1.1 Parties to Agreement

         The Articles and provisions contained within this Agreement constitute a bilateral and binding agreement (“Agreement”) by and between the Board of Education of the Redlands Unified School District (“District”) and the Redlands Education Support Professionals Association/NEA (“Association”).

1.2 Duration of Agreement

          This Agreement shall be effective from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2010, unless another effective date is specified for particular provisions thereof.

1.3 Reopeners

         This Agreement shall be reopened twice during its term for the purpose of renegotiating for school years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. During 2008-2009 and 2009-2010, only Articles Six, Seven, and Appendix A-1, plus two (2) additional articles, each at the individual option of the respective parties, shall be reopened.

1.4 Retroactivity

Any retroactivity (application of terms of this Agreement which antedates ratification by the Board of Education) shall be applied only to those unit members who were employees on paid duty status at the time of ratification by the Board of Education. Paid duty status means those unit members who are employees of the District at the time of ratification by the Board of Education and only for that period of time during which a unit member was in paid duty status and not on an unpaid leave of absence.