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2007- 08 Legislative Position Papers

2007-08 Legislative Session Position Papers

Bullying Policies:
- WASB testimony for SB 42, which requires school districts to adopt policies on bullying.

Collective Bargaining:
- WASB testimony (61.02 KB) for AB 670, which makes the reasons for renewal or non-renewal of a teacher's contract a prohibited subject of bargaining, and allows teachers with five years of experience or more to receive two-year contracts.
- WASB testimony (106.46 KB) for SB 121, which makes it a prohibited practice for an employer to end a grievance arbitration or fair-share agreement during a contract hiatus.

Contracting:
- WASB testimony (91.36 KB) for SB 295, which requires school boards and other local governments to use a qualification-based selection process for certain construction contracts.

Health Insurance:
- WASB testimony (114.38 KB) for AB 110, which provides municipal employers with greater flexibility in health care bargaining.

Newark Decision:
- WASB testimony (43.14 KB) for SB 122, which reverses the Newark Decision regarding wastewater treatment facilities.

Preparation Time:
- WASB testimony (50.11 KB) and a floor memo to Senators (44.23 KB) for SB 423, which would make preparation time a mandatory subject of collective bargaining.
- Memo to All Legislators (75.95 KB)

School Funding Reform:
- WASB Memo to Senate Cmte. (53.07 KB) for SJR 27, which calls for the Legislature to enact a school funding reform plan by July 1, 2009.

Start Date:
- WASB testimony (49.49 KB) for AB 585, which repeals the Sept. 1 start date mandate.

WASB testimony (125.09 KB) to the Legislative Council Special Committee on Performance-Based Disease Management for Large Populations.

Student Removal:
- WASB testimony (140.17 KB) for AB 484 and testimony (58.95 KB) for SB 251, which expand the statutory authority granted to teachers to remove students.

Transportation:
- WASB testimony (61.49 KB) for AB 112, which exempts school districts from the state gax tax.
- WASB testimony (38.83 KB) for AB 136, which allows school districts to claim a refund of the state gas tax.
- WASB testimony (52.50 KB) for AB 165, which requires school districts to transport four-year-old kindergarten (4K) students only if the resident school district has a 4K program.

Uniformity Clause:
- WASB testimony (98.44 KB) for AJR 39, which amends the uniformity clause in the state Constitution to allow local government bodies, including school boards, to set different property tax levy rates upon consolidating or changing boundaries.

Video and Cable Service Deregulation
- WASB Memo to JFC Members (52.37 KB) for AB 207, which would replace municipal franchising of cable television services with state franchising and regulation of video services provided by cable service providers and telecomunications providers.
Virtual Schools:
- WASB testimony (64.95 KB) for AB 286, which defines virtual charter schools and extends the open enrollment deadline for students enrolling in virtual charter schools.
- WASB testimony (60.18 KB) and talking points (51.50 KB) for SB 396 as originally proposed by the Senate. It defines virtual charter schools and proposes to create a number of regulations encompassing all virtual education.
- WASB memo (46.08 KB) on the original compromise bill.
- WASB memo (48.29 KB) for AB 870, a compromise bill proposed by the Assembly.