| 2009-2010 Session | House Committee on Education | |||
| Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | ||||
| Bill/Resolution | Sponsor | Subject | Meetings | Status |
| HB 4030 referred 1/22/2009 |
Geiss | Education; attendance; compulsory age for attendance; increase to age 18. | 2/12/2009 | Reported out with recommendation as substitute (H-2) on 2/12/2009 |
| HB 4047 referred 1/22/2009 |
Bettie Scott | Education; school districts; number of pupils enrolled in school district to determine status as a first class school district; modify. | 3/19/2009 | Reported out with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 3/19/2009 |
| HB 4063 referred 1/22/2009 |
Lemmons | Education; public school academies; community college to act as authorizing body for charter schools in first class school district; allow. | ||
| HB 4132 referred 2/4/2009 |
Lemmons | Education; attendance; compulsory attendance age; increase to age 18. | 2/12/2009 | Reported out with recommendation as substitute (H-2) on 2/12/2009 |
| HB 4202 referred 2/5/2009 |
Lindberg | Income tax; other; governmental entities and corporations as account owners without naming a beneficiary and methods for disbursement of Michigan education savings funds; provide for and revise. | 10/22/2009 | Reported out with recommendation on 10/22/2009 |
| HB 4210 referred 2/10/2009 |
Opsommer | Higher education; research; exemption of certain intellectual property created for a state university or community college from freedom of information act; revise. | ||
| HB 4214 referred 2/10/2009 |
Gregory | Education; facilities; school building site approval by local unit of government; require for certain school buildings, and prescribe criteria for site plan approval by superintendent of public instruction. | ||
| HB 4235 referred 2/10/2009 |
Nathan | Education; curricula; foreign language instruction in grades K-12; require. | ||
| HB 4236 referred 2/10/2009 |
Nathan | Education; school districts; instruction regarding diet and health to students in grades 3-12; require. | ||
| HB 4262 referred 2/17/2009 |
Liss | Education; other; reduction in class sizes for K-3; require over 5-year period. | ||
| HB 4268 referred 2/17/2009 |
Rick Jones | Education; employees; notification to employees and law enforcement when threat of physical assault is made; require. | ||
| HB 4285 referred 2/17/2009 |
Miller | Retirement; public school employees; multiplier; increase if individual retires before a certain date. | ||
| HB 4313 referred 2/17/2009 |
Meadows | Education; financing; school district's use of sinking funds; expand to include purposes for which bonds may be used. | 2/19/2009 3/11/2009 |
Reported out with recommendation as substitute (H-2) on 3/11/2009 |
| HB 4344 referred 2/18/2009 |
Barnett | Higher education; financial aid; student loan forgiveness program for new teachers in at-risk schools; provide for. | ||
| HB 4345 referred 2/18/2009 |
Liss | Higher education; financial aid; notice to colleges of availability of teacher loan forgiveness program; require of department of education. | ||
| HB 4407 referred 2/24/2009 |
Espinoza | School aid; penalties; counting additional 20 hours of instruction time lost due to weather or other circumstances; provide for 2008-2009. | ||
| HB 4410 referred 2/24/2009 |
Sheltrown | Education; curricula; general diploma curriculum as alternative for high school graduation; provide for. | 8/19/2009 | Reported out with recommendation as substitute (H-3) on 8/19/2009 |
| HB 4420 referred 2/24/2009 |
Miller | Education; attendance; parent requests for classroom assignment of multiple birth siblings; require public schools to comply with. | ||
| HB 4432 referred 2/24/2009 |
Durhal | Higher education; financial aid; use of Michigan promise grants at state universities and community colleges that do not admit the top 15% of state high school graduates; prohibit. | ||
| HB 4433 referred 2/24/2009 |
Cushingberry | Education; curricula; requirement for schools to provide instruction on African-American history; provide for. | ||
| HB 4474 referred 2/26/2009 |
Meltzer | Education; school districts; conflict of interest policy for board members and administrators and policy concerning use of public funds; require school districts to adopt and implement. | ||
| HB 4490 referred 3/3/2009 |
McMillin | Education; public school academies; cap on number of charter schools; eliminate. | ||
| HB 4511 referred 3/4/2009 |
