2460                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [Ch. 719

[[THE LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION OF THE TWENTY-THREE
COUNTIES MAY NEGOTIATE IN THE SAME MANNER AS PRESCRIBED
IN THIS CHAPTER WITH ORGANIZATIONS WHICH REPRESENT
NON-CERTIFIED PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. HOWEVER, FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
160(D) OF THIS SUBTITLE ARE MODIFIED SO THAT THERE SHALL
BE NOT MORE THAN THREE UNITS FOR NON-CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES
AND THERE MAY BE ONE UNIT FOR MANAGEMENT.]]

(A) THE FOLLOWING WORDS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING
MEANINGS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:

(1) "EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION" MEANS ANY
ORGANIZATION WHICH INCLUDES NON-CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES OF
A PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER 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]] IN ANY COUNTY EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING:

CARROLL, FREDERICK, HOWARD, SOMERSET, WICOMICO, AND
WORCESTER.

(3) "PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE" MEANS ANY
NON-CERTIFICATED PERSON EMPLOYED FOR NINE MONTHS OR MORE

PER YEAR ON A FULL TIME BASIS BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL

EMPLOYER, EXCEPT FOR MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL, CONFIDENTIAL
EMPLOYEES, AND PERSONS DESIGNATED BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
EMPLOYER TO ACT IN A NEGOTIATING CAPACITY AS SPECIFIED IN
SUBSECTION (H) (1) OF THIS SECTION.

(4) "MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL" INCLUDES PERSONS

ENGAGED PREDOMINATELY IN EXECUTIVE AND MANAGERIAL

FUNCTIONS, AS DETERMINED BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER IN

NEGOTIATIONS WITH THOSE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH

REQUEST NEGOTIATION THEREON.

(5) "CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE," AS DETERMINED
BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER IN NEGOTIATION WITH

EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS REQUESTING NEGOTIATION THEREON,

INCLUDES ANY INDIVIDUAL WHOSE EMPLOYMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
REQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER'S POSTURE
IN THE COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION PROCESS.

(6) "SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEE" AS DETERMINED BY
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER IN NEGOTIATION WITH EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATIONS REQUESTING NEGOTIATION THEREON. INCLUDES
ANY PERSON WHO RESPONSIBLY DIRECTS THE WORK OF OTHER
EMPLOYEES.

(B) PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES HAVE THE RIGHT TO
FORM, JOIN, AND PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES OF EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATIONS OF THEIR OWN CHOOSING FOR THE PURPOSE OF