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IN SB0366
Bill
Status
1/4/2018
Primary Sponsor
Eddie Melton
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AI Summary
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Allows school corporations to provide unequal salary increases or increments to teachers even when using the same combination of weighted factors in compensation plans.
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Makes teacher working hours subject to collective bargaining between school employers and exclusive representatives of certificated employees.
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Requires school employers to discuss working conditions and student learning with the exclusive representative of certificated employees.
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Removes teacher evaluation results from the required factors for determining teacher salary increases or increments, though evaluations remain relevant for other employment decisions.
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Redefines "deficit financing" to mean expenditures exceeding money legally available to the employer, excluding transfers from the operations fund to the education fund.
Legislative Description
Collective bargaining. Provides that increases or increments in a local teacher salary range are not required to be equal for all teachers even if the salary increases or increments are based on the same combination of weighted factors. Provides that teacher working hours are subject to collective bargaining. Provides that an employer is required to discuss: (1) working conditions; and (2) student learning; with the exclusive representative of certificated employees. Removes teacher evaluations from the list of items that are required to be considered to determine teacher salary increases or increments. Makes changes to the term "deficit financing" for purposes
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
1/4/2018