REIMBURSEMENT PROTOCOL FOR PUPIL TRANSFERS AFTER COUNT DAY
House Bill 4003
Sponsor: Rep. Jerry Kratz
Committee: Education
Complete to 1-23-03
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4003 AS INTRODUCED 1-8-03
House Bill 4003 would amend the Revised School Code to establish a procedure that would apply to all school districts except a school district of the first class (that is to say, Detroit), to require reimbursement to the educating school district when a pupil transfers after the count day. (Under the law the "educating school district" is defined to mean the district in which a pupil enrolls after the pupil membership count day.)
Currently under the law, the procedure to reimburse districts after the count day applies to an educating district's enrollment of a pupil if the educating district is not a school district of the first class, and if all of the following apply:
a) the student transfers from one of three other districts specified by the educating district and enrolls in the educating district after the pupil membership count day;
b) due to the student's enrollment status as of the membership count day, the student was counted in membership in the district from which he or she transfers;
c) the student was a resident of the educating district on the membership count day, or met other eligibility criteria to be counted in membership in the educating district; and,
d) the total number of pupils enrolled in the district who are described in a), b), and c) above, and who transfer from one of the three other districts specified by the educating district is at least equal to the greater of 25 students, or one percent of the educating district's membership.
Under House Bill 4003, the criterion described in d), above, would be eliminated, while criteria a), b), and c), above, would be retained. Further, the procedure would apply to "another district" rather than "one of three other specified districts."
MCL 388.1625b
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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.