101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2275

 

Introduced , by Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
115 ILCS 5/12  from Ch. 48, par. 1712
115 ILCS 5/4.5 rep.

    Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Removes language concerning impasse procedures involving an educational employer whose territorial boundaries are coterminous with those of a city having a population in excess of 500,000. Repeals provisions concerning subjects of collective bargaining with that educational employer. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act is
5amended by changing Section 12 as follows:
 
6    (115 ILCS 5/12)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1712)
7    Sec. 12. Impasse procedures.
8    (a) This subsection (a) applies only to collective
9bargaining between an educational employer that is not a public
10school district organized under Article 34 of the School Code
11and an exclusive representative of its employees. If the
12parties engaged in collective bargaining have not reached an
13agreement by 90 days before the scheduled start of the
14forthcoming school year, the parties shall notify the Illinois
15Educational Labor Relations Board concerning the status of
16negotiations. This notice shall include a statement on whether
17mediation has been used.
18    Upon demand of either party, collective bargaining between
19the employer and an exclusive bargaining representative must
20begin within 60 days of the date of certification of the
21representative by the Board, or in the case of an existing
22exclusive bargaining representative, within 60 days of the
23receipt by a party of a demand to bargain issued by the other

 

 

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1party. Once commenced, collective bargaining must continue for
2at least a 60 day period, unless a contract is entered into.
3    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this
4Section, if after a reasonable period of negotiation and within
590 days of the scheduled start of the forth-coming school year,
6the parties engaged in collective bargaining have reached an
7impasse, either party may petition the Board to initiate
8mediation. Alternatively, the Board on its own motion may
9initiate mediation during this period. However, mediation
10shall be initiated by the Board at any time when jointly
11requested by the parties and the services of the mediators
12shall continuously be made available to the employer and to the
13exclusive bargaining representative for purposes of
14arbitration of grievances and mediation or arbitration of
15contract disputes. If requested by the parties, the mediator
16may perform fact-finding and in so doing conduct hearings and
17make written findings and recommendations for resolution of the
18dispute. Such mediation shall be provided by the Board and
19shall be held before qualified impartial individuals. Nothing
20prohibits the use of other individuals or organizations such as
21the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service or the American
22Arbitration Association selected by both the exclusive
23bargaining representative and the employer.
24    If the parties engaged in collective bargaining fail to
25reach an agreement within 45 days of the scheduled start of the
26forthcoming school year and have not requested mediation, the

 

 

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1Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board shall invoke
2mediation.
3    Whenever mediation is initiated or invoked under this
4subsection (a), the parties may stipulate to defer selection of
5a mediator in accordance with rules adopted by the Board.
6    (a-5) This subsection (a-5) applies only to collective
7bargaining between a public school district or a combination of
8public school districts, including, but not limited to, joint
9cooperatives, that is not organized under Article 34 of the
10School Code and an exclusive representative of its employees.
11        (1) Any time 15 days after mediation has commenced,
12    either party may initiate the public posting process. The
13    mediator may initiate the public posting process at any
14    time 15 days after mediation has commenced during the
15    mediation process. Initiation of the public posting
16    process must be filed in writing with the Board, and copies
17    must be submitted to the parties on the same day the
18    initiation is filed with the Board.
19        (2) Within 7 days after the initiation of the public
20    posting process, each party shall submit to the mediator,
21    the Board, and the other party in writing the most recent
22    offer of the party, including a cost summary of the offer.
23    Seven days after receipt of the parties' offers, the Board
24    shall make public the offers and each party's cost summary
25    dealing with those issues on which the parties have failed
26    to reach agreement by immediately posting the offers on its

 

 

