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Assembly Bill A1814

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that charter school employees are entitled to same collective bargaining representation and retirement as public school employees; repealer

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2009-A1814 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5020
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2854, rpld sub 3 ¶(b-1), Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A1651

2009-A1814 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that employees of charter schools shall be entitled to be represented by the same collective bargaining unit that represents the public school employees of the school district in which the charter school is located, and shall be entitled to the same retirement system membership as such public school employees are entitled.

2009-A1814 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1814

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McENENY,
  MILLMAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the rights of  employ-
  ees of charter schools; and to repeal paragraph (b-1) of subdivision 3
  of  section  2854 of such law relating to collective bargaining repre-
  sentation of employees of charter schools

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 3 of section 2854 of
the education law, as added by chapter  4  of  the  laws  of  1998,  are
amended to read as follows:
  (b)  The school employees of a charter school [that has been converted
from an existing public school]  who  are  eligible  for  representation
under  article  fourteen  of the civil service law shall be deemed to be
included within the negotiating unit containing  like  titles  or  posi-
tions,  if  any, for the school district in which such charter school is
located and shall be subject  to  the  collective  bargaining  agreement
covering  that school district negotiating unit; provided, however, that
a majority of the members of a negotiating unit within a charter  school
may  modify,  in  writing,  a  collective  bargaining  agreement for the
purposes of employment in the charter school with the  approval  of  the
board of trustees of the charter school.
  (c)  The employees of the charter school [may] SHALL be deemed employ-
ees of the local school district for the purpose of providing retirement
benefits, including membership in the teachers'  retirement  system  and
other retirement systems open to employees of public schools. The finan-
cial  contributions for such benefits shall be the responsibility of the
charter school and the school's employees. The commissioner, in  consul-
tation  with the comptroller, shall develop regulations to implement the
provisions of this paragraph in a manner that allows charter schools  to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01398-01-9

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