Bill Text: MI SB0564 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; public school academies; enrollment priority for certain pupils under agreement between schools; allow. Amends sec. 504 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.504).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-12 - Referred To Committee On Education [SB0564 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB0564-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 564

 

 

May 12, 2009, Introduced by Senators VAN WOERKOM, GARCIA, BIRKHOLZ, JANSEN, HARDIMAN and KUIPERS and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

by amending section 504 (MCL 380.504), as amended by 2008 PA 1.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 504. (1) A public school academy may be located in all or

 

part of an existing public school building. A public school academy

 

shall not operate at a site other than the single site requested

 

for the configuration of grades that will use the site, as

 

specified in the application required under section 502 and in the

 

contract.

 

     (2) A public school academy shall not charge tuition and shall

 

not discriminate in its pupil admissions policies or practices on

 

the basis of intellectual or athletic ability, measures of

 

achievement or aptitude, status as a student with a disability, or

 

any other basis that would be illegal if used by a school district.

 

However, a public school academy may limit admission to pupils who

 

are within a particular range of age or grade level or on any other

 

basis that would be legal if used by a school district and may give

 

enrollment priority as provided in subsection (4).

 

     (3) Except for a foreign exchange student who is not a United

 

States citizen, a public school academy shall not enroll a pupil

 

who is not a resident of this state. Enrollment in the public

 

school academy may be open to all individuals who reside in this

 

state who meet the admission policy and shall be open to all pupils

 

who reside within the geographic boundaries, if any, of the

 

authorizing body as described in section 502(2)(a) to (c) who meet

 

the admission policy, except that admission to a public school

 

academy authorized by the board of a community college to operate,

 

or operated by the board of a community college, on the grounds of

 

a federal military installation, as described in section 502(2)(c),

 

shall be open to all pupils who reside in the county in which the

 

federal military installation is located. For a public school

 

academy authorized by a state public university, enrollment shall

 

be open to all pupils who reside in this state who meet the

 

admission policy. If Subject to subsection (4), if there are more

 

applications to enroll in the public school academy than there are

 

spaces available, pupils shall be selected to attend enroll using a

 

random selection process. However, a public school academy may give

 

enrollment priority to a sibling of a pupil enrolled in the public

 

school academy. A public school academy shall allow any pupil who

 

was enrolled in the public school academy in the immediately

 

preceding school year to enroll in the public school academy in the

 

appropriate grade unless the appropriate grade is not offered at

 

that public school academy.

 

     (4) A public school academy may give enrollment priority to 1

 

or more of the following:

 

     (a) A sibling of a pupil enrolled in the public school

 

academy.

 

     (b) A pupil who transfers to the public school academy from

 

another public school academy pursuant to an agreement between the

 

public school academies that provides for this enrollment priority.

 

     (5) (4) A public school academy may include any grade up to

 

grade 12 or any configuration of those grades, including

 

kindergarten and early childhood education, as specified in its

 

contract. If specified in its contract, a public school academy may

 

also operate an adult basic education program, adult high school

 

completion program, or general education development testing

 

preparation program. The authorizing body may approve amendment of

 

a contract with respect to ages of pupils or grades offered.