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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By point of comparison, firefighters in MD  a bargain for minimum staffing levels (eg a rig can’t go out without at least X firefighters on it).  Class size is similar to a staffing level — eg for X number of students you need X number of teachers.

Also, there’s a difference between right to work and right to negotiate.  In a right to work state, it just means they can’t require you to pay union dues.  After the Supreme Court decision a few years ago (Janus), this is true for all public employers so all public schools are essentially right to work.

But some states don’t give public employees the right to collectively batgain.  Public employees are not covered by the NLRA (federal labor law) so each state has its own law about whether public employees have the right to unionize, strike, etc.  Jntil recently, Virginia didn’t really have the right to collective bargaining for teachers.

OP, can you say what the basis is for your assertion?  Is it in state statute or some case law or what?  I didn’t know this was an illegal topic of bargaining.
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Md. Code, Educ. § 6-408
"(3) A public school employer may not negotiate the school calendar, the maximum number of students assigned to a class, or any matter that is precluded by applicable statutory law."

I don't see how you think this could be subject to negotiations without conflicting with the legal obligation to educate any child in the district.
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It makes sense. There is a requirement to educate every child and school boards don't have taxing authority. What happens if they negotiate a 25 kid cap that they can't meet? [/quote]

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