Bill Text: MI HB4371 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

Michigan House Bill 4371 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Education; attendance; religious holiday absences; prohibit from counting against a student's attendance record for purposes of awards. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1566.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-25 - Printed Bill Filed 03/25/2015 [HB4371 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB4371-Introduced.html

HOUSE BILL No. 4371

March 24, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Greig, Schor, Brinks, Moss, Wittenberg, Callton, Gay-Dagnogo, Byrd, Leutheuser, Cochran, Darany, Howrylak, Geiss, Glenn, Yanez, Hovey-Wright, Derek Miller, Maturen, Driskell, Singh, LaVoy, Chang and Plawecki 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 1566.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 1566. If a public school gives an award or other

recognition to pupils for which school attendance is a factor,

school officials of the public school shall not count a pupil's

absence that is due to a religious holiday or other religious

observance as an absence in the pupil's school attendance record

for the purposes of determining eligibility for the award or other

recognition.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days