§ 1982 - Rights - Vermont Statutes

§ 1982. Rights

(a) Teachers shall have the right to or not to join, assist, or participate in any teachers' organization of their choosing. However, teachers may be required to pay an agency fee pursuant to an agreement negotiated under this chapter.

(b) Principals, assistant principals, and administrators other than superintendent and assistant superintendent shall have the right to or not to join, assist, or participate in any administrators' organization or as a separate unit of any teachers' organization of their choosing. However, administrators other than the superintendent and assistant superintendent may be required to pay an agency fee pursuant to an agreement negotiated under this chapter.

(c) Neither the school board nor any employee of the school board serving in any capacity, nor any other person or organization shall interfere with, restrain, coerce, or discriminate in any way against or for any teacher or administrator engaged in activities protected by this legislation. (Added 1969, No. 127, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1969; amended 2005, No. 25, § 2.)