11.1     The District and the Association shall meet annually to negotiate academic calendars for at least the next two fiscal years.  If agreement on a calendar cannot be reached, a calendar as close in structure as possible to the 2004-2005 calendar will be set by the District.

            Calendars shall comply with all requirements of AB 1725 and Title 5.

            The 2007-2008 calendar will consist of the following:

            Summer Session           June 18 -- August 10   
            Fall Semester                August 27 --  December 18
            Winter Session             January 02 --  February 7
            Spring Semester           February 11 --  June 10

            The 2008-2009 calendar will consist of the following:

            Summer Session           June 16 --  August 08
            Fall Semester                August 25 --  December 16
            Winter Session             January 05 --  February 12 
            Spring Semester           February 17 --  June 16

            The 2009-2010 calendar will consist of the following:

            Summer Session           June 22 --  August 14 
            Fall Semester                August 31 --  December 22
            Winter Session             January 04 --  February 11
            Spring Semester           February 16 --  June 15

            A flex calendar will be established using nine (9) days for flex. All faculty, classroom and non-classroom, will participate in flex days. For hourly faculty, the number of flex days will be prorated.  Hourly faculty will be encouraged but not required to fulfill their flex days through the institutional and departmental days rather than individual days.

            The nine (9) flex days will include two (2) institutional days, three (3) departmental days, and four (4) individual days. The content of flex days is not subject to grievance.

            Monitoring content of individual flex days shall be the responsibility of the department chairs. Appeal of a decision by a chair will be to the appropriate academic administrator.

            Monitoring content of institutional and departmental flex days shall be the responsibility of the Professional Development Committee of the Academic Senate.

            The calendar will be compressed so that the normal load will be 156 days of teaching in addition to the nine flex days. In order to meet the STRS requirement of 175 days per work year for all faculty, five (5) Saturdays in each semester shall be designated as workdays for faculty on the compressed calendar.

11.2     Submission of Grades:  Submission of grades in a timely fashion is critical to ensure that students’ records are accurate and updated in a timely fashion. Faculty members shall be required to submit all grades by no later than one calendar week  from the last date of the semester or intersession or for six or eight week classes by no later than one calendar week from the last day of the class.  The Faculty Association will assist the District in reminding Faculty members of their obligation to turn in grades within the time frame provided in this section.