PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 305

Article - Education

Section 6-401(c) and 6-404(b) and (c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

6-401.

(c) (1) "Public school employee" means a certificated professional individual
who is employed by a public school employer or an individual of equivalent status in
Baltimore City, except for a county superintendent or an individual designated by the
public school employer to act in a negotiating capacity as provided in § 6-408(b) of this
subtitle.

(2)     In Montgomery County, "public school employees" include certificated
and noncertificated substitute teachers employed by the public school employer for at
least 7 days before March 1 of the school fiscal year ending June 30, 1978, and each year
after.

(3)     In Baltimore County, "public school employee" includes a secondary
school nurse, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NURSE, AND A SPECIAL SCHOOL NURSE.

6-404.

(b)     (1) [The] 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) [There] 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.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be applied to
and interpreted to affect each registered nurse employed by the Baltimore County Board
of Education in an elementary school or a special school on June 1, 1995, whether or not
the nurse has received a baccalaureate degree.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1995.

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