Senate Bill 345 Summary

• Amends Michigan's Public Employment Relations Act (1947 PA 336) to restrict collective bargaining for public school employers by designating ten new topics as prohibited subjects of bargaining.

• Prohibits bargaining over: insurance policyholder selection, school year start dates, pupil contact time requirements, school improvement committee composition, open enrollment decisions, charter school authorization, third-party contracting for support services, volunteer use, experimental/pilot programs, and technology implementation.

• Removes bargaining rights regarding staffing decisions for schools identified for improvement under state or federal reform legislation, including those under the No Child Left Behind Act.

• Requires all collective bargaining agreements entered after March 16, 2011 to include provisions allowing emergency managers appointed under the Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act to reject, modify, or terminate agreements, making such provisions non-negotiable subjects.

• Allows collective bargaining agreements to be rejected, modified, or terminated pursuant to the Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act (2011 PA 4).