Bill Text: MI SB0414 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; other; website posting of instructional materials used by students; require. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1340.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-05 - Referred To Committee On Education [SB0414 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB0414-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 414

 

 

June 5, 2013, Introduced by Senator COLBECK 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 1340.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1340. (1) If a school district, intermediate school

 

district, or public school academy uses as part of its pupil

 

instructional program any type of instructional materials that are

 

in a digital format, the board of the school district or

 

intermediate school district or board of directors of the public

 

school academy shall ensure that the materials are available for

 

public inspection online through a link from the school district's,

 

intermediate school district's, or public school academy's website

 

home page.

 

     (2) Subsection (1) applies only if the school district,

 

intermediate school district, or public school academy is able to

 

comply with subsection (1) without violating any intellectual

 

property right of the creator of the materials that existed before

 

the effective date of this section.

 

     (3) Beginning on the effective date of this section, a school

 

district, intermediate school district, or public school academy,

 

shall not enter into, renew, or extend a contract with a provider

 

of instructional materials or instructional services unless the

 

contract allows the school district, intermediate school district,

 

or public school academy to comply with subsection (1).

 

     (4) Beginning on the effective date of this section, a school

 

district, intermediate school district, or public school academy,

 

shall not enter into, renew, or extend an employment contract with

 

a teacher or other instructional employee or a collective

 

bargaining agreement with a group of teachers or other

 

instructional employees unless the contract or collective

 

bargaining agreement allows the school district, intermediate

 

school district, or public school academy to comply with subsection

 

(1).