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MCCFA Employment Contract 1999-2001

ARTICLE 7 - REPRESENTATIVES

Section 1. Administration of Contract

The Employer agrees that the association grievance representative on each campus shall be provided the opportunity to investigate and process grievances, and the local association president on each campus shall be provided the opportunity to confer with the college president or designee concerning the provisions and application of this contract.

Meetings with the administration or arbitration hearings regarding the processing of grievances shall be during the normal work day whenever practicable, and the grievant, the association grievance representative and association local president shall not lose wages due to their necessary participation.

Upon request of the association president, the college president shall afford release time not to exceed a total of two (2) courses per semester with maximum of eight (8) credits per semester to be shared by one (1) or more local association officers on each campus for the purposes of conducting association duties. The Association shall reimburse the college for such release time at the part-time per-credit rate of five hundred and twenty-five dollars ($525) per semester credit.

Section 2. Association Representatives Access to Private Telephones.

It is the intent of the community colleges to provide association representatives with reasonable access to a private telephone when they are conducting association business on campus.

Section 3. Certification of Campus Representatives.

The names of any local association officers and representatives who may represent the faculty members in the administration of this contract shall be communicated to the president on each campus by means of a copy of a certification from the Association to the chancellor's designee. The names of the employer designees responsible for administering this contract on the campus shall be communicated to the local association chapter by means of a copy of a certification from the chancellor's designee to the Association.

Section 4. Certification of State Representatives.

The association president and other association representatives shall be certified in writing to the Employer by the Association. The employer designees responsible for administration of this contract at the state level shall be certified to the Association in writing by the Employer.

Section 5. Release Time for the Association President

The president of the Association shall be granted up to full release time from college assigned duties to conduct the business of the Association.

The Association, at its request, may also provide for additional release time for the president for the thirty percent (30%) overload. The Association shall reimburse the Employer for the actual cost of the overload payment based on the president's actual salary schedule placement for the academic year.

The association president shall remain on the state payroll at the regular salary and lose no benefits. The Association shall reimburse the Employer for the president's release time at the part-time per-credit rate of five hundred and twenty-five dollars ($525) per semester credit for the amount of release time granted.

A faculty member who has served as the association president shall be given the right to a full pay one (1) semester sabbatical if s/he has served one (1) term; and a two-thirds (2/3) pay, two (2) semester sabbatical if s/he has served two (2) or more terms.

The sabbatical shall be consistent with the applicable provisions of Article 16, Section 3. However, the president's sabbatical shall be in addition to earned sabbaticals granted under Article 16, Section 3.

Section 6. Release Time For Other Association Officers The Association may buy release time for up to three (3) other officers.

The amount of release time shall be specified by the Association before the beginning of each academic semester or at other times by mutual agreement. Such officers shall remain on the state payroll at their regular salary and lose no benefits. The Association shall reimburse the Employer for such officers' release time at the part-time per-credit rate of five hundred and twenty-five dollars ($525) per semester credit for the amount of release time granted. Effort will be made to schedule such officers' college duties to accommodate their association `responsibilities.

Section 7. Release Time For Faculty Association Representatives.

The parties agree that faculty members on the negotiating team and/or the Board of Directors shall be granted reasonable amounts of paid release time, to conduct contract negotiations, and/or attend Board of Directors meetings up to five (5) days per academic year under the following conditions:

1. Faculty assignments are re-scheduled to another day and/or evening; or
2. Alternate assignments/activities which can be accomplished in the absence of the instructor are assigned to the class; or
3. The services of another faculty member are secured to assume the faculty member's obligations at no additional cost to the college.

Faculty members are responsible for making the appropriate arrangements as discussed above. Such arrangements must be approved, in advance, by the college president or designee. Whenever possible, faculty members should request release time at least one (1) week in advance. Faculty members who do not make arrangements for coverage of assignments or whose arrangements are not approved shall be granted unpaid release time.