Title 388, SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL AID

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.

Sec. 3. (1) As used in this act: (a) "Career and technical preparation program" means a program that teaches a trade, occupation, or vocation and that is operated by an eligible postsecondary educational institution located in this state. (b) "Community college" means a community…

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) Upon request by the eligible student, 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. …

Sec. 5. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an eligible student enrolled in a career and technical preparation program under this act shall not participate in intercollegiate athletics while he or she is enrolled in the career and technical preparation program under…

Sec. 6. A career and technical preparation program may give priority to its postsecondary students when enrolling eligible students in career and technical preparation courses under this act for high school credit only. Once an eligible student has been enrolled in a career and t…

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 career and technical preparation program 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 career and technical preparation enrollment options under this act, including enrollment eligibility; the programs and types of courses that are eligib…

Sec. 10. By March 1 of each school year thereafter, a school district or state approved nonpublic school shall provide general information about the career and technical preparation 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 of education at the same time that it submits the annual comprehensive financial report required under section 18 of the state school …

Sec. 12. The department may promulgate rules it considers necessary to implement this act. Rules shall be promulgated under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

Sec. 13. This act takes effect April 1, 2001. Payment of all or part of eligible charges under this act for eligible courses shall begin in the state fiscal year beginning on October 1, 2001.

Sec. 1. The state board of education provided for in the constitution of 1908, hereinafter referred to as the "old board", shall continue to function until 12 noon on January 1, 1965, at which time it is abolished and the terms of its members shall expire. The old board shall the…

Sec. 2. Members of the state board shall be nominated and elected and vacancies in their offices shall be filled in accordance with the election laws of this state. The governor shall be ex officio a member of the state board, and the superintendent of public instruction appointe…

Sec. 3. The state board of education shall elect a president, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as it deems necessary. The treasurer shall furnish a corporate surety bond in a sum determined by the board as adequate to cover the funds to be handled by him and condi…

Sec. 4. A quorum of the state board of education shall consist of a majority of the board's members. An affirmative vote by the majority of the members serving on the board shall be required to transact business. The business which the board may perform shall be conducted in comp…

Sec. 5. The per diem compensation of members of the board and the schedule for reimbursement of expenses shall be established annually by the legislature.

Sec. 6. A member of the state board of education shall not act as the agent of any publisher of school books or school library books or be interested in the publication or sale of any such book as agent or otherwise.

Sec. 7. The state board of education is a body corporate and may purchase, have, hold, possess, enjoy, grant, alien, invest, sell, and dispose of real and personal property of every kind; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all the courts in this state; may have, use, …

Sec. 8. The state board of education may take by gift, grant from federal or other sources, devise, bequest, or in any other lawful manner, property, money, pledges or promises to pay money for the purpose of carrying on any of its powers and duties and may, with the approval of …

Sec. 8a. (1) The state board of education may take any necessary action consistent with state law to comply with the provisions of Public Law 85-864 (1958), as amended, being 20 U.S.C. sections 401 et seq., and known as the "federal national defense education act of 1958", and to…

Sec. 8b. The superintendent of public instruction may take by gift, grant from federal or other sources, devise, bequest, or in any other lawful manner, property, money, pledges, or promises to pay money for the benefit of students who are blind. Notwithstanding the provisions of…

Sec. 9. The state board of education has leadership and general supervision of all public education, including adult education and instructional programs of the state institutions, except as to institutions of higher education granting baccalaureate degrees. The board serves as t…

Sec. 9a. The special education advisory committee is created in the department of education and shall consist of not less than 9 and not more than 33 members appointed by the state board of education for terms of 3 years. The person within the department directly responsible for …