Common use of Right to Due Process Clause in Contracts

Right to Due Process. No employee shall be formally reprimanded or disciplined without just cause. Normally, verbal warnings shall precede formal disciplinary action. A certificated employee shall have the right to face his accuser(s). A certificated employee shall be entitled to have a representative of the Association present during any formal disciplinary action. All information forming the basis of any charge shall be made available to the employee in writing within seven (7) days of receipt or composition. Any information not shown to the employee shall not be allowed as evidence in discipline. When a request for such representation is made, no action shall be taken with respect to the employee until such representative of the Association has had an opportunity to be present. The time of said meeting shall be by the end of the following workday unless another time is mutually arranged. Any suspension of a teacher pending charges shall be with pay. Any written complaint not called to the attention of a certificated employee within seven (7) days may not be used as the basis for any disciplinary action.