as “IEP”). The ISA shall be executed within ninety (90) days of an LEA student’s enrollment. ▇▇▇ and CONTRACTOR shall enter into an ISA for each LEA student served by CONTRACTOR. As available and appropriate, the LEA shall make available access to any electronic IEP system and /or electronic data base for ISA developing including invoicing. Unless placement is made pursuant to an Office of Administrative Hearings (hereinafter referred to as “OAH”) order, a lawfully executed agreement between LEA and parent or authorized by ▇▇▇ for a transfer student pursuant to California Education Code section 56325, ▇▇▇ is not responsible for the costs associated with nonpublic agency placement until the date on which an IEP team meeting is convened, the IEP team determines that a nonpublic agency placement is appropriate, and the IEP is signed by the LEA student’s parent.
OGS Centralized Contract Terms and Conditions have been renumbered as depicted in the following chart: Current Amended Section Title 4.25 4.26 Severability 4.26 4.27 Entire Agreement
Vendor Contracts (a) ASO Contracts, Group Insurance Policies, HMO Agreements, and Letters of Understanding (1) Before the Distribution Date, Acuity shall, in its sole discretion, take such steps as are necessary under each ASO Contract, Group Insurance Policy, HMO Agreement, letter of understanding, and arrangement in existence as of the date of this Agreement to permit SpinCo to participate in the terms and conditions of such ASO Contract, Group Insurance Policy, HMO Agreement, letter of understanding, or arrangement from Immediately after the Distribution Date through August 31, 2008. The methodology used to allocate costs between SpinCo and Acuity under such policies and arrangements prior to the Distribution Date shall remain the same after the Distribution Date. The participation by SpinCo in such policy or arrangement shall relate to the SpinCo Health and Welfare Plan and SpinCo shall have all fiduciary responsibilities under ERISA with respect to the participation by the SpinCo Health and Welfare Plan in such policies or arrangements. Alternatively, with respect to any of such policies or arrangements, Acuity may take such steps as are necessary to arrange for an ASO Contract, Group Insurance Policy, HMO Agreement, letter of understanding, or arrangement EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AGREEMENT covering SpinCo that mirrors substantively that covering Acuity. This mirror arrangement shall apply for all or a portion of such period, as necessary under the circumstances. Acuity, in its sole discretion, may cause one or more of its ASO Contracts, Group Insurance Policies, HMO Agreements, letters of understanding, and arrangements into which Acuity enters after the date of this Agreement to allow SpinCo to participate in the terms and conditions thereof. Nothing contained in this Section 5.2(a) shall preclude Acuity from choosing to enter into ASO Contracts, Group Insurance Policies, HMO Agreements, letters of understanding, or other arrangements with new or different vendors; provided, until August 31, 2008, Acuity shall give SpinCo advance notice of any decision to change or add vendors. Furthermore, nothing contained in this paragraph (1) shall require Acuity to use more than its reasonable best efforts in complying with the provisions of the first four sentences of this paragraph (1). (2) Acuity shall have the right to determine, and shall promptly notify SpinCo of, the manner in which SpinCo’s participation in the terms and conditions of ASO Contracts, Group Insurance Policies, HMO Agreements, letters of understanding and arrangements as set forth above shall be effectuated; provided, however, Acuity shall use its best efforts to accommodate any reasonable needs communicated to Acuity by SpinCo that relate thereto. Such terms and conditions shall include the financial and termination provisions, performance standards, methodologies, auditing policies, quality measures, reporting requirements, and target claims. SpinCo hereby authorizes Acuity to act on its behalf to extend to SpinCo the terms and conditions of the ASO Contracts, Group Insurance Policies, HMO Agreements, and letters of understanding and arrangements. SpinCo shall fully cooperate with Acuity in such efforts, and, for periods through August 31, 2008, SpinCo shall not perform any act or fail to take any action that would prejudice Acuity’s efforts and financial arrangements under the Health and Welfare Plans (other than taking reasonable steps to enter into replacement ASO Contracts, Group Insurance Policies, HMO Agreements, and letters of understanding and arrangements for periods after August 31, 2008).
