School employees: scope of representation: notice.

Existing law gives public school employee organizations the right to represent their members in their employment relations with public school employers, and limits the scope of representation to matters relating to wages, hours of employment, and other terms and conditions of employment, as defined. Existing law provides that all other matters are reserved to the public school employer and may not be a subject of meeting and negotiating. This bill would require a public school employer to give reasonable written notice to the exclusive representative of the employer's intent to make any change to matters within the scope of representation of those employees represented by the exclusive representative for purposes of providing the exclusive representative a reasonable amount of time to negotiate proposed changes with the public school employer. The bill would also make nonsubstantive changes to this provision. By imposing new duties on public school employers, the bill would constitute a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.