From the ECS State Policy Database Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining

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. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary RI Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Child Care Assistance Program Parent Advisory Council and Child Care Provider Collective Bargaining S.B. 794 Establishes a Child Care Assistance Program Parent Advisory Council. Defines the Child Care Assistance Program as a program administered by the department of human services that provides financial assistance to families for child care. The council shall consi... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Child Care Provider Collective Bargaining S.F. 778 Establishes a right for family child care providers to form, join, and participate in the activities of labor organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation and meeting and negotiating with the state. Requires the state, through the Gove... More... VT Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Agency Fees and Collective Bargaining S. 14 Adds language that requires an employee who exercises the right not to join the employee organization representing the employee's collective bargaining unit to pay the collective bargaining service fee to the representative of the bargaining unit in the same m... More... KS Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Equal Access for Professional Teaching Organizations H.B. 2221 Requires the department of education to give equal access of teacher records to all professional employee associations. Allows similar equal access to attend new teacher or employee school orientations and other meetings. http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2013_... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Community College Public School Employee Organizations A.B. 1203 From bill summary: Requires a school district or a community college district to provide a paid leave of absence to a classified employee who is an unelected member of a school district public employee organization or community college district public employee... More... NC Signed into law 07/2012 P-12 Employee Associations - Equal Access S.B. 755 Provides that all education employee associations have equal access to employees at schools and prohibits schools from favoring or endorsing an education employee association. Provides that all education employee associations must have equal access to charter ... More... PA Signed into law 07/2012 P-12 Contract Impasse Provision H.B. 1363 - Contract Impasse Provides that one year after a contract impasse, the Secretary of Education may request a public hearing in the school district of impasse. Requires the hearing to include testimony from the board, administration, employee organization and any other party requ... More... CT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Collective Bargaining on School Turnaround S.B. 458 (Sec. 20) Requires the local school board and the teachers' or administrators' union to negotiate on any matters in an approved turnaround plan or a plan developed by the commissioner that conflicts with provisions of an existing union contract. It sets out t... More... MI Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Collective Bargaining H.B. 4246 Provides that the following are not considered 'public employees' and are not entitled to representation or collective bargaining rights: An individual serving as a graduate student research assistant or in an equivalent position and any individual whose posit... More... NC Signed into law 01/2012 P-12 No Dues Checkoff for School Employees S.B. 727 Eliminates the option of active or retired public school employees to pay an employees' organization through a periodic deduction from payroll or a retirement account. Session Law 2012-1. http://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/PDF/2011-2012/SL2012... More... OH Repealed by referendum 11/2011 P-12 Postsec. Collective Bargaining, Strikes, Dispute Resolution S.B. 5 - Collective Bargaining, Strikes, Dispute Resolution Section From bill summary: --Community schools (charter schools): Prohibits employees of community schools from collectively bargaining, except for conversion community schools. Allows the governing authority of a conversion community school to opt out of collectivel... More... CA Vetoed 10/2011 P-12 Child Care Providers: Bargaining Representative A.B. 101 From bill summary: Authorizes family child care providers to choose whether to be represented by a single provider organization designated pursuant to a specified petition and election process overseen by the Public Employment Relations Board or a neutral 3rd ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Financial Oversight Panels S.B. 2149 Requires that if an Annual Financial Report resulting from a mandated audit reflects a deficit, the district must, within 30 days after acceptance of such audit report, submit a deficit reduction plan. Makes legislative findings relative to the need for fina... More... MI Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Certain Subjects Excluded From Collective Bargaining Agreement H.B. 4628 From Legislative Staff Summary - Amends the public employment relations Act to prohibit decisions about the following subjects from being included in collective bargaining between a public school employer and a representative of its employees: (1) Teacher plac... More... RI Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Collective Bargaining S.B. 1062 Notwithstanding other provisions, requires that the power and duty to enter into collective bargaining agreements be vested in the chief executive officer of the municipality and not in the school committee. Gives the elected school committees of each city, t... More... IN Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Indiana Education Employment Relations Board E.O. 11-07 Indiana has recently enacted comprehensive collective bargaining reform for public education employees under Public Law 48-2011; and the legislation has substantially limited the nature and relationship of collective bargainin contracts to wages and wage-relat... