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 2004-2005 calendar will consist of the following:

Summer Session June 21 -- August 13 (6 Weeks Day, 8 Weeks Evening)

Fall Semester August 24 -- December 22 (16 Weeks + Flex Days)

Winter Session January 3 -- February 10 (6 Weeks)

Spring Semester February 14 -- June 14 (16 Weeks + Flex Days)

The 2005-2006 calendar will consist of the following:

Summer Session June 20 -- August 12 (6 Weeks Day, 8 Weeks Evening)

Fall Semester August 23 -- December 20 (16 Weeks + Flex Days)

Winter Session January 3 -- February 9 (6 Weeks)

Spring Semester February 13 -- June 13 (16 Weeks + Flex Days)

The 2006-2007 calendar will consist of the following:

Summer Session June 19 -- August 11 (6 Weeks Day, 8 Weeks Evening)

Fall Semester August 22 -- December 19 (16 Weeks + Flex Days)

Winter Session January 2 -- February 8 (6 Weeks)

Spring Semester February 12 -- June 12 (16 Weeks + Flex Days)

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: 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.