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§ 1981. Definitions

As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Administrator" means any person so licensed by the Vermont standards board for professional educators, the majority of whose employed time in a school or a school district is devoted to serving as superintendent, assistant superintendent, assistant to the superintendent, supervisor, principal, or assistant principal.

(2) "Professional negotiations" means the meeting, conferring, consulting, discussing, and negotiating in good faith between a school board negotiations council and a teachers' organization negotiations council or an administrators' organization negotiations council to reach agreement.

(3) "School board" means the board of school directors of a school district or its equivalent in any independent elementary or secondary school.

(4) "School district" means any public school district or any independent elementary or secondary school within the state which directly or indirectly receives support from public funds.

(5) "Teacher" means any person licensed employable as a teacher by the Vermont standards board for professional educators who is not an administrator as herein defined.

(6) A "teachers' organization" or an "administrators' organization" means an organization, committee, council, group, or separate unit thereof in which teachers or administrators participate and which exists, in whole or in part, for the purpose of professional negotiation.

(7) "Agency fee" means a fee for representation in collective bargaining, not exceeding teachers' or administrators' organization dues, payable to the organization which is the exclusive bargaining agent for teachers or administrators in a bargaining unit, from individuals who are not members of the organization.

(8) "School board negotiations council" means, for a supervisory district, its school board, and, for school districts within a supervisory union, the body comprising representatives designated by each school board within the supervisory union to engage in professional negotiations with a teachers' or administrators' organization.

(A) School districts within a supervisory union that has more than one public high school, however, may form separate negotiations councils, each consisting of representatives, as appropriate, designated by:

(i) Each school district providing kindergarten through grade 12 within the supervisory union; or

(ii) The school board for a high school within the supervisory union and the board of each elementary school, if any, that sends its students to the high school.

(B) A school district, however, may form a separate negotiations council if it:

(i) Maintains a school but does not offer grades 9 through 12;

(ii) Is not a member of a union high school district; and

(iii) Is in a supervisory union that includes a district providing kindergarten through grade 12.

(9) "Teachers' organization negotiations council" or "administrators' organization negotiations council" means the body comprising representatives designated by each teachers' organization or administrators' organization within a supervisory district or supervisory union to act as its representative for professional negotiations.

(A) Teachers' or administrators' organizations within a supervisory union that has more than one public high school, however, may form separate negotiations councils, each consisting of representatives designated by the teachers' or administrators' organization, as appropriate, of:

(i) Each school district providing kindergarten through grade 12 within the supervisory union; or

(ii) A high school within the supervisory union and of each elementary school, if any, that sends its students to the high school.

(B) A teachers' or administrators' organization, however, may form a separate negotiations council if it is within a school district that:

(i) Maintains a school but does not offer grades 9 through 12;

(ii) Is not a member of a union high school district; and

(iii) Is in a supervisory union that includes a district providing kindergarten through grade 12. (Added 1969, No. 127, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1969; amended 1989, No. 118, § 3; 1991, No. 24, § 11; 2005, No. 25, § 1; 2005, No. 214 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; eff. July 1, 2007; 2007, No. 82, § 29.)

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Statutes > Vermont > Title-16 > Chapter-57 > 1981

§ 1981. Definitions

As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Administrator" means any person so licensed by the Vermont standards board for professional educators, the majority of whose employed time in a school or a school district is devoted to serving as superintendent, assistant superintendent, assistant to the superintendent, supervisor, principal, or assistant principal.

(2) "Professional negotiations" means the meeting, conferring, consulting, discussing, and negotiating in good faith between a school board negotiations council and a teachers' organization negotiations council or an administrators' organization negotiations council to reach agreement.

(3) "School board" means the board of school directors of a school district or its equivalent in any independent elementary or secondary school.

(4) "School district" means any public school district or any independent elementary or secondary school within the state which directly or indirectly receives support from public funds.

(5) "Teacher" means any person licensed employable as a teacher by the Vermont standards board for professional educators who is not an administrator as herein defined.

(6) A "teachers' organization" or an "administrators' organization" means an organization, committee, council, group, or separate unit thereof in which teachers or administrators participate and which exists, in whole or in part, for the purpose of professional negotiation.

(7) "Agency fee" means a fee for representation in collective bargaining, not exceeding teachers' or administrators' organization dues, payable to the organization which is the exclusive bargaining agent for teachers or administrators in a bargaining unit, from individuals who are not members of the organization.

(8) "School board negotiations council" means, for a supervisory district, its school board, and, for school districts within a supervisory union, the body comprising representatives designated by each school board within the supervisory union to engage in professional negotiations with a teachers' or administrators' organization.

