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MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 3 - Salaries|Section 6-302 - Salaries of Teachers or Librarians Employed in Institutions and Vocational Rehabilitation Programs

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, an individual who is employed as a teacher, librarian, principal, director of education, or supervisor of vocational education on the staffs of the following institutions or in the following programs, or an individual who is employed as a central office director, superintendent, specialist, or coordinator of education for the following institutions or programs, shall be paid the annual salary determined under subsection (b) of this section:        (1)    Any institution that is under the jurisdiction of:            (i)    The Department of Juvenile Services;            (ii)    The Maryland Department of Health; or            (iii)    The Juvenile Services Education County Pilot Program in the Department;        (2)    Any vocational rehabilitation program operated by the State Department of Education; and        (3)    Any correctional education program operated by the Maryland Department of Labor in a facility of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.    (b)    (1)    There shall be a single, statewide institutional educator pay plan for the positions described under subsection (a) of this section. The pay plan shall be established by the Department of Budget and Management as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection.        (2)    In establishing and administering the pay plan, the Secretary of Budget and Management on an annual basis shall review the salaries of public school teachers, librarians, and administrators in the six jurisdictions with the highest number of institutional educator positions and shall recommend salaries at levels that will be adequate to recruit and retain qualified institutional educators. The pay plan shall include classifications and pay grades based on the duties, responsibilities, education, and training required. The Secretary’s recommendations shall be made by December 1 of each year for implementation on July 1 of the following fiscal year.        (3)    The Secretary of Budget and Management shall submit any recommendations to the Governor for approval.    (c)    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual in a position described under subsection (a) of this section at an institution that is under the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Services Education County Pilot Program in the Department may be employed or contracted to provide education services for a 10–month or 2–month period with a salary commensurate with the period of employment.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 3 - Salaries|Section 6-303 - Institutional Educator Pay Plan Advisory Committee

    (a)    There is an Institutional Educator Pay Plan Advisory Committee.    (b)    (1)    The Advisory Committee shall consist of:            (i)    Five employee educators whose positions are included in the Institutional Educator Pay Plan established under § 6–302 of this subtitle from each of the following units:                1.    The Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning in the Maryland Department of Labor;                2.    The Division of Rehabilitative Services in the Department of Education;                3.    The Department of Juvenile Services;                4.    The Maryland Department of Health; and                5.    The Juvenile Services Education Program in the Department of Education; and            (ii)    Any additional agency representatives appointed by the Secretary of Budget and Management.        (2)    The State Director of the Correctional Education Association shall recommend to the Secretary of Budget and Management individuals to serve as the institutional educator members of the Advisory Committee. The Secretary shall take these recommendations into consideration, but may appoint any individual who is an institutional educator under § 6–302(a) of this subtitle.    (c)    Each member of the Advisory Committee:        (1)    Shall serve a 3–year term; and        (2)    (i)    Shall serve without compensation; but            (ii)    Is entitled to reimbursement for expenses in accordance with the Standard State Travel Regulations.    (d)    The Advisory Committee shall designate:        (1)    One member as chairperson; and        (2)    The time and place of its meetings.    (e)    The Advisory Committee shall review and comment on the Institutional Educator Pay Plan recommendations made by the Secretary of Budget and Management prior to the submission of the recommendations to the Governor.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 3 - Salaries|Section 6-304 - Payment of Salaries

    (a)    The salary of a teacher and the salary of a Prince George’s County Board classified employee shall be paid:        (1)    At least monthly during the school year; and        (2)    On or before the tenth day of the month after the month for which the salary is due.    (b)    A teacher may not receive payment for services unless all of the current records required by the county superintendent are made and submitted properly.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-305 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 3 - Salaries|Section 6-305 - Sick Pay

    Remuneration of an employee on account of sickness or accident of the employee shall be paid and treated as sick pay and not as continuation of salary.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 4 - Organizations of Certificated Employees|Section 6-402 - Employees May Join Organization; Membership Restrictions

    (a)    Public school employees may form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choice for the purpose of being represented on all matters that relate to salaries, wages, hours, and other working conditions.    (b)    An employee organization may establish reasonable:        (1)    Restrictions as to who may join; and        (2)    Provisions for the dismissal of individuals from membership.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 4 - Organizations of Certificated Employees|Section 6-403 - Employees May Refuse to Join Employee Organizations

    A public school employee may refuse to join or participate in the activities of employee organizations.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-404 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 4 - Organizations of Certificated Employees|Section 6-404 - Designation of Exclusive Representative for Employees; Specific Units

    (a)    Each public school employer shall designate, as provided in this subtitle, which employee organization, if any, shall be the exclusive representative of all public school employees in a specified unit in the county.    (b)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the public school employer shall determine the composition of the unit in negotiation with any employee organization that requests negotiation concerning the composition of the unit.        (2)    In St. Mary’s County, licensed registered school nurses, Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) teachers, and supervisory noncertificated employees of the public school employer shall be included in the unit.    (c)    (1)    There may not be more than two units in a county.        (2)    In Baltimore County, one of the units shall consist of employees who are administrative and supervisory certificated employees. The second unit shall consist of all other public school employees as defined under § 6–401(e)(1) and (3) of this subtitle.    (d)    All eligible public school employees shall:        (1)    Be included in one of these units; and        (2)    Have the rights granted in this subtitle.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-406 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 4 - Organizations of Certificated Employees|Section 6-406 - Minimum Period of Representation; Elections After Initial Period

