Bill Text: MI HB4677 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Children: foster care; assessments of education facilities at child care institutions; require. Amends 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.951 - 722.960) by adding sec. 8e.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-02-27 - Assigned Pa 10'24 [HB4677 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2023-HB4677-Chaptered.html

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Act No. 10

Public Acts of 2024

Approved by the Governor

February 27, 2024

Filed with the Secretary of State

February 27, 2024

EFFECTIVE DATE:  Sine Die

(91st day after final adjournment of the 2024 Regular Session)

 

 

 

state of michigan

102nd Legislature

Regular session of 2024

Introduced by Reps. Young, Edwards, Dievendorf, Rheingans, MacDonell, Neeley, Phil Green, Brenda Carter, Puri, Scott, Tyrone Carter, Grant, McKinney and Aiyash

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4677

AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 203, entitled “An act to establish certain standards for foster care and adoption services for children and their families; and to prescribe powers and duties of certain state agencies and departments and adoption facilitators,” (MCL 722.951 to 722.960) by adding section 8e.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 8e. (1) Beginning September 30, 2024, and annually each September 30 after that, the department, in collaboration with the department of education and the center for educational performance and information, must provide a report to the house and senate appropriation committees for the department budget, the house and senate standing committees on human services, and the house and senate fiscal agencies that must include all of the following:

(a) The total number of children in foster care identified by grade of instruction.

(b) The number of children in foster care transferred to a different school district during the academic school year.

(c) The number of children in foster care who were suspended or expelled from school during the academic school year.

(d) The number of children in foster care who are identified by chronic absenteeism, truancy, or as drop-outs.

(e) The following broken down by public schools, public school academies, private schools, and schools at child caring institutions:

(i) Percentage of children in foster care who meet academic standards on state standardized assessments.

(ii) Percentage of children in foster care who are enrolled in an alternative education school receiving special education services.

(iii) Percentage of children in foster care who are assigned to advanced placement, early middle college, or dual enrollment.

(iv) Percentage of children in foster care who are assigned to career and technical education.

(v) Percentage of children in foster care, or who engaged in foster care in the last 5 years, who graduated or obtained a high school equivalency diploma.

(2) As used in this section, “child caring institution” means that term as defined in section 1 of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111.

 

Clerk of the House of Representatives

 

Secretary of the Senate

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor