Looks at the usefulness of certain procedures and the significance of certain factors that can minimize the time required to reach an agreement between boards and teachers. (Author/IRT)

The literature on collective bargaining in public education typically argues whether such bargaining is good public policy or bad, sound or unsound, and so forth. No studies to date have measured the actual impact of differing kinds of collective bargaining legislation on local school boards' decisionmaking powers. This study examined whether two…

The role of the school board and strategies for collective bargaining are described in this guide. Section 1 describes the development of a board philosophy, including techniques and imperatives for the collective bargaining table. The second section examines the school board role in negotiations, with a focus on its role in labor relations and…

Surveys of Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin school board members indicate significant impact of state collective bargaining legislation on perceived ability of board members to perform legislatively prescribed duties. (Author/JBM)

Three labor relations specialists present their views of the collective negotiation process in public education, based largely on their collective experience with educational negotiations in the State of Michigan. The first chapter, prepared by Charles T. Schmidt, Jr., is an overview of collective negotiations in education and includes a general…

As an aid to New Jersey school board members, administrators, and attorneys without extensive labor law training, this revised edition of a handbook on the New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act sets out school boards' basic obligations and rights under the law in light of changes brought about by recent agency and court cases. Its six…

Examination of arbitration decisions in Wisconsin teacher wage disputes, 1977-86, found that wage increases agreed to earlier by comparable school districts had a substantial impact on the arbitrators' decisions. (SK)

Information is presented that is designed to help school board members and public school administrators successfully carry out collective negotiations with teacher organizations. The following topics are discussed: (1) Comparison of private and public collective bargaining, (2) essential ingredients of collective negotiations agreements, (3)…

The purpose of this handbook is to give both new and veteran California school board members a guide to the process of collective bargaining. In general, the board's role in collective bargaining is defined as including developing goals, selecting the board's representative, developing parameters, maintaining communications with the public,…

The board of education's role is to formulate policy, not to administer it. The process of deciding grievance cases is plainly policy administration. (Author/IRT)

Examines the use of final-offer arbitration in public sector collective bargaining in five states. (PKP)

Since collective bargaining in public education is here to stay, boards of education should learn to accept it for what it is--an adversary process. The author contends that striking is not a very viable weapon in the arsenal of the teachers' union because the schools will continue to operate, and public pressure against prolonged strikes and…

This paper, addressed to public school employers, discusses lessons to be learned from the Wisconsin Legislature's passage of a 1978 law known as mediation-arbitration, which allows employers and unions to agree to an alternative voluntary impasse procedure to the one set forth in the statutes. First, the paper discusses the history of the agency…

This book is a compilation of State laws that provide collective bargaining rights for public school teachers. It is intended as background information for the growing numbers of school management personnel, board members, and teacher organization leaders who must deal with one another in collective bargaining. Twenty-four States have enacted some…