ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 450

(e) "Public school employer" means a county board of education or the
Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners.

6-404.

(a)     Each public school employer shall designate, as provided in this subtitle,
which employee organization, if any, shall be the exclusive representative of all public
school employees in a specified unit in the county.

(b)     (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the public
school employer shall determine the composition of the unit in negotiation with any
employee organization that requests negotiation concerning the composition of the
unit.

(2) In Baltimore County, the public school employer may designate a
separate unit comprised of all registered nurses employed by the county in
elementary schools or special schools.

(c)      (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, there may not
be more than two units in a county.

(2) In Baltimore County, there may not be more than three units,
provided that one unit consists of elementary and special school nurses AND ONE
UNIT CONSISTS OF EMPLOYEES WHOSE POSITION REQUIRES AN ADMINISTRATIVE
AND SUPERVISORY CERTIFICATE AND SUPERVISORY NONCERTIFICATED
EMPLOYEES AS DEFINED UNDER § 6-501(H) OF THIS TITLE.

(d)     All eligible public school employees shall:

(1)     Be included in one of these units; and

(2)     Have the rights granted in this subtitle.
6-501.

(a)     In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)     "Confidential employee" includes an individual whose employment
responsibilities require knowledge of the public school employer's posture in the
collective negotiation process, as determined by the public school employer in
negotiations with an employee organization that requests negotiation on this issue.

(c)      "Employee organization" means an organization that:

(1)     Includes noncertificated employees of a public school employer; and

(2)     Has as one of its main purposes the representation of the employees
in their relations with that public school employer.

(d)     "Management personnel" includes an individual who is engaged mainly in
executive and managerial functions, as determined by the public school employer in
negotiation with an employee organization that requests negotiation on this issue.

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