Master Agreement 2005 - State Employment Relations Board

Chapter 1500
Article 1501
Procedures for Professional Negotiations
1501.01 Exclusive Representative
The Exclusive Representative shall mean the teacher
organization recognized by the Board as the Exclusive
Representative of all teachers of the Columbus City
School District, for purposes of professional negotiations.
Such Exclusive Representative shall, for purposes
of professional negotiations, represent all teachers
regardless of their membership or lack of membership in
such teacher organization, and shall represent all teachers
equally without regard to their race, creed, color,
national origin, sex, age or marital status. The
Association will comply with all federal, state and local
fair employment laws.
1501.02 Scope of Negotiations
A. The scope of bargaining between the Board and the
Association shall be as established by Section 4117.08
of the Ohio Revised Code. Section 4117.08 provides
as follows:
1. All matters pertaining to wages, hours, or terms
and other conditions of employment and the continuation,
modification or deletion of an existing
provision of a collective bargaining agreement are
subject to collective bargaining between the public
employer and the exclusive representative,
except as otherwise specified in this section.
2, The conduct and grading of civil service examinations,
the rating of candidates, the establishment
of eligible lists from the examinations and the
original appointments from the eligible lists are
not appropriate subjects for collective bargaining.
3. Unless a public employer agrees otherwise in a
collective bargaining agreement, nothing in
Chapter 4117 of the Ohio Revised Code impairs
the right andresponsibility of each public
employer to:
a. Determine matters of inherent managerial
policy which include, but are not limited to
areas of discretion or policy such as the functions
and programs of the public employer,
standards of services, its overall budget, utilization
of technology, and organizational
structure;
b. Direct, supervise, evaluate, or hire employees;
c. Maintain and improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of governmental operations;
d. Determine the overall methods, process,
means, or personnel by which governmental
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