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Collective Bargaining at Cleveland Board-Sponsored Community School H.B. 153 - Collective Bargaining at Cleveland Board-Sponsored Community School Provides that the employees of a conversion community school sponsored by the Cleveland board of education will cease to be subject to any future collective bargaining agreement if the mayor submits to the board of education sponsoring the school and to the st... More... IL Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Collective Bargaining/Strikes H.B. 1197 Provides the following changes take place if and only if S.B. 7 as passed by the 97th General Assembly becomes law: Provides that, with respect to the list of permissive subjects of bargaining between an educational employer whose territorial boundaries are c... More... IL Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Length of School Day and Year in Collective Bargaining Agreements S.B. 7 - Length of School Day and Year in Collective Bargaining Agreements Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Specifies that Chicago collective bargaining agreements may address decisions to determine the length of the work and school day and length of the work and school year. Page 97 of 111: http://www.ilga.gov/le... More... IL Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Impasse, Mediation, Fact-Finding, Strikes S.B. 7 - Impasse, Mediation, Fact-Finding, Strikes Specifies that certain existing impasse procedures do not apply to Chicago Public Schools. Directs the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board to invoke mediation if parties engaged in collective bargaining do not reach an agreement within 45 days of the st... More... MI Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Public Employee Pay Increases Without a Collective Bargaining Agreement H.B. 4152 Amends sections of the Public Employee Relations Act (PERA) to address public employee pay increases without a contract. Provides that after the expiration date of a collective bargaining agreement ("CBA") and until a successor CBA is in place, a public employ... More... TN Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act of 2011 S.B. 113 Deletes the Education Professional Negotiations Act and replaces it wtih the "Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act of 2011." Requires the development of a training program in the principles and techniques of interest-based collaborative proble... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Professional Educator Association Access to Teacher Preparation Students H.B. 1854 Requires the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to adopt a policy for each institution in the system that has a teacher education program to require equal access for statewide professional educators' associations to students enrolled in the programs. Th... More... IN Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Collective Bargaining S.B. 575 Extends the use of temporary teacher contracts to hiring for positions funded by grants outside the school funding formula. Provides that wage payment arrangements may not contain terms beyond those permitted to be bargained. Provides that the statutory proced... More... MI Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Public Employment Relations Act Amendments S.B. 158 Amends the Public Employment Relations Act to do the following: -- Require a new collective bargaining agreement between a public employer and public employees to include a provision allowing an emergency manager to reject, modify, or terminate the agreement.... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Labor Organization Provisions in Teacher Contracts S.B. 206 Requires that an employer promptly cease or commence a union dues wage deduction upon the written request of the employee. States that an employee's request to cease a union dues wage deduction may not be conditioned on the labor organization's advance notice ... More... UT To governor 03/2011 P-12 Limits on Paid Leave for Employee Association or Union Duties H.B. 183 Prohibits a local school board from granting paid association leave for an employee to perform an employee association or union duty. Permits a local board to grant paid association leave for an employee to perform an association or union duty if (1) the duty ... More... ID Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Renewable Contracts S.B. 1108 Section 33-515 states that it is the intent of the legislature that after January 31, 2011, no new employment contract between a school district and a certificated employee shall result in the vesting of tenure, continued expectations of employment or property... More... WI Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Postsec. Amends Collective Bargaining Act 10 (A.B. 11) Prohibits bargaining collectively with a collective bargaining unit containing a general municipal employee with respect to any factor or condition of employment except wages. http://legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/data/acts/11Act10.pdf Wages would include only total... More... MI Signed into law 12/2010 P-12 Collective Bargaining Exception to Performance Evaluation System S.B. 1509 Provides an exception to the statutory requirement that a school board adopt and implement a performance evaluation system, if a collective bargaining agreement that prevented compliance with that requirement were in effect on January 4, 2010, until that agree... More... MD Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Public