INSTRUCTION IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT                                                H.B. 5139 (S-1):

                                                                                                    SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                      REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

House Bill 5139 (Substitute S-1 as reported)

Sponsor:  Representative Daire Rendon

House Committee:  Workforce and Talent Development

Senate Committee:  Economic Development and International Development

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Revised School Code to require school districts to incorporate in their curricula a program of instruction in career development.

By July 1, 2019, the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Talent and Economic Development, would be required to develop and adopt, and make available to schools, a model program of instruction in career development that met at least all of the following criteria:

-- Defined learning targets and themes for each grade level.

-- Included instruction for pupils in grades K-12.

-- Incorporated career development education embedded within core instruction.

-- Included strategies for engaging parents and community business and industry interests.

Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, the board of a school district or board of directors of a public school academy would have to ensure that the school district's or public school academy's curriculum incorporated grade-appropriate instruction on career development in each grade level in grades K-12.

Proposed MCL 380.1166a                                           Legislative Analyst:  Nathan Leaman

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would result in additional administrative costs for the State and an indeterminate cost for local units of governments. The Department of Education and Department of Talent and Economic Development would experience additional administrative costs in order to develop and adopt a grade-appropriate model program for career development. The extent of the costs would depend on the degree to which the Departments developed a model in-house or used an existing model.

Local units of government, including intermediate school districts, school districts, and public school academies, would experience additional costs to implement the approved career development program. Due to variations in costs between local units of government and differences in current career development curricula, it is not possible to estimate an average local cost.

Date Completed:  6-7-18                                                       Fiscal Analyst:  Cory Savino

This 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.