HB-5478, As Passed Senate, June 3, 2004                                     

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5478

                                                                             A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled                                              

"The state school aid act of 1979,"                                         

by amending section 166a (MCL 388.1766a), as amended by 2003 PA             

158.                                                                        

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 166a.  (1) In order to avoid forfeiture of state aid                   

2   under subsection (2), the board of a district or intermediate               

3   district providing reproductive health or other sex education               

4   instruction under section 1169, 1506, or 1507 of the revised                

5   school code, MCL 380.1169, 380.1506, and 380.1507, or under any             

6   other provision of law, shall ensure that all of the following              

7   are met:                                                                    

8       (a) That the district or intermediate district does not                     

9   provide any of the instruction to a pupil who is less than 18               

10  years of age unless the district or intermediate district                   

1   notifies the pupil's parent or legal guardian in advance of the             

2   instruction and the content of the instruction, gives the pupil's           

3   parent or legal guardian a prior opportunity to review the                  

4   materials to be used in the instruction, allows the pupil's                 

5   parent or legal guardian to observe the instruction, and notifies           

6   the pupil's parent or legal guardian in advance of his or her               

7   rights to observe the instruction and to have the pupil excused             

8   from the instruction.                                                       

9       (b) That, upon the written request of a pupil's parent or                   

10  legal guardian or of a pupil if the pupil is at least age 18, the           

11  pupil shall be excused, without penalty or loss of academic                 

12  credit, from attending class sessions in which the instruction is           

13  provided.                                                                   

14      (c) That the sex education instruction includes                             

15  age-appropriate information clearly informing pupils at 1 or more           

16  age-appropriate grade levels that having sex or sexual contact              

17  with an individual under the age of 16 is a crime punishable by             

18  imprisonment, and that 1 of the other results of being convicted            

19  of this crime is to be listed on the sex offender registry on the           

20  internet for  at least up to 25 years.                                     

21  (2) If a parent or legal guardian of a pupil enrolled in a                  

22  district or intermediate district believes that the district or             

23  intermediate district has violated this section or section 1169,            

24  1506, or 1507 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1169, 380.1506,           

25  and 380.1507, he or she may file a complaint with the                       

26  superintendent or chief administrator of the district or                    

27  intermediate district in which the pupil is enrolled.  Upon                 

1   receipt of the complaint, the superintendent or chief                       

2   administrator of the district or intermediate district shall                

3   investigate the complaint and, within 30 days after the date of             

4   the complaint, provide a written report of his or her findings to           

5   the parent or legal guardian who filed the complaint and to the             

6   superintendent of public instruction.  If the investigation                 

7   reveals that 1 or more violations have occurred, the written                

8   report shall contain a description of each violation and of                 

9   corrective action the district or intermediate district will take           

10  to correct the situation to ensure that there is no further                 

11  violation.  The district or intermediate district shall take the            

12  corrective action described in the written report within 30 days            

13  after the date of the written report.                                       

14      (3) If a parent who has filed a complaint with a district                   

15  under subsection (2) believes that the district is still not in             

16  compliance with law based on the findings made by the                       

17  superintendent or chief administrator of the district, the parent           

18  may appeal the findings to the intermediate district in which the           

19  district is located.  If there is an appeal to an intermediate              

20  district under this subsection, the intermediate superintendent             

21  of the intermediate district shall investigate the complaint and,           

22  within 30 days after the date of the appeal, provide a written              

23  report of his or her findings to the parent or legal guardian who           

24  filed the appeal and to the superintendent of public                        

25  instruction.  If the investigation by the intermediate                      

26  superintendent reveals that 1 or more violations have occurred,             

27  the intermediate superintendent in consultation with the local              

1   district shall develop a plan for corrective action for the                 

2   district to take to correct the situation to ensure that there is           

3   no further violation, and shall include this plan for corrective            

4   action with the written report provided to the parent or legal              

5   guardian and the superintendent of public instruction.  The                 

6   district shall take the corrective action described in the plan             

7   within 30 days after the date of the written report.                        

8       (4) If a parent who has filed a complaint with an                           

9   intermediate district under subsection (2) or a parent who has              

10  filed an appeal with an intermediate district under subsection              

11  (3) believes that the district or intermediate district is still            

12  not in compliance with law based on the findings made by the                

13  intermediate superintendent of the intermediate district, the               

14  parent may appeal the findings to the department.  If there is an           

15  appeal to the department under this subsection, the department              

16  shall investigate the complaint and, within 90 days after the               

17  date of the appeal, provide a written report of its findings to             

18  the parent or legal guardian who filed the appeal, to the                   

19  superintendent of public instruction, and to the district and               

20  intermediate district.  If the department finds 1 or more                   

21  violations as a result of its investigation, then all of the                

22  following apply:                                                            

23      (a) The department shall develop a plan for corrective action               

24  for the district or intermediate district to take to correct the            

25  situation to ensure that there is no further violation, and shall           

26  include this plan for corrective action with the written report             

27  provided to the parent or legal guardian, the superintendent of             

1   public instruction, and the district or intermediate district.              

2   The district or intermediate district shall take the corrective             

3   action described in the plan within 30 days after the date of the           

4   written report.                                                             

5       (b) In addition to withholding the percentage of state school               

6   aid forfeited by the district or intermediate district under                

7   subsection (5), the department may assess a fee to the district             

8   or intermediate district that committed the violation in an                 

9   amount not to exceed the actual cost to the department of                   

10  conducting the investigation and making the reports required                

11  under this subsection.                                                      

12      (5)  (2) A If an investigation conducted by the department                 

13  under subsection (4) reveals that a district or intermediate                

14  district  that does not comply with has committed 1 or more                

15  violations of this section or section 1169, 1506, or 1507 of the            

16  revised school code, MCL 380.1169, 380.1506, and 380.1507, the              

17  district or intermediate district shall forfeit  5% an amount              

18  equal to 1% of its total state school aid allocation under this             

19  act.                                                                        

20  (6) The department, with the approval of the superintendent                 

21  of public instruction, shall establish a reasonable process for a           

22  complainant to appeal to the department under subsection (4).               

23  The process shall not place an undue burden on the complainant,             

24  the district or intermediate district, or the department.                   

25      (7) The department shall track the number of complaints and                 

26  appeals it receives under this section for the 2004-2005 school             

27  year and, not later than the end of that school year, shall                 

1   submit a report to the standing committees and appropriations               

2   subcommittees of the legislature having jurisdiction over                   

3   education legislation and state school aid that details the                 

4   number and nature of those complaints and appeals and the cost to           

5   the department of handling them.

6       Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

7   effect unless Senate Bill No. 943 of the 92nd Legislature is                

8   enacted into law.