Signed by Governor Joseph Lombardo

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that specifies actions that teachers are authorized to take which do not constitute a strike under existing state law in Nevada.

Highlights:

• Specifies actions that teachers are authorized to take which do not constitute a strike under existing state law in Nevada (Sec. 1-16).

• Amends and clarifies that protests and pickets including those at school board meetings don’t constitute a strike under state law (Sec. 1-16).

• Authorizes a school district to discipline teachers if they walked off the job in order to picket during school hours (Sec. 1-16).

• Specifies fines of a teachers union or its officers in the event of a coordinated, district-wide strike (Sec. 1-16).

• Amends and clarifies current law, which prohibits public employees such as teachers, firefighters, police officers and others from going on strike (Sec. 1-16).

• Specifies that in exchange for losing the right to strike, public employees are granted the right to collective bargaining with binding arbitration (Sec. 1-16).

• Prohibits school administrators from asking or requiring teachers to work additional hours if their current contract has expired but its terms remain in effect (Sec. 1-16).

• Reduces and Truncates the timeline for contract negotiations to prevent them from taking on weeks, months or years (Sec. 1-16).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 17).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that specifies actions that teachers are authorized to take which do not constitute a strike under existing state law in Nevada.

Highlights:

• Specifies actions that teachers are authorized to take which do not constitute a strike under existing state law in Nevada (Sec. 1-16).

• Amends and clarifies that protests and pickets including those at school board meetings don’t constitute a strike under state law (Sec. 1-16).

• Authorizes a school district to discipline teachers if they walked off the job in order to picket during school hours (Sec. 1-16).

• Specifies fines of a teachers union or its officers in the event of a coordinated, district-wide strike (Sec. 1-16).

• Amends and clarifies current law, which prohibits public employees such as teachers, firefighters, police officers and others from going on strike (Sec. 1-16).

• Specifies that in exchange for losing the right to strike, public employees are granted the right to collective bargaining with binding arbitration (Sec. 1-16).

• Prohibits school administrators from asking or requiring teachers to work additional hours if their current contract has expired but its terms remain in effect (Sec. 1-16).

• Reduces and Truncates the timeline for contract negotiations to prevent them from taking on weeks, months or years (Sec. 1-16).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 17).

Full Bill Text