Geiss | Education; curricula; mathematics graduation requirements and personal curriculum requirements; modify. | 8/19/2009 | Reported out with recommendation as substitute (H-2) on 8/19/2009 |
| HB 4534 referred 3/10/2009 |
Calley | Education; graduation requirements; state graduation requirements for high school diploma; repeal. | ||
| HB 4561 referred 3/11/2009 |
Hansen | Natural resources; forests; sale of certain forestland by school districts; earmark a percentage of revenue for an endowment account. | ||
| HB 4580 referred 3/12/2009 |
Byrnes | Education; discipline; policy prohibiting harassment and bullying at school; require. | ||
| HB 4609 referred 3/18/2009 |
Meltzer | Education; reports; expenditure reporting requirements for school districts and public school academies; provide for. | ||
| HB 4628 referred 3/18/2009 |
DeShazor | Education; reports; expenditure reporting requirements for intermediate school districts; revise. | ||
| HB 4631 referred 3/19/2009 |
Johnson | Education; athletics; membership in athletic conference or association that has restrictions on distance a high school athletic team can travel to compete; prohibit. | ||
| HB 4644 referred 5/7/2009 |
Johnson | Traffic control; driver license; certain school attendance requirements to maintain driver license; clarify. | ||
| HB 4645 referred 5/7/2009 |
Johnson | Juveniles; truancy; family division of the circuit court to notify secretary of state of truancy disposition; provide for. | ||
| HB 4666 referred 3/19/2009 |
Knollenberg | Education; school districts; prohibition on certain uses of school district funds; provide for. | ||
| HB 4667 referred 3/19/2009 |
Donigan | School aid; categoricals; pilot program for increased school counselors; create. | ||
| HB 4700 referred 3/25/2009 |
Segal | Local government; authorities; recreational authorities act; revise to include school districts. | 4/2/2009 4/23/2009 |
Reported out with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 4/23/2009 |
| HB 4712 referred 3/26/2009 |
Jackson | Education; elementary; smaller class size in underperforming schools; require. | ||
| HB 4745 referred 3/31/2009 |
Melton | Elections; school; technical amendments to revised school code concerning school board elections; provide for. | ||
| HB 4746 referred 3/31/2009 |
LeBlanc | Elections; school; school board elections; require to be held in November. | ||
| HB 4760 referred 4/2/2009 |
Genetski | Education; teachers; requirements for teacher certification; allow major in accounting or writing to count toward certification. | ||
| HB 4761 referred 4/2/2009 |
Genetski | Education; teachers; certification for teachers; require to have grammar, punctuation, and usage class. | ||
| HB 4762 referred 4/2/2009 |
Genetski | Education; athletics; students participating in high school sanctioned sports; allow to receive physical education credit. | ||
| HB 4771 referred 4/2/2009 |
Haase | Education; examinations; MEAP test; replace with nationally recognized, commercially available assessment instruments. | ||
| HB 4787 referred 4/2/2009 |
Melton | Education; reorganization; certain measures to identify and restructure failing schools; provide for, revise compulsory attendance, and revise personal curriculum provisions in Michigan merit curriculum. | 5/4/2009 5/7/2009 5/14/2009 6/4/2009 6/11/2009 6/18/2009 |
Reported out with recommendation as substitute (H-3) on 6/18/2009 |
| HB 4788 referred 4/2/2009 |
Johnson | Education; school districts; changes in collective bargaining act to allow more flexibility in failing schools; provide for. | 5/4/2009 5/7/2009 5/14/2009 6/4/2009 6/11/2009 6/18/2009 |
Reported out with recommendation as substitute (H-3) on 6/18/2009 |
| HB 4789 referred 4/2/2009 |
Melton | School aid; other; funding for turnaround schools; provide for. | 5/4/2009 5/7/2009 5/14/2009 6/4/2009 6/11/2009 6/18/2009 |
Reported out with recommendation on 6/18/2009 |
| HB 4792 referred 4/2/2009 |
Paul Scott | Education; discipline; board to work with law enforcement and parents in implementing policy prohibiting bullying or harassment at school; encourage. | ||
| HB 4806 referred 4/21/2009 |
Switalski | Higher education; tuition; educational assistance for entrepreneurial courses and training; provide. | Reported out with recommendation it be referred to the Committee on Commerce on 6/18/2009 | |
| HB 4832 referred 4/23/2009 |
Young | Education; other; forensic audit of first class school district; provide for. | ||
