§ 2101. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Participating employee” means a school employee who is eligible for and has elected to receive health benefit coverage through a school employer. (2) “School employee”: (A) includes the following individuals: (i) an individual employed by a school employer as a teacher or administrator as defined in […]
§ 2102. Commission on Public School Employee Health Benefits created (a) Commission created. There is created an independent commission to be called the Commission on Public School Employee Health Benefits (Commission) to determine, in accordance with section 2103 of this chapter, the amounts of the premiums and out-of-pocket expenses for school employee health benefits that […]
§ 2103. Duties of the Commission (a) The Commission shall determine the percentage of the premium for individual, two-person, parent-child, and family coverage under a health benefit plan that shall be borne by each school employer and the percentage that shall be borne by participating employees. (1) The premium responsibility percentages shall remain in effect […]
§ 2104. Negotiation; time to begin; good faith; written agreement (a)(1) The Commission shall commence negotiation of the matters set forth in subsections 2103(a) and (b) of this chapter not later than April 1 of the year before the existing agreement pursuant to this section is set to expire. On or before October 1 of […]
§ 2105. Dispute resolution (a)(1) If the Commission is unable to reach agreement by August 1, the Commission shall meet with the fact finder selected pursuant to section 2104 of this chapter not later than August 15. (2) The fact finder may schedule and hold additional meetings with the Commission as necessary. The Commission shall […]
§ 2106. Strikes and contract imposition prohibited (a) School employees and the representatives of school employees shall be prohibited from engaging in a strike, as defined by 21 V.S.A. § 1722(16), in relation to the negotiation of an agreement pursuant to this chapter. (b) The representatives of school employers shall be prohibited from imposing the […]
§ 2107. Ratification of agreement (a) The representatives of school employers and the representatives of school employees shall each develop procedures by which their members shall ratify the agreement entered into by the Commission pursuant to this chapter within 30 days after the date of the agreement; provided, however, that if the agreement is determined […]
§ 2108. Duties of school employers Each school employer shall: (1) deduct from the gross wages of each participating employee a sum equal to the percentage of the premium determined by the Commission to be the employee’s responsibility for the applicable tier of coverage; (2) remit to the administrator of the health benefit plan the […]
