PUBLIC SCHOOL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD


[photo, 45 Calvert St., Annapolis, Maryland] Erica Lell Snipes, Executive Director

45 Calvert St., Room 102, Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 260-7291
e-mail: erica.snipes@maryland.gov
web: http://laborboards.maryland.gov/566-2/


45 Calvert St., Annapolis, Maryland, December 2003. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


Organizational Structure

Origin & Functions


ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

PUBLIC SCHOOL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 5-year terms.
Elizabeth M. (Betty) Morgan, Ph.D., Chair (chosen by Board), 2019
Ronald S. Boozer, 2019; Phillip S. Kauffmann, Esq., 2022; Robert H. Chanin, Esq., 2023; Robert Allan Gorsuch, Ed.D., 2023.


Report to General Assembly on implementation of Fairness in Negotiation Act due July 1, 2014 (Chapters 325, Acts of 2010).

Report to Senate Finance Committee & House Ways & Means Committee on administrative procedures & open meetings provisions due Dec. 1, 2014 (Chapter 369, Acts of 2014).

Report to Senate Finance Committee & House Ways & Means Commitee on cases heard & decided due Aug. 1, 2018 (Chapter 369, Acts of 2014).


The Public School Labor Relations Board was authorized by the General Assembly on July 1, 2010 (Chapters 325, Acts of 2010; Code Education Article, sec. 6-801 through 6-807).

The Board administers provisions of the law that relate to labor relations in public elementary and secondary education. Controversies and disputes between local boards of education and employee organizations representing school system personnel are decided by the Board.

Five members constitute the Board. They are appointed to five-year terms by the Governor with Senate advice and consent.

The Executive Director is appointed jointly by the State Labor Relations Board, the State Higher Education Labor Relations Board, and the Public School Labor Relations Board.

Originally, the Board was located at 839 Bestgate Road in Annapolis. Then, from November 2011 to November 2013, the Board was based at the George M. Taylor District Court/Multi-Service Center at 7500 Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie. In November 2013, it moved to 45 Calvert Street in Annapolis.

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