Through local collective bargaining agreements, teachers have a say in district salary schedules, the number and type of sick and personal leave, the length and timing of the school day and year, the number of students per classroom, the amount and type of support services offered to students, and the professional development provided for teachers.
And nationally teachers in charters that are legally bound to
their local collective bargaining agreement (CBA) are about twice as likely to be chronically absent as those in other charters.