DAE Inches Closer to Securing a Meet-and-Confer Policy

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Good morning, readers.

The Durham Association of Educators has spent months pushing the school board to adopt a “meet-and-confer” policy, which would give the teachers union, known as the DAE, a seat at the table with DPS administrators without violating the state law that prohibits public sector employees from engaging in collective bargaining.

At the school board’s most recent meeting in late September, the union came a step closer to that objective, the 9th Street Journal reports. While the board stopped short of adopting a formal meet-and-confer policy at the meeting, members did instruct DPS superintendent Anthony Lewis to begin developing a policy for review in collaboration with DAE leadership.

DAE members in attendance audibly gasped in excitement at the directive.

In order to comply with the North Carolina Equal Access Act, which mandates that “schools not favor nor endorse an education employee association,” the board asked that the policy that Lewis draws up apply not just to the DAE but to any group that represents over half of DPS employees.

The superintendent went on to say he thinks “it’s not a matter of if, but when we will pass a meet-and-confer policy.” 

Have a good Tuesday.

—Lena

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