ARTICLE 28

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ARTICLE 28
ACADEMIC WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT

28.1 The administration recognizes the importance of providing academically adequate classrooms, office space, laboratories, studios, materials, supplies and equipment, clerical support, library and instructional media services, computer facilities, and electronic and telecommunication facilities for faculty engaged in undergraduate, graduate and professional instruction, research, and creative activities.

28.2 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND. The purpose of the Professional Development Fund is to afford each faculty member the opportunity to improve scholarship, teaching, and/or service in pursuit of the goals of the university. Both the CSU Administration and the CSU-AAUP recognize the importance of continuous improvement in the skills and accomplishments of the faculty in these areas. We therefore continue this fund as follows:

During each year of this contract, including the first year, each college shall provide a sum of no less than $1,000 for each tenure track faculty member for professional development during the current fiscal year. Professional development expenses may include but are not limited to : travel, software, hardware, books, and journals. This fund shall not be used to supplant routine hardware replacements. It may be used to replace hardware more frequently than the usual scheduled replacement cycle or to upgrade existing hardware. The individual professional development fund will be allocated per department and is to be spent for the above purposes by each eligible faculty member subject to the approval of the department chair. Unused funds shall be carried forward from one year to the next by the department on behalf of each eligible faculty member.

In the event of budgetary reductions caused by mandated cutbacks of revenue, the administration will notify the Contract Implementation Committee. If the Committee finds there is no reasonable alternative, then the professional development funds may be reduced during the next academic year for that year only.

28.3 Before moving a faculty member from an assigned research laboratory or studio space, the administration shall communicate to the faculty member in writing the reason(s) for the move. In such cases, the administration shall consider the productivity of the potentially affected faculty member.

28.4 Whenever laboratory or studio space is reallocated or assigned to a new faculty member, it must be inspected and approved by the Director of Safety and Environmental Services before the new occupant moves in.

28.5 It is a faculty member's responsibility to follow University health and safety policies, which may include the wearing of personal protective equipment and the mandatory attendance at health and/or safety-related training sessions.

The University shall convene a campus-wide Health and Safety Committee. The committee shall be composed of one member and one alternate selected by each of the following constituencies: University Administration, Faculty of the College of Law , CSU-AAUP, Non-Bargaining Unit Professional Staff, SEIU-District 1199, Non-Bargaining Unit Classified Staff, CWA Local 4309 and FOP-OLC. The committee shall be chaired by the Director of Environmental Health and Safety. The committee shall meet every other month, unless otherwise mutually agreed, to review, discuss, and make recommendations, where appropriate, regarding health and/or safety concerns. The committee members shall mutually agree on the date, time, and place of the meetings. At any time, the committee members may mutually agree that there is no need for the committee to meet or that more frequent meetings are necessary.

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