| HB 4837 referred 4/28/2009 |
Walsh | Higher education; community colleges; granting of baccalaureate degrees in certain fields; allow. | 10/22/2009 10/29/2009 11/5/2009 |
Reported out with recommendation on 11/5/2009 |
| HB 4889 referred 5/5/2009 |
Young | Education; school districts; internal audit department and reserve fund for self-insured losses for first class school districts; provide for. | ||
| HB 4923 referred 5/12/2009 |
Bauer | Education; curricula; physical education requirements; revise. | ||
| HB 4924 referred 5/12/2009 |
Proos | Education; curricula; health education requirements; revise. | ||
| HB 4979 referred 5/20/2009 |
Pavlov | Education; other; education mandate rollback contracts waiving certain statutory and administrative requirements as part of performance contract; allow. | ||
| HB 4980 referred 5/20/2009 |
Bolger | School aid; other; school aid requirements; make subject to education mandate rollback contracts. | ||
| HB 4994 referred 5/26/2009 |
Melton | School aid; foundation allowance; foundation allowance calculation for certain districts; revise. | ||
| HB 5021 referred 5/28/2009 |
Warren | Education; curricula; dating violence training, policy, and education; require in middle schools and high schools. | ||
| HB 5039 referred 6/3/2009 |
Smith | Higher education; financial aid; state competitive scholarships; repeal, and return funds to the general fund. | ||
| HB 5084 referred 6/11/2009 |
Lemmons | Education; school districts; ballot proposal to turn control of first class school district over to city to be operated as city department; provide for. | ||
| HB 5085 referred 6/11/2009 |
Lemmons | Cities; home rule; school district to be operated as department of city if ballot proposal is approved; provide for certain cities. | ||
| HB 5093 referred 6/16/2009 |
Warren | Education; discipline; policy prohibiting harassment and bullying at school; require. | ||
| HB 5113 referred 6/17/2009 |
Calley | Education; graduation requirements; revision of high school graduation requirements to be consistent with "NCAA Division 1 16 Core-Course Rule"; provide for. | ||
| HB 5142 referred 6/24/2009 |
Pearce | Education; graduation requirements; curriculum requirements for high school graduation; modify. | ||
| HB 5152 referred 6/25/2009 |
Cushingberry | Education; school districts; emergency financial managers act; modify to allow appointment for low educational performance. | ||
| HB 5236 referred 8/11/2009 |
Pavlov | Education; school districts; mayoral oversight of first class school district; provide for, and revise definition of first class school district. | ||
| HB 5237 referred 8/11/2009 |
Pavlov | Education; public school academies; conversion schools; provide school aid funding for. | ||
| HB 5238 referred 8/11/2009 |
Pavlov | Education; public school academies; conversion schools; provide for. | ||
| HB 5268 referred 8/19/2009 |
Genetski | Education; reports; schools to exclude information about incarcerated pupils from accreditation data and annual education reports; allow. | ||
| HB 5298 referred 9/2/2009 |
Valentine | Education; attendance; residency status; modify for certain pupils placed in foster care. | Re-assigned to the Committee on Families and Children's Services on 9/3/2009 | |
| HB 5299 referred 9/2/2009 |
Kurtz | School aid; membership; definition of membership; revise for certain pupils placed in foster care. | Re-assigned to the Committee on Families and Children's Services on 9/3/2009 | |
| HB 5321 referred 9/9/2009 |
Scripps | School aid; foundation allowance; reduction of foundation allowance payments; prescribe method for. | ||
| HB 5322 referred 9/9/2009 |
Moore | School aid; payments; calculation of proration; revise. | ||
| HB 5356 referred 9/15/2009 |
Bettie Scott | Education; school districts; certain provisions in school code concerning first class school districts; apply to certain other school districts. | ||
| HB 5357 referred 9/15/2009 |
Nathan | Education; school districts; certain provisions concerning creation of law enforcement agency that apply in counties with first class school districts; modify to apply in counties with certain other school districts. | ||
| HB 5358 referred 9/15/2009 |
Bettie Scott | Economic development; other; land bank fast track act reference to first class school districts; modify to apply to certain other school districts. | ||
| HB 5359 referred 9/15/2009 |
