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ID S1039
Bill
Status
1/30/2013
Primary Sponsor
Education Committee
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AI Summary
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School district boards of trustees must negotiate in good faith with local education organizations, defined as "honesty, fairness and lawfulness of purpose with the absence of any intent to defraud, act maliciously or take unfair advantage."
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Local education organizations must represent 50% plus one of professional employees and establish this representative status annually before negotiations commence.
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Local education organizations serve as exclusive representatives for all professional employees in the district, and negotiations shall only occur between designated representatives of each party.
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Joint ratification of final settlement offers must occur in open meetings with each party providing written evidence confirming majority ratification has occurred.
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Mediation procedures and compensation are to be determined by both parties, and if requested, mediation must be completed prior to the deadline identified in Idaho Code section 33-1274A.
Legislative Description
Amends existing law relating to education to revise language relating to entering into a negotiation agreement, to provide for negotiations in good faith, to revise provisions relating to a request for negotiations, to revise provisions relating to ratification; and to provide for additional revisions relating to negotiations and mediation.
EDUCATION
Last Action
Reported Printed; referred to Education
1/31/2013