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Washington County board moves to oppose bills that would curb school boards'collaboration with teacher groups

Washington County School Board · March 11, 2026
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Summary

A board member moved and seconded to send a letter of opposition to House Bill 2226 and Senate Bill 2445, which speakers said would prohibit school boards from entering memoranda of understanding with professional employee organizations and limit collaborative conferencing; members urged killing the bills in committee. The transcript shows discussion but does not record a roll-call tally.

A Washington County School Board member moved on March 10 to have the board send a letter of opposition to House Bill 2226 and Senate Bill 2445, which the mover said would bar school boards from entering memoranda of understanding with professional employee organizations and curb a district'level collaborative conferencing process.

The motion was introduced by a board member (identified in the meeting transcript by the board'assigned speaker label) and was seconded by another member. "I would like to see us oppose this," the mover said, describing MOUs as a vehicle for "a two-way conversation" about salaries,…

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