This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format.
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 OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec. | Requires boards of trustees of state-assisted institutions of higher education to ensure that faculty members devote a proper and judicious part of their work week to the actual instruction of students. Specifies that total class credit hours of production per quarter per full-time faculty member is expected to meet the standards set forth in the budget data submitted by the chancellor of the board of regents.
Also specifies that the authority of government vested by law in the boards of trustees of state-assisted institutions of higher education must in fact be exercised by those boards. Specifies that administrative decisions about (1) the use of available resources, (2) organizational structure, (3) disciplinary procedure, (4) the operation and staffing of all auxiliary facilities, and (5) adminstrative personnel are the exclusive prerogative of boards of trustees. Requires any delegation of authority in other areas of responsibility to be accompanied by (1) appropriate standards of guidance concerning expected objectives in the exercise of of such delegated authority and (2) periodic review of the exercise of this delegated authority, to the end that public interest, as opposed to any institutional or special interest, is served.
Page 2957 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 371.30.10(C) and (D)
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| WI | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Enacts provisions related to labor relations and collective bargaining for faculty and academic staff at the University of Wisconsin. Establishes definitions, rights of employees to bargain collectively, and duties of the state, including the duty of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System to establish a collective bargaining capacity. Establishes collective bargaining units for specified groups. Adopts provisions related to selection of representatives and elections. Identifies specific unfair labor practices. Adopts provisions pertaining to fair-share and maintenance of membership agreements; grievance arbitration; mediation; fact-finding. Prohibits strikes. Enumerates management rights. Identifies areas that may or may not be bargained upon. Pages 459-468 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us
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| WI | Signed into law 05/2006 | Postsec. | Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state and the Teaching Assistants' Association, AFT, Local 3220, AFL-CIO, for the 2003- 05 biennium, covering employees in the program, project, and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin-Extension collective bargaining unit; authorizes an expenditure of funds. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act373.pdf
Title: Act No. 373
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WI | Signed into law 05/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state and the Teaching Assistants' Association, AFT, Local 3220, AFL-CIO, for the 2005- 07 biennium, covering employees in the program, project, and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin- Extension collective bargaining unit authorizes an expenditure of funds. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act374.pdf
Title: Act No. 374
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WI | Signed into law 05/2006 | Postsec. | Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state and the Milwaukee Graduate Assistants Association, AFT/WFT, Local 2169, AFL- CIO, for the 2005-07 biennium, covering employees in the program, project, and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee collective bargaining unit; authorizes an expenditure of funds. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act384.pdf
Title: Act No. 384
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | The state board of higher education shall create a policy for all institutions under its control, relating to the assessment of faculty and teaching assistant communication skills, including the ability to speak English clearly and with good pronunciation, the notification to students of opportunities to file complaints, the process for responding to student complaints, and the resolution of reported communication problems. Before July 1, 2006, the state board of higher education shall report to the legislative council regarding implementation of the policy.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FBGB0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1364
Source: StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 10/2004 | Postsec. | Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a change in a section concerning definitions to include graduate students who are research assistants or teaching assistants performing pre-professional duties. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-1044
Title: S.B. 1070
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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