1.1 Parties to Agreement

The Articles and provisions contained within this Agreement constitute a bilateral and binding agreement ("Agreement") by and between the Board of Education of the Redlands Unified School District ("Board") and the Redlands Teachers' Association/CTA/NEA ("Association"), an employee organization.

1.2 According to "Law"

This Agreement and its terms and provisions is entered into pursuant to Chapter 10.7, Sections 3540-3549 of the California Government Code ("Act"), and shall be deemed to be in conformance with applicable law.

1.3 Duration of Agreement

This Agreement shall be effective from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2010, unless another effective date is specified for particular provisions thereof.

1.3.1 Any administrative process or grievance which has been initiated prior to the effective date of this Agreement shall be processed and adjusted in accordance with the terms of the prior Agreement.

1.3.2 Any administrative process or grievance which has been initiated after the ratification date of this Agreement, but is based on incidents occurring prior to the ratification date of this Agreement, shall be adjusted in accordance with the terms of the previous Agreement and procedures of this Agreement.

1.3.3 Any administrative process or grievance initiated after the ratification date of this Agreement based on incidents occurring after the ratification date of this Agreement will be adjusted and processed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

1.4 Reopeners

This Agreement shall be reopened twice during its term for the purpose of renegotiating for the school year 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. During 2008-2009 and 2009-2010, only Articles Six, Seven, and Appendix A-1, plus two (2) additional articles, each at the individual option of the respective parties, shall be reopened.

1.5 Retroactivity

Any retroactivity (application of terms of this Agreement which antedates ratification by the Board of Education) shall be applied only to those unit members who were employees on paid duty status at the time of ratification by the Board of Education. Only the following specific exceptions will be made to the above language: retirees from the same year, employees on Family Care and Medical Leave, employees on Parental Leave who worked any part of the year, or any other employee as authorized by the Superintendent.