School Labor Relations Board S.B. 590/H.B. 243 This bill establishes a Public School Labor Relations Board (PSLRB) to administer and enforce the labor relations laws for local boards of education and their employees. The authority of the State Board of Education to decide public school labor relations disp... More... IA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Community College Public Employee Collective Bargaining H.B. 2485 Concerns public employee collective bargaining; provides that one of the powers and duties of the public employment relations board (PERB) is to represent the board in court; provides for prohibited practices; relates to decertification; provides that parties ... More... MI Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Reform Failing Schools H.B. 4787 - Sec. 1280c Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Beginning in 2010, not later than September 1 of each year, the state superintendent is required to publish a list of the lowest achieving 5% of all public schools. Once a building is identified as being in the l... More... MI Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Collective Bargaining/Flexibility in Failing Schools H.B. 4788 Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Provides for changes in collective bargaining act to allow more flexibility in failing schools; provides that collective bargaining between schools and bargaining representatives shall not include the decision of... More... IL Signed into law 11/2009 P-12 Labor Relations Board H.B. 2445 Requires the Labor Relations Board to employ a specified number of attorneys and investigators. Provides that evidence submitted to the board concerning an employee's choice of an employee organization is confidential. Specifies the time period within which a ... More... UT Adopted 09/2009 P-12 Local Board Assurances R277-108-5 Requires each local school board and charter school governing board to provide written assurance assurances that the board has: (1) Implemented an electronic device (cell phones and pagers) policy consistent with state board rule (2) Posted collective bargain... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Salary and Collective Bargaining Information S.B. 2270 Requires school districts to post on their Web site an itemized salary compensation report for every administrative employee in the district, including the superintendent. Requires the report to include base salary, bonuses, pension contributions, retirement i... More... IL Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Educational Labor Relations Act S.B. 1984 Requires that a charter school comply with all provisions of the Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that "educational employer" under the Educational Labor Relations Act includes the governing body of a charter school, a contract school or contract turn... More... WI Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Planning Time for Teachers A.B. 95 Relates to the Municipal Employment Relations Act (MERA); provides for school districts and preparation time for teachers. From Legislative Reference Bureau analysis: This bill creates a new mandatory subject of collective bargaining under MERA in school distr... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Collective Bargaining for Independent Child Care Providers H.B. 1 - Section 741.01, 741.02, 741.03, 741.04, 741.05, 741.06 and 741.07 Defines "independent child care provider" as either a licensed provider who does not meet the definition of "employee" under the National Labor Relations Act, or a certified or licensed provider or in-home aide who is not a county or state employee. Authorizes... More... WI Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Collective Bargaining Agreements A.B. 75 Provides that no collective bargaining agreement covering school district employees may exceed four years. Also provides that upon the expiration date of any collective bargaining agreement, two or more collective bargaining units of school district employees ... More... WI Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Labor Relations at the University of Wisconsin A.B. 75 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... More... UT Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Collective Bargaining Agreements H.B. 210 Requires a local board or charter school board to post a collective bargaining agreement entered into by the board on the school district's or charter school's Web site within 10 days of ratification of the agreement. http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillenr/hb... More... KS Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Teacher Contracts S.B. 290 Relates to teachers and teachers' contracts. Chapter 2009-72 http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2010/290.pdf... More... ME Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 School District Consolidation - Collective Bargaining S.B. 738 Removes language from the regional school unit authorization laws requiring the merger of bargaining units on a regional school unit-wide basis and enacts new provisions preserving existing bargaining units, existing collective bargaining agents and existing c... More... WA Signed into law 03/2008 Postsec. Collective Bargaining for Student Employees at WSU H.B. 2963 Authorizes student employees of Washington State University (WSU) to engage in collective bargaining. New bargaining units are to include graduate teaching assistants, staff assistants, project assistants, veterinary assistants and tutors, readers and graders.... More... DE Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Collective Bargaining Dispute Negotiations H.B. 283 Adds a new provision to the Public School Employment Relations Act. Provides a procedure for more effective dispute resolution procedures for issues that arise in negotiating a collective bargaining agreement. Provides that the decision of the interest arbitra... More... RI Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Training for School Committee Members H.B. 5286 Adds labor and labor relations, negotiating collective bargaining agreements, and employee contract analysis to the professional development program for Rhode Island school committees. offered by Rhode Island College and the Rhode Island Association of School ... More... WI Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Ratification of Collective Bargaining Agreement S.B. 581 Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Education Association Council, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the professional education collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expend... