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Committee hears plan to study statewide bargaining for licensed educators; task-force report prompted bill
Summary
Senate Bill 313 directs the Department of Administrative Services to develop a plan for a potential statewide bargaining structure for licensed educators, prompted by a task force that met 16 times and recommended further study of a central-table/local-table model.
Senate Bill 313 would require the Oregon Department of Administrative Services (DAS) to develop a plan for establishing a statewide collective bargaining framework for licensed educators that pairs a central table for salary and benefits with local tables for nonmonetary working conditions.
Michael Dembrow, former chair of the Senate Education Committee and sponsor of SB 313, told the committee the idea grew from a task force created by 2023 legislation that met 16 times between August 2023 and September 2024 to study statewide educator salary schedules and bargaining models. Dembrow said the task force reviewed state and international models, including AFSCME's two-tier…
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