Bill Text: MI SB0779 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; school districts; student-to-teacher ratio; establish at 20 to 1. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1249c.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-25 - Referred To Committee On Education [SB0779 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0779-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 779

 

 

January 25, 2018, Introduced by Senators GREGORY, BIEDA, HOOD, YOUNG, HOPGOOD, ANANICH, HERTEL, KNEZEK, WARREN and JOHNSON 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 1249c.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1249c. Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, the

 

board of a school district or board of directors of a public school

 

academy shall ensure that the average pupil-to-teacher ratio in

 

each classroom in grades K to 4 in each school it operates is not

 

more than 20 pupils to 1 teacher. If a paraprofessional is assigned

 

to a classroom full time in grades K to 4, the board or board of

 

directors shall ensure that the pupil-to-teacher ratio in that

 

classroom is not more than 25 pupils to 1 teacher.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.