Lansing Schools Education Association
Professional Council
A. In order to establish a line of communication with the District's administration through which mutual concerns of the teachers and the Board may be voiced and resolved, a Professional Council will be established. The Professional Council shall be composed of the LSEA President and four (4) members designated by him/her and the Superintendent and four (4) members designated by him/her.
B. The Professional Council annually shall adopt a schedule of regular meeting dates and times. When needs arise as agreed between the Superintendent and the LSEA President, additional meetings may be scheduled. The parties may cancel any scheduled meeting by mutual consent. The chair shall alternate for each meeting between the parties.
C. The Professional Council is empowered by mutual consent to appoint committees composed of teachers and administrators to study and report. Upon completion of its study and report on the subject assigned to it, each committee shall be considered dissolved. Once dissolved, no committee shall be reactivated except by mutual consent of the members of the Professional Council.
D. Clerical expenses of the Professional Council and its subcommittees shall be paid by the Board.
E. When necessary, Association representatives on the Professional Council shall be released from school duties for regular meetings of the Professional Council without loss of salary when such meetings are held during the school day.