PUBLIC SCHOOL COLLECTIVE BARGAINING:

3^RD PARTY NON-INSTRUCTIONAL CONTRACTS

House Bill 4533

Sponsor:  Rep. Andy Meisner

Committee:  Labor

Revised Summary

Complete to 5-14-07

A REVISED SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4533 AS INTRODUCED 3-27-07

The bill would amend the Public Employee Relations Act (Public Act 336 of 1947).  That act, among other things, lists the subjects that are not to be included in collective bargaining between a public school employer and an employee bargaining representative and that are considered to be within the sole authority of the public school employer to decide.  One of those prohibited subjects is:

The decision whether or not to contract with a third party for one or more non-instructional support services; or the procedures for obtaining the contract; or the identity of the third party; or the impact of the contract on individual employees or the bargaining unit.

House Bill 4533 would strike that language, thus presumably allowing such contracting decisions to be part of the school collective bargaining process.

MCL 423.215

FISCAL IMPACT:

Any fiscal impact on local school districts would depend on the effects of reducing a district's flexibility in outsourcing non-instructional services.  There is no significant fiscal impact on the Department of Labor and Economic Growth, including its Bureau of Employment Relations.

 

                                                                                           Legislative Analyst:   Chris Couch

                                                                                                  Fiscal Analyst:   Richard Child

■ This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.