Title 14 — Education
85 chapters · 592 sections in this title.
14 Del. C. § 4001. Statement of policy.
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§ 4001. Statement of policy. It is the declared policy of the State and the purpose of this chapter to promote harmonious and cooperative relationships between reorganized public school districts and their employees and to protect the public by assuring the orderly and uninterrup…
14 Del. C. § 4002. Definitions.
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§ 4002. Definitions. (a) “Appropriate bargaining unit” or “bargaining unit” means a group of school employees designated by the Public Employment Relations Board as appropriate for representation by an employee organization for purposes of collective bargaining. (b) “Arbitration”…
14 Del. C. § 4003. School employee rights.
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§ 4003. School employee rights. School employees shall have the right to: (1) Organize, form, join or assist any employee organization, provided that membership in, or an obligation resulting from collective bargaining negotiations to pay any dues, fees, assessments or other char…
14 Del. C. § 4004. Employee organization as exclusive representative.
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§ 4004. Employee organization as exclusive representative. (a) The employee organization designated or selected for the purpose of collective bargaining by the majority of the employees in an appropriate collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representative of all the …
14 Del. C. § 4005. School employer rights.
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§ 4005. School employer rights. A public school employer is not required to engage in collective bargaining on matters of inherent managerial policy, which include, but are not limited to, such areas of discretion or policy as the functions and programs of the public school emplo…
14 Del. C. § 4006. Public Employment Relations Board.
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§ 4006. Public Employment Relations Board. (a) There is hereby established a board to be known as the “Public Employment Relations Board,” the purpose of which shall be to administer this chapter under rules and regulations which it shall adopt and publish. The Board shall be org…
14 Del. C. § 4007. Unfair labor practices — Enumerated.
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§ 4007. Unfair labor practices — Enumerated. (a) It is an unfair labor practice for a public school employer or its designated representative to do any of the following: (1) Interfere with, restrain or coerce any employee in or because of the exercise of any right guaranteed unde…
14 Del. C. § 4008. Unfair labor practices — Disposition of complaints.
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§ 4008. Unfair labor practices — Disposition of complaints. (a) The Board is empowered and directed to prevent any unfair labor practice and to issue appropriate remedial orders. Whenever it is charged that anyone has engaged or is engaging in any unfair practice as described in …
14 Del. C. § 4009. Unfair labor practices — Appeals; petitions for enforcement.
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§ 4009. Unfair labor practices — Appeals; petitions for enforcement. (a) Any person adversely affected by a decision of the Board under § 4008 or § 4015 of this title may appeal that decision to the Chancery Court of this State. Such an appeal must be filed within 15 days of the …
14 Del. C. § 4010. Bargaining unit determination.
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§ 4010. Bargaining unit determination. (a) An employee organization desiring to be certified as the exclusive representative shall file a petition with the Board, accompanied by the uncoerced signatures of at least 30% of the public school employees in the unit claimed to be appr…
14 Del. C. § 4011. Determination and certification of exclusive representative.
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§ 4011. Determination and certification of exclusive representative. (a) Any employee organization seeking certification as exclusive representative in a designated appropriate bargaining unit shall file a petition with the Board. The petition must contain the uncoerced signature…
14 Del. C. § 4011A. Majority verification procedure.
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§ 4011A. Majority verification procedure. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an employee organization may file a petition with the Board requesting certification as the exclusive representative of an appropriate bargaining unit based on a verification that o…
14 Del. C. § 4012. Employee organizations required to register and submit annual reports.
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§ 4012. Employee organizations required to register and submit annual reports. Every employee organization which has or seeks recognition as a representative of public school employees under this chapter shall file with the Board a registration report, signed by its president or …
14 Del. C. § 4013. Collective bargaining agreements.
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§ 4013. Collective bargaining agreements. (a) Collective bargaining shall commence at least 90 days prior to the expiration date of any current collective bargaining agreement or, in the case of a newly certified exclusive representative, within a reasonable time after certificat…
14 Del. C. § 4014. Mediation.
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§ 4014. Mediation. (a) If, after a reasonable period of negotiations over the terms of an agreement or after a reasonable time following certification of an exclusive representative, no agreement has been signed, the parties may voluntarily submit to mediation. If, however, no ag…
14 Del. C. § 4015. Binding interest arbitration.
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§ 4015. Binding interest arbitration. (a) Within 7 working days of receipt of a petition or recommendation to initiate binding interest arbitration, the Board shall make a determination, with or without a formal hearing, as to whether a good faith effort has been made by both par…
14 Del. C. § 4016. Strikes prohibited.
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§ 4016. Strikes prohibited. (a) No public school employee shall strike while in the performance of that public school employee’s official duties. (b) No public school employee shall be entitled to any daily pay, wages, reimbursement of expenses, benefits or any consideration in l…
14 Del. C. § 4017. Injunctions.
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§ 4017. Injunctions. (a) Chancery Court is vested with the authority to hear and determine all actions alleging violation of § 4016 of this title. Suits to enjoin violations of § 4016 of this title will have priority over all matters on the Court’s docket except other emergency m…
14 Del. C. § 4018. Status of existing exclusive representative.
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§ 4018. Status of existing exclusive representative. An employee organization that has been certified as the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit deemed to be appropriate prior to the effective date of this chapter shall so continue without the requirement of an election…
14 Del. C. § 4019. Fair share fees.
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§ 4019. Fair share fees. (a) If the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement so provide, each nonmember of a bargaining unit shall be required to pay the exclusive representative a fair share fee. (b) To implement fair share fee agreements in accordance with subsection (a)…
14 Del. C. § 4020. Bargaining unit information and access.
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§ 4020. Bargaining unit information and access. (a) Within 14 calendar days from the date of hire of a bargaining unit employee, a public employer must provide the following contact information of the bargaining unit employee to an exclusive representative in a secure format agre…