Article 23. Contract

There shall be two signed copies of the final Contract for purposes of record. One copy shall be retained by the School Board and one by the Exclusive Representative.

Copies of the Contract titled "Contract Between Independent School District 623 and Education Minnesota-Roseville” shall be provided at the expense of the School Board within thirty (30) working days after the Contract is signed. Copies shall be provided to teachers employed, hereafter employed, and to those persons who are offered employment by the School Board or its designated representative.

The School Board shall furnish twenty (20) copies of the Contract to the Exclusive Representative.

If either the School Board or the Exclusive Representative desires to initiate negotiations of the successor Contract, it shall give written notice of such intent. Unless required by law or otherwise mutually agreed, the parties shall not commence such negotiations before March 1, 2025, nor later than May 1, 2025.

Subd. 1. Meetings. Designated representatives of the School Board and the Exclusive Representative shall meet at a mutually agreed time on the last Tuesday of each month from September through May, except December, for the purpose of reviewing the administration and implementation of this Contract. By mutual agreement, the parties may cancel, reschedule, or establish Contract Review meetings.

Subd. 2. Agenda. Topics for the agenda shall be submitted to the other party or their designated representatives at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the meeting unless mutually agreed otherwise.

This Contract shall be effective as of July 1, 2025, and shall continue in effect until June 30, 2027. If a new contract has not been duly entered into prior to June 30, 2027, the terms of this Contract shall continue in full force and effect until modifications are made in such Contract pursuant to the PELRA.

This Contract constitutes the full and complete Contract between the School Board and the Exclusive Representative of the teachers of the district. The provisions herein supersede any and all agreements, resolutions, practices, school district policies, rules or regulations concerning terms and conditions of employment inconsistent with these provisions.

Any matters relating to the current contract term, whether or not referred to in this Contract, shall not be open for negotiation during the term of this Contract unless required by law or otherwise mutually agreed.

The provisions of this Contract shall be severable, and if any provision thereof or the application of any such provision is held invalid by law, it shall not affect any other provision of this Contract or the application of any provision thereof.

If a specific provision within this Contract shall be individually ruled invalid as a result of court action, the School Board and the Exclusive Representative shall commence negotiations within ten (10) working days of such ruling to develop a legally valid substitute provision except when such ruling has been appealed or the parties mutually agree that a substitute provision is not necessary. This renegotiation of a specific severed provision shall not be subject to individual arbitration unless part of the negotiation to a successor Contract.

In the event that a successor Contract has not been agreed to by June 30, 2027, the School Board reserves the right to withhold lane changes, or any other salary increase as the School Board shall determine provided that written notice and the reason for such action is given to EM-R, as Exclusive Representative, and teachers of District 623 by June 1, 2027.

The provisions of this Contract shall be retroactive to July 1, 2025, except as otherwise stated in this Contract. Teachers who have terminated employment or gone on leave status during this Contract period are to receive a prorated amount of their back wages and benefits as soon as practicable. Retroactive compensation and benefit adjustments related to the basic Contract shall be paid as soon as possible.

The parties acknowledge that the matters set forth in this contract are neither all-inclusive nor complete. The parties acknowledge that in arriving at this contract, additional matters have been extensively discussed. These matters serve as broad guiding principles for the parties to follow in fulfilling the mission of Roseville Area Schools and in their relationships with each other. It is the intention of the parties to consider those principles to provide guidance for and the substance of future agreements.