Bill Text: MI HB5904 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; curriculum; high school diploma endorsement in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM); provide for. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1278d. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5905'14

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-11-12 - Printed Bill Filed 11/07/2014 [HB5904 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB5904-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5904

 

November 6, 2014, Introduced by Reps. Price, Lyons, Zemke, Lane, Dianda, Schor, Lamonte, Yonker and Crawford 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 1278d.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1278d. (1) If a pupil successfully completes all of the

 

following credit requirements while in grades 7 to 12, the pupil is

 

eligible for a STEM diploma endorsement issued by the department

 

under section 1278e:

 

     (a) All applicable requirements of the Michigan merit standard

 

for a high school diploma under sections 1278a and 1278b.

 

     (b) At least 6 credits in mathematics approved by the

 

department.

 

     (c) At least 6 credits in science approved by the department.

 

     (2) Upon determining that a pupil has met the requirements

 

under subsection (1), a school district or public school academy

 

shall submit to the department, in the form and manner prescribed

 

by the department, a certification that the pupil is eligible for a

 

STEM diploma endorsement and a request for the department to issue

 

and transmit to the school district or public school academy a STEM

 

diploma endorsement for the pupil. Upon receipt of the endorsement,

 

the school district or public school academy shall notate the

 

pupil's transcript to indicate the pupil has earned a STEM diploma

 

endorsement and shall provide to the pupil the endorsement issued

 

by the department.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 5905 (request no.

 

06031'14 *) of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.