When must new collective bargaining agreements be negotiated?
There is no deadline for completing negotiations. Negotiations must begin after the merger and after new units are determined. The goal of negotiations for the new merged units is to achieve uniformity and consistency in policies, practices, salary schedules, hours and working conditions as soon as practicable. 20. What happens when there are collective bargaining agreements with different expiration dates? Collective bargaining contracts will be honored until their expiration dates, unless the bargaining agent and the regional school unit board agree on earlier termination. When contracts covering employees in a merged group expire at different times, the regional school unit and the bargaining agent may negotiate an interim contract for employees covered by a contract that has already expired, so that all contracts expire on the same date. 21. $36.5 million was deap-propriated from Essential Programs and Services in the state fiscal year that begins July 1, 2008. How was that done? A
