February 13, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Zemke, Pagan, Geiss, Green, Peterson, Cochran, Cambensy, Hertel, Gay-Dagnogo, Yancey and Greimel and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1321 (MCL 380.1321), as amended by 2016 PA 428.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1321. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section,
if
a board of a school district provides transportation for its
resident
pupils, other than students with a disability transported
under
article 3 or other pupils who cannot safely walk to school,
the
school board receives funds
under the state school aid act of
1979, the board of the school district shall provide transportation
to
and from school for each resident public or nonpublic school
pupil
if both of the following requirements are met:enrolled in a
public school operated by the school district. Except as otherwise
provided in this section, if a public school academy receives funds
under the state school aid act of 1979, the board of directors of
the public school academy shall provide transportation to and from
school for each pupil enrolled in a public school operated by the
public school academy.
(a)
The school district provides transportation for the
elementary
school level, middle or junior high school level, or
high
school level, as defined by the local school board, in which
the
pupil is enrolled.
(b)
The pupil attends either the public or the nearest state
approved
nonpublic school in the school district to which the pupil
is
eligible to be admitted.
(2) Transportation provided under subsection (1) shall be
without
charge to the resident pupil, the parent, guardian, or
person standing in loco parentis to the pupil.
(3) A school district or public school academy is not required
to
transport or pay for transportation of a resident pupil living
within
1-1/2 miles, by the nearest traveled route, to the public or
state
approved nonpublic school in which
the pupil is enrolled. A
school
district is not required to transport or pay for the
transportation
of a resident pupil attending a nonpublic school who
lives
in an area less than 1-1/2 miles from a public school in
which
public school pupils are not transported, except that the
school
district shall transport or pay for the transportation of
the
resident pupil from the public school within the area to the
nonpublic
school the pupil attends.
(4)
A school district is not required to transport or pay for
the
transportation of resident pupils to state approved nonpublic
schools
located outside the district unless the school district
transports
some of its resident pupils, other than students with a
disability
under article 3, to public schools located outside the
district,
in which case the school district shall transport or pay
for
the transportation of resident pupils attending a state
approved
nonpublic school at least to the distance of the public
schools
located outside the district to which the district
transports
resident pupils and in the same general direction.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.