HB 5194 Summary

• Establishes that public school employers have sole authority to manage school operations and cannot be required to bargain over 16 specified subjects including school calendar, pupil contact time, and hiring/staffing decisions.

• Prohibits collective bargaining over school improvement committee composition, interdistrict/intradistrict open enrollment decisions, charter school authorization, and contracting for noninstructional support services.

• Prevents bargaining over teacher placement decisions, performance evaluation systems and content, classroom observation procedures, and performance-based compensation methods.

• Requires all collective bargaining agreements entered after March 28, 2013 to include provisions allowing emergency managers appointed under the Local Financial Stability and Choice Act to reject, modify, or terminate the agreement.

• Takes effect 90 days after enactment and applies to public school employers' bargaining duties and agreements, subject to effects-of-contracting requirements and constraints under school intervention models.