October 18, 2007, Introduced by Senators VAN WOERKOM, KUIPERS, JANSEN and CROPSEY and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled
"The state school aid act of 1979,"
by amending section 166b (MCL 388.1766b), as amended by 1999 PA
119.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 166b. (1) This act does not prohibit a parent or legal
guardian of a minor who is enrolled in any of grades 1 to 12 in a
nonpublic school or who is being home-schooled from also enrolling
the minor in a district or intermediate district in any curricular
offering that is provided by the district or intermediate district
at a public school site and is available to pupils in the minor's
grade level or age group, subject to compliance with the same
requirements that apply to a full-time pupil's participation in the
offering. However, state school aid shall be provided under this
act for a minor enrolled as described in this subsection only for
curricular offerings that are offered to full-time pupils in the
minor's grade level or age group during regularly scheduled school
hours.
(2) This act does not prohibit a parent or legal guardian of a
minor who is enrolled in any of grades 1 to 12 in a nonpublic
school located within the district or who resides within the
district and is being home-schooled from also enrolling the minor
in the district in a curricular offering being provided by the
district at the nonpublic school site. However, state school aid
shall be provided under this act for a minor enrolled as described
in this subsection only if all of the following apply:
(a) The nonpublic school site is located, or the nonpublic
students
are educated, within the geographic boundaries of either
the
district or a contiguous district operating under a cooperative
program
of which the district is a member and that is established
for
the purpose of providing nonessential elective courses to
nonpublic
school students the district
or, if the district cannot
or will not provide all or some of the instruction, the portion of
the instruction that the district cannot or will not provide is
instead provided by a contiguous district.
(b) The nonpublic school is registered with the department as
a nonpublic school and meets all state reporting requirements for
nonpublic schools.
(c) The instruction is scheduled to occur during the regular
school day.
(d) The instruction is provided directly by an employee of the
district or of an intermediate district.
(e) The curricular offering is also available to full-time
pupils in the minor's grade level or age group in the district
during the regular school day at a public school site.
(f) The curricular offering is restricted to nonessential
elective courses for pupils in grades 1 to 12.
(3) A minor enrolled as described in this section is a part-
time pupil for purposes of state school aid under this act.