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.