SCHOOL PARENT BOARDS, COUNCILS, AND GROUPS
House Bill 4377
Sponsor: Rep. Joanne Voorhees
Committee: Education
Complete to 4-10-01
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4377 AS INTRODUCED 2-27-01
The bill would amend the Revised School Code to specify that when a school board established a board, council, or other group designed to provide parental input (or when it authorized the creation of such a group), the school board would be required to ensure that a) a majority of the group's members were parents of students enrolled in the school district; and, b) a person serving in a position of authority in the group was not an employee of the school district.
MCL 380.1206
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.