MI HB5192

Amends the Public Employment Relations Act to clarify prohibited subjects of collective bargaining for public school employers, including decisions on school year start dates, pupil contact time, school improvement committees, open enrollment, and public school academy authorizations.

Prohibits bargaining over contracting decisions for noninstructional support services, volunteer use, experimental programs, technology implementation, teacher placement, and staffing decisions related to reductions or eliminations of positions.

Restricts bargaining on performance evaluation systems, performance-based compensation methods, classroom observations, and employee discipline standards, requiring public school employers to use the "arbitrary and capricious" standard for discipline.

Makes retirant member selection on police and fire pension or retirement boards a prohibited subject of bargaining for municipalities with populations of 500,000 or more, voiding any conflicting collective bargaining agreement provisions.

Establishes that emergency managers appointed under the Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act may reject, modify, or terminate collective bargaining agreements, and grants public employers sole discretion over intergovernmental service consolidation agreements.