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Extends Term for Collective Bargaining Agreements S.B. 5251 Under the Public Employees' Collective Bargaining Act (PECBA), the maximum allowable term for collective bargaining agreements between cities, counties, municipal corporations, and school districts and their respective employees is increased from three to six ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 Postsec. Additional Employees Added to Collective Bargaining H.B. 2361 The Public Employees Collective Bargaining Act is made applicable to employees of institutions of higher education who are exempt from civil service under the PSRA, with the following exceptions: • executive employees and their principal assistants; • certain ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Education Employee Associations' Rights S.B. 56 Requires school districts and charter schools to allow education employee associations equal access regarding distribution of information to teachers' or employees' physical or electronic mailboxes, and membership solicitation at new teacher or employee orient... More... CA Signed into law 08/2006 P-12 Teacher Transfers S.B. 1655 Prohibits the transferring of a teacher who requests to be transferred to a school offering kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, that is ranked in deciles 1 to 3, inclusive, on the Academic Performance Index if the principal of the school refuses ... More... WI Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Collective Bargaining Act No. 376 Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state and the Education Association Council, for the 2005-07 biennium, covering employees in the professional education collective bargaining unit; authorizes an expenditure of funds. http://www.l... More... WI Signed into law 05/2006 Postsec. Postsecondary Teachers Negotiations Act No. 373 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 Wiscon... More... WI Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Collective Bargaining Act No. 375 Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state and the Wisconsin Education Association Council, for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the professional education collective bargaining unit; authorizes an expenditure of funds. ht... More... WI Signed into law 05/2006 Postsec. Community College Teaching Assistants Collective Bargaining Act No. 374 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 Wiscon... More... WI Signed into law 05/2006 Postsec. Milwaukee Graduate Assistants Association Collective Bargaining Act No. 384 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 Univers... More... VT Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Collective Bargaining H.B. 299 Teachers have the right to or not to join, assist, or participate in any teachers' organization of their choosing, but teachers or administrators may be required to pay an agency fee pursuant to a negotiated agreement. Authorizes an agency fee to be included a... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Equal Access by Professional Associations S.B. 982, Section 12 No school district, employee of a school district, or employee organization can deny by any means, including a collective bargaining agreement, a statewide professional educators' association equal access to employees of the school district, to the same extent... More... WA to governor 04/2005 P-12 Bargaining Unit Determination H.B. 1432 Collective Bargaining - Bargaining Unit Determination - Requires the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC), when determining bargaining units of classified school employees, to consider the avoidance of excessive fragmentation. Prohibits the PERC from ... More... WA To governor 04/2005 P-12 Classified School Employees H.B. 1432 For classified employees appropriate bargaining units existing on the effective date of this section may not be divided into more than one unit without the agreement of the public employer and the certified bargaining representative of the unit; and (b) In mak... More... DE Rule Adoption 01/2005 P-12 Professional Employee Work Stoppage or Strike 14 DAC 714 Amends regulation relating to professional employee work stoppage or strike by adding charter schools to the regulation.... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Community College Employee Bargaining Units: Salary Deductions A.B. 310 Requires the governing board of a school district and the governing board of a community college district that collect or deduct dues, agency fees, fair share fees, or any other fee or amount of money from an employee's salary for the purpose of transmitting t... More... CA Signed into law 08/2003 Postsec. Higher Education Labor Relations A.B. 1230 Provides the circumstances under which the Public Employment Relations Board is authorized to conduct a representation election. Requires, if an employee organization provides proof of support of more than 50% of the members of the appropriate bargaining unit ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 Postsec. Educational Labor Relations Act S.B. 1360 Amends the Labor Relations Act to restore a provision that provides the sole appropriate bargaining unit for academic faculty at the University of Illinois will be a unit comprised of non-supervisory academic faculty employed more than half-time and that inclu... