HB-4803, As Passed House, June 30, 2005

HOUSE BILL No. 4803

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.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), 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 school year does not begin

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) As used in this section, "Labor day" means the first

Monday in September.