HB-5298, As Passed Senate, December 9, 2009

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5298

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

"The revised school code,"

by amending section 1148 (MCL 380.1148).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 1148. (1) Except as provided in section 1711 and

subsection (2), a child placed under the order or direction of a

court or child placing agency in a licensed home, or a child whose

parents or legal guardians are unable to provide a home for the

child and who is placed in a licensed home or in a home of

relatives in the school district for the purpose of securing a

suitable home for the child and not for an educational purpose ,

shall be considered a resident for education purposes of the school

district where the home in which the child is living is located.

The child shall be admitted to the school in the district.

     (2) If a child who is under court jurisdiction under section

2(b) of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL

712A.2, is placed in foster care, a school district shall allow the

child to enroll in and attend the appropriate grade in the school

selected by the department of human services or a child placing

agency without regard to whether or not the child is residing in

that school district. If the selection results in a child

transferring to another school, the child's school records shall be

transferred as provided under section 1135.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless House Bill No. 5299 of the 95th Legislature is enacted into

law.