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Employee Representative Organizations H.B. 3396 Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act and the Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that the respective Boards shall designate a collective bargaining representative, ascertain the employees' choice of employee organization in the case of a disput... More... CA Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Confidential Employees and Employee Organizations S.B. 253 Revises the definition of confidential employee to mean any employee who is required to develop or present management positions with respect to confidential information that is used to contribute significantly to the development of management positions. Delete... More... IL Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Teacher Organization Officers S.B. 230 Provides if a teacher is elected to serve as an officer of a state or national teacher organization that represents teachers in collective bargaining negotiations, then the school board shall grant the teacher a leave of absence of up to 6 years or the period ... More... AK Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 School Employee Strikes S.B. 95 Relates to strikes by employees of a municipal school district, a regional educational attendance area or a state boarding school; requires notice of at least 72 hours of a strike by those employees. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?session=23&b... More... DE Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Collective Bargaining Agreements and Schools H.B. 1 Requires that collective bargaining agreements between public school employers and employees include binding arbitration provisions; limits the matters which may be processed through binding arbitration; provides for a panel of arbitrators consisting of retire... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Collective Negotiation Procedures A.B. 3419 Provides collective negotiation procedures for school employee contracts, prohibits imposition of such contracts.... More... NV Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Teaching Quality Components S.B. 1 (Omnibus Bill) Revises provisions governing the qualifications required of certain teachers in core academic content areas, and for paraprofessionals in Title I Schools, as required for compliance with the federal No Child Left Behind Act. A new middle school license is aut... More... NM Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Public Employee Bargaining Act 10-7E-1 Reestablishes collective bargaining in New Mexico. Covers all public employees, including teachers. Allows public employers other than the state to create a local board similar to the public employee labor relations board. Bargaining units are to be establi... More... IA Vetoed 05/2003 P-12 Automatic Salary Deduction to Pay Professional Organization Membership Fees S.F. 173 Authorizes school districts, upon a teacher or administrator's written request, to deduct a specified amount from the teacher or administrator's salary to pay fees for membership in not-for-profit professional education associations. Requires that if a written... More... MD Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Bargaining Representation for Baltimore Paraprofessionals and Administrators H.B. 778 Includes supervisory noncertificated employees in the definition of public school employee as it applies to provisions that relate to organizations of employees in Baltimore County. States that of three permitted organizations in Baltimore County to be exclus... More... HI Vetoed 04/2003 P-12 Substitute Teacher Collective Bargaining Units S.B. 1426 Creates a collective bargaining unit for substitute teachers of the Department of Education, including part-time employees working less than one- half of a full-time equivalent. Allows the members of bargaining unit (14) to strike. Prohibits bargaining over wa... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Procedures to the Grievance Law S.B. 913 Amends Arkansas Code to provide for procedures to the Grievance Law; provides that a group of school employees who have the same grievance may file a group grievance; defines grievance to be a concern relating to personnel policy, salary, federal or state laws... More... MN Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Provisions of Collective Bargaining Agreements S.F. 293 Specifies that any provision of a collective bargaining agreement or compensation plan in the section and that provides a benefit based on a person's status as a domestic partner of a state employee is not ratified and must not be implemented. Adds that if a ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 School Personnel S.B. 154 (Omnibus Bill) Section 53A-3-411 prohibits local boards from entering into a collective bargaining agreement that prohibits or limits individual contracts of employment. (Contract terms were already limited to no more than five years.) Defines alternative certification to ... More... IL Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Chicago Educational Labor Relations S.B. 19 Provides that amendatory Act may be referred to as the Chicago Education Reform Act of 2003. Amends requirements for Chicago area charter schools. Amends the School Code and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Requires the Chicago Board of Education ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Decisions and Appeals of Teacher Grievances H.B. 1790 Relates to timelines for decisions and appeals of teacher grievances; clarifies that a school board has a specified amount of time to initiate another hearing after receipt of a fact-finding panel's decision, determine grievability after the following of a gri... