SENATE BILL No. 548

 

 

September 12, 2017, Introduced by Senators COLBECK, PAVLOV and GREEN and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1210; and to repeal acts

 

and parts of acts.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1210. (1) For a school district, intermediate school

 

district, or public school academy to be eligible to receive funds

 

from the enhanced Michigan education savings program accounts under

 

the enhanced Michigan education savings program act, not later than

 

March 1, 2018 and thereafter, at least 6 months before the start of

 

each school year, the board of a school district or intermediate

 

school district or board of directors of a public school academy

 

shall submit to the department and the department of treasury, in

 

the form and manner prescribed by the department and the department

 

of treasury, all of the following information:


     (a) A complete listing of all services to be provided to

 

pupils by the school district, intermediate school district, or

 

public school academy, broken down by subject-specific core

 

instructional services, noncore instructional services,

 

extracurricular activities, support activities, and course

 

materials. The board or board of directors, or its designee, shall

 

map each of the eligible services to the funding sources for the

 

service.

 

     (b) A breakdown of the direct costs and fully burdened costs

 

to the school district, intermediate school district, or public

 

school academy for providing each of the services listed in

 

subdivision (a).

 

     (c) Any other information requested by the department of

 

treasury related to services provided to pupils by the school

 

district, intermediate school district, or public school academy.

 

     (2) The department and a school district, intermediate school

 

district, or public school academy shall ensure that parents have

 

access to information on the direct costs and fully burdened costs

 

of each eligible service.

 

     (3) At least 6 months before the start of each school year, a

 

school district, intermediate school district, or public school

 

academy shall provide to parents clear information on which

 

eligible services are available from the school district,

 

intermediate school district, or public school academy.

 

     (4) As used in this section, "eligible service" means a

 

service that may be purchased using an enhanced Michigan education

 

savings program account, as prescribed by the department under the


enhanced Michigan education savings program act.

 

     Enacting section 1. Part 18 of the revised school code, 1976

 

PA 451, MCL 380.1401 to 380.1416, is repealed effective August 1,

 

2018.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No. 544.                                   

 

           

 

     (b) Senate Bill No. 549.