MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        2783

Correctional Services.

The Executive Order of December 18, 1974,
establishing the present scope and application of the
grievance procedures codified by Senate Bill 713,
excluded employees of the University of Maryland because
(1) the faculty staff was covered by tenure rules, (2)
the classified personnel was covered by separate, but
similar, grievance procedures established by the
University, and (3) the Associate Staff positions
embodied attributes of both the faculty and the
classified staff, and it was unclear whether and to what
extent the standard grievance procedures should apply to
them.

Senate Bill 713 does not exclude employees of the
University of Maryland, other than those subject to
teacher tenure rules. Subsection (c) (8) excludes
positions at the various State Colleges comparable to
positions on the University's Associate Staff, but does
not exclude the Associate Staff of the University itself.
Nor does it exclude the Associate Staff of Morgan State
University.

The Associate Staff of the two universities consists
of people who work closely with the faculty and the chief
administrative officials, such as librarians, assistants
to the chancellor, and curriculum and other planners.
The grievance procedures applicable to the University of
Maryland Associate Staff are generally similar to those
for the University's classified employees except that
there is no Step 5. In that regard, they are treated in
much the same manner as the faculty, for whom the
ultimate decision rests with the University rather than
the Secretary of Personnel.

Whether or not this hybrid treatment of the
Associate Staff is the most desirable, comparable
positions on the Associate Staffs at the two universities
and the State Colleges should be treated alike. The
failure of Senate Bill 713 to accord this equal treatment
was probably unintentional, but it nevertheless appears
to exist.

To the extent that there are any particular problems
with the procedures currently in effect under the
Executive Order, I will, with the assistance of the
Secretary of Personnel and the Maryland Classified
Employees Association, amend the order to resolve them,
and if still deemed desirable, support a bill next year
to codify these procedures.

For these reasons, I have vetoed Senate Bill 713.