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Matters Which May and May Not Be Negotiated S.B. 233 Alters the matters which may be negotiated by a public school employer or its designated representatives and certain employee organizations; prohibits a public school employer from negotiating certain matters; providing that certain matters may not be raised i... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 Postsec. Education Code Re-Write: Rights of Student Representatives S.B. 20E According to legislative summary, "The bill eliminates from current law the collective bargaining limitation on awarding equivalent teaching service." Eliminates requirement that student representative be present at all collective bargaining negotiations. Elim... More... TN Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 05/2002 P-12 Professional Negotiations Act S.B. 467 Amends the Professional Negotiations Act. The "terms and conditions of professional service" or "working conditions" of professional employees are those fundamental matters that affect a professional employee financially or the employee's employment relations... More... TN Became law without governor's signature 04/2002 P-12 Education Professional Negotiations Act S.B. 467, H.B. 1913 Amends the Education Professional Negotiations Act to define working conditions of professional employees and allows a liberal interpretation of the term unless the proposed area of bargaining impinges so indirectly upon matters of employment as to require the... More... WA Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Collective Bargaining H.B. 2403 Provides for collective bargaining at four-year institutions of higher education by establishing a uniform structure for recognizing the right of faculty of the public four-year institutions of higher education to engage in collective bargaining as provided, i... More... WA Signed into law 03/2002 Postsec. Extends Collective Bargaining H.B. 2540 Relates to collective bargaining for University of Washington employees who are enrolled in academic programs; permits certain categories of predoctoral instructors, lecturers and teaching assistants to participate in collective bargaining.... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 06/2001 Postsec. Classified Employee Negotiations H.B. 5188 (Joint Resolution) Extends the reporting date of the special legislative commission to study the feasibility of allowing unionized classified employees at all higher education institutions to be able to negotiate directly with Rhode Island Board of Governors f... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Collective Bargaining S.B. 165 In section allowing local board flexibility, deletes language stating the section does not apply to collective bargaining. Deletes language stating that exclusive representative of certified district employees may bargain collectively only on matters pertainin... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Collective Bargaining at Higher Education Institutions S.B. 207 Expands collective bargaining to specified employees of certain institutions of higher education; requires those institutions to designate bargaining representatives; identifies bargaining units in those institutions.... More... MS Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Mechanism & Standards for Nonrenewal of Licensed School Employees H.B. 527 Education Employment Procedures Law of 2001. It is the intent of the legislature to provide for accountability in the teaching profession and to provide for the nonrenewal of licensed education employees in a timely, cost-efficient and fair manner, to provide ... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Retaining Copies of the Collective Bargaining Agreements S.B. 76 Requires school district boards of education to provide copies of all collective bargaining agreements to the State Board of Education the largest public library in the school district; requires the placement of a copy on the district's website and in the dist... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Teachers Joining Bargaining Units S.B. 1960 Requires public school employees who are in a bargaining unit for which an exclusive representative has been selected to be required, as a condition of continued employment, either to join the recognized employee organization or to pay the organization a fair ... More... CA Vetoed 08/2000 P-12 Community College Notice of Layoffs to School Employees A.B. 2578 Requires classified employees of school districts and community college districts, whose positions must be eliminated as a result of the expiration of a specially funded program and are subject to layoff for lack of funds, to be given written notice not less t... More... RI Became law without governor's signature 07/2000 P-12 Postsec. Special Legislative Commission H.B. 6968 (Joint Resolution); Extends the reporting date of the special legislative commission to study the feasibility of allowing unionized classified employees at all higher education institutions to be able to negotiate directly with Rhode Island Board of Governors.... More... CT Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Wage Payment Schedules H.B. 5157 Allows local and regional boards of education and unions to agree to wage payment schedules that differ from the statutory requirement that all wages be fully paid within 8 days of the end of the preceding pay period.... More... WA Signed into law 03/2000 Postsec. Higher Education Collective Bargaining H.B. 2722 Excludes exempt positions from bargaining units of employees of institutions of higher education.... More...