The following House and Senate bills are still not "dead". Some of them were proposed last winter and spring, but remain in committee. This does not mean they can not be revived.
Although many bills have been passed that have been harmful to our profession and NOT AT ALL about better education, the efforts of our members to contact their legislatures have helped to modify some of the most damaging parts of some of this legislation, including the removal of the teacher privatization language that was part of the original charter schools bill. Your contacts have also helped to stall the progress of other legislation.
We can not give up yet! I include the list below as a an opportunity for you to tune your ears into legislation that may require you to again act!
As always, thank you for your work through emails and phone calls in lobbying for what is good for Michigan schools, children, and employees.
HB 4306 – Pending on House Floor
Requires school districts to solicit bids to outsource certain support services.
SB 729 – Pending in Committee
“Right to Work for Less” for MEA members only.
Senate Joint Resolution B – Pending in Committee
Calls for salary reduction and temporary pay freeze for public employees.
HB 4140 – Pending in Committee
Allows for statewide public employee health care plan.
SB 593 – Pending in Committee
Creates a defined contribution retirement plan for all school employees hired after 7/1/2011.
HB 4420 – Pending in Committee
Removes community colleges from the MPSERS retirement system.
HB 4052 – Pending on the House floor
Ban use of taxpayer funded equipment and facilities for union or political activities.
HB 4059 – Passed House, Pending in Senate Committee
Prohibits public employer contracts that pay union officials for conducting union business.
HB 4466 – Pending on House Floor
Changes provisions concerning striking public employees (increased fines, group rather than individual fines).
HB 4929 – Passed House, Pending in Senate Committee
Prohibits public employers from collecting union dues.
HB 5023 – Pending in Committee
Expands the list of employees subject to penalties for striking.
HB 5024 – Pending in Committee
Prohibits mass picketing and sets fines on individuals and unions for violations
HB 5025 – Pending in Committee
Requires annual authorization by employees to have union dues deducted from their paychecks by the employers.
HB 5026 – Pending in Committee
Repeals the prohibition against advertising for strikebreakers (scabs).
SB 619 – Passed the Senate, pending in House Committee
Removes all controls and caps on cyber schools.
SB 620 – Pending on the Senate floor.
Creates “conversion charter schools.”
SB 621 – Passed the Senate, pending in House Committee
Expands list of schools that can provide service to students in private schools and receive state aid.
SB 622\SB 623 – Passed the Senate, pending in House Committee
Removes all limits on ability of students to attend college level courses while in high school
SB 624 – Pending in Senate Committee
Bill mandates schools of choice.
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About Me
- Tfitzjake
- I wrote this introduction 6 years ago, and it is even more important today than ever. The voices of educational employees need to be heard above the roar of public school attacks in this country. We are on the front line; we are highly educated and trained professionals. Why are we being ignored? I am an educator. I was the president of the Walled Lake Education Association for over 6 years, and before that, the treasurer for 8 years. I have been on the bargaining team for 15 years. I am now the MEA UniServ Director for 7K and parts of IJ. I want our voice to be heard! Today's educational climate requires that we all stay informed regarding the issues affecting our chosen profession!