Bill Text: MI HB5618 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; discipline; requirements and procedures for suspension or expulsion; revise. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1310d.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-12-28 - Assigned Pa 360'16 With Immediate Effect [HB5618 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB5618-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5618
May 3, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Schor, Zemke, Pscholka, Lyons, Irwin, Lucido and LaGrand 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 1310d.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1310d. (1) The board of a school district or intermediate
school district or board of directors of a public school academy,
or a superintendent, school principal, or other designee under
section 1311(1), shall not suspend or expel a pupil under its
authority under section 1311(1) solely for being truant or
chronically absent.
(2) The board of a school district or intermediate school
district or board of directors of a public school academy, or a
superintendent, school principal, or other designee under section
1311(1), shall consider each of the following factors before
suspending or expelling a pupil under its authority under section
1311(1):
(a) The pupil's age.
(b) The pupil's disciplinary history.
(c) Whether the pupil is a student with a disability.
(d) The seriousness of the violation or behavior committed by
the pupil.
(e) Whether the violation or behavior committed by the pupil
threatened the safety of any pupil or staff member.
(f) Whether restorative justice will be used to address the
violation or behavior committed by the pupil.
(g) Whether a lesser intervention would properly address the
violation or behavior committed by the pupil.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
