The District may terminate a school nurse at any time during the nurse's probationary period.
Probationary school nurses are not entitled to paid sick or personal days.
ARTICLE X
Educational Council/Supplemental Budget
A. A joint Educational Council shall continue to operate during the term of this Agreement. It shall
consist of three (3) representatives of the BOARD, one of which shall be the Superintendent or his
designee, and three (3) Nashua teachers appointed by the UNION. The Council shall meet at
least four (4) times a year and advise the BOARD on matters of mutual concern and other related
matters regarding the effective operation of the District. Principals may be invited as observers
whenever the items proposed for discussion are directly related to areas over which they exercise
primary authority.
B. The Educational Council shall establish its own rules of procedure and shall provide for a rotating
chairman who shall be responsible for the arrangement and conduct of meetings.
C. The Council shall meet by prepared agenda.
D. The Council shall be empowered by majority vote to form sub-committees to study and render
reports to the Council.
E. The function of the Educational Council is to recommend for BOARD consideration the
establishment of policies and practices pertinent to the District. The Council in preparing their
recommendation for BOARD consideration shall at all times avail itself of the most up-to-date
research pertinent to such recommendations. In addition, it shall provide for majority reports and
minority reports, if any, pertinent to its recommendations.
F. All reports and recommendations outlined above in Section D and E shall be in writing.
G. The BOARD in order to establish this Council and to enable it to function adequately agrees to
budget $1,000 annually to provide for expenditures related to the work of the Council.
H. A supplementary budget of $10,000 in each school year shall be established to provide for needs
not previously anticipated and to allow teachers to capitalize on new and innovative materials
which become available during the course of the school year. The Council may make
recommendations to the BOARD concerning the disbursement of said funds.
ARTICLE XI
Union Representatives
Official List and Nashua Teachers Union Representatives
The UNION shall furnish the BOARD with a list of its officers and authorized building representatives, and shall as
soon as possible notify the BOARD in writing of any changes. No Union Representative shall be recognized by the
BOARD except those designated in writing by the UNION.
ARTICLE XIl
Union Privileges and Responsibilities
12:1 Fair Practices
As exclusive representative, the UNION shall not preclude from membership any person in the unit
described in ARTICLE |. The UNION will represent equally all persons described in ARTICLE | without
regard to membership in, participation, or activities in the UNION.
12:2 Recognition of Local Organization Representative
The Principal shall recognize the UNION building representative as the official representative of the
bargaining unit in the schools.
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