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SCHOOL DISTRICT’S UNILATERALLY CONTRACTING WITH AN OUTSIDE AGENCY FOR A PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM WAS NOT AN IMPROPER PRACTICE UNDER THE EDUCATION LAW (TAYLOR LAW).

The Third Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Devine, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined the respondent school district’s unilaterally contracting with an outside party for a prekindergarten program, without first negotiating with the teachers’ union, did not constitute an improper practice:

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Respondent Lawrence Union Free School District (hereinafter the District) implemented a universal prekindergarten program pursuant to Education Law § 3602-e. Program tasks were first performed by employees working in a collective bargaining unit exclusively represented by petitioner [teachers’ union] but, in 2012, the District unilaterally contracted with an outside eligible agency to staff and operate it. Petitioner filed an improper practice charge with respondent Public Employment Relations Board (hereinafter PERB) alleging a violation of the Public Employees’ Fair Employment Act (… the Taylor Law… ), namely, that the District did not negotiate in good faith about outsourcing the work … . * * *

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The Legislature … created a “comprehensive package for a school district’s decision to” fashion a prekindergarten program plan and “withdr[e]w that decision from the mandatory bargaining process,” crafting a mechanism for public consultations that included affected collective bargaining units and left little time for traditional collective bargaining… . A school district was empowered by Education Law § 3602-e (5) (d) to contract without interference in implementing a plan crafted after that process … .

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… “[T]here is no absolute bar to collective bargaining over” the outsourcing of prekindergarten work to an outside agency… and, as we have held, an agreement reached after collective bargaining on the subject is enforceable… . Inasmuch as the clear language of Education Law § 3602-e compels the conclusion that negotiation is not required to begin with, however, PERB was right to determine that the absence of negotiation did not constitute an improper practice under the Taylor Law. This does not preclude petitioner from seeking impact negotiations in the future. Matter of Lawrence Teachers’ Assn., NYSUT, AFT, NEA, AFL-CIO v New York State Pub. Relations Bd., 2017 NY Slip Op 04944, 3rd Dept 6-15-17

 

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