Title 388, SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL AID

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "postsecondary enrollment options act".

Sec. 2. The purpose of this act is to provide a wider variety of options to high school pupils by encouraging and enabling qualified pupils to enroll in courses or programs in eligible postsecondary institutions.

Sec. 3. (1) As used in this act: (a) "Community college" means a community college established under the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.1 to 389.195, or under part 25 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1601 to 380.1607, or a federal tribally con…

Sec. 3a. (1) Not later than July 1, 2005, the superintendent of public instruction shall do both of the following: (a) Approve 1 or more readiness assessments that may be used for the purposes of determining eligible students beginning with participation in the 2006-2007 school y…

Sec. 4. (1) The school district or state approved nonpublic school in which an eligible student is enrolled shall provide to the eligible student a letter signed by the student's principal indicating the student's eligibility under this act. (2) An eligible student may apply to a…

Sec. 5. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an eligible student enrolled in a postsecondary institution under this act shall not participate in intercollegiate athletics at the postsecondary institution while he or she is enrolled under this act. An eligible student…

Sec. 6. An eligible postsecondary institution may give priority to its postsecondary students when enrolling eligible students in postsecondary courses under this act for high school credit only. Once an eligible student has been enrolled in a postsecondary course under this act,…

Sec. 7. (1) An eligible student who is enrolled in a school district may enroll in, and receive payment by the school district under section 4(5) of all or part of eligible charges for, an eligible course under this act for high school credit or postsecondary credit, or both. At …

Sec. 8. This act does not restrict the ability of an eligible student or any other pupil to enroll in any postsecondary institution without tuition and fee support under this act.

Sec. 9. (1) Each school district or state approved nonpublic school shall provide information to all high school students on the postsecondary enrollment options under this act, including enrollment eligibility; the institutions and types of courses that are eligible for particip…

Sec. 10. By March 1 of each year, a school district or state approved nonpublic school shall provide general information about the postsecondary enrollment options under this act to all pupils in grade 8 or higher.

Sec. 11. (1) Each intermediate school district annually shall collect from each of its constituent school districts and provide to the department at the same time that it submits the annual comprehensive financial report required under section 18 of the state school aid act of 19…

Sec. 12. (1) The department may promulgate rules it considers necessary to implement this act. Rules shall be promulgated under the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. (2) If…

Sec. 14. This act shall not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 88th Legislature are enacted into law: (a) House Bill No. 4640. (b) House Bill No. 4642.

Sec. 1. Whenever the federal government or any agency thereof shall provide grants of general federal aid for the use and benefit of the public schools of the state, the superintendent of public instruction is hereby designated as the sole state agency to apply to and receive fro…

Sec. 2. To these ends and purposes the superintendent of public instruction is authorized, directed and empowered: (a) To originate the documentary data prerequisite to the disbursement of all funds made available at any time by the federal government to the state of Michigan for…

Sec. 3. A grant or grants received by this state from the federal government under this act shall be paid in to the state treasurer. Disbursement of the funds from the state treasury shall be by warrant of the state treasurer.

Sec. 4. Section 1 of Act No. 145 of the Public Acts of 1901 and an act of the Public Acts of the First Extra Session of 1942, entitled "An act to authorize the acceptance of federal equipment, supplies, materials and funds," shall not apply to grants described in section 1 hereof…

Sec. 5. All funds made available to the state by federal appropriations for the purpose and operation of vocational education and vocational rehabilitation, including vocational training for defense workers, shall be received and administered by the state board of control for voc…

Sec. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Debt or expenses repayment" means debt or expenses connected to a recipient's student loans. (b) "Department" means the department of education. (c) "Designated recipient" means an individual who is enrolled in, and in good standing at, as determ…

Sec. 3. (1) The department shall create and administer a student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program to provide grants to designated recipients and to provide grants to field supervisors, field instructors, and supervisors as descr…

Sec. 5. The department shall promulgate any rules necessary for the implementation of this act.

