Community Colleges - Collective Bargaining - Definition of Supervisory Employee
Sponsor: Aletheia McCaskill (District 44B)Committee: Government, Labor, and ElectionsSubject: Higher EducationStatus: Special Order until later today (Senator Hershey) Adopted (as of Sep 4, 2026)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Defining, for purposes of collective bargaining in community colleges, the term 'supervisory employee' to mean an employee who is authorized to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline employees, direct employees for 50% of the employee's working hours, and address employee complaints; and excluding from the definition a department head or an employee in a comparable position or any faculty member below the level of assistant dean.
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Testimony (11)
MGA witness listFAV 8FavorableUNF 3Unfavorable
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Gallagher, Kevin | IAM Union District 4 | Position only |
| FAV | Lamb, Laurenlobbyist | Maryland State Education Association | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sullivan, Marina | Wright, Ryon & Maher, P.A. | Oral |
| FAV | Sullivan, Marina | Wright, Ryon & Maher, P.A. | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate McCaskill, Delegate McCaskilllegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Delegate McCaskill, Delegate McCaskilllegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Maher, David | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Kurtinitis, Sandra | Community College of Baltimore County | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Jabin, Drew | Maryland Association of Community Colleges | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Jabin, Drew | Maryland Association of Community Colleges | Written (PDF) |
Organizations on record
Registered lobbyists who testified
FAVLamb, LaurenMaryland State Education AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Education Association
