Title 388, SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL AID

Sec. 166d. (1) A school of excellence that is a cyber school, as defined in section 551 of the revised school code, MCL 380.551, or an educational management organization with which the cyber school has a contract, shall not require an employee, a former employee, or an individua…

Sec. 166e. Before entering into a contract in an amount in excess of $15,000.00 for any materials, supplies, or equipment or a contract in an amount in excess of $15,000.00 for construction of a new building, or addition to or repair or renovation of an existing building, the boa…

Sec. 167. (1) The department in cooperation with the department of health and human services shall develop plans to assist districts, intermediate districts, and local county health departments to comply with section 1177 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1177, and section 9209…

Sec. 167a. A district is encouraged to implement a plan to reduce pupil expulsions and suspensions that exceed 10 days. It is the intent of the legislature that a district that has not implemented a plan to reduce pupil expulsions and suspensions that exceed 10 days will be subje…

Sec. 167b. (1) Not later than August 1, 2018, and not later than August 1 of each subsequent year, a district or intermediate district that operates a school violence tip line shall report to the attorney general on the operation of the tip line. The information reported must inc…

Sec. 168. In order to receive funds under this article, a district, intermediate district, grant recipient, contractor, or other entity that directly or indirectly receives funds under this article shall allow access for the department or the department's designee to audit all re…

Sec. 168a. In order to receive funds under this act, a district or intermediate district shall not remove asbestos, or contract for the removal of asbestos, from an educational facility unless the removal is required under Act No. 51 of the Public Acts of 1993, being sections 388…

Sec. 169. In order for a public school academy to receive state aid under this act, the public school academy shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that the public school academy has made a good faith effort to advertise, throughout the entire area of the interm…

Sec. 169a. (1) A board member, official, or employee of a district or intermediate district shall provide any information received from the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind about its residential program to parents and guardians of pupils who are deaf, deaf-blind, or hard o…

Sec. 169b. A board member of a district, intermediate district, public school academy, or public school academy corporation shall abstain from voting on any contract in which the board member has a conflict of interest.

Sec. 171. (1) Act No. 90 of the Public Acts of 1977, as amended, being sections 388.1401 to 388.1572 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, is repealed. (2) A reference to a section or subsection of this act applicable to a fiscal year ending before October 1, 1979, shall be considered a …

Sec. 172. This act shall take effect October 1, 1979.

Sec. 201. (1) Subject to the conditions set forth in this article, the amounts listed in this section are appropriated for community colleges for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, from the funds indicated in this section. The following is a summary of the appropriations …

Sec. 201f. For fiscal year 2026-2027 only, from the appropriations described in section 201(1), $14,630,000.00 is appropriated from the state school aid fund for a 1-time performance funding payment. Funds appropriated under this section, subject to conditions described in sectio…

Sec. 201h. In addition to funds appropriated under section 201(4)(b), as amended by 2025 PA 15, for fiscal year 2025-2026 only, $2,400,000.00 is appropriated from the state school aid fund for payments to participating community colleges. A community college that receives money u…

Sec. 201i. (1) Within 30 days of the enactment of an amendatory act to this article, the house and senate shall provide to the state budget office a jointly agreed upon list of legislatively directed spending items funded by the amendatory act. The list must include all informati…

Sec. 202. All appropriations authorized under this article are subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.

Sec. 202a. As used in this article: (a) "Center" means the center for educational performance and information created in section 94a. (b) "College level equivalent credit examination" means an examination that is administered by an independent testing service and that is used by …

Sec. 203. (1) Unless otherwise specified, a community college that receives appropriations in section 201 and the center shall use the internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this article. This requirement includes transmission of reports via electronic mail to the reci…

Sec. 204. Funds appropriated in section 201 shall not be used for the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if competitively priced and of comparable quality American goods or services, or both, are available. Preference should be given to goods or services, or both, ma…

Sec. 205. To the extent possible, the principal executive officer of each community college that receives appropriations in section 201 shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that geographically disadvantaged business enterprises compete for and perform contracts to provide se…

Sec. 206. (1) Except for the funds appropriated in sections 201(4)(b) and 201(7), the funds appropriated in sections 201 and 201f are appropriated for community colleges with fiscal years ending June 30, 2027 and must be paid out of the state treasury and distributed by the state…

Sec. 207. (1) A community college shall pay the employer's contributions to the Michigan public school employees' retirement system created by the public school employees retirement act of 1979, 1980 PA 300, MCL 38.1301 to 38.1437. This payment is a condition of receiving funds a…

