STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS31245 / H0602
This legislation would prohibit public officials from allowing public funds, personnel, facilities, and other
resources from being used to support teachers unions. Specifically, it would prohibit public officials from:
• Contributing public funds to, or expending those funds on behalf of, a teachers union.
• Compensating or providing paid leave to a teacher to engage in activities on behalf of a teachers union,
unless the union reimburses the district for the value of the teacher’s time.
• Increasing a teacher’s pay when that increase is intended to pay teacher union dues.
• Granting a teachers union greater access to or use of the school district’s meetings, events, facilities,
communications systems, computer systems, equipment, supplies, or other resources on terms more
favorable than extended to any other teachers union or nonprofit organization.
• Providing more of a teacher’s personal information to a union than would be disclosable under the Public
Records Act, unless the teacher authorizes the disclosure.
• Requiring teachers to meet or interact with a teachers union if they do not wish to do so.
• Distributing communications or membership solicitations on behalf of a teachers union.
FISCAL NOTE
This legislation does not require the expenditure of any state funds and does not create, repeal, or amend any
state taxes or fees. Consequently, it would have no fiscal impact on the General Fund or any other state fund.
Other than school districts, this legislation does not affect and would have no fiscal impact on any political
subdivision of the state. The legislation imposes no new obligations or duties on school districts and would
not have negative fiscal impacts on school district budgets. To the contrary, the legislation prohibits public
officials from allowing school district funds, personnel, facilities, and other resources from being used to support
teachers unions and, depending on the outcome of district-by-district collective bargaining negotiations with
local teachers unions, may result in some districts experiencing a modest but indeterminate revenue increase
as unions start reimbursing the district for any time teachers spend on union business.
Contact:
Senator Ben Toews
(208) 332-1000
Representative Sage Dixon
(208) 332-1000
Representative Dale Hawkins
(208) 332-1000
DISCLAIMER: This statement of purpose and fiscal note are a mere attachment to this bill and prepared by a proponent
of the bill. It is neither intended as an expression of legislative intent nor intended for any use outside of the legislative
process, including judicial review (Joint Rule 18).
Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Note Bill SOP/FN INTRODUCED: 02/20/2024, 7:51 AM


Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 74-402, 74-403, 74-406, 33-513, 33-1271, 33-1272, 33-1275