DAMAGED SCHOOL: INSTRUCTIONAL HRS. S.B. 1100: COMMITTEE SUMMARY
Senate Bill 1100 (as introduced 3-17-04)
Sponsor: Senator Jason Allen
Committee: Education
Date Completed: 3-25-04
CONTENT
The bill would amend the State School Aid Act to require the Michigan Department of Education to count up to 20 additional hours as pupil instruction time for a school in which instruction was not provided due to structural damage that required the school to be closed.
Currently, a district is required to provide at least 1,098 hours of pupil instruction, or forfeit a percentage of its State aid. The first 30 hours of instruction lost due to conditions out of the school's control, such as severe storms, fires, epidemics, or health conditions, must be counted as hours of pupil instruction. Under the bill, for the 2003-2004 school year only, a district with a school that lost pupil instruction time due to structural roof and truss damage that required the school to be closed, would have to be credited an additional 20 hours as pupil instruction time.
MCL 388.1701 Legislative Analyst: Claire Layman
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State government.
The proposed change would help prevent the local district from incurring any additional operational costs associated with providing the additional instructional hours required to meet the State's minimum of 1,098 hours of pupil instruction. The actual amount of additional operational costs is indeterminate; however, based on the average number of instructional hours in a day (6.5 hours), without the additional waiver of 20 hours of instruction, the district will have to provide instruction for an estimated three days.
Fiscal Analyst: Joe Carrasco
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb1100/0304