Sec. 207a. The following apply to the allocation of the appropriations described in section 201(4): (a) A community college that receives money under section 201(4) shall use that money solely for the purpose of offsetting a portion of the retirement contributions owed by the col…

Sec. 207b. All of the following apply to the allocation of the appropriation described in section 201(5) for payments to community colleges that are participating entities of the retirement system: (a) The amount of a payment under section 201(5) must be the difference between th…

Sec. 207c. All of the following apply to the allocation of the appropriations described in section 201(6) to community colleges described in section 12(3) of the Michigan renaissance zone act, 1996 PA 376, MCL 125.2692: (a) The amount allocated to each community college under sec…

Sec. 210. (1) Recognizing the critical importance of education in strengthening Michigan's workforce, each community college shall explore ways of increasing collaboration and cooperation with 4-year universities, particularly in the areas related to training, instruction, and pr…

Sec. 210b. By March 1 of each year, the Michigan Community College Association and the Michigan Association of State Universities shall submit a report to the standard report recipients and the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential on the activities and pro…

Sec. 210d. (1) Community colleges shall work with public universities in this state to implement statewide reverse transfer agreements to increase the number of students that are awarded credentials of value upon completion of the necessary credits. These statewide agreements mus…

Sec. 212. Community college districts are encouraged to evaluate and pursue efficiency and cost-containment measures that maximize state funding. Community colleges shall identify practices that increase efficiencies, including, but not limited to, establishing joint ventures, co…

Sec. 213. Not later than 6 months after the state budget office issues work project letters, and again on or by April 15, the state budget office shall submit an annual report that summarizes all work project accounts to the standard report recipients. The report must include all…

Sec. 216e. (1) Payments under section 201 for performance funding must be made only to a community college that certifies to the state budget director by the last business day of August each year that it complies with the following: (a) The institutional best practice described i…

Sec. 217. (1) The center shall do all of the following: (a) Establish, maintain, and coordinate the state community college database commonly known as the "Michigan Community College Data Inventory". (b) Collect data concerning community colleges and community college programs in…

Sec. 217a. (1) Each community college that receives an appropriation in sections 201 and 201f shall submit all of the following information in the form and manner specified by the center: (a) The Michigan community colleges verified data inventory data for the preceding academic …

Sec. 217b. (1) Each community college that receives an appropriation in section 201 shall report to the center by the last business day of August of each year the tuition and mandatory fees paid by a full-time in-district student and a full-time out-of-district student as establi…

Sec. 217c. (1) Not later than December 1 of each year, each community college or federally recognized tribal college that, in the current or previous academic year, serves or has served as an authorizing body shall submit a report to the house and senate appropriations subcommitt…

Sec. 217f. It is the intent of the legislature that taxpayer funds appropriated under this article are to be used to educate community college students and continue maintenance of community college buildings and other assets. The goal of the legislature is that taxpayer funds not…

Sec. 219. (1) By October 15 of each year, each community college that receives an appropriation in section 201 shall provide its longitudinal data system data set for the preceding academic year to the center for inclusion in the statewide P-20 education longitudinal data system …

Sec. 220. (1) As provided for under section 1 of 2003 PA 1, MCL 13.101, pursuant to section 53 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963, the auditor general or a certified public accountant appointed by the auditor general may conduct performance audits of community colleg…

Sec. 221. (1) A community college shall retain certified class summaries, class lists, registration documents, and student transcripts that are consistent with the taxonomy of courses. For each enrollment period during the fiscal year, these certified documents shall identify cle…

Sec. 222. Each community college shall have an annual audit of all income and expenditures performed by an independent auditor and shall furnish the independent auditor's management letter and an annual audited accounting of all general and current funds income and expenditures i…

Sec. 223. (1) By January 15 of each year, the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential shall submit to the standard report recipients a report on North American Indian tuition waivers for the preceding academic year that includes, but is not limited to, all of…

Sec. 226e. It is the goal of the governor and legislature to ensure that 60% of Michigan's residents achieve a postsecondary credential, high-quality industry certification, associate degree, or bachelor's degree by 2030.

Sec. 228. A community college shall not take disciplinary action against an employee for communicating with a member of the legislature or the legislator's staff.

Sec. 229. (1) Each community college that receives an appropriation in section 201 is expected to include in its admission application process a specific question as to whether an applicant for admission has ever served or is currently serving in the United States Armed Forces or…

Sec. 229a. Included in the fiscal year 2026-2027 appropriations for the department of technology, management, and budget are appropriations totaling $40,398,900.00 to provide funding for the state share of costs for previously constructed capital projects for community colleges. …