AVSTA CSEA-CONTRACT-March 9, 2022

ARTICLE XXIX

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

29.0 This Agreement shall supersede any rules, regulations, or practices of the Agency which shall be contrary or inconsistent with its terms. The provisions of the Agreement shall be considered part of the established policies of the Agency. 29.1 This Agreement shall constitute the full and complete commitment between both parties and shall supersede and cancel all previous agreements, both oral and written. This Agreement may be altered, changed, added to, deleted from, or modified only through the voluntary, mutual consent of the parties in a written and signed amendment to this Agreement. 29.2 For the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years, Article VI, Pay and Allowance, and Article IX, Employee Benefits, are automatically reopened each school year, and each party may, at its option, open three (3) additional contract articles each school year, which could include other proposed new articles. The reopeners must be provided to the Agency by April of each year.

29.3 Proposals for a successor agreement may be sun shined by either party on or after April of the last year of this Agreement.

29.4 The parties agree to meet and begin negotiations on or before May 1 of each contract year, subject to section 29.2, above.

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