Bill Text: MI HB6605 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; special; definition of dyslexia; modify. Amends sec. 3 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.3). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6606'18

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-12-19 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 12/19/2018 [HB6605 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB6605-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 6605

 

 

December 19, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Anthony and Hammoud and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

by amending section 3 (MCL 380.3), as amended by 2016 PA 192.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3. (1) "Area" as used in the phrase "area vocational-

 

technical education program" or "area career and technical

 

education program" means the geographical territory, within the

 

boundaries of a K to 12 school district, an intermediate school

 

district, or a community college district, that is designated by

 

the department as the service area for the operation of an area

 

vocational-technical education program.

 

     (2) "Area vocational-technical education program", "area

 

career and technical education program", or "career and technical

 

education program" means a program of organized, systematic

 

instruction designed to prepare the following individuals for

 

useful employment in recognized occupations:

 

     (a) Individuals participating in career and technical

 

education readiness activities that lead to enrollment in a career

 

and technical education program in high school.

 

     (b) Individuals enrolled in high school in a school district,

 

intermediate school district, public school academy, or nonpublic

 

school.

 

     (c) Individuals who have completed or left high school and who

 

are available for full-time study in preparation for entering the

 

labor market.

 

     (d) Individuals who have entered the labor market and who need

 

training or retraining to achieve stability or advancement in

 

employment.

 

     (3) "Board" or "school board" means the governing body of a

 

local school district unless clearly otherwise stated.

 

     (4) "Boarding school" means a place accepting for board, care,

 

and instruction 5 or more children under 16 years of age.

 

     (5) "Community district" means a school district organized

 

under part 5b.

 

     (6) "Constituent district" means a local school district the

 

territory of which is entirely within and is an integral part of an

 

intermediate school district.

 

     (7) "Dyslexia" means a specific learning disability that is

 

neurobiological in origin and that is characterized by difficulties

 

with accurate or fluent word recognition and poor spelling and

 

decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a

deficit in the phonological component of language that is often

 

unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the

 

provision of effective classroom instruction. Secondary

 

consequences of dyslexia may include problems in reading

 

comprehension and a reduced reading experience that can impede a

 

pupil's growth of vocabulary and background knowledge.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6606 (request no.

 

05962'18) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.