Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §965, sub-§1, śC, as enacted by PL 1969, c. 424, §1, is amended to read:

C. To confer and negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, working conditions and contract grievance arbitration, except that by such obligation neither party shall be is compelled to agree to a proposal or be is required to make a concession and except that public employers of teachers shall meet and consult but not negotiate with respect to educational education policies; for.__For the purpose of this paragraph, educational "education policies shall" does not include wages, hours, working conditions or contract grievance arbitration;.

Provisions in collective bargaining agreements that are later found to control matters of education policy are neither void nor voidable for that reason but are enforceable only for the term of the agreement;

SUMMARY

Current law prohibits public employers of teachers in the course of collective bargaining from negotiating over education policies. This bill maintains that restriction but provides that if provisions in collective bargaining agreements are found to control matters of education policy, then those provisions remain in effect for the term of the agreement.