Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §965, sub-§1, śC, as enacted by PL 1969, c. 424, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

C.__To confer and negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, working conditions and contract grievance arbitration, except that by such obligation neither party is compelled to agree to a proposal or is required to make a concession and except that public employers of teachers shall meet and consult and may negotiate with respect to educational policies.__For the purpose of this paragraph, educational policies do not include wages, hours, working conditions or contract grievance arbitration.

For the purpose of this paragraph, "wages, hours, working conditions and contract grievance arbitration" includes:

(1)__The length of the teachers' working day, including the number and scheduling of hours that teachers are required to teach or be in attendance at school;

(2)__The scheduling and length of the teachers' work year, including the scheduling and length of school vacation and the commencement and ending of the school year;

(3)__The scheduling of teachers' assignments and duties within the teachers' working day, including time for planning, preparation and professional nonteaching activities and responsibilities for the supervision of students; and

(4)__Procedures, criteria and standards for the evaluation of teachers, including the frequency and form of evaluations and the qualifications of evaluators.

Provisions of collective bargaining agreements that constitute, relate to, affect or concern "educational policies" are valid and enforceable for the term of the agreement and are subject to the grievance and arbitration procedure of the agreement unless expressly excluded from the grievance or arbitration procedure;

Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §965, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1975, c. 564, §18, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

4.__Arbitration.__This subsection establishes arbitration requirements and procedures.