SF 1581

Introduction - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010)

Posted on 02/09/2010 02:22 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to education; disallowing salary increases for teachers after contract
expiration; repealing contract deadline and penalty; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2008, section 179A.20, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes
2008, section 123B.05.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 179A.20, subdivision 3, is amended to
read:

Subd. 3.

Duration.

The duration of the contract is negotiable but shall not exceed
three years. Any contract between a school board and an exclusive representative of
teachers shall be for a term of two years, beginning on July 1 of each odd-numbered
year. A contract between a school board and an exclusive representative of teachers shall
contain the teachers' compensation including fringe benefits for the entire two-year term
and shall not contain a wage reopening clause or any other provision for the renegotiation
of the teachers' compensation. new text begin A contract between a school board and an exclusive
representative of teachers may not contain any clause that increases the compensation,
including fringe benefits, of any teacher that occurs after the two-year term of the contract.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin REPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 123B.05, new text end new text begin is repealed.
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