Laws approved when Republican Rick Snyder was governor limited the scope of teacher contract talks.
Democratic Representative Regina Weiss says allowing collective bargaining over placement, job evaluations, and discipline would restore fairness to the bargaining process. She serves on the House Education Committee and is one of the bill sponsors.
“I strongly believe that if you restore these collective bargaining rights for teachers and school employees and give them a voice of the process of these critical decisions, the result will be what is best for kids.”
The legislation is a Democratic priority, but there’s no word on a specific timeline on committee votes to send the bills to the House floor.
