North Dakota Code 15.1-16-01 – Definitions
As used in this chapter:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 15.1-16-01
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33
1. “Administrator” means an individual who is employed by the board of a public school district primarily for administration of a school or schools of the district and who devotes at least fifty percent of the individual’s time in any one year to the duties of administration of the school or schools of the district.
2. “Negotiating unit” means:
a. A group of administrators having common interests, common problems, a common employer, or a history of common representation, which warrants that group being represented by a single representative organization in negotiations with the board of a school district; or
b. A group of teachers having common interests, common problems, a common employer, or a history of common representation, which warrants that group being represented by a single representative organization in negotiations with the board of a school district.
3. “Representative organization” means an organization authorized by a negotiating unit to represent the members of the unit in negotiations with a school board.
4. “Strike” means any concerted work stoppage, slowdown, or withholding of contracted services.
5. “Teacher” means a public school employee licensed to teach by the education standards and practices board or approved to teach by the education standards and practices board and employed primarily as a classroom teacher.