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1    Internet website, unless otherwise notified by the
2    mediator or jointly by the parties that agreement has been
3    reached. On the same day of publication by the Board, at a
4    minimum, the school district shall distribute notice of the
5    availability of the offers on the Board's Internet website
6    to all news media that have filed an annual request for
7    notices from the school district pursuant to Section 2.02
8    of the Open Meetings Act. The parties' offers shall remain
9    on the Board's Internet website until the parties have
10    reached and ratified an agreement.
11    (a-10) This subsection (a-10) applies only to collective
12bargaining between a public school district organized under
13Article 34 of the School Code and an exclusive representative
14of its employees.
15        (1) For collective bargaining agreements between an
16    educational employer to which this subsection (a-10)
17    applies and an exclusive representative of its employees,
18    if the parties fail to reach an agreement after a
19    reasonable period of mediation, the dispute shall be
20    submitted to fact-finding in accordance with this
21    subsection (a-10). Either the educational employer or the
22    exclusive representative may initiate fact-finding by
23    submitting a written demand to the other party with a copy
24    of the demand submitted simultaneously to the Board.
25        (2) Within 3 days following a party's demand for
26    fact-finding, each party shall appoint one member of the

 

 

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1    fact-finding panel, unless the parties agree to proceed
2    without a tri-partite panel. Following these appointments,
3    if any, the parties shall select a qualified impartial
4    individual to serve as the fact-finder and chairperson of
5    the fact-finding panel, if applicable. An individual shall
6    be considered qualified to serve as the fact-finder and
7    chairperson of the fact-finding panel, if applicable, if he
8    or she was not the same individual who was appointed as the
9    mediator and if he or she satisfies the following
10    requirements: membership in good standing with the
11    National Academy of Arbitrators, Federal Mediation and
12    Conciliation Service, or American Arbitration Association
13    for a minimum of 10 years; membership on the mediation
14    roster for the Illinois Labor Relations Board or Illinois
15    Educational Labor Relations Board; issuance of at least 5
16    interest arbitration awards arising under the Illinois
17    Public Labor Relations Act; and participation in impasse
18    resolution processes arising under private or public
19    sector collective bargaining statutes in other states. If
20    the parties are unable to agree on a fact-finder, the
21    parties shall request a panel of fact-finders who satisfy
22    the requirements set forth in this paragraph (2) from
23    either the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service or
24    the American Arbitration Association and shall select a
25    fact-finder from such panel in accordance with the
26    procedures established by the organization providing the

 

 

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1    panel.
2        (3) The fact-finder shall have the following duties and
3    powers:
4            (A) to require the parties to submit a statement of
5        disputed issues and their positions regarding each
6        issue either jointly or separately;
7            (B) to identify disputed issues that are economic
8        in nature;
9            (C) to meet with the parties either separately or
10        in executive sessions;
11            (D) to conduct hearings and regulate the time,
12        place, course, and manner of the hearings;
13            (E) to request the Board to issue subpoenas
14        requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses or
15        the production of evidence;
16            (F) to administer oaths and affirmations;
17            (G) to examine witnesses and documents;
18            (H) to create a full and complete written record of
19        the hearings;
20            (I) to attempt mediation or remand a disputed issue
21        to the parties for further collective bargaining;
22            (J) to require the parties to submit final offers
23        for each disputed issue either individually or as a
24        package or as a combination of both; and
25            (K) to employ any other measures deemed
26        appropriate to resolve the impasse.

 

 

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1        (4) If the dispute is not settled within 75 days after
2    the appointment of the fact-finding panel, the
3    fact-finding panel shall issue a private report to the
4    parties that contains advisory findings of fact and
5    recommended terms of settlement for all disputed issues and
6    that sets forth a rationale for each recommendation. The
7    fact-finding panel, acting by a majority of its members,
8    shall base its findings and recommendations upon the
9    following criteria as applicable:
10            (A) the lawful authority of the employer;
11            (B) the federal and State statutes or local
12        ordinances and resolutions applicable to the employer;
13            (C) prior collective bargaining agreements and the
14        bargaining history between the parties;
15            (D) stipulations of the parties;
16            (E) the interests and welfare of the public and the
17        students and families served by the employer;
18            (F) the employer's financial ability to fund the
19        proposals based on existing available resources,
20        provided that such ability is not predicated on an
21        assumption that lines of credit or reserve funds are
22        available or that the employer may or will receive or
23        develop new sources of revenue or increase existing
24        sources of revenue;
25            (G) the impact of any economic adjustments on the
26        employer's ability to pursue its educational mission;

