Finally, I'm getting some clear answers to the questions I posted earlier:
Question: For the 2010-11 school year, what number and percentage of Little Rock School District teachers are in the union?
Answer: As of January 2010, 1,426 teachers (67%) were members of the Little Rock Education Association, while 796 (33%) were not. According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (2.19.11),
Answer: 1 over 50%. For 2010, that would have been 1,112.
Question: With unitary status and new census information, when will the Little Rock School District board zones be redrawn, who will do it, and what will be the process for electing board members to represent the new zones?
Answer: At present, the Arkansas School Board Association, Department of Education, Governor's Office, Secretary of State and Attorney General are meeting to determine which districts in the state, based on 2010 census data, will need to be rezoned.
Legally, school boards have until June 2012 to redraw zones to equitably represent the population. Under Arkansas law, school boards may have five or seven members. If a community has over 10% minority population, the school board must have zone representation. That begs the question: what if a minority is a majority in a respective community?
With a seven-member board such as Little Rock's, a community may have either five zoned/two at-large or seven zoned, as is the case with Little Rock. For more information on the law regarding school board representation, see Arkansas Code Sections 613, 631 and 630. Only in the case of radical redrawing are new elections held.
Question: For the 2010-11 school year, what number and percentage of Little Rock School District teachers are in the union?
Answer: As of January 2010, 1,426 teachers (67%) were members of the Little Rock Education Association, while 796 (33%) were not. According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (2.19.11),
"The (teachers') contract requires that the association's membership include more than 50 percent of the teachers in the district.
"The association has to present that membership number, as audited by a certified public accountant, to the district in December of each year except when there is a multi-year contract - as is currently the case. When there is a multi-year contract, the association must present an audited membership count in December of the final year of the contract, which would be December 2011 under the current contract."Question: What percentage of union teachers is required for the union to retain its collective bargaining status?
Answer: 1 over 50%. For 2010, that would have been 1,112.
Question: With unitary status and new census information, when will the Little Rock School District board zones be redrawn, who will do it, and what will be the process for electing board members to represent the new zones?
Answer: At present, the Arkansas School Board Association, Department of Education, Governor's Office, Secretary of State and Attorney General are meeting to determine which districts in the state, based on 2010 census data, will need to be rezoned.
Legally, school boards have until June 2012 to redraw zones to equitably represent the population. Under Arkansas law, school boards may have five or seven members. If a community has over 10% minority population, the school board must have zone representation. That begs the question: what if a minority is a majority in a respective community?
With a seven-member board such as Little Rock's, a community may have either five zoned/two at-large or seven zoned, as is the case with Little Rock. For more information on the law regarding school board representation, see Arkansas Code Sections 613, 631 and 630. Only in the case of radical redrawing are new elections held.
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