SCHOOL EXPULSION H.B. 5411 (H-1) & 5832 (H-1):
FLOOR SUMMARY
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House Bill 5411 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)
House Bill 5832 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Representative Glenn Steil, Jr. (H.B. 5411)
Representative Robert Dean (H.B. 5832)
House Committee: Education
Senate Committee: Education
CONTENT
House Bill 5411 (H-1) would amend the Revised School Code to require the board of a school district, intermediate school district (ISD), or public school academy (PSA) to do the following:
-- Ensure that its code of conduct included a description of a pupil's due process rights in permanent expulsion proceedings, and a description of the procedures for a permanent expulsion, including reinstatement.
-- Provide that information to a pupil and his or her parent or legal guardian at the same time that notice of the charges against the pupil was given.
House Bill 5832 (H-1) would amend the Revised School Code to require a board member of a school district, ISD, or PSA to abstain from voting on an expulsion if he or she believed or had reason to believe that he or she had a conflict of interest.
The two bills are tie-barred to one another.
Proposed MCL 380.1312a (H.B. 5411) Legislative Analyst: Curtis Walker
Proposed MCL 380.1312b (H.B. 5832)
FISCAL IMPACT
The bills would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 11-14-08 Fiscal Analyst: Kathryn Summers-Coty
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. hb5411&5832/0708