Special Edition Section: Legislative Voting Records

Legislative recap good reference for coming primaries As the date for the August primaries July 1, 2015. The cap is 27 schools by June approaches, we House of 30, 2016; 39 schools by June 30, 2017; encourage members and 50 schools thereafter. The bill contains Representatives no language requiring the EAA or schools to review the Legislative Recap under the School Reform/Redesign Office to pay into MPSERS, meaning stranded costs following summaries EAA bill will grow with passage of the bill. Addi- of recent legislative tionally, the exit strategy determination for (House Bill 4369) improving schools is questionable, meaning issues and the Sponsored by Rep. Lisa Posthumus- some schools could remain under control of the state/EAA/SSRR in perpetuity. voting records of Lyons (R-Alto) HB 4369 revises the process by which the state senators and State School Reform/Redesign (SSRR) Office Prior authorization representatives, can take over failing (bottom 5 percent) standardization schools and is commonly referred to as the (Senate Bill 178) prior to filling out “EAA bill.” The bill would codify in statute the ability for the superintendent of the Sponsored by Sen.Tonya Schuitmaker absentee ballots SSRR Office to enter into arrangements or (R-Lawton), later Public Act 30 or going to the voting contracts transferring failing schools to edu- of 2013 cational management organizations, EAA- Public Act 30 of 2013 required the booth on Aug. 5. type organizations, or other public schools, creation of a single prior authorization form including charter schools. The bill includes for use by health care providers when a a gradual cap on the number of schools patient’s health plan requires prior authori- that can go into the SSRR “district” and a zation before certain drugs are prescribed. prohibition on any schools entering until

