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This bill modifies Michigan's public employment collective bargaining law by significantly expanding the list of topics that are prohibited subjects for negotiation between public school employers and employee representatives. The bill adds numerous new areas that cannot be included in collective bargaining, such as decisions about teacher placement, performance evaluation systems, classroom observation procedures, development of personnel policies for staffing reductions, and performance-based compensation methods. The bill also prohibits bargaining about the school year's calendar and schedule, and introduces new restrictions on negotiating about third-party service contracts, volunteer usage, and intergovernmental service agreements. Additionally, the bill maintains existing provisions that preserve the public school employer's sole authority to make management decisions in these areas, while still requiring bargaining on certain aspects like types and levels of employee benefits. The bill is tied to another pending legislation (Senate Bill 379) and aims to limit the scope of collective bargaining for public school employees, giving more unilateral decision-making power to school administrators in various operational and personnel matters.

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https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SB-0381