49-13-118 - Bargaining units.
49-13-118. Bargaining units.
Employees of a charter school may, if otherwise eligible, organize under the Education Professional Negotiations Act, compiled in chapter 5, part 6 of this title, and comply with its provisions upon the formation of one (1) or more bargaining units at the school. Bargaining units at the school shall be separate from any other unit within the LEA. Bargaining units in charter schools may elect to represent themselves in negotiations with their governing body, or they may elect to be represented by any qualified person or organization, including the local bargaining unit within the LEA. Bargaining units in charter schools can bargain only with the governing board of the charter school and not with the board of the LEA.
[Acts 2002, ch. 850, § 18.]