Bill Text: MI HB6100 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; board members; monthly board meetings for all public schools; require. Amends sec. 1201 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1201).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-12-30 - Printed Bill Filed 12/22/2014 [HB6100 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB6100-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 6100
December 18, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Brinks and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1201 (MCL 380.1201), as amended by 2001 PA 27.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1201. (1) The business that the board of a school
district or board of directors of a public school academy is
authorized to perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the
board or board of directors held in compliance with the open
meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275. An act of the
board or board of directors is not valid unless the act is
authorized at a meeting by a majority vote of the members elected
or appointed to and serving on the board or board of directors and
a proper record is made of the vote.
(2) The board or board of directors may hold closed sessions
only as authorized by section 8 of the open meetings act, 1976 PA
267, MCL 15.268.
(3) A meeting at which all members are present, with or
without proper notice to members of the board or board of
directors, and for which proper notice is given to the public
pursuant to subsection (4), is considered a legal meeting for the
transaction of business.
(4) The board or board of directors shall give public notice
of the time, date, and place of the meeting in the manner required
by the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.
(5) The minutes of each board or board of directors meeting
shall be signed by the secretary. In the absence of the secretary,
the president shall appoint a temporary secretary who shall sign
the minutes of the meeting. The vice-president shall act in the
absence of the president.
(6) The board or board of directors shall hold a regular
public meeting at least once a month. In addition, the board of
directors of a public school academy shall hold a public meeting at
least once each month at the public school academy. The board of
directors of a school of excellence that is a cyber school, as
described in section 553a, shall hold a public meeting at least
once each month within each school district in which at least 1
pupil enrolled in the cyber school resides. A public meeting under
this section shall be held on a date and at a location that is
convenient for parents, teachers, and pupils. The time of the
public meeting shall be convenient for parents, teachers, and
pupils. The board of directors shall give public notice of the
time, date, and place of each public meeting in the manner required
by the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275, and
shall conduct the public meeting in compliance with the open
meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.
