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stand in the place of the section so repealed, providing for the
designation of an employee organization as the exclusive represent-
ative of public school employees in a specified unit or units in the
counties and in Baltimore City, where qualifying provisions are
met, and for such representative to serve as negotiating agent for
such employees; to provide for procedures in the event of impasse
in negotiations between such agent and a public school employer;
and to prohibit strikes by employee organizations; AND PROVID-
ING FOR THE DUTIES OF CERTAIN STATE AND LOCAL
OFFICIALS AND AGENCIES IN RELATION TO THIS ACT.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 175 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume), title "Public Education," subtitle
"Chapter 15, Teachers' Associations," be and it is hereby repealed,
and that new Section 175 be and it is hereby enacted in lieu of the
section so repealed and to read as follows:

175.

(a)    As used herein:

(1)    "Employee organization" means any organization which
includes certificated employees of a public school employer, and per-
sons of equivalent status in Baltimore City, and which has as one of
its primary purposes the representation of such employees in their
relations with that public school employer.

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

(3)    "Public school employee" means any certificated professional
person employed by a public school employer, or any person of
equivalent status in Baltimore City so employed, EXCEPT THE SU-
PERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND PERSONS DESIGNATED
BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER TO ACT IN A NEGOTI-
ATING CAPACITY AS SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (H) (1) OF
THIS SECTION.

(b)    Public school employees shall have the right to form,
join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of
their own choosing for the purpose of being represented as to all
matters of employment conditions and employer-employee relations,

including, but not limited to, salaries, wages, hours and other terms

and conditions of employment RELATING TO SALARIES, WAGES,
HOURS AND OTHER WORKING CONDITIONS. An employee
organization may establish reasonable restrictions regarding who
may join and may make reasonable provisions for the dismissal of
individuals from membership.

(c)    Public school employees shall also have the right to refuse to
join or participate in the activities of employee organizations.

(d)    No later than June 15, 1968 in each county, and no later than
November 30 JUNE 15, 1969 in Baltimore City, the public school
employer shall designate, as hereinafter provided, which, if any, em-
ployee organization shall be the exclusive representative of all public
school employees in a specified unit in such county or Baltimore City.
The determination of the composition of the unit shall be made by the