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House approves bill to expand teacher-organization access after heated debate
Summary
The House passed Third Substitute Senate Bill 56 on Feb. 23, 2007, expanding equal access for education employee organizations to districts' communication channels while including intent language that preserves school districts' collective-bargaining authority; the measure passed 39–31.
The Utah House on Feb. 23 approved Third Substitute Senate Bill 56, a measure described by supporters as expanding ‘‘equal access’’ for employee associations to communicate with public-school employees, and by opponents as a move with potential implications for the dominant statewide teachers’ association.
Representative Newbold, the bill’s sponsor, said the legislation ‘‘is not a collective bargaining bill’’ but rather ‘‘about choice and access’’ and that it simply gives multiple employee organizations the opportunity to reach teachers through routine school communications.…
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