Bill Text: MI HB4369 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education: calendar; restrictions on school start date; eliminate. Amends sec. 1284a of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1284a) & repeals sec. 1284b of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1284b).
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-07 - Referred To Committee On Ways And Means, With Substitute (h-2) [HB4369 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4369-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4369
March 14, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Steven Johnson, Miller, Hoitenga, Elder, Hood, Guerra and Hornberger and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1284a (MCL 380.1284a), as added by 2007 PA 101;
and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
1284a. (1) Not later than July 1, 2008, an An
intermediate school district, in cooperation with its constituent
districts, shall adopt a common school calendar to apply to all of
its constituent districts and to its intermediate school district
programs. The intermediate school district shall post the common
school
calendar on its website. The common school calendar shall
must meet all of the following:
(a)
Shall Must be in compliance with sections 1284 and
1284b.section 1284.
(b)
Shall Must identify the dates for each school year when
school will not be in session for a winter holiday break and a
spring
break. The common school calendar shall must identify these
dates specifically for at least the next 5 school years, but may
describe these dates more generally for school years thereafter as
long as the dates may be readily determined.
(2)
Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, except Except as
otherwise provided in this section, the board of each constituent
district and the intermediate school board shall ensure that its
school calendar complies with the common school calendar adopted
under subsection (1).
(3) In addition to the requirements under subsection (1), a
common school calendar adopted under subsection (1) is encouraged
to identify common dates for professional development days.
(4)
If a collective bargaining agreement that provides a
complete
school calendar is in effect for employees of a school
district
or intermediate school district as of the effective date
of
this section, and if that school calendar is not in compliance
with
the common school calendar adopted under subsection (1), then
subsection
(2) does not apply to that school district or
intermediate
school district until after the expiration of that
collective
bargaining agreement.
(4) (5)
If as of the effective date of
this section October 1,
2007 an intermediate school district or school district is
operating a year-round school or program or is operating a school
that is an international baccalaureate academy that provides 1,160
hours of pupil instruction per school year, then subsection (2)
does
not apply to that school or program. If after the effective
date
of this section October 1,
2007 an intermediate school
district or school district begins operating a year-round school or
program, the intermediate school district or school district may
apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a waiver from
the requirements of subsection (2) for that school or program. The
application
shall must be in writing in the form and manner
prescribed
by the department and shall must
provide justification
for the school or program to operate on a calendar that differs
from the common school calendar adopted under subsection (1). Upon
application, if the superintendent of public instruction determines
that a school or program is a bona fide year-round school or
program established for educational reasons and that there is
sufficient justification for the school or program to operate on a
calendar that differs from the common school calendar adopted under
subsection (1), the superintendent of public instruction shall
grant the waiver. The superintendent of public instruction shall
establish standards for determining a bona fide year-round school
or program for the purposes of this subsection.
(5) (6)
If an intermediate school district
or school district
is operating or begins operating a school or program on a trimester
schedule, the intermediate school district or school district may
apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a waiver from
the requirements of subsection (2) for that school or program. The
application
shall must be in writing in the form and manner
prescribed
by the department and shall must
provide justification
for the school or program to operate on a calendar that differs
from the common school calendar adopted under subsection (1). Upon
application, if the superintendent of public instruction determines
that a school or program is operating on a bona fide trimester
schedule established for educational reasons and that there is
sufficient justification for the school or program to operate on a
calendar that differs from the common school calendar adopted under
subsection (1), the superintendent of public instruction shall
grant the waiver. The superintendent of public instruction shall
establish standards for determining a bona fide trimester schedule
for the purposes of this subsection.
(6) (7)
This section does not apply to a
public school that
operates all of grades 6 to 12 at a single site, that aligns its
high school curriculum with advanced placement courses as the
capstone of the curriculum, and that ends its second academic
semester concurrently with the end of the advanced placement
examination period.
(7) (8)
In addition to the other exceptions
under this
section, the superintendent of public instruction may grant a
waiver from a requirement under this section for a school district
that applies for the waiver in writing in the form and manner
prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction and provides
sufficient justification for the waiver, as determined by the
superintendent of public instruction.
(8) (9)
As used in this section:
(a) "Board" means the board of a school district or board of
directors of a public school academy.
(b) "Constituent district" means a constituent district of the
intermediate school district or a public school academy that is
located within the boundaries of the intermediate school district
and that receives services from the intermediate school district.
(c) "School district" means a school district or a public
school academy.
Enacting section 1. Section 1284b of the revised school code,
1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1284b, is repealed.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
