Bill Text: MI HB4396 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; calendar; restrictions on school start date; modify. Amends sec. 1284b of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1284b).
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-26 - Printed Bill Filed 03/26/2015 [HB4396 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB4396-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4396
March 25, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Heise, Schor, Zemke, Aaron Miller, Webber, Pagel, Howrylak, Kelly, Kesto, Crawford, Irwin, Brinks, Faris, Geiss, Singh, Vaupel, Tedder and Kosowski and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1284b (MCL 380.1284b), as amended by 2006 PA
235.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
1284b. (1) Until subsection (2) applies to the school
district,
public school academy, or intermediate school district,
the
The board of a school district or intermediate school
district
or board of directors of a public school academy shall ensure that
the district's or public school academy's schools are not in
session on the Friday before Labor day.
(2)
Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board of
a
school district or intermediate school district or board of
directors
of a public school academy shall ensure that the
district's
or public school academy's school year does not begin
before
Labor day.
(3)
If a collective bargaining agreement that provides a
complete
school calendar is in effect for employees of a school
district,
public school academy, or intermediate school district as
of
the effective date of the amendatory act that added subsection
(2),
and if that school calendar is not in compliance with
subsection
(2), then subsection (2) does not apply to that school
district,
public school academy, or intermediate school district
until
after the expiration of that collective bargaining agreement.
(4)
If a school district, intermediate school district, or
public
school academy is operating a year-round school or program
as
of September 29, 2005 or is operating as of that date a school
that
is an international baccalaureate academy that provides 1,160
hours
of pupil instruction per school year, then subsection (2)
does
not apply to that school or program. If a school district,
intermediate
school district, or public school academy begins
operating
a year-round school or program after September 29, 2005,
the
school district, intermediate school district, or public school
academy
may apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a
waiver
from the requirements of subsection (2). Upon application,
if
the superintendent of public instruction determines that a
school
or program is a bona fide year-round school or program
established
for educational reasons, the superintendent of public
instruction
shall grant the waiver. The superintendent of public
instruction
shall establish standards for determining a bona fide
year-round
school or program for the purposes of this subsection.
(5)
If an intermediate school district contracts with a
constituent
district or public school academy to provide programs
or
services for pupils of the constituent district or public school
academy;
operates a program or service within a building owned by a
constituent
district or a public school academy located within the
intermediate
school district's boundaries; or otherwise provides
instructional
programs or services for pupils of a constituent
district
or public school academy, and if the school district's or
public
school academy's school year begins before Labor day under
subsection
(3) or (4), then the intermediate school district may
provide
programs or services according to the school district's or
public
school academy's calendar.
(6)
This section does not apply to a public school that
operates
all of grades 6 to 12 at a single site, that aligns its
high
school curriculum with advanced placement courses as the
capstone
of the curriculum, and that ends its second academic
semester
concurrently with the end of the advanced placement
examination
period.
(7)
This section does not prohibit a school district,
intermediate
school district, or public school academy from
offering
or requiring professional development for its personnel
that
is conducted before Labor day.
(2) (8)
As used in this section,
"Labor day" means the first
Monday in September.
