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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="6-501" title_number="6" title_name="Teachers and Other Personnel" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Organizations of Noncertificated Employees">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Board” means the Public Employee Relations Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Confidential employee” includes an individual whose employment responsibilities require knowledge of the public school employer’s posture in the collective negotiation process, as determined by the public school employer in negotiations with an employee organization that requests negotiation on this issue.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c–1">
    <text>“Day” means a calendar day unless otherwise indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Employee organization” has the meaning stated in § 22–101 of the State Government Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Managerial employee” includes an individual who is engaged mainly in executive and managerial functions.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e–1">
    <text>“New employee processing” means the process for a newly hired public school employee, whether in person, online, or through other means, in which new employees are advised of their employment status, rights, benefits, duties, responsibilities, and other employment–related matters.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Noncertificated employee”, in Montgomery County, means only a full–time employee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Public school employee” means a noncertificated individual who is employed for at least 9 months a year on a full–time basis by a public school employer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Public school employee” includes a noncertificated employee in Baltimore City notwithstanding that the noncertificated employee does not work for at least 9 months a year on a full–time basis.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Public school employee” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A managerial employee; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A confidential employee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Public school employer” means the county board in each county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Public school employer” includes the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Supervisory employee” includes any individual who responsibly directs the work of other employees.</text>
  </level>
</section>
