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Decided Positive Correct Department Members Chair Teach Valentine's

Front correct?

The department members but not the chair has decided not to teach on Valentine's Day.
Back have decided

If your sentence compounds a positive and a negative subject and one is plural, the other singular, the verb should agree with the positive subject.

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