HOUSE BILL No. 4063


     January 8, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Parks, Wallace, Varga, Prusi, Scott, Vaughn and Baird and referred to the Committee on Education.


        A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

   "The revised school code,"

   (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1149a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 1149A.  A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE SPECIAL ASSIST-

 2    ANCE TO EACH PUPIL ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO IS ELIGI-

 3    BLE FOR PURPOSES OF ALLOCATING FEDERAL FUNDS UNDER CHAPTER 1 OF

 4    THE HAWKINS-STAFFORD ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

 5    AMENDMENTS OF 1988, PUBLIC LAW 100-297, OR WHO IS AT RISK OF

 6    FALLING SERIOUSLY BEHIND OTHERS OF HIS OR HER AGE LEVEL IN LEARN-

 7    ING OR IN DANGER OF BEING EXPELLED OR OF NOT ADVANCING IN GRADE

 8    LEVEL WITH PUPILS OF HIS OR HER AGE LEVEL, AS DEFINED BY DEPART-

 9    MENT RULE.  A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL AVOID REMOVING A PUPIL

10    DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION FROM HIS OR HER CORE CURRICULUM OR




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 1    OTHER REGULAR CLASSROOM COURSES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE SPECIAL

 2    ASSISTANCE.




















































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