Bill Text: MI HB5660 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education: safety; reference to school safety commission; update. Amends secs. 6, 1241 & 1308a of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.6 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5659'24
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-25 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 04/24/2024 [HB5660 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB5660-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5660
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending sections 6, 1241, and 1308a (MCL 380.6, 380.1241, and 380.1308a), section 6 as amended by 2016 PA 192, section 1241 as added by 2018 PA 549, and section 1308a as added by 2018 PA 551.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 6. (1) "School district" or "local school district" means a general powers school district organized under this act, regardless of previous classification, a community district, or a school district of the first class.
(2) "School district filing official" means the school district election coordinator as defined in section 4 of the Michigan election law, MCL 168.4, or an authorized agent of the school district election coordinator.
(3) "School elector" means a person qualified as an elector under section 492 of the Michigan election law, MCL 168.492, and resident of the school district or intermediate school district on or before the thirtieth day before the next ensuing regular or special school election.
(4) "School month" means a 4-week period of 5 days each unless otherwise specified in the teacher's contract.
(5) "School of excellence" means a school of excellence established under part 6e.
(6) "Special education building and equipment" means a structure or portion of a structure or personal property accepted, leased, purchased, or otherwise acquired, prepared, or used for special education programs and services.
(7) "Special education personnel" means persons engaged in and having professional responsibility for students with a disability in special education programs and services including, but not limited to, teachers, aides, school social workers, diagnostic personnel, physical therapists, occupational therapists, audiologists, teachers of speech and language, instructional media-curriculum specialists, mobility specialists, teacher consultants, supervisors, and directors.
(8) "Special education programs and services" means educational and training services designed for students with a disability and operated by a school district, intermediate school district, the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind, the department of health and human services, or a combination of these, and ancillary professional services for students with a disability rendered by agencies approved by the superintendent of public instruction. The programs shall must include vocational training, but need not include academic programs of college or university level.
(9) "School safety commission" means the following:
(a) Before December 31, 2024, the school safety commission created under section 5 of the comprehensive school safety plan act, 2018 PA 548, MCL 28.805.
(b) Beginning January 1, 2025, the school safety and mental health commission created under section 6 of the comprehensive school safety plan act, 2018 PA 548, MCL 28.806.
(10) (9) "Special school election" or "special election" means a school district election to fill a vacancy on the school board or submit a ballot question to the school electors that is held on a regular election date established under section 641 of the Michigan election law, MCL 168.641.
(11) (10) "State approved nonpublic school" means a nonpublic school that complies with 1921 PA 302, MCL 388.551 to 388.558.
(12) (11) "State board" means the state board of education created by section 3 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963 unless clearly otherwise stated.
(13) (12) "Student with a disability" means that term as defined in R 340.1702 of the Michigan administrative code.
(14) (13) "Department" means the department of education created under sections 300 to 305 of the executive organization act of 1965, 1965 PA 380, MCL 16.400 to 16.405.
(15) (14) "State school aid" means allotments from the general appropriating act for the purpose of aiding in the support of the public schools of the state, including, but not limited to, appropriations from the state school aid fund under the state school aid act of 1979.
(16) (15) "The state school aid act of 1979" means the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1601 to 388.1896.
Sec. 1241. (1) The board of a school district or intermediate school district, the board of directors of a public school academy, or the governing body of a nonpublic school shall designate a liaison to work with the school safety commission created under section 5 of the comprehensive school safety plan act and the office of school safety created by law. A liaison designated under this section shall be an individual who is employed by the school district, intermediate school district, public school academy, or nonpublic school or who is assigned to regularly and continuously work under contract in a school operated by the school district, intermediate school district, public school academy, or nonpublic school.
(2) A liaison designated under this section shall work with the school safety commission and the office of school safety to identify model practices for determining school safety measures.
Sec. 1308a. (1) A school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy shall provide a report to the department of state police, in a form and manner prescribed by the department of state police, on both of the following types of incidents regarding a school operated by the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy within 24 hours after the incident occurs:
(a) An incident involving a crime that would be required to be reported under section 1310a(2).
(b) An incident, if known to the school, involving the attempted commission of a crime that would be required to be reported under section 1310a(2).
(2) At least quarterly, the office of school safety created by law shall compile a report on the information received under subsection (1) and make the report available to the school safety commission, created under section 5 of the comprehensive school safety plan act, the department, and any law enforcement agency upon request.
(3) A report under this section is exempt from the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
(4) If a school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy fails to comply with subsection (1), the department of state police may determine that the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy is ineligible to receive any school safety grants from the department of state police for the fiscal year in which the noncompliance is discovered by the department of state police.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5659 (request no. 05799'24) of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.
