UFT-represented employees who elect to be employed in the Board’s program which implements Chapter 683 of the Laws of 1986 (“Program’‘) shall serve under the following terms and conditions of employment during July and August:

1. The gross annual salary rate of each such employee who serves the same student population during the regular work year (September through June) as is eligible to participate in the Program during July and August shall be computed by adding the sum of either:
   1. seventeen and one-half (171/2) percent of the applicable gross annual salary rate; or
   2. the number of hours served during July and August multiplied by the applicable per session rate; whichever is greater, to the employee’s annual salary rate ascertained without consideration of said sum.
2. The pay rate of each such employee who does not serve the same student population during the regular work year (September through June) as is eligible to participate in the Program in July and August shall be the applicable per session pay rate.
3. 1. As set forth in the applicable Board Vacancy Circulars advertising the positions available for the 1988 Program, the selection procedure for the Program shall provide a priority to those employees who serve the same student population during their regular work year as is eligible to participate in the Program in July and August.
   2. Employees who serve satisfactorily in the Program during July and August for two successive years shall be retained for succeeding years if they apply to serve in the Program during July and August provided they continue to serve the same eligible student population during their regular work year. Retention rights of other employees who serve satisfactorily in the Program during July and August for two successive years shall be subordinate to the rights of those employees who serve the same eligible student population during the regular work year.
   3. If there is a reduction of positions in the Program during July and August, employees who are lowest in order of priority for selection will be the first to be retrenched, in inverse seniority order.
4. The work day for employees serving in the Program during July and August shall be 6 hours effective February 2006 exclusive of one-half hour for a duty-free lunch.
5. Employees paid in accordance with Paragraph 1 of this Article Nine A will receive two sick days for use during July and August on a self-treated basis.  Unused sick days shall be accrued and credited to the employee’s cumulative absence reserve for use during the regular school year.
6. In light of the needs of the student population served by the Program, the Board is committed to providing air-conditioned facilities for as many sites as possible.  The Board will keep the Union informed of its progress in achieving the objective of air-conditioning all sites utilized by students.
7. The Board official with responsibility for this Program shall meet and consult at times mutually agreed with representatives of the Union on matters of policy and the implementation of this Article Nine A.

8. Except as otherwise set forth in this Article Nine A:

   1. the working conditions for employees paid in accordance with Paragraph 1 of this Article will be consistent with the standards of working conditions for the regular work year prescribed in this Agreement.
   2. the working conditions of employees paid in accordance with Paragraph 2 of this Article will be those working conditions applicable to per session employees covered by this Agreement.