Michigan Public Acts of 102nd Legislature, Regular Session (2023)
SB 173, Act 103
Public Acts of 2023
Approved by the Governor
July 20, 2023
Filed with the Secretary of State
July 21, 2023
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 21, 2023
STATE OF MICHIGAN
102ND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2023
Introduced by Senator Camilleri
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 173
AN ACT to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled "An act to make appropriations to aid in the support of the public schools, the intermediate school districts, community colleges, and public universities of the state; to make appropriations for certain other purposes relating to education; to provide for the disbursement of the appropriations; to authorize the issuance of certain bonds and provide for the security of those bonds; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, the state board of education, and certain other boards and officials; to create certain funds and provide for their expenditure; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts," by amending sections 3, 4, 6, 6a, 11, 11a, 11j, 11k, 11m, 11s, 11w, 11x, 15, 19, 20, 20d, 20f, 21f, 21h, 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 22m, 22p, 23a, 24, 24a, 25f, 25g, 26a, 26b, 26c, 26d, 27a, 27b, 27c, 28, 31a, 31d, 31f, 31j, 31n, 31p, 31aa, 32d, 32n, 32p, 32t, 35a, 35d, 35f, 39, 39a, 41, 41b, 51a, 51c, 51d, 51e, 51g, 53a, 54, 54b, 54d, 56, 61a, 61b, 61c, 61d, 62, 65, 67, 67c, 74, 81, 94, 94a, 95b, 97a, 97e, 98, 99h, 99s, 99t, 99u, 99x, 99aa, 99ee, 101, 104, 104f, 104h, 104i, 107, 121, 147, 147a, 147b, 147c, 147e, 152a, 152b, 163, 201, 202a, 206, 207a, 207b, 207c, 219, 223, 229a, 230, 236, 236b, 236c, 236h, 236j, 236k, 241, 248, 248a, 251, 252, 254, 256, 259, 260, 263, 263a, 264, 268, 269, 270c, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, and 296 (MCL 388.1603, 388.1604, 388.1606, 388.1606a, 388.1611, 388.1611a, 388.1611j, 388.1611k, 388.1611m, 388.1611s, 388.1611w, 388.1611x, 388.1615, 388.1619, 388.1620, 388.1620d, 388.1620f, 388.1621f, 388.1621h, 388.1622a, 388.1622b, 388.1622c, 388.1622d, 388.1622m, 388.1622p, 388.1623a, 388.1624, 388.1624a, 388.1625f, 388.1625g, 388.1626a, 388.1626b, 388.1626c, 388.1626d, 388.1627a, 388.1627b, 388.1627c, 388.1628, 388.1631a, 388.1631d, 388.1631f, 388.1631j, 388.1631n, 388.1631p, 388.1631aa, 388.1632d, 388.1632n, 388.1632p, 388.1632t, 388.1635a, 388.1635d, 388.1635f, 388.1639, 388.1639a, 388.1641, 388.1641b, 388.1651a, 388.1651c, 388.1651d, 388.1651e, 388.1651g, 388.1653a, 388.1654, 388.1654b, 388.1654d, 388.1656, 388.1661a, 388.1661b, 388.1661c, 388.1661d, 388.1662, 388.1665, 388.1667, 388.1667c, 388.1674, 388.1681, 388.1694, 388.1694a, 388.1695b, 388.1697a, 388.1697e, 388.1698, 388.1699h, 388.1699s, 388.1699t, 388.1699u, 388.1699x, 388.1699aa, 388.1699ee, 388.1701, 388.1704, 388.1704f, 388.1704h, 388.1704i, 388.1707, 388.1721, 388.1747, 388.1747a, 388.1747b, 388.1747c, 388.1747e, 388.1752a, 388.1752b, 388.1763, 388.1801, 388.1802a, 388.1806, 388.1807a, 388.1807b, 388.1807c, 388.1819, 388.1823, 388.1829a, 388.1830, 388.1836, 388.1836b, 388.1836c, 388.1836h, 388.1836j, 388.1836k, 388.1841, 388.1848, 388.1848a, 388.1851, 388.1852, 388.1854, 388.1856, 388.1859, 388.1860, 388.1863, 388.1863a, 388.1864, 388.1868, 388.1869, 388.1870c, 388.1875, 388.1876, 388.1877, 388.1878, 388.1879, 388.1880, 388.1881, 388.1882, 388.1883, and 388.1896), sections 3, 6, 6a, 11a, 11j, 11k, 11m, 11s, 15, 20, 20d, 20f, 21f, 21h, 22a, 22c, 22d, 22m, 22p, 24, 24a, 25f, 25g, 26a, 26b, 26c, 26d, 28, 31a, 31d, 31j, 31n, 31p, 32d, 32p, 35a, 35d, 35f, 39, 41, 51d, 51g, 54b, 54d, 61a, 61b, 61c, 61d, 62, 65, 67, 74, 81, 94, 94a, 95b, 97a, 98, 99h, 99s, 99t, 99u, 99x, 99aa, 101, 104, 104f, 104h, 107, 147, 147a, 147b, 147e, 152a, 152b, 201, 202a, 206, 207a, 207b, 207c, 229a, 230, 236b, 236c, 236h, 241, 252, 256, 259, 260, 263, 264, 268, 269, 270c, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, and 282 as amended and sections 11x, 27a, 27b, 27c, 31aa, 32n, 32t, 41b, 51e, 67c, 97e, 99ee, 104i, and 236k as added by 2022 PA 144, sections 4 and 19 as amended by 2021 PA 48, sections 11, 22b, 31f, 39a, 51a, 51c, 53a, 54, and 147c as amended by 2023 PA 3, section 11w as added by 2022 PA 93, section 23a as amended by 2020 PA 22, sections 56, 236, 236j, and 251 as amended and sections 248 and 248a as added by 2022 PA 212, section 121 as amended by 2006 PA 342, section 163 as amended by 2021 PA 15, section 219 as amended by 2016 PA 249, section 223 as amended by 2021 PA 86, section 254 as amended by 2017 PA 108, sections 263a and 283 as amended by 2019 PA 62, and section 296 as amended by 2020 PA 165, and by adding sections 11v, 11z, 11aa, 12a, 12b, 12c, 22k, 22l, 23g, 23h, 23i, 25k, 27g, 27h, 27i, 27j, 27k, 27l, 27m, 27n, 27o, 27p, 27q, 29, 30d, 30e, 31k, 31r, 31ff, 32e, 32v, 32w, 32x, 33, 35i, 35j, 35k, 35l, 61j, 61k, 61l, 61m, 61n, 61o, 61p, 61q, 61r, 61s, 61t, 61u, 67f, 67g, 74b, 97g, 97i, 97j, 97k, 97l, 98d, 99a, 99b, 99d, 99e, 99f, 99g, 99m, 99n, 99ff, 99gg, 99hh, 99ii, 99jj, 99kk, 99ll, 107a, 147f, 164i, 216c, 217a, 217b, 236m, 236n, 241a, 241b, 241c, 241d, 263b, 275k, and 284a; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
(2) "Board" means the governing body of a district or public school academy.
(3) "Center" means the center for educational performance and information created in section 94a.
(4) "Community district" means a school district organized under part 5b of the revised school code, MCL 380.381 to 380.396.
(5) "Cooperative education program" means a written voluntary agreement between and among districts to provide certain educational programs for pupils in certain groups of districts. The written agreement must be approved by all affected districts at least annually and must specify the educational programs to be provided and the estimated number of pupils from each district who will participate in the educational programs.
(6) "Department", except as otherwise provided in this article, means the department of education.
(7) "District" means, except as otherwise specifically provided in this act, a local school district established under the revised school code or, except in sections 6(4), 6(6), 11x, 11y, 11aa, 12c, 13, 20, 22a, 22p, 27l, 31a, 51a(14), 105, 105c, and 166b, a public school academy. Except in section 20, district also includes a community district.
(8) "District of residence", except as otherwise provided in this subsection, means the district in which a pupil's custodial parent or parents or legal guardian resides. For a pupil described in section 24b, the pupil's district of residence is the district in which the pupil enrolls under that section. For a pupil described in section 6(4)(d), the pupil's district of residence is considered to be the district or intermediate district in which the pupil is counted in membership under that section. For a pupil under court jurisdiction who is placed outside the district in which the pupil's custodial parent or parents or legal guardian resides, the pupil's district of residence is considered to be the educating district or educating intermediate district.
(9) "District superintendent" means the superintendent of a district or the chief administrator of a public school academy.
(2) "Extended school year" means an educational program conducted by a district in which pupils must be enrolled but not necessarily in attendance on the pupil membership count day in an extended year program. The mandatory clock hours must be completed by each pupil not more than 365 calendar days after the pupil's first day of classes for the school year prescribed. The department shall prescribe pupil, personnel, and other reporting requirements for the educational program.
(3) "Fiscal year" means the state fiscal year that commences October 1 and continues through September 30.
(4) "High school equivalency certificate" means a certificate granted for the successful completion of a high school equivalency test.
(5) "High school equivalency test" means the G.E.D.
test developed by the GED Testing Service, the HISET exam administered by PSI Services, or another comparable test approved by the department of labor and economic opportunity.
(6) "High school equivalency test preparation program" means a program that has high school level courses in English language arts, social studies, science, and mathematics and that prepares an individual to successfully complete a high school equivalency test.
(7) "High school pupil" means a pupil in membership in grades 7 to 12, except in a district not maintaining grades above grade 8.
Programs for pupils with emotional impairment housed in buildings that do not serve regular education pupils also qualify. Unless otherwise approved by the department, a center program either serves all constituent districts within an intermediate district or serves several districts with less than 50% of the pupils residing in the operating district. In addition, special education center program pupils placed part-time in noncenter programs to comply with the least restrictive environment...
