The matter of scope of negotiations and what is negotiable is changing. In 1991, “the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that proposals on class size must be negotiated between a school district and a teacher’ union” (Class Size,” p.2). Under state law, the court ruled, class size is pertinent to “conditions of employment and thus is included on the list of items to be negotiated during contract talks.” The court went on to say that “substantial evidence supports the finding that the [class size] proposal significantly affects workload … it determines the number of parent-teacher conferences, the number of papers to be graded, and the hours spent on assistance to individual students” (p.2). Heretofore class size was considered a matter within the jurisdiction of the governing board.