2014 – S 2246 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 04/09/14
A N A C T
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- CERTIFIED SCHOOL TEACHERS' ARBITRATION
Introduced By: Senators Satchell, Ruggerio, Pearson, McCaffrey, and Archambault
Date Introduced: January 30, 2014
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 28-9.3-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-9.3 entitled "Certified School Teachers' Arbitration" is hereby amended to read as follows:
28-9.3-4. Obligation to bargain. -- It shall be
the obligation of the school committee to meet and confer in good faith with
the representative or representatives of the negotiating or bargaining agent
within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice from the agent of the
request for a meeting for negotiating or collective bargaining purposes. This
obligation includes the duty to cause any agreement resulting from negotiations
or bargaining to be reduced to a written contract; provided, that no contract
shall exceed the term of three (3) years unless a budget commission or a
receiver has been appointed for a municipality pursuant to chapter 45-9, 9 of title 45 or
if a municipality has a locally administered pension plan in "critical
status", and is required to submit a funding improvement plan
pursuant to § 45-65-6(2), in which
either case the contract shall not
exceed the term of five (5) years. An unfair labor practice charge may be
complained of by either the bargaining agent or the school committee to the
state labor relations board which shall deal with the complaint in the manner
provided in chapter 7 of this title.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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