CALENDAR

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 2001-2002 calendar will be set by the District.

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

The 2001-2002 calendar will consist of the following:

Summer Session        June 18-August 9         (6 Weeks Day, 8 Weeks Evening)

Fall Semester        August 21-December 18        (16 Weeks + Flex Days)

Winter Session        January 7-February 14         (6 Weeks)

Spring Semester        February 19-June 18        (16 Weeks + Flex Days)

The 2002-2003 calendar will consist of the following:

Summer Session        June 24-August 16        (6 Weeks Day, 8 Weeks Evening)

Fall Semester        August 20-December 17        (16 Weeks + Flex Days)

Winter Session        January 6-February 13        (6 Weeks)

Spring Semester        February 18-June 17        (16 Weeks + Flex Days)

The 2003-2004 calendar will consist of the following:

Summer Session        June 23-August 15        (6 Weeks Day, 8 Weeks Evening)

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

Winter Session        January 5-February 12        (6 Weeks)

Spring Semester        February 17-June 15        (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.

11.3                    The District and the Association, with participation from the Academic Senate, will form a study committee to explore modifying the current calendar with respect to the days designated as finals week.  By the end of the Spring 2002 semester, the study committee will propose recommendations to the District and the Association.