§ 28-9.3-8. Request for negotiation or bargaining.
Whenever salary or other matters requiring appropriation of money by any city, town, or regional school district are to be included as a matter of negotiation or collective bargaining conducted under the provisions of this chapter, the negotiating or bargaining agent must first serve written notice of request for negotiating or collective bargaining on the school committee at least one hundred forty (140) days before the last day on which money can be appropriated by the city or town to cover the first year of the contract period which is the subject of the negotiating or bargaining procedure, and the time limit shall be strictly adhered to and shall not be waived. A copy of the written notice of request for negotiating or collective bargaining shall be sent to the director of labor and training.
History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 146, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 379, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
Chapter 28-9.3 - Certified School Teachers’ Arbitration
Section 28-9.3-1. - Declaration of policy — Purpose.
Section 28-9.3-2. - Right to organize and bargain collectively.
Section 28-9.3-3. - Recognition of bargaining agent.
Section 28-9.3-4. - Obligation to bargain.
Section 28-9.3-5. - Determination of negotiating agent — Elections.
Section 28-9.3-6. - Supervision of elections.
Section 28-9.3-7. - Certification of negotiating agent.
Section 28-9.3-8. - Request for negotiation or bargaining.
Section 28-9.3-9. - Unresolved issues submitted to mediation or arbitration.
Section 28-9.3-10. - Arbitration board — Composition.
Section 28-9.3-11. - Hearings.
Section 28-9.3-12. - Appeal from decision.
Section 28-9.3-13. - Fees and expenses of arbitration.
Section 28-9.3-14. - Plural and singular usage.