Existing law authorizes a local government employer, which includes a school district, to enter into a collective bargaining agreement with an employee organization and requires the employer to negotiate in good faith concerning certain subjects, including policies for the transfer and reassignment of teachers and procedures for a reduction in workforce. (NRS 288.060, 288.150, 388G.610) Section 2 of this bill adds policies for the transfer and reassignment of employees of a school district who are not teachers to the mandatory scope of collective bargaining for a local government employer. Section 2 provides that the mandatory scope of collective bargaining with respect to policies for the transfer and reassignment of employees of a school district includes policies for the transfer and reassignment of employees of a large school district: (1) during or in response to a reduction in workforce; or (2) in a surplus situation, which is defined as an event that occurs when the services of one or more employees are no longer needed at their current worksite on a temporary or permanent basis due to certain circumstances. Existing law requires the superintendent of a large school district to transfer to each local school precinct the authority to select the teachers, administrators other than the principal and other staff that work under the direct supervision of the principal of the local school precinct, but provides that the large school district remains responsible for negotiating the salaries, benefits and other conditions of employment of administrators, teachers and other staff necessary for the operation of the local school precinct. (NRS 388G.610) Section 1 of this bill provides that, despite the transfer of certain authority to carry out responsibilities to a local school precinct, a large school district remains responsible for negotiating the policies for the transfer and reassignment of employees of the school district, including policies that provide placement rights to employees affected by surplus situations and during or in response to a reduction in workforce.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 388G.610, 288.150
As Enrolled: 388G.610, 288.150
BDR: 388G.610, 288.150