SENATE BILL No. 369

 

 

April 2, 2003, Introduced by Senators HAMMERSTROM, KUIPERS, HARDIMAN, GILBERT, PATTERSON, CROPSEY and SIKKEMA and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled                                              

                                                                                

    "The state school aid act of 1979,"                                         

                                                                                

    by amending sections 19, 23, and 94 (MCL 388.1619, 388.1623, and            

                                                                                

    388.1694), section 19 as amended by 2002 PA 191, section 23 as              

                                                                                

    amended by 1997 PA 93, and section 94 as amended by 2002 PA 521.            

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 19.  (1)  A  To avoid a reduction in funding under this                

                                                                                

2   section, a district shall comply with the requirements of                   

                                                                                

3   sections 1204a, 1277, and 1278  , and 1280  of the revised school           

                                                                                

4   code, MCL 380.1204a, 380.1277, and 380.1278.  , and 380.1280,               

                                                                                

5   commonly referred to as "public act 25 of 1990".                            

                                                                                

6       (2) Each district and intermediate district shall provide to                

                                                                                

7   the department, in a form and manner prescribed by the                      

                                                                                

8   department, information necessary for the development of an                 

                                                                                

9   annual progress report on the implementation of sections 1204a,             

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   1277, and 1278  , and 1280  of the revised school code,                     

                                                                                

2   MCL 380.1204a, 380.1277, and 380.1278.  , and 380.1280, commonly            

                                                                                

3   referred to as "public act 25 of 1990".  Additionally, each                 

                                                                                

4   district and intermediate district shall provide to the                     

                                                                                

5   department of information technology, in a form and manner                  

                                                                                

6   prescribed by the department of information technology, on the              

                                                                                

7   achievement of national education goals, and information                    

                                                                                

8   necessary for the development of other performance reports.                 

                                                                                

9       (3) If a district or intermediate district fails to meet the                

                                                                                

10  requirements of subsection (2) and sections 1204a, 1277, and 1278           

                                                                                

11  of the revised school code, MCL 380.1204a, 380.1277, and                    

                                                                                

12  380.1278, the department shall withhold 5% of the total funds for           

                                                                                

13  which the district or intermediate district qualifies under this            

                                                                                

14  act until the district or intermediate district complies with all           

                                                                                

15  of those sections.  If the district or intermediate district does           

                                                                                

16  not comply with all of those sections by the end of the fiscal              

                                                                                

17  year, the department shall place the amount withheld in an escrow           

                                                                                

18  account until the district or intermediate district complies with           

                                                                                

19  all of those sections.                                                      

                                                                                

20      (4) If a school in a district is not accredited under                       

                                                                                

21  section 1280 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1280, or is not            

                                                                                

22  making satisfactory progress toward meeting the standards for               

                                                                                

23  that accreditation, the department shall withhold 5% of the total           

                                                                                

24  funds for which the district qualifies under this act that are              

                                                                                

25  attributable to pupils attending that school.  The department               

                                                                                

26  shall place the amount withheld from a district under this                  

                                                                                

27  subsection in an escrow account and shall not release the funds             


                                                                                

1   to the district until the district submits to the department a              

                                                                                

2   plan for achieving accreditation for each of the district's                 

                                                                                

3   schools that are not accredited under section 1280 of the revised           

                                                                                

4   school code, MCL 380.1280, or are not making satisfactory                   

                                                                                

5   progress toward meeting the standards for that accreditation.               

                                                                                

6       Sec. 23.  (1) An instructional program operated under this                  

                                                                                

7   section by a public university for pupils in grades K-6, 6-8, or            

                                                                                

8   9-12, or a combination of those grades, may be funded under this            

                                                                                

9   act as a district if all of the following requirements are met:             

                                                                                

10      (a) The public university has submitted an application under                

                                                                                

11  this section, or submitted an application to the department in a            

                                                                                

12  prior fiscal year under former section 23c, in the form and                 

                                                                                

13  manner prescribed by the department.  The application shall                 

                                                                                

14  include, or have included, at least all of the following:                   

                                                                                

15                                                                               (i) Identification of the proposed grade levels for which the                       

                                                                                

16  university plans to operate an instructional program.                       

                                                                                

17      (ii) Identification of the districts from which pupils would                 

                                                                                

18  be eligible to attend the instructional program.                            

                                                                                

19      (iii) A description of the process for the random selection                  

                                                                                

20  of pupils for enrollment.                                                   

                                                                                

21      (iv) A description of the proposed curriculum features that                  

                                                                                

22  would be given highest priority in the instructional program.               

                                                                                

23      (b) The instructional program complies with the requirements                

                                                                                

24  of sections 1204a, 1277, and 1278  , and 1280  of the revised               

                                                                                

25  school code, MCL 380.1204a, 380.1277, and 380.1278.  , and                  

                                                                                

26  380.1280, commonly referred to as "public act 25 of 1990".                  

                                                                                

27      (2) An instructional program operated under this section is                 


                                                                                

1   eligible in the same manner as a district or public school                  

                                                                                

2   academy for all applicable categorical and federal aid.                     

                                                                                

3       (3) An employee of a public university employed in an                       

                                                                                

4   instructional program operated under this section is not an                 

                                                                                

5   employee of a school district for purposes of 1937 (Ex Sess) PA             

                                                                                

6   4, MCL 38.71 to 38.191.                                                     

                                                                                

7       (4) An employee of a public university employed in an                       

                                                                                

8   instructional program operated under this section is not eligible           

                                                                                

9   to be a member of the public school employees retirement system             

                                                                                

10  established by the public school employees retirement act of                

                                                                                

11  1979, 1980 PA 300, MCL 38.1301 to  38.1467  38.1408, unless other           

                                                                                

12  employees of the university are eligible for membership in that             

                                                                                

13  retirement system.                                                          

                                                                                

14      Sec. 94.  From the general fund money appropriated in                       

                                                                                

15  section 11, there is allocated to the department  an amount not             

                                                                                

16  to exceed $3,000,000.00 for 2001-2002 and  an amount not to                 

                                                                                

17  exceed $2,000,000.00 each fiscal year for 2002-2003 and for                 

                                                                                

18  2003-2004 to provide technical assistance to districts for                  

                                                                                

19  school accreditation purposes as described in section 1280 of              

                                                                                

20  the revised school code, MCL 380.1280  meeting adequate yearly              

                                                                                

21  progress requirements under the federal no child left behind act            

                                                                                

22  of 2001, Public Law 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425.