Common use of Required Meetings or Hearings Clause in Contracts

Required Meetings or Hearings. The district will provide two working day’s advance notice whenever a teacher/licensed professional is required to appear before any administrator or representative of the District concerning a teacher/licensed professional’s dismissal, suspension, disciplinary action, denial of a salary increment, performance reasons, a program of assistance or improvement, a complaint (see section G), a written reprimand, or when a written record of a verbal reprimand is to be included in a teacher/licensed professional’s personnel file or an administrator’s working file. The notice will inform the employee of their right to union representation and specify one of the reasons in this section for the meeting. The teacher/licensed professional shall have the right to request Association representation. The Association shall advise the District in advance whether legal counsel will be used. The District may, however, make an immediate investigation of the facts relating to any incident, when the District determines it is necessary. Evaluation conferences are generally excluded from the application of this paragraph, except where discipline could reasonably be expected.