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From the ECS State Policy Database 1994-2013

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The following summary includes policies ECS has tracked in this database since 1994. 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. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary 21st Century Skills Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--College Entrance Exams Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--Legal Issues Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Brain Research Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Curriculum Curriculum--Alignment Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Excusal Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--Home Economics Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Curriculum--Speech Education Data-Driven Improvement Demographics Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Aid to Private Schools Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Does Money Matter? Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Federal Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Litigation Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Performance Funding Finance--Private Giving Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues Governance Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest Governance--Mandates Governance--Regional Entities Governance--School Boards Governance--School Boards--Training Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health Health--Child Abuse Health--Mental Health Health--Nutrition Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses Health--Suicide Prevention Health--Teen Pregnancy High School High School--Advanced Placement High School--College Readiness High School--Credit Recovery High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges High School--Exit Exams High School--GED (General Education Development) High School--Graduation Requirements High School--International Baccalaureate Instructional Approaches Instructional Approaches--Constructivism Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills Instructional Approaches--Official English Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools International Benchmarking Leadership Leadership--District Superintendent Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure Middle School Minority/Diversity Issues Minority/Diversity Issues--African American Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic No Child Left Behind No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress No Child Left Behind--Assessment No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools No Child Left Behind--Finance No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers No Child Left Behind--Report Cards No Child Left Behind--School Support No Child Left Behind--Special Populations No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses P-16 or P-20 P-3 P-3 Brain Development P-3 Child Care P-3 Content Standards and Assessment P-3 Data Systems P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) P-3 Ensuring Quality P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits P-3 Family Involvement P-3 Finance P-3 Governance P-3 Grades 1-3 P-3 Health and Mental Health P-3 Kindergarten P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten P-3 Kindergarten--Full Day Kindergarten P-3 Preschool P-3 Public/Private Partnerships P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development Parent/Family Parent/Family--Parent Rights Parent/Family--Research Partnerships--University/School Postsecondary Postsecondary Accountability Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning Postsecondary Affordability Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants Postsecondary Faculty Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure Postsecondary Finance Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding Postsecondary Finance--Facilities Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures Postsecondary Governance and Structures Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies Postsecondary Institutions Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate Postsecondary Institutions--HBCUs/Minority-Serving Institutions Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent Postsecondary Online Instruction Postsecondary Participation Postsecondary Participation--Access Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics) Postsecondary Participation--Outreach Postsecondary Students Postsecondary Students--Adults Postsecondary Students--Disabled Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional Postsecondary Students--International Postsecondary Students--Low-Income Postsecondary Students--Military Postsecondary Students--Minority Postsecondary Success Postsecondary Success--Completion Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics) Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation Private Schools Privatization Privatization--Education Management Agencies (EMOs) Proficiency-Based Approaches Promising Practices Promotion/Retention Public Involvement Purposes of Public Education Reading/Literacy Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy Religion Religion--Prayer/Meditation Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution) Rural Scheduling/School Calendar Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School Scheduling/School Calendar--Week Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round School Climate/Culture School Safety School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution School Safety--Code of Conduct School Safety--Corporal Punishment School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault School Safety--Special Education School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes School/District Structure/Operations School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation School/District Structure/Operations--District Size School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries School/District Structure/Operations--Org. (K-3/K-8 etc.) School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) School/District Structure/Operations--School Size School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services School/District Structure/Operations--Staffing Ratios School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation Service-Learning Special Education Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations Special Education--Finance Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming) Special Education--Placement Special Education--Transition Special Populations--Corrections Education Special Populations--Foster Care Special Populations--Gifted and Talented Special Populations--Homeless Education Special Populations--Immigrant Education Special Populations--Migrant Education Special Populations--Military Standards Standards--Common Core State Standards Standards--Implementation State Comparisons/Statistics State Longitudinal Data Systems State Policymaking State Policymaking--Ballot Questions State Policymaking--Constitutional Clauses State Policymaking--Politics State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions STEM Student Achievement Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap Student Achievement--State Trends Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring Student Supports--Remediation Student Surveys Students Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities Students--Employment Students--Incentives Students--K-12 Exchange Students Students--Mobility Students--Records/Rights Teaching Quality Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals Teaching Quality--Preparation Teaching Quality--Professional Development Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force Teaching Quality--Teacher Attitudes Teaching Quality--Teacher Contracts (Not Tenure) Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining 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 wh... 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... 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. ... 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 p... 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... 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 payro... 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 p... 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 acce... 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 leg... 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 in... 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 ex... 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 res... 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 determ... 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 ... 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... 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 f... 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.... 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 pro... 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 wa... 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 dist... 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 ... More... OH Signed into law 03/2011 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... 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. Permit... 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 em... 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 co... 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 ... 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 e... 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) i... 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 requ... 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 schoo... 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 boar... 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) Impleme... 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... 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... 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 La... 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 ... 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 expir... 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. Establ... 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... 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 ... 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 ba... 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 fo... 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 gr... 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... 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 ... 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... 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 citie... 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... 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... 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, cover... 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, fo... 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 bienn... 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, fo... 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... 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 agreeme... 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 administr... 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 u... 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 bargain... 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, agenc... 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... 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, i... 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 Univers... 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 ... 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 b... 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 ... 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 ... 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... 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... 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 Ti... 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 administrat... 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 organi... 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 m... 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... 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... 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 sc... 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 ... 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 initia... 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... 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;... 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 employ... 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 interpretatio... 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 rig... 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... 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 classifie... 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 ... 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 b... 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 l... 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 an... 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 c... 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 exp... 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 classifi... 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 ... 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... CA Signed into law 10/1999 Postsec. Employee Organizations S.B. 645 Chapter No. 952; Relates to existing law which contains provisions relating to employer-employee relations between the State of California a... More... CA Vetoed 10/1999 P-12 A.B. 91 Expands the definition of "public school employer" or "employer" to include joint powers agencies created as an entity separate from the par... More... FL Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 A+ Plan (Part of Omnibus Bill) H.B. 751 Requires state board to adopt rules to ensure that not-for-profit, professional teacher association which offer membership to teachers, non-... More... MN Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Repeals Deadline for Settlement H.B. 2333 Repeals the January 15 deadline for settlement of teacher contracts.... More... CT Died 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 5184 Collective Bargaining and School Year/School Day Increases the amount of time students spend in school and exempts the length of the student school year from collective bargaining.... More... CT Died 06/1997 P-12 S.B. 381 Collective Bargaining Provides that the isssues of class size, preparation time, length of staff meetings and length of work day shall not be subjects of the coll... More... OH Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 56 Collective Bargaining Provisions Relates to school contracts; permits a school board to enter into administrative contracts with nonlicensed employees who are considered sup... More... AK Signed into law 05/1996 P-12 H.B. 465 Collective Bargaining Relates to employment of teachers and school administrators and to public school collective bargaining.... More... MN Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 2117 Expanding Charter School Laws, Establishing a Statewide Education Information System, Modifying Teacher Contracts and Collective Bargaining Provides for expanded charter school law; provides for school board contracting, establishes a statewide education information system, provi... More... OK Signed into law 08/1994 P-12 S.B. 664 S.B. 664 provides that no district board of education, during the 12 months following a collective bargaining agreement expiration, may redu... More... 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