    (a)    (1)    The designation of an exclusive representative shall be for at least 2 years.        (2)    After this initial period, the organization shall be the exclusive representative until another election is held.    (b)    (1)    An election after the initial period of representation may be held:            (i)    Only after the end of the 2-year period; and            (ii)    On petition signed by more than 20 percent of the public school employees in the unit of the county.        (2)    This election shall be held in the same manner as provided in § 6-405 of this subtitle.        (3)    All signatures on a petition requesting an election shall be obtained within 90 days before the election date.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-407.2 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 4 - Organizations of Certificated Employees|Section 6-407.2 - Information Required to Be Provided by Public School Employer to Exclusive Representative

    (a)    Within 30 days of the date of hire, or by the first pay period of the month after the date of hire, of each new public school employee, a public school employer shall provide the exclusive representative with the employee’s:        (1)    Name;        (2)    Position classification;        (3)    Home and work site addresses where the employee receives interoffice or United States mail;        (4)    Home and work site telephone numbers;        (5)    Personal cell phone number; and        (6)    Work e–mail addresses.    (b)    (1)    (i)    The public school employer shall provide the exclusive representative with the information described in subsection (a) of this section for each employee in the bargaining unit represented by the exclusive representative once every 120 days.            (ii)    Subject to § 6–408 of this subtitle, the public school employer may negotiate with the exclusive representative to provide the information required under this paragraph more frequently than once every 120 days.        (2)    The public school employer shall provide the exclusive representative with the information described in subsection (a) of this section regardless of whether the newly hired employee was previously employed by the public school employer.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-408.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 4 - Organizations of Certificated Employees|Section 6-408.1 - Renegotiation of Funds Allocated

    If a fiscal authority does not approve enough funds to implement the negotiated agreement, the public school employer shall renegotiate the funds allocated for these purposes by the fiscal authority with the employee organization before the public school employer makes a final determination in accordance with a timetable and procedure established by the Board.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-409 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 4 - Organizations of Certificated Employees|Section 6-409 - Interference With Employees Prohibited

    A public school employer and employee organization may not interfere with, intimidate, restrain, coerce, or discriminate against any public school employee because of the exercise of his rights under §§ 6-402 and 6-403 of this subtitle.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-410 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 4 - Organizations of Certificated Employees|Section 6-410 - Strikes Prohibited; Penalties

    (a)    An employee organization may not call or direct a strike.    (b)    (1)    Any employee organization designated as an exclusive representative that violates any provision of this section shall have its designation as exclusive representative revoked by the public school employer and the employee organization and any other employee organization that violates any provision of this section is ineligible to be designated as exclusive representative for a period of 2 years after the violation.        (2)    If an employee organization violates any provision of this section, the public school employer shall stop making payroll deductions for dues of the organization for 1 year after the violation.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-411 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 4 - Organizations of Certificated Employees|Section 6-411 - Effect of Subtitle on Other Laws, Rules, and Regulations

    (a)    This subtitle does not supersede any other provision of the Code or the rules and regulations of public school employers that establish and regulate tenure.    (b)    This subtitle does not make the State labor laws in Titles 3 and 7 of the Labor and Employment Article apply to public school employment.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 5 - Organizations of Noncertificated Employees|Section 6-501 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Board” means the Public School Labor Relations Board established under Subtitle 8 of this title.    (c)    “Confidential employee” includes an individual whose employment responsibilities require knowledge of the public school employer’s posture in the collective negotiation process, as determined by the public school employer in negotiations with an employee organization that requests negotiation on this issue.    (c–1)    “Day” means a calendar day unless otherwise indicated.    (d)    “Employee organization” means an organization that:        (1)    Includes noncertificated employees of a public school employer; and        (2)    Has as one of its main purposes the representation of the employees in their relations with that public school employer.    (e)    “Management personnel” includes an individual who is engaged mainly in executive and managerial functions.    (e–1)    “New employee processing” means the process for a newly hired public school employee, whether in person, online, or through other means, in which new employees are advised of their employment status, rights, benefits, duties, responsibilities, and other employment–related matters.    (f)    “Noncertificated employee”, in Montgomery County, means only a full–time employee.    (g)    (1)    “Public school employee” means a noncertificated individual who is employed for at least 9 months a year on a full–time basis by a public school employer.        (2)    “Public school employee” includes a noncertificated employee in Baltimore City notwithstanding that the noncertificated employee does not work for at least 9 months a year on a full–time basis.        (3)    “Public school employee” does not include:            (i)    Management personnel;            (ii)    A confidential employee; or            (iii)    Any individual designated by the public school employer to act in a negotiating capacity as provided in § 6–510(c) of this subtitle.    (h)    (1)    “Public school employer” means the county board in each county.        (2)    “Public school employer” includes the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners.    (i)    “Supervisory employee” includes any individual who responsibly directs the work of other employees.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-503 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 5 - Organizations of Noncertificated Employees|Section 6-503 - Employees May Join Organization; Membership Restrictions