July/August 2014 www.marsp.org l VANGUARD l 7 HB 4369 SB 178 HB 5261 House Voting PA 30 ‘13 PA 464 ‘12 Substitute teaching Record Support Support Support for certain retirees District Name Party Oppose Oppose Oppose (House Bill 5261) MARSP’s position x x x 1 Brian Banks D x x not in office Sponsored by Rep. Holly Hughes 2 Alberta Talabi D x x x (R-White River Township), 3 John Olumba** I x did not vote did not vote later Public Act 464 of 2012 4 Rose Mary Robinson D x x not in office Public Act 464 of 2012 amended the 5 Fred Durhal* D x x x MPSERS Act to allow teachers who retired 6 Rashida Tlaib** D x x x after July 1, 2010, to return to the classroom 7 Thomas Stallworth** D x x x as substitute teachers without suspending 8 David Nathan** D x x x their pension or health care benefits, pro- 9 Harvey Santana D x x x vided they do not earn more than one-third 10 Phil Cavanagh**** D x x x of their final average compensation (FAC). 11 ** D x x not in office At the time the bill was considered, retirees 12 Douglas Geiss* D x x x could return to work as substitutes in a 13 Andrew Kandrevas* D x x x district that directly employed subs provided 14 Paul Clemente D x x x they limited earnings to less than one-third 15 George Darany D x x x of FAC, but were subject to suspension of 16 Robert Kosowski D x x not in office pension and health care benefits if they were 17 Bill LaVoy D x x not in office hired indirectly by a third-party administra- 18 Sarah Roberts D x x not in office tor. PA 464 allowed retirees to work either 19 John Walsh* R x x x directly or indirectly for school districts as 20 Kurt Heise R x x x a substitute teacher, provided they did not 21 Dian Slavens** D x x x earn more than one-third of FAC in either 22 Harold Haugh* D x x x case, and that the school district remitted 23 Pat Somerville R x x x 100 percent of the employer pension and 24 Anthony Forlini R x x x health care unfunded accrued liability rate 25 Henry Yanez D x x not in office on the retirees’ earnings. The bill included 26 Jim Townsend D x x x a sunset date of July 1, 2014, meaning that 27 Ellen Lipton** D x x x without legislative action, the window to 28 Jon Switalski* D x x x return to sub for post-July 1, 29 Tim Greimel D x x x Note: Individuals who retired prior to 30 Jeff Farrington R x x x July 1, 2010, are still allowed to return to 31 Marilyn Lane D x x x work and concurrently draw a pension and 32 Andrea LaFontaine R x x x earn up to one-third of their FAC if directly 33 Ken Goike R x x x reemployed or earn an uncapped amount if 34 Woodrow Stanley* D x did not vote x employed by a third-party administrator. 35 Rudy Hobbs*** D x x x 36 Pete Lund* R x x x 37 Vicki Barnett** D x x x Senate 38 Hugh D. Crawford* R x x x Legislative Recap 39 Klint Kesto R x x not in office 40 Michael McCready R x x not in office Pension tax 41 Martin Howrylak R x x not in office 42 Bill Rogers* R x x x (House Bill 4361) 43 Gail Haines* R x x x Sponsored by Rep. Jud Gilbert 44 Eileen Kowall* R x x x (R-Algonac), later Public Act 38 45 Tom McMillin*** R x x x of 2011 46 Bradford Jacobsen R x x x 47 Cindy Denby* R x x x Public Act 38 of 2011 created the 48 Pam Faris D x x not in office “pension tax” by modifying or eliminating 49 Phil Phelps D x not in office not in office previous exemptions on pension income 50 Charles Smiley D x x x from the state income tax. PA 38 also 51 Joseph Graves R x x x modified, eliminated or reduced a number 52 Gretchen Driskell D x x not in office of credits, such as the Homestead Property 53 D x x x Tax Credit, resulting in tax increases for 54 David Rutledge D x x x retirees. 55 AdamAdam ZZemkeemke D x x not inin officeoffice 56 ** R x x x 8 l VANGUARD l www.marsp.org July/August 2014 * not running for reelection due to term limits HB 4369 SB 178 HB 5261 ** running for election in the Senate PA 30 ‘13 PA 464 ‘12 ***running for U.S. Congress ****running for Wayne County Executive Charter school Support Support Support District Name Party Oppose Oppose Oppose expansion MARSP’s position x x x (Senate Bill 618) 57 Nancy Jenkins R x x x 58 Kenneth Kurtz* R x x x Sponsored by Senator 59 Matt Lori* R x x x (R-St. Clair), later Public Act 277 60 Sean McCann** D x x x of 2011 61 Margaret O’Brien** R x x x PA 277 included yearly increases on 62 Kate Segal* D x x x the number of charter schools allowed in 63 Jase Bolger* R x x x and eliminates the cap altogether 64 Earl Poleski R x x x on December 31, 2014, further placing a 65 ** R x x x strain on MPSERS and the K-12 budget, 66 R x x x as charter schools receive the foundation 67 Tom Cochran D x x not in office allowance like traditional school districts 68 Andy Schor D x x not in office but do not pay into MPSERS. 69 Sam Singh D x x not in office 70 R x x x Cyber schools 71 Theresa Abed D x x not in office 72 Ken Yonker R x x x (Senate Bill 619) 73 Peter MacGregor** R x x x Sponsored by Sen. 74 Rob VerHeulen R x x not in office (R-Canton Twp.), later Public Act 129 75 Brandon Dillon D x x x of 2012, Roll Call #273 76 D x x not in office 77 Tom Hooker R x x x Public Act 129 of 2012 expands the allowed usage of “cyber schools” further 78 Dave Pagel R x x not in office placing a strain on MPSERS and the 79 Al Pscholka R x x x K-12 budget, as cyber schools receive the 80 Bob Genetski* R x x x foundation allowance like traditional school 81 R x x not in office districts but do not pay into MPSERS. 82 ** R x x x 83 Paul Muxlow R x x x 84 Terry Brown** D x x x EAA bill 85 Ben Glardon R x x x (House Bill 4369) 86 Lisa Posthumus-Lyons R x x x Sponsored by Rep. Lisa Posthumous- 87 Mike Callton R x x x Lyons 88 R x x not in office 89 Amanda Price R x x x Please see House Recap on page 7 for 90 Joe Haveman* R x x x bill description. 91 Collene Lamonte D x x not in office 92 Marcia Hovey-Wright D x x x Closing MPSERS 93 Tom Leonard R x x not in office (Senate Bill 1040) 94 Tim Kelly R x x not in office 95 Stacy Erwin Oakes** D x x x Sponsored by Sen. Roger Kahn 96 Charles Brunner D x x x (R-Saginaw), later Public Act 300 97 Joel Johnson R x x x of 2012 98 ** R x x x This version of the MPSERS reform bill 99 Kevin Cotter R x x x later enacted into law in 2012 contained a 100 R x x x provision closing MPSERS to new hires and 101 Ray Franz R x x x placing all new public school employees 102 Phil Potvin R x x x into a defined contribution or “401(k)”-type 103 Bruce Rendon R x x x system for retirement. The provision would 104 ** R x x x have resulted in increased costs to school 105 Greg MacMaster** R x x x districts of approximately $400 million 106 Peter Pettalia R x x x per year due to accounting and actuarial 107 Frank Foster R x x x requirements for accelerated funding of 108 Ed McBroom R x x x pension obligations when closing a pension 109 John Kivela D x x not in office system in order to fully fund obligations to 110 Scott Dianda D x x not in office all members of the system. The provision was ultimately dropped from the bill.