 

 

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1            (H) the present and future general economic
2        conditions in the locality and State;
3            (I) a comparison of the wages, hours, and
4        conditions of employment of the employees involved in
5        the dispute with the wages, hours, and conditions of
6        employment of employees performing similar services in
7        public education in the 10 largest U.S. cities;
8            (J) the average consumer prices in urban areas for
9        goods and services, which is commonly known as the cost
10        of living;
11            (K) the overall compensation presently received by
12        the employees involved in the dispute, including
13        direct wage compensation; vacations, holidays, and
14        other excused time; insurance and pensions; medical
15        and hospitalization benefits; the continuity and
16        stability of employment and all other benefits
17        received; and how each party's proposed compensation
18        structure supports the educational goals of the
19        district;
20            (L) changes in any of the circumstances listed in
21        items (A) through (K) of this paragraph (4) during the
22        fact-finding proceedings;
23            (M) the effect that any term the parties are at
24        impasse on has or may have on the overall educational
25        environment, learning conditions, and working
26        conditions with the school district; and

 

 

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1            (N) the effect that any term the parties are at
2        impasse on has or may have in promoting the public
3        policy of this State.
4        (5) The fact-finding panel's recommended terms of
5    settlement shall be deemed agreed upon by the parties as
6    the final resolution of the disputed issues and
7    incorporated into the collective bargaining agreement
8    executed by the parties, unless either party tenders to the
9    other party and the chairperson of the fact-finding panel a
10    notice of rejection of the recommended terms of settlement
11    with a rationale for the rejection, within 15 days after
12    the date of issuance of the fact-finding panel's report. If
13    either party submits a notice of rejection, the chairperson
14    of the fact-finding panel shall publish the fact-finding
15    panel's report and the notice of rejection for public
16    information by delivering a copy to all newspapers of
17    general circulation in the community with simultaneous
18    written notice to the parties.
19    (b) (Blank). If, after a period of bargaining of at least
2060 days, a dispute or impasse exists between an educational
21employer whose territorial boundaries are coterminous with
22those of a city having a population in excess of 500,000 and
23the exclusive bargaining representative over a subject or
24matter set forth in Section 4.5 of this Act, the parties shall
25submit the dispute or impasse to the dispute resolution
26procedure agreed to between the parties. The procedure shall

 

 

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1provide for mediation of disputes by a rotating mediation panel
2and may, at the request of either party, include the issuance
3of advisory findings of fact and recommendations.
4    (c) The costs of fact finding and mediation shall be shared
5equally between the employer and the exclusive bargaining
6agent, provided that, for purposes of mediation under this Act,
7if either party requests the use of mediation services from the
8Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the other party
9shall either join in such request or bear the additional cost
10of mediation services from another source. All other costs and
11expenses of complying with this Section must be borne by the
12party incurring them.
13    (c-5) If an educational employer or exclusive bargaining
14representative refuses to participate in mediation or fact
15finding when required by this Section, the refusal shall be
16deemed a refusal to bargain in good faith.
17    (d) Nothing in this Act prevents an employer and an
18exclusive bargaining representative from mutually submitting
19to final and binding impartial arbitration unresolved issues
20concerning the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement.
21(Source: P.A. 97-7, eff. 6-13-11; 97-8, eff. 6-13-11; 98-513,
22eff. 1-1-14.)
 
23    (115 ILCS 5/4.5 rep.)
24    Section 10. The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act is
25amended by repealing Section 4.5.
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.