ARTICLE IV NEGOTIATION PROCEDURES

Little Compton School District

A. Representatives of the Committee with the Superintendent and the Association, shall meet for the purpose of negotiating and reaching a mutually satisfactory agreement on salary, welfare provisions, working provisions, working conditions and other matters of mutual concern.

B.  When the participants reach agreement, it will be reduced to a written, signed Contract and become part of the official Minutes of the Committee and of the Association.

C.  Not later than December 1 of the calendar year prior to the year in which this Agreement expires, the Committee agrees to enter into negotiations over a Successor Agreement in accordance with the procedure set forth herein, in a good-faith effort to reach agreement concerning teachers' hours, salaries, working conditions and other terms and conditions of professional employment.

D.  Either party may, if it so desires, utilize the services of outside consultants and may call upon professional and lay representatives to assist in the negotiations.

E.  If negotiation meetings between the Committee and the Association are scheduled by the Committee during a school day, the members of the Association's negotiating team will be relieved of all regular duties without loss of pay as necessary to permit their participation in such meetings.

F.  This Agreement may be reopened during its term by agreement of both parties.
The Agreement to Reopen must be in writing and signed by both parties. Any agreement reached as a result of such reopening shall only be binding if it is reduced to writing and is signed by both parties.