2009 Senate Bill 639 (Authorize “neighborhood schools” )

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Introduced by Sen. Bill Hardiman (R) on June 11, 2009, to revise the state “public employment relations act” to allow for the setting aside some of the terms of collective bargaining agreements proposed in Senate Bill 636 for “neighborhood schools,” in particular provisions that make it difficult or impossible to pay teachers on the basis of merit rather than years on the job.
- Referred to the Senate Education Committee on June 11, 2009.
  - Reported in the Senate on September 9, 2009, with the recommendation that the bill pass.

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1) Re: 2009 Senate Bill 639 (Authorize “neighborhood schools” ) [by publis on September 13, 2009]

That's right, freespeaker. The most important thing in education is to protect the teacher. The "collective pargaining system" has been in place for decades, and look how good it's been for education! Who cares about getting a good return of our investment of taxpayer's dollars in education? As long as the teachers have power and security, that's all that matters. As we all know, when a monopoly corners the market, the lack of competition and choice for the consumer means that the quality of the product just goes up, up up!

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2) Re: 2009 Senate Bill 639 (Authorize “neighborhood schools” ) [by FreeSpeaker on June 23, 2009]

This is another bald attempt to undermine the collective bargaining system to which public school employees in Michigan have been entitled for more than 40 years. It is bad legislation that should be rejected.

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3) Re: 2009 Senate Bill 639 (Authorize “neighborhood schools” ) [by changeagent on June 23, 2009]

Paying based on merit is a good first step in education reform. Competition between teachers for jobs and pay, as well as competition between schools for students is the only way to fix the education system.

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