July/August 2014 www.marsp.org l VANGUARD l 9 PA 30 ‘13 PA 464 ‘12 PA 00 ‘12 PA 129 ‘12 PA 277 ‘11 PA 38 ‘11 Senate Voting HB 4369 SB 178 HB 5261 SB 1040 SB 619 SB 618 HB 4361 Record Support Oppose Support Oppose Support Oppose Support Oppose Support Oppose Support Oppose Support Oppose District Name Party

MARSP’s position x x x x x x x 1 Coleman Young II D x x x x x x x 2 Bert Johnson D x x x x x x x 3 Morris W. Hood III D x x x x x x x 4 Virgil Smith D x x x x x x x 5 Tupac A. Hunter* D x x x x x x x 6 Glenn Anderson* D x x x x x x x 7 Patrick Colbeck R x x x x x x x 8 Hoon-Yung Hopgood D x x x x did not vote x x 9 Steven M. Bieda D x x x x x x x 10 Tory Rocca R x x x x x x x 11 Jack Brandenburg R x x x x x x x 12 R x x x x x x x 13 John Pappageorge* R x x x x x x x 14 D x x x x x x x 15 R x x x x x x x 16 Bruce Caswell** R x x x x x x x 17 * R x x x x x x x 18 D x x x x x x x 19 R x x x x x x x 20 Tonya Schuitmaker R x x x x x x x 21 R x x x x x x x 22 R x x x x x x x 23 Gretchen Whitmer* D x x x x x x x 24 Rick Jones R x x x x x x x 25 Phil Pavlov R x x x x x x x 26 David B. Robertson R x x x x x x x Stay tuned 27 D x not in office not in office not in office not in office not in office not in office in, follow 28 Mark Jansen* R x x x x x x x 29 R x x x x x x x @MARSP 30 Arlan B. Meekhof R x x x x x x x Connect with MARSP 31 Mike Green R x x x x x x x on Facebook, Twitter 32 Roger Kahn* R x x x x x x x or LinkedIn. 33 Judy K. Emmons R x x x x x x x We’re sharing great 34 R x x x x x x x articles, retirement 35 Darwin L. Booher R x x x x x x x tips, resources and legislative activity. 36 John Moolenaar R x x x x x x x Don’t miss what’s next; 37 Howard Walker** R x x x x x x x Follow us online! 38 Tom Casperson R x x x x x x x

* not running for reelection due to term limits ** chose not to run for reelection *** Leiutenant Governor Brian Calley cast the tie-breaking vote on HB 4361

Prior authorization standardization Substitute teaching for certain retirees (Senate Bill 178) (House Bill 5261) Sponsored by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R-Lawton), Sponsored by Rep. Holly Hughes (R-White River later Public Act 30 of 2013 Township), later Public Act 464 of 2012 Please see House Recap on page 7 for bill description. Please see House Recap on page 8 for bill description.

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