SENATE BILL NO. 898


  February 19, 1998, Introduced by Senator EMMONS 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 1282a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 1282A.  THE BOARD OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR LOCAL ACT

 2    SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY

 3    SHALL ENSURE THAT A PUPIL ENROLLED IN GRADE 8 OR BELOW, OTHER

 4    THAN A PUPIL ELIGIBLE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND SERV-

 5    ICES, IS NOT ADVANCED TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL AT THE END OF THE

 6    SCHOOL YEAR UNLESS THE PUPIL HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE READING AT

 7    LEAST AT THE PUPIL'S CURRENT GRADE LEVEL.










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