2005 Vermont Code - § 1981. — Definitions

§ 1981. Definitions

As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise:

Subdivision (1) effective until July 1, 2007; see also subdivision (1) set out below.

(1) "Administrator" means any person so licensed by the state board of education the majority of whose employed time in a school or a school district is devoted to serving as superintendent, assistant superintendent, assistant to the superintendent, supervisor, principal, or assistant principal.

Subdivision (1) effective July 1, 2007; see also subdivision (1) set out above.

(1) "Administrator" means any person so licensed by the Vermont standards board for professional educators, the majority of whose employed time in a school or a school district is devoted to serving as superintendent, assistant superintendent, assistant to the superintendent, supervisor, principal, or assistant principal.

(2) "Professional negotiations" means the meeting, conferring, consulting, discussing, and negotiating in good faith between a school board and a teachers' organization or an administrators' organization to reach agreement.

(3) "School board" means the board of school directors of a school district or its equivalent in any independent elementary or secondary school.

(4) "School district" means any public school district or any independent elementary or secondary school within the state which directly or indirectly receives support from public funds.

Subdivision (5) effective until July 1, 2007; see also subdivision (5) set out below.

(5) "Teacher" means any person licensed employable as a teacher by the state board of education who is not an administrator as herein defined.

Subdivision (5) effective July 1, 2007; see also subdivision (5) set out above.

(5) "Teacher" means any person licensed employable as a teacher by the Vermont standards board for professional educators who is not an administrator as herein defined.

(6) A "teachers' organization" or an "administrators' organization" means an organization, committee, council, group or separate unit thereof in which teachers or administrators participate and which exists, in whole or in part, for the purpose of professional negotiation.

(7) "Agency fee" means a fee for representation in collective bargaining, not exceeding teachers' or administrators' organization dues, payable to the organization which is the exclusive bargaining agent for teachers or administrators in a bargaining unit, from individuals who are not members of the organization. (Added 1969, No. 127, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1969; amended 1989, No. 118, § 3; 1991, No. 24, § 11; 2005, No. 25, § 1; 2005, No. 214 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; eff. July 1, 2007.)