ERIC Number: EJ1338221
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Jun
Pages: 36
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
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Public School Teacher Contracts and State-Level Reforms: Assessing Changes to Collective Bargaining Restrictiveness across Three States
Strunk, Katharine O.; Cowen, Joshua; Goldhaber, Dan; Marianno, Bradley D.; Theobald, Roddy; Kilbride, Tara
American Educational Research Journal, v59 n3 p538-573 Jun 2022
In many school districts, the policies that regulate teaching personnel are governed by collective bargaining agreements (CBAs). While there is significant policy attention that has affected the scope of these agreements, there is relatively little research on how CBAs vary over time, or whether they change in response to states' legislative reforms. Using a panel data set of over 1,200 CBAs across three states, we compare CBA change before and after reforms in two states (Michigan and Washington) relative to a state with no statutory changes (California). We show that the state policy reforms lessened the restrictiveness of CBAs, as intended. The results suggest when reforms limit bargaining negotiations, unions are unable to compensate for the substantial reductions in working conditions.
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Contracts, Educational Change, Collective Bargaining, State Legislation, State Policy, Teaching Conditions, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Michigan; Washington; California
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