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Providing for notice to newly employed teachers that employee organization membership is not required
Topics:K–12 educationJobs & workers
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 17, 2024
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Before a school district hires a new teacher, they must give that teacher a written notice explaining that joining a teacher's union is not required. This notice must also include a list of the different employee organizations available in that district. Teacher organizations can ask to be added to this list by sending a written request to the school district.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires a school district to provide a teacher with written notice that the teacher is not required to become a member of an employee organization. The school district shall provide the notice prior to entering into an initial employment contract with the teacher. The notice shall include a list of employee organizations that represent teachers in the school district. The bill authorizes an employee organization that represents one or more teachers in a school district to notify the school district in writing that the employee organization seeks to be included on the list of employee organizations. Upon receiving such notification, the school district shall add the employee organization to the list.