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EQUAL ACCESS FOR EDUCATION EMPLOYEE

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ASSOCIATION AMENDMENTS

             3     
2012 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Mark B. Madsen

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House Sponsor: Gregory H. Hughes

             7     

             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill amends provisions related to education employee associations.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    defines terms;
             14          .    requires the H. [ State ] local school .H Board of Education to establish an association
             14a      registry for an
             15      education employee association to register the association's contact information;
             16          .    requires an education employee association to register the association's contact
             17      information with the H. [ State ] local school .H Board of Education if the education employee
             18      association wants to participate in certain activities;
             19          .    provides that a penalty may be recovered by an education employee association
             20      under certain circumstances;
             21          .    requires H. [ a school principal and ] .H a school district or charter school to
             21a      H. [ each ] .H pay a
             22      penalty for failing to provide equal access to all education employee associations to
             23      distribute information, attend employee orientations, and solicit membership to the
             24      education employee association;
             25          . H. [     allows an employee to withdraw membership from an education employee
             26      association and receive a full refund of membership dues under certain
             27      circumstances;
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         .    makes technical changes.
             29      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             30          None
             31      Other Special Clauses:
             32          None
             33      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             34      AMENDS:
             35          53A-3-426, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 88
             36     

             37      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             38          Section 1. Section 53A-3-426 is amended to read:
             39           53A-3-426. Education employee associations -- Equal participation -- Prohibition
             40      on endorsement or preferential treatment -- Naming of school breaks -- Civil penalties
             41      and other remedies.
             42          (1) As used in this section:
             43          (a) "Activity" means a school activity where an education employee association attends
             44      or could attend.
             45          (b) "Board" means the H. [ State ] local school .H Board of Education.
             46          [(a)] (c) "Education employee association" [ includes teacher associations, teacher
             47      unions, teacher organizations, and classified education employees' associations.] means an
             48      association that:
             49          (i) is registered with the board as required in Subsection (2);
             50          (ii) represents teachers or other public school employees; and
             51          (iii) offers insurance to its members as part of its member benefits.
             52          (d) "Employee" means an employee of a school district or charter school, including a
             53      teacher.
             54          (e) "Planned activity" means an activity a school includes on the school's list of
             55      activities described in Subsection (8)(a).
             56          [(b)] (f) "School" means a school district, a school in a school district, a charter school,
             57      or the State Board of Education and its employees.
             58          (g) "Unplanned activity" means an activity of the school that:



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         (i) is planned after the beginning of a school year; or
             60          (ii) is not included on a school's list of planned activities described in Subsection
             61      (8)(a).
             62          (2) (a) The board shall establish an association registry for an education employee
             63      association to register the education employee association's contact information.
             64          (b) An education employee association shall register the education employee
             65      association's contact information with the board if the education employee association wants to
             66      participate in a school's activities described in this section.
             67          (c) The contact information required in Subsection (2)(b) shall include:
             68          (i) the name of the contact person for the education employee association;
             69          (ii) the phone number of the contact person;
             70          (iii) the email address of the contact person; and
             71          (iv) mailing address of the contact person.
             72          [(2)] (3) A school shall allow education employee associations equal access to the
             73      following activities:
             74          (a) distribution of information in or access to [teachers' or] employees' physical or
             75      electronic mailboxes, including email accounts that are provided by the school; and
             76          (b) membership solicitation activities at new [teacher or] employee orientation training
             77      or functions.
             78          [(3)] (4) If a school permits an education employee association to engage in any of the
             79      activities described in Subsection [(2)] (3), the school shall permit all other education employee
             80      associations to engage in the activity on the same terms and conditions afforded to the
             81      education employee association.
             82          [(4)] (5) It is unlawful for a school to:
             83          (a) establish or maintain structures, procedures, or policies that favor one education
             84      employee association over another or otherwise give preferential treatment to an education
             85      employee association; or
             86          (b) explicitly or implicitly endorse any education employee association.
             87          [(5)] (6) A school's calendars and publications may not include or refer to the name of
             88      any education employee association in relation to any day or break in the school calendar.
             89          (7) (a) If a school extends a privilege to an education employee association, that



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     privilege must be available to all education employee associations.
             91          (b) A privilege described in Subsection (7)(a) includes:
             92          (i) membership on a school district or charter school personnel committee or employee
             93      council;
             94          (ii) access to employee payroll deductions for membership dues; and
             95          (iii) access to sponsor an employee activity, function, or event.
             96          (8) (a) Upon request, at the beginning of a school year, a school shall provide an
             97      education employee association a list of the school's planned activities for the school year.
             98          (b) A school shall notify an education employee association of an unplanned activity at
             99      least two business days before the date of the unplanned activity.
             100          (c) A school shall allow an employee association an opportunity to participate in a
             101      similar activity to a past unplanned activity if:
             102          (i) the education employee association did not attend the past unplanned activity;
             103          (ii) the school failed to notify an education employee association within two business
             104      days of the unplanned activity as required in Subsection (8)(b); and
             105          (iii) another education employee association attended the unplanned activity.
             106          (9) If a school violates the provisions of this section, an education employee
             107      association may bring a civil action in a court having the appropriate jurisdiction for:
             108           H. [ (a) a civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 per violation, to be paid by the principal of
             109      the school where the violation occurred;
] .H

             110          (b) a civil penalty in an amount equal to the greater of the following, to be paid by the
             111      school district or charter school where the violation occurred:
             112          (i) H. [ $10,000 ] $1,000 .H ; or
             113          (ii) if the education employee association proves a pattern of violations of this section,
             114      treble damages; and
             115          (c) enforcement of the provisions of this section.
             116           H. [ (10) An employee may withdraw the employee's membership from an education
             117      employee association and receive a full refund of the employee's membership dues if:
             118          (a) (i) the education employee association solicited the employee's membership at a
             119      new employee orientation or other similar function; and
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     the new employee orientation or other similar function; or
             122          (b) (i) the education employee association solicited the employee's membership at the
             123      employee's school; and
             124          (ii) another education employee association was excluded or prohibited from soliciting
             125      the employee's membership at the employee's school.
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