Bill Text: MI SB0117 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; other; reduction of class size for K-3; require over 5-year period. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1290.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-28 - Referred To Committee On Education [SB0117 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-SB0117-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 117
January 28, 2009, Introduced by Senators CLARK-COLEMAN, CHERRY, HUNTER, CLARKE, SCOTT, GLEASON, BRATER and JACOBS 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 1290.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1290. (1) For the 2009-2010 school year, if a school
district or public school academy operates a school building in
which some or all of grades K-3 are offered and in which at least
50% of the pupils actually enrolled in the school building in the
immediately preceding school year were eligible for free lunch, the
board of the school district or board of directors of the public
school academy shall ensure that the average class size in grades
K-3 in that school building is not more than 17 pupils per class,
with not more than 19 pupils in any particular class.
(2) For the 2010-2011 school year, if a school district or
public school academy operates a school building in which some or
all of grades K-3 are offered and in which at least 35% of the
pupils actually enrolled in the school building in the immediately
preceding school year were eligible for free lunch, the board of
the school district or board of directors of the public school
academy shall ensure that the average class size in grades K-3 in
that school building is not more than 17 pupils per class, with not
more than 19 pupils in any particular class.
(3) For the 2011-2012 school year, if a school district or
public school academy operates a school building in which some or
all of grades K-3 are offered and in which at least 20% of the
pupils actually enrolled in the school building in the immediately
preceding school year were eligible for free lunch, the board of
the school district or board of directors of the public school
academy shall ensure that the average class size in grades K-3 in
that school building is not more than 17 pupils per class, with not
more than 19 pupils in any particular class.
(4) For the 2012-2013 school year, if a school district or
public school academy operates a school building in which some or
all of grades K-3 are offered and in which at least 10% of the
pupils actually enrolled in the school building in the immediately
preceding school year were eligible for free lunch, the board of
the school district or board of directors of the public school
academy shall ensure that the average class size in grades K-3 in
that school building is not more than 17 pupils per class, with not
more than 19 pupils in any particular class.
(5) Beginning in the 2013-2014 school year, and for each
school year thereafter, the board of a school district or board of
directors of a public school academy that operates some or all of
grades K-3 shall ensure that the average class size in grades K-3
is not more than 17 pupils per class, with not more than 19 pupils
in any particular class.
(6) For the purposes of this section, free lunch eligibility
shall be as determined under the Richard B. Russell national school
lunch act, 42 USC 1751 to 1769i, and reported to the department not
later than October 31 of the immediately preceding school year and
adjusted not later than December 31 of the immediately preceding
school year.