(A) School districts within a supervisory union that has more than one public high school, however, may form separate negotiations councils, each consisting of representatives, as appropriate, designated by:

(i) Each school district providing kindergarten through grade 12 within the supervisory union; or

(ii) The school board for a high school within the supervisory union and the board of each elementary school, if any, that sends its students to the high school.

(B) A school district, however, may form a separate negotiations council if it:

(i) Maintains a school but does not offer grades 9 through 12;

(ii) Is not a member of a union high school district; and

(iii) Is in a supervisory union that includes a district providing kindergarten through grade 12.

(9) "Teachers' organization negotiations council" or "administrators' organization negotiations council" means the body comprising representatives designated by each teachers' organization or administrators' organization within a supervisory district or supervisory union to act as its representative for professional negotiations.

(A) Teachers' or administrators' organizations within a supervisory union that has more than one public high school, however, may form separate negotiations councils, each consisting of representatives designated by the teachers' or administrators' organization, as appropriate, of:

(i) Each school district providing kindergarten through grade 12 within the supervisory union; or

(ii) A high school within the supervisory union and of each elementary school, if any, that sends its students to the high school.

(B) A teachers' or administrators' organization, however, may form a separate negotiations council if it is within a school district that:

(i) Maintains a school but does not offer grades 9 through 12;

(ii) Is not a member of a union high school district; and

(iii) Is in a supervisory union that includes a district providing kindergarten through grade 12. (Added 1969, No. 127, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1969; amended 1989, No. 118, § 3; 1991, No. 24, § 11; 2005, No. 25, § 1; 2005, No. 214 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; eff. July 1, 2007; 2007, No. 82, § 29.)


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§ 1981. Definitions

As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Administrator" means any person so licensed by the Vermont standards board for professional educators, the majority of whose employed time in a school or a school district is devoted to serving as superintendent, assistant superintendent, assistant to the superintendent, supervisor, principal, or assistant principal.

(2) "Professional negotiations" means the meeting, conferring, consulting, discussing, and negotiating in good faith between a school board negotiations council and a teachers' organization negotiations council or an administrators' organization negotiations council to reach agreement.

(3) "School board" means the board of school directors of a school district or its equivalent in any independent elementary or secondary school.

(4) "School district" means any public school district or any independent elementary or secondary school within the state which directly or indirectly receives support from public funds.

(5) "Teacher" means any person licensed employable as a teacher by the Vermont standards board for professional educators who is not an administrator as herein defined.

(6) A "teachers' organization" or an "administrators' organization" means an organization, committee, council, group, or separate unit thereof in which teachers or administrators participate and which exists, in whole or in part, for the purpose of professional negotiation.

(7) "Agency fee" means a fee for representation in collective bargaining, not exceeding teachers' or administrators' organization dues, payable to the organization which is the exclusive bargaining agent for teachers or administrators in a bargaining unit, from individuals who are not members of the organization.

(8) "School board negotiations council" means, for a supervisory district, its school board, and, for school districts within a supervisory union, the body comprising representatives designated by each school board within the supervisory union to engage in professional negotiations with a teachers' or administrators' organization.

(A) School districts within a supervisory union that has more than one public high school, however, may form separate negotiations councils, each consisting of representatives, as appropriate, designated by:

(i) Each school district providing kindergarten through grade 12 within the supervisory union; or

(ii) The school board for a high school within the supervisory union and the board of each elementary school, if any, that sends its students to the high school.

(B) A school district, however, may form a separate negotiations council if it:

(i) Maintains a school but does not offer grades 9 through 12;

(ii) Is not a member of a union high school district; and

(iii) Is in a supervisory union that includes a district providing kindergarten through grade 12.

(9) "Teachers' organization negotiations council" or "administrators' organization negotiations council" means the body comprising representatives designated by each teachers' organization or administrators' organization within a supervisory district or supervisory union to act as its representative for professional negotiations.

(A) Teachers' or administrators' organizations within a supervisory union that has more than one public high school, however, may form separate negotiations councils, each consisting of representatives designated by the teachers' or administrators' organization, as appropriate, of:

(i) Each school district providing kindergarten through grade 12 within the supervisory union; or

(ii) A high school within the supervisory union and of each elementary school, if any, that sends its students to the high school.

(B) A teachers' or administrators' organization, however, may form a separate negotiations council if it is within a school district that:

(i) Maintains a school but does not offer grades 9 through 12;

(ii) Is not a member of a union high school district; and

(iii) Is in a supervisory union that includes a district providing kindergarten through grade 12. (Added 1969, No. 127, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1969; amended 1989, No. 118, § 3; 1991, No. 24, § 11; 2005, No. 25, § 1; 2005, No. 214 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; eff. July 1, 2007; 2007, No. 82, § 29.)


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