Sec. 7. The department shall report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on the department of education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, the governor, and the advisory council described in section 31n of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.…

Sec. 1. The county board of supervisors, through the office of the county commissioner of schools, may establish a program of adult education and may employ the necessary teachers and other personnel, and may purchase such equipment and instructional supplies as shall be required…

Sec. 2. All persons appointed as instructors or employed in any other capacity in the program established under this act shall have special training for such work. The proposed program and the qualifications of the personnel shall be approved by the superintendent of public instr…

Sec. 3. Any county board of supervisors operating a program under this act shall include in its annual budget a sufficient sum to operate the program.

Sec. 1. The state board of education may take any necessary action consistent with state law to comply with the provisions of Public Law 531 of the 83rd Congress, known as the "cooperative research act" to encourage research and related activities which are of significance to edu…

Sec. 2. This act shall not be construed as authorization to expend nor to incur any obligation to expend any state funds in excess of any amount which may be appropriated for such purpose by the legislature. Any funds appropriated shall be paid out of the state treasury in accord…

Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the "critical health problems education act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Critical health problems education program" means a systematic and integrated program designed to provide appropriate learning experiences based on scientific knowledge of the human organism as it functions within its environment and designed to …

Sec. 3. A critical health problems education program is created in the state department of education. The superintendent is authorized to promote, support and conduct programs to carry out the purposes of this act. These programs shall include, but not be limited to: (a) Establis…

Sec. 4. (1) The department of education may appoint an advisory committee from universities and colleges, the various fields of education, the voluntary health agencies, the department of public health, the department of mental health, the professional health associations and oth…

Sec. 5. The department of education shall promulgate, prior to the effective date of this act, rules to implement this act in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 88 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, being sections 24.71 to 24.80 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and subje…

Sec. 1. The state committee for the reorganization of school districts, created by Act No. 289 of the Public Acts of 1964, being sections 388.681 to 388.693 of the Compiled Laws of 1948 shall determine the existence of an emergency warranting immediate reorganization within any p…

Sec. 2. This act applies only to school districts lying wholly in, or the major part of the territory of which lies wholly in, a county having a population of more than 1,000,000. The board of education or 5% of the school electors, but not less than 5 electors in a primary schoo…

Sec. 3. Upon receipt of the petition, the state committee shall conduct, or cause to be conducted, an impartial study to determine if an emergency exists. Within 20 days following publication of the results of the study, a member of the state committee, or the secretary designate…

Sec. 4. Within 20 days following receipt of a transcript of the hearing, the state committee shall make a finding relative to the existence of a condition or conditions warranting immediate reorganization of the district. The finding shall include consideration of the adequacy of…

Sec. 5. Upon a finding by the state committee that conditions in a school district warrant immediate reorganization, the state committee shall transmit its report with recommendations to the state board of education.

Sec. 6. The state board of education shall publish the report and recommendations of the state committee and shall invite objections or comments to be filed with it within 20 days following publication of the report. The state board then shall consider the report of the state com…

Sec. 7. The state board of education, upon the finding that an emergency warrants immediate reorganization of a school district, shall attach the district by annexation or division to such other district or districts as will provide the most equitable educational opportunity for …

Sec. 8. If a district attached under the provisions of this act at the time of reorganization, has a bonded indebtedness incurred after December 8, 1932, its identity shall not be lost and its territory shall remain as an assessing unit for purposes of such bonded indebtedness un…

Sec. 9. Any time after 3 years following reorganization, the reorganized district, or that district which has succeeded to the largest share of the attached district's state equalized valuation, may assume the obligation of the bonded indebtedness incurred after December 8, 1932,…

Sec. 10. The intermediate district superintendent upon request shall furnish any school district with petitions. The petitions shall be printed or duplicated and the first page shall be in the following form: Petition no. ............ consisting of ..............pages. (Signed)..…

Sec. 10a. The state committee on reorganization of school districts shall continue in existence for purposes of this act, notwithstanding any expiration date otherwise provided by law.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "career and technical preparation act".

Sec. 2. The purpose of this act is to provide a wider variety of options to high school pupils by encouraging and enabling qualified pupils to enroll in courses or programs in career and technical preparation programs at eligible postsecondary educational institutions.