Common use of Contract Deviations Clause in Contracts

Contract Deviations. 1. It is agreed that a school improvement program is mutually desirable and beneficial. In implementing such a program, the parties recognize that the contract needs to provide flexibility for experimentation and innovation in educational programs for the benefit of students and to meet the needs of parents and staff. Consideration for a contract deviation should only occur when there is strong support for it by the principal and by the affected staff in the building. To facilitate contract flexibility, buildings, grade levels, or departments may initiate contract deviation requests to the Contract Management Committee for review and action pursuant to guidelines adopted and disseminated by CMC. Such deviation request shall require approval by a 2/3 vote of the building, grade level or department and the building principal. The Contract Management Committee shall have the authority to adopt contract deviation requests by a 2/3 vote. 2. Deviation requests shall be on the form provided by the Contract Management Committee and in accordance with the Deviation Guidelines adopted by CMC. The contract deviation request form shall include a provision for a minority report or view. 3. Buildings, grade levels or departments and the building principal shall evaluate their approved contract deviations within one year as to whether to seek continuation, modification or approval on a permanent basis. Any requests for continuation of a deviation shall follow the procedures set forth above.