ARTICLE 16
Calendar
16.1 CALENDAR
The academic year begins on July 1and ends on June 30.
16.2 SUMMER SESSION and WINTERSESSION
The 2005 wintersession calendar will be determinedin a joint meeting between the ACE Council or designees, the Associate ViceChancellor of Human Resources and the Vice President from each college.
16.3 FLEX DAY ACTIVITIES
Flex days activities will be approved in compliancewith Title 5. Flex days activitiesfor each academic year will be coordinated through a joint staff developmenteffort between the colleges. Representatives from ACE, the Academic Senate and the District will beincluded in the planning process for flex day activities.
Student needs shall be thedetermining factor in scheduling flex day activities. Therefore, members may develop alternative activities tofulfill their obligation for flex days bysubmitting the appropriate independent flex activity application.
There will be no obligation forpart-time faculty in the following categories to attend flex days activities:
1. Directed studies
2. Work experience
3. Classes starting after Labor Day
4. Instructors that do not have classes scheduled on a day inwhich flex days fall.
5. Hourly counselors/librarians and/or instructional lab faculty.
16.3.1 As part of the regular academic calendar, members are requiredto observe regular absence procedures of notification and absence reporting forflex days.
16.3.2 Flex Day Exceptions
Instructional schedules will beestablished to meet the days and/or hours of instruction required by statemandates for specific programs.
Members teaching classes inprograms with mandated days/hours not met by the flex calendar will meet theteaching requirements of the program in lieu of flex day attendance.
16.4 Academic Calendars
2003-2004 Calendar:
2004-2005 Calendar:
2005-2006 Calendars: The 2005-06 and all futureacademic calendars including summer sessions and wintersessions will bedetermined through negotiations between the District and ACE.
Amended by Tentative Agreement dated 2/15/05:
The District and ACE agree to the District’sproposed calendar presented on February 1, 2005 dated December 30, 2004 for the2005 summer session and the 2005 fall semester. This proposed calendar clearly indicates that the summersession includes Fridays. However,ACE is willing to accept the proposals from West Valley and Mission Collegesregarding the actual scheduling of courses on a Monday through Thursday basiswith the stipulation that this is not meant to indicate that Fridays have beenexcluded from the summer academic calendar.
ACE agrees to recognize the two presidents holidaysin February 2006 on any days negotiated with SEIU.
The District will present a calendar to ACE for theremainder of the 2005-2006 academic year at at a later date.
Amended by Tentative Agreement dated 5/24/05:
The District and ACE agree to the District’sproposed calendar presented on May 24, 2005 for the summer 2005, fall 2005 andspring 2006 semester. It isunderstood that Lincoln’s day may be observed on either Monday, February13 or Friday, February 17. Suchchange may result in a revision in the calendar for spring 2006.
9/16/05:
The District and ACE agree that there will bea 2006 Wintersession. A revised2005-2006 academic calendar will be issued which includes the Wintersession(see attached Wintersession Calendar).
16.5 CALENDAR TERMS
The summer session
The fall semester
The wintersessiondates fall between the end of the fall semester and the beginning of the springsemester.
The spring semester begins with the first day ofinstruction and extends through the last day of final exams in the springsemester.
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ACE Representative
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District Representative