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…

This report analyzes the methods used by selected school districts to protect teachers from arbitrary transfer and provide them the opportunity to be considered for promotion. Following a presentation of sample negotiation agreements, the report observes that, in most cases, promotion determination remains with management completely, and that…

This publication is intended to help school management personnel become more familiar with the nature of and the means for resolving negotiations impasses. Aspects of mediation and arbitration are discussed, and basic negotiating techniques that help school boards win arbitration cases are presented. Also provided are a sample arbitration case…

This book (Volume I of a 2-volume report) gives the current policies and texts of legislation proposed by the National Education Association, American Federation of Teachers, National Congress of Parents and Teachers, and the Education Commission of the States. Because of its probable influence on practice and legislation in other public…

A board cannot abrogate its responsibility to decide nor can it delegate that responsibility to others. And a board should not surrender its authority. (Author)

In an attempt to gain control of education, teacher associations reduce complex educational issues to popular slogans and enobled watchwords that tend to complicate the negotiations process. The process has, however, the potential to make the organization more functional and humane. (Author/IRT)

Analysis of New York's school decentralization law indicates that in the areas of curriculum, budget, personnel, and collective bargaining, central policies and administrative action have frustrated effective local controls. (Author/JF)

Clarifies the history of efforts to decentralize schools in New York City. (JF)

The National Labor Relations Board and the Federal courts have interpreted the good faith requirement under the Labor Management Relations Act to mean that it is not necessary to make concessions, offer counterproposals to every demand, or review the reasonableness of negotiated terms. Thus, legislation requiring school boards to negotiate in good…

Relates certain structural characteristics of the collective negotiations process to the occurrence of impasses and to the successful completion of negotiations. (Author)

Outlines circumstances under which it would be advantageous for a school board to initiate an unfair labor practice suit against the teachers' union. (IRT)

Discusses instances in which it is contended that boards of education have bargained away some of their policy-making rights and public reaction to these instances. (IRT)

Tactics teachers can use to disrupt the board during collective bargaining. (IRT)

Features researchers reviewed by the AASA Advisory Committee on Higher Education Relationships and selected to present research findings at the 1989 AASA convention. Iris McGinnis won the Research Award in the graduate student research category for work on school board participation in contract bargaining. Two other commendation awards are…

Golden rules for negotiating a good labor contract are directed at two groups: the negotiating team and the school board. (MLF)