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 Article of Interest - Temporary Workers

Bill Allows Schools to Hire Subs From Temp Agencies

by Judy Putnam, Booth Newspapers, December 11, 2002
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Michigan school districts struggling to find enough substitute teachers would be able to hire them through Kelly Services or other employment agencies, under a bill approved by House lawmakers.

Just two days before the scheduled end of the legislative session, the House voted 56-49 Tuesday to approve the measure. It has already passed the Senate.

"It's a typical lame-duck bill,'' said Linda Myers, a lobbyist for the Michigan Education Association teachers union, which opposed the measure. "It's privatizing school employees. They got their foot in the door with substitutes, who's next?''

The bill allows districts to contract with temporary agencies to find substitute teachers. The subs work for the agencies rather than the districts.

That doesn't change what's required for the job: Substitute teachers hired through temporary employment services must still undergo background checks and have 90 college credits to get a substitute license, for example.

But by using a temp service for substitutes, districts will be able to avoid paying into the state teacher retirement system for those substitutes.

"It's going to give local districts another option,'' said Don Wotruba, of the Michigan Association of School Boards. "It's completely in the hands of the districts.''

Wotruba's group, along with the Michigan Association of School Administrators, backed the bill.

School officials said they didn't expect any change in pay for substitutes, which varies around the state from about $60 to $120 a day.

Nancy Stanley of the administrators association said marketing by the temp agencies might expand the number of available subs.

"We thought this could create a new pool of people who wouldn't ordinarily think about substitute teaching,'' she said.

Opponents said the bill allows districts to skirt laws that require subs to be paid like regular teachers if they are used in the same position for 60 days. In addition, a sub who works 150 days out of a school year must be given the first chance should a full-time job open.

The bill sponsor, Sen. Shirley Johnson, R-Royal Oak, testified last year that Michigan is the only state blocking school districts from hiring Kelly Services or other such agencies.

The bill now returns to the Senate to concur in technical changes before heading to Gov. John Engler, who is expected to sign it.

Contact Judy Putnam at (517) 487-8888 or e-mail her at jputnam@boothnewspapers.com.

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