HB-4803, As Passed Senate, September 21, 2005
May 17, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Gaffney, Hune, Emmons, Newell, Brown, Gillard, Palsrok, Stahl, Elsenheimer, Brandenburg, Ward, LaJoy, Gosselin, Hansen, Green, Mortimer, Casperson, McDowell, Gleason, Taub, Hoogendyk, Pearce, Meyer, Nofs, Sheen, Bennett, Farhat, Amos, Acciavatti, Walker, Pavlov, Garfield, Palmer, Huizenga, Robertson, Steil, Shaffer, Jones, David Law, Sheltrown and Moore and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Great Lakes, Land Use, and Environment.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1284b (MCL 380.1284b), as amended by 2001 PA
167.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
1284b. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection
(2)
Until subsection (2) applies to the school district, public
school academy, or intermediate school district, the board of a
school
district , local act school district, public school
academy,
or intermediate school district or board of directors of
a public school academy shall ensure that the district's or public
school academy's schools are not in session on the Friday before
Labor
day. As used in this section, "Labor day" means the first
Monday
in September.
House Bill No. 4803 as amended September 20, 2005
as amended September 20, 2005
(2) Except as otherwise provided in <<subsections (3) and (4)>> ,
the board
of a school district or intermediate school district or board of
directors of a public school academy shall ensure that the
district's or public school academy's <<pupils are not required to begin
a school year >>
before Labor day.
(3) (2)
If a collective bargaining
agreement that provides
a
complete school calendar is in effect as of May 1, 1999 for
employees
of a school district, local act school district, public
school academy, or intermediate school district as of the effective
date of the amendatory act that added subsection (2), and if that
school
calendar is not in compliance with subsection (1) (2),
then
subsection (1) (2) does not apply to that school district,
local
act school district, public school
academy, or intermediate
school district until after the expiration of that collective
bargaining agreement.
<<(4) If a school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy is operating a year-round school or program as of the effective date of the amendatory act that added subsection (2) [or is operating as of that effective date a school that is an international baccalaureate academy that provides 1,160 hours of pupil instruction per school year], then subsection (2) does not apply to that school or program. If a school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy begins operating a year-round school or program after the effective date of the amendatory act that added subsection (2), the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy may apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a waiver from the requirements of subsection (2). Upon application, if the superintendent of public instruction determines that a school or program is a bona fide year-round school or program established for educational reasons, the superintendent of public instruction shall grant the waiver. The superintendent of public instruction shall establish standards for determining a bona fide year-round school or program for the purposes of this subsection.>>
<<(5)>> As used in this section, "Labor day" means the first
Monday in September.