MI HB5806

Removes principals and assistant principals from the definition of "public school administrator" under Michigan's public employee collective bargaining law, limiting the term to superintendents, assistant superintendents, and chief business officials.

Eliminates a 2000 provision that allowed school districts of the first class to exclude public school administrators from collective bargaining protections by executive order.

Adds "public employer" to the definitions section as the employer of a public employee.

Clarifies that graduate student research assistants, student athletes at public universities, and positions lacking sufficient employer-employee relationship under IRS standards are not entitled to collective bargaining rights.

Expands the definition of "strike" for public school employees to include actions taken to protest or respond to alleged unfair labor practices committed by school employers.