    (a)    Public school employees may form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choice for the purpose of being represented on all matters that relate to salaries, wages, hours, and other working conditions.    (b)    An employee organization may establish reasonable restrictions as to who may join and reasonable provisions for the dismissal of individuals from membership, except that these restrictions and provisions may not discriminate with regard to the terms or conditions of membership because of race, color, marital status, creed, sex, age, or national origin.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 5 - Organizations of Noncertificated Employees|Section 6-504 - Employees May Refuse to Join Employee Organizations; Service Fees for Nonmembers

    (a)    A public school employee may refuse to join or participate in the activities of employee organizations.    (b)    (1)    Subject to subsection (e) of this section, the public school employer, with respect to noncertificated employees, shall negotiate a structure of required reasonable service or representation fees to be charged nonmembers for representation in negotiations and grievance matters by employee organizations.        (2)    An employee whose religious beliefs are opposed to joining or financially supporting any collective bargaining organization is:            (i)    Not required to pay a service or representation fee; and            (ii)    Required to pay an amount of money that is equal to the service or representation fee to a nonreligious, nonunion charity or to such other charitable organization as may be mutually agreed upon by the employee and the employee organization, and who furnishes to the public school employer and the employee organization written proof of the payment.    (c)    The employee organization shall establish and maintain a procedure that provides nonmembers with:        (1)    An adequate explanation of the basis for the service or representation fee; and        (2)    An opportunity to challenge the amount of the fee.    (d)    The public school employer shall:        (1)    Deduct the service or representation fee from the earnings of the nonmember employees in accordance with a schedule provided by the employee organization; and        (2)    Promptly transmit the amount deducted to the employee organization.    (e)    When negotiating the implementation of a service or representation fee under this section, the public school employer and the exclusive bargaining representative shall first negotiate whether the fee is applicable to current employees.    (f)    (1)    This subsection applies to a county in which a service or representation fee was not negotiated before July 1, 2013.        (2)    The following employees in a unit are eligible to vote on ratification of the implementing agreement that provides for a service or representation fee:            (i)    Members of the employee organization; and            (ii)    Nonmembers affected by the service or representation fee.        (3)    The implementing agreement that provides for a service or representation fee shall be ratified by a majority of votes cast by the employees eligible to vote under paragraph (2) of this subsection.    (g)    In a county in which a service or representation fee has been negotiated before July 1, 2013, the fee shall be implemented under the provisions of the agreement negotiated before July 1, 2013, and consistent with the requirements of this section without the need for further negotiations.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-505 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 5 - Organizations of Noncertificated Employees|Section 6-505 - Designation of Exclusive Representative for Employees; Specific Units

    (a)    (1)    Each public school employer may designate, as provided in this subtitle, which employee organization, if any, shall be the exclusive representative of all public school employees in a specified unit in the county.        (2)    In Baltimore City, Garrett County, and Frederick County, the public school employer shall designate, as provided in this subtitle, which employee organization, if any, shall be the exclusive representative of all public school employees in a specified unit in the county.    (b)    The public school employer shall determine the composition of the unit in negotiation with any employee organization that requests negotiation concerning the composition of the unit.    (c)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (5) of this subsection, there may not be more than three units in a county and a unit may not include both supervisory and nonsupervisory employees.        (2)    If a county has more than three recognized units and, as of July 1, 1974, the units have exclusive representation for collective negotiations, these units may continue as negotiating units.        (3)    In Baltimore County, there shall be three units, including one unit of supervisory employees as defined in § 6–501(i) of this subtitle.        (4)    In Carroll County, beginning on October 1, 2007:            (i)    There shall be no more than three units; and            (ii)    All units shall be nonsupervisory units.        (5)    In Baltimore City, the public school employer may designate a fourth unit composed of all Baltimore City school police officers, as defined in § 4–318 of this article, up to and including the rank of lieutenant.    (d)    (1)    All eligible public school employees shall:            (i)    Be included in one of these units; and            (ii)    Have the rights granted in this subtitle.        (2)    Except for an individual who is designated as management personnel or a confidential employee under this subtitle, each public school employee is eligible for membership in one of the negotiating units.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  6-507 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel|Subtitle 5 - Organizations of Noncertificated Employees|Section 6-507 - Minimum Period of Representation; Elections After Initial Period

    (a)    (1)    The designation of an exclusive representative shall be for at least 2 years.        (2)    After this initial period, the organization shall be the exclusive representative until another election is held.    (b)    (1)    An election after the initial period of representation may be held:            (i)    Only after the end of the 2-year period; and            (ii)    On petition signed by more than 20 percent of the public school employees in the unit of the county.        (2)    This election shall be held in the same manner as provided in § 6-506 of this subtitle.        (3)    All signatures on a petition requesting an election shall be obtained within 90 days before the election date.