Bill Text: OR SB776 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to school district collective bargaining.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB776 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB776-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 2830

                         Senate Bill 776

Sponsored by Senator THOMSEN, Representative JOHNSON

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to
establish schedule of salary and benefits to be used by school
district when conducting collective bargaining with employees of
school district. Requires collective bargaining agreement to
incorporate schedule.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to school district collective bargaining; creating new
  provisions; and amending section 10, chapter 519, Oregon Laws
  2011.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2013 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 243.650 to 243.782. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) As used in this section:
  (a) 'Employees' means employees of school districts in this
state, except individuals classified as superintendents or
administrators.
  (b) 'School district' means a common school district, a union
high school district or an education service district.
  (c) 'The Willamette Valley' means Clackamas, Linn, Marion,
Multnomah, Polk, Washington and Yamhill Counties and the portion
of Benton and Lane Counties lying east of the summit of the Coast
Range.
  (2) By July 1 of each year, the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services, in consultation with the Oregon
Education Investment Board, shall establish a schedule of salary
and benefits to be used by a school district when conducting
collective bargaining with the employees of the school district.
The department shall identify by rule the benefits that must be
included in the schedule.
  (3) The schedule established as required by subsection (2) of
this section shall:
  (a) Provide regional differences in salary and benefits based
primarily on differences in the cost of living in the following
regions:
  (A) The Willamette Valley;
  (B) The Oregon coast and southern Oregon;
  (C) Central Oregon; and
  (D) Eastern Oregon; and
  (b) Provide equity in compensation among employees, with
consideration given for experience and expertise.
  (4) A collective bargaining agreement entered into by a school
district and the employees of the school district must
incorporate the schedule established as required by subsection
(2) of this section. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Section 2 of this 2013 Act applies to
collective bargaining agreements between a school district and
the employees of the school district that are entered into,
renewed or extended on or after July 1, 2014. + }
  SECTION 4. Section 2 of this 2013 Act is amended to read:
   { +  Sec. 2. + } (1) As used in this section:
  (a) 'Employees' means employees of school districts in this
state, except individuals classified as superintendents or
administrators.
  (b) 'School district' means a common school district, a union
high school district or an education service district.
  (c) 'The Willamette Valley' means Clackamas, Linn, Marion,
Multnomah, Polk, Washington and Yamhill Counties and the portion
of Benton and Lane Counties lying east of the summit of the Coast
Range.
  (2) By July 1 of each year, the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services, in consultation with the   { - Oregon
Education Investment Board - }  { +  State Board of
Education + }, shall establish a schedule of salary and benefits
to be used by a school district when conducting collective
bargaining with the employees of the school district. The
department shall identify by rule the benefits that must be
included in the schedule.
  (3) The schedule established as required by subsection (2) of
this section shall:
  (a) Provide regional differences in salary and benefits based
primarily on differences in the cost of living in the following
regions:
  (A) The Willamette Valley;
  (B) The Oregon coast and southern Oregon;
  (C) Central Oregon; and
  (D) Eastern Oregon; and
  (b) Provide equity in compensation among employees, with
consideration given for experience and expertise.
  (4) A collective bargaining agreement entered into by a school
district and the employees of the school district must
incorporate the schedule established as required by subsection
(2) of this section.
  SECTION 5. Section 10, chapter 519, Oregon Laws 2011, as
amended by section 1, chapter 37, Oregon Laws 2012, is amended to
read:
   { +  Sec. 10. + }  { + (1) + } Sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7,
chapter 519, Oregon Laws 2011, are repealed on March 15, 2016.
   { +  (2) The amendments to section 2 of this 2013 Act by
section 4 of this 2013 Act become operative on March 15,
2016. + }
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