ARTICLE 18: COMPLETION OF MEET AND NEGOTIATION
Except as provided in Article 1 - Agreement and Term, during the term of this Agreement, the Association and the District expressly waive and relinquish the right to meet and negotiate. It is agreed that the Association and the District shall not be obligated to meet and negotiate with respect to any subject or matter whether or not referred to or covered in this Agreement, even though such subject or matter may not have been within the knowledge or contemplation of either or both the District or the Association at the time they met and negotiated on and executed this Agreement, and even though such subjects or matters were proposed and later withdrawn. The Association and the District do not waive and relinquish the right to commence meeting and negotiating on a new agreement or the renewal of this Agreement during the term of the Agreement as specified in Article 1 herein. However, meeting and negotiating on reopened articles to take effect at the expiration date of this Agreement shall not take place prior to March 2001.