Legislative Policies are on-going positions that guide OSBA's response to the variety of K-12 issues considered by the Legislative Assembly.

OSBA supports a collective bargaining structure that preserves and enhances the prerogatives of school district and ESD boards and the administrators they employ to manage the school system and to establish and enforce educational policies that respond to the needs and priorities of their communities and students.

OSBA supports continued local control of collective bargaining and opposes statewide bargaining, the creation of a statewide salary schedule or a statewide mandated health insurance pool for school employees.

OSBA supports changing the collective bargaining structure to eliminate status quo and establish shorter bargaining time lines.

OSBA supports an actuarially-sound statewide retirement program for school employees that balances benefit adequacy for employees against costs and administrative requirements for employers.

OSBA opposes state-mandated early retirement options.

OSBA supports determination and definition of school employee rights and benefits through the collective bargaining process at the local level.

OSBA opposes granting or enhancing such rights and benefits through legislation or administrative rules which circumvent the local bargaining process.

OSBA supports licensing requirements that assure a level of preparation necessary to teach to rigorous academic standards and recognize licenses from other states.

OSBA opposes overly-detailed licenses and endorsements that decrease needed flexibility in staffing schools or endangers districts’ ability to attract and retain qualified personnel.