32.1 Effective Date.
(a) The Agreement will become effective on the date that it is ratified by both the Board and the UFF and will remain in effect through June 30, 2023.
(b) Renegotiations for the July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 agreement term will begin no later than March 1, 2021. Article 10 (Assignment of Responsibilities), Article 20 (Inventions and Works), Article 25 (Salaries) and Article 26 (Benefits) will be reopened. Each party may propose two (2) additional articles for negotiation.
(c) Renegotiations for the July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 agreement term will begin no later than March 1, 2022. Article 25 (Salaries) and Article 26 (Benefits) will be reopened. Each party may propose two (2) additional articles for negotiation.
(d) Negotiations for a successor agreement will begin no later than October 1, 2022.
(e) The parties may by mutual agreement include other terms and conditions of employment in their renegotiations.
32.2 Amendments. In the event the Board and the UFF negotiate a mutually acceptable amendment to this Agreement, such amendment will be put in writing and become part of this Agreement upon ratification by both parties.