Investment Subadvisory Contracts (a) Subject to the provisions of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust and the 1940 Act, the Manager, at its expense, may, in its discretion, subject to approval by the Trust’s Board of Trustees and, if required by applicable law, the Trust’s shareholders, select and contract with one or more Subadvisers for the Fund with respect to all or a portion of the Fund’s assets. If the Manager retains a Subadviser hereunder, then unless otherwise provided in the applicable subadvisory agreement, the Subadviser (and not the Manager) shall have the obligation (as to the portion of the Fund’s assets for which it acts as subadviser) of furnishing continuously an investment program and determining which securities will be purchased or sold for the Fund, and what portion may be held uninvested, and placing all orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities for the Fund and selecting broker-dealers in connection therewith. (b) The Manager will be responsible for payment of all compensation to any Subadviser and other persons and entities to which Manager delegates any duties hereunder. (c) The Manager’s obligations to a Fund in respect of the performance by any Subadviser of its obligations in respect of the Fund shall be only those obligations set out in Section 2(b) of this Management Agreement and the applicable subadvisory agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Manager shall have no liability to the Fund or any of its shareholders or to any other person for the failure or refusal of any Subadviser to perform its obligations in respect of the Fund, including without limitation any mistake or error of judgment on the part of the Subadviser or any employee or agent of the Subadviser or any failure by the Subadviser to comply with applicable law, the applicable subadvisory agreement, any investment objective or policies of the Fund, or any instructions from the Board of Trustees or the Manager.
Major Contracts Neither INT'▇.▇▇▇ nor any Material INT'▇.▇▇▇ Subsidiary is a party to or subject to: (a) Any union contract, or any employment contract or arrangement in effect (other than "at-will" employment arrangements) providing for future compensation, written or oral, with any officer, consultant, director, or employee; (b) Any plan or contract or arrangement, written or oral, providing for non-standard bonuses, pensions, deferred compensation, retirement payments, profit-sharing or the like; (c) Any joint venture contract or arrangement or any other agreement which has involved or is expected to involve a sharing of profits; (d) Any OEM agreement, reseller or distribution agreement, volume purchase agreement, corporate end user sales or service agreement, reproduction or replication agreement or manufacturing agreement in which the amount involved exceeds annually, or is expected to exceed in the aggregate over the life of the contract, $50,000 or pursuant to which INT'▇.▇▇▇ has granted or received manufacturing rights, most favored nation pricing provisions, or exclusive marketing, production, publishing or distribution rights related to any product, group of products or territory; (e) Any agreement, license, franchise, permit, indenture, or authorization which has not been terminated or performed in its entirety and not renewed which may be, by its terms, terminated, impaired, or adversely affected by reason of the execution of this Agreement and all other agreements contemplated hereby, the consummation of the Merger, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; (f) Except for trade indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business, any instrument evidencing or related in any way to indebtedness incurred in the acquisition of companies or other entities or indebtedness for borrowed money by way of direct loan, sale of debt securities, purchase money obligation, conditional sale, guarantee, or otherwise which individually is in the amount of $50,000 or more; (g) Any license agreement in effect, either as licensor or licensee (excluding nonexclusive hardware and software licenses granted to distributors or end-users and commercially available in-licensed software applications); (h) Any contract or agreement containing covenants purporting to limit INT'▇.▇▇▇'s or the Material INT'▇.▇▇▇ Subsidiaries' freedom to compete in any line of business in any geographic area; or (i) Any contract or agreement not elsewhere specifically disclosed pursuant to this Agreement, involving the payment or receipt by INT'▇.▇▇▇ of more than $250,000 in the aggregate. For purposes of this Section 3.14, a contract, agreement or arrangement shall be considered "in effect" if INT'▇.▇▇▇ or any Material Subsidiary shall have any obligations or liabilities pursuant to such contract, agreement or arrangement. All contracts, arrangements, plans, agreements, leases, licenses, franchises, permits, indentures, authorizations, instruments and other commitments which are listed in the INT'▇.▇▇▇ Disclosure Schedule pursuant to this Section 3.14 are valid and in full force and effect and neither INT'▇.▇▇▇ nor any Material INT'▇.▇▇▇ Subsidiary has, nor, to the knowledge of INT'▇.▇▇▇ and the Material INT'▇.▇▇▇ Subsidiaries, has any other party thereto, breached any material provisions of, or entered into default in any material respect under the terms thereof. INT'▇.▇▇▇ has delivered to Parent copies of the contracts or agreements, and descriptions of any verbal agreements or arrangements, referred to in this Section 3.14 as in effect on the Prior Agreement Date.