The Madison School Board may meet this afternoon to approve a collective bargaining agreement with its teachers union before a Republican law to strip collective bargaining takes effect, a district official confirmed Friday morning. District and union officials began meeting at 9 a.m. Friday to hammer out a final agreement.

Madison Teachers Inc. (MTI) has tentatively scheduled a general membership meeting for 7 p.m. at the Dane County Coliseum to ratify an agreement. The urgency comes as Gov. Scott Walker signed the collective bargaining bill Friday. However, it remains unclear when the bill will take effect. The Secretary of State’s office must publish the bill within 10 business days of it being signed. The bill would take effect the day after publication.

Secretary of State Doug La Follette, a Democrat, has not determined when he would publish the bill, office administrator Ann Bloczynski said.

Once the bill takes effect, it would apply to school districts and municipalities that do not have a collective bargaining agreement in place. Those with an agreement wouldn’t be affected until their agreements expire or are amended, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.

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