HB505 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jim Patterson

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Educators' associations, equal access to public school districts and their employees required, equal access to public institutions of higher learning and their employees, required

Summary

HB505 would require public schools and public colleges to give all professional educators' associations the same access to staff and students, and to allow payroll deductions for any such association the employee belongs to.

What This Bill Does

If enacted, the bill would require each public school district and each public college or university to grant all professional educators' associations the same level of access to employees. It would also require institutions with teacher education programs to provide the same access to students in those programs. Additionally, if a district or institution deducts union dues from an employee's pay for one association, it must allow similar payroll deductions for membership in any other association the employee belongs to. Access options include informational tables, speaking at meetings, distributing information, using meeting rooms, representing employees in employment matters, and posting information.

Who It Affects

• Public school districts and their employees: must grant equal access to all professional educators' associations for staff interactions and activities.
• Public two-year or four-year colleges and universities (including those with teacher education programs) and their employees and students: must grant equal access to all professional educators' associations for staff and for students in teacher education programs; payroll deduction rules apply to all associations the employee belongs to.

Key Provisions

• No association may have more or less access to district or institutional employees than any other association.
• No association may have more or less access to students in a teacher education program than any other association.
• If payroll deductions are allowed for one association, they must be allowed for all associations the employee belongs to.
• Access includes: informational tables, speaking at meetings, distributing information via mail or email, using meeting rooms outside working hours, representing employees in employment matters, and posting information.
• Effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (becomes law as indicated).

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Subjects

Education