Leland | Education; school districts; exclusion of public school administrators of first class school districts for collective bargaining purposes; apply to certain other school districts. | ||
| HB 5360 referred 9/15/2009 |
Bettie Scott | Education; school districts; certain provisions applying to first class school districts in property tax limitation act; apply to certain other school districts. | ||
| HB 5361 referred 9/15/2009 |
Lemmons | Education; school districts; certain provisions applying to first class school districts in public school employees retirement act; apply to certain other school districts. | ||
| HB 5399 referred 12/1/2009 |
Cushingberry | Appropriations; school aid; multisection zero-budget bill for school aid; provide for fiscal year 2009-2010. | ||
| HB 5500 referred 10/7/2009 |
Knollenberg | Education; financing; information on percentage of general operating budget expended for instruction; require school districts to publish. | ||
| HB 5509 referred 10/13/2009 |
Slezak | Education; attendance; eligibility to start kindergarten; revise in school code. | ||
| HB 5510 referred 10/13/2009 |
Kennedy | Education; attendance; eligibility to be counted in kindergarten membership in school aid act; revise. | ||
| HB 5533 referred 10/21/2009 |
Sheltrown | Higher education; community colleges; authority of board of trustees; expand to include establishing baccalaureate degrees in certain fields. | 10/22/2009 10/29/2009 11/5/2009 |
Reported out with recommendation on 11/5/2009 |
| HB 5561 referred 10/28/2009 |
Miller | Education; reorganization; school district modernization advisory commission; create. | ||
| HB 5596 referred 11/12/2009 |
Pavlov | Education; teachers; alternative program for teacher certification; provide for. | 12/1/2009 12/2/2009 |
Reported out with recommendation as substitute (H-3) on 12/2/2009 |
| HB 5605 referred 11/18/2009 |
Wayne Schmidt | Education; calendar; number of pupil instruction days required to avoid penalty; provide exception for school shutdown due to flu epidemic. | ||
| HB 5609 referred 11/18/2009 |
Melton | Education; employees; compensation to include job performance and accomplishments as a factor; require. | ||
| HB 5610 referred 11/18/2009 |
Melton | Children; abuse or neglect; definition of educational neglect; create. | ||
| HB 5616 referred 12/1/2009 |
Jackson | Education; public school academies; establishment of "schools of excellence"; provide for. | ||
| HB 5617 referred 12/1/2009 |
Jackson | School aid; other; funding for "schools of excellence" as public school academy and transition funding for certain districts in which schools of excellence are located; provide for. | ||
| HB 5620 referred 12/1/2009 |
Valentine | Education; employees; administrative certification for school administrators; require. | ||
| HB 5623 referred 12/1/2009 re-referred on 1/21/2010 |
Melton | Education; school districts; teacher evaluation requirements; modify, require charter school contract rewards to be based on student performance, revise compulsory attendance requirements, and allow school to start before Labor day. | 11/19/2009 12/1/2009 12/2/2009 12/8/2009 12/3/2009 12/8/2009 |
Reported out with recommendation as substitute (H-2) on 12/8/2009 |
| HB 5636 referred 12/1/2009 re-referred on 1/21/2010 |
Melton | School aid; other; calculation of public school academy per pupil allocation; revise, provide for collection of certain data concerning teachers and pupil performance, and revise age for counting pupils in membership. | 11/19/2009 12/1/2009 12/2/2009 12/8/2009 12/3/2009 12/8/2009 |
Reported out with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 12/8/2009 |
| HB 5639 referred 12/2/2009 |
Kennedy | Education; discipline; procedures for using physical force on a pupil and revisions to standards for using physical force; prescribe. | ||
| HB 5644 referred 12/2/2009 |
McMillin | Education; employees; changes to teacher tenure act to allow school districts to make across-the-board pay cuts under certain circumstances; provide for. | ||
| HB 5650 referred 12/8/2009 |
Segal | Higher education; private schools; composition of board of trustees of Kalamazoo college; modify. | ||
| HB 5682 referred 12/10/2009 |
McMillin | Education; other; provision to cap the salary of school district superintendents; provide for. | ||
| HB 5683 referred 12/10/2009 |
Spade | School aid; other; "Get It, Got It, Go!" assessment tool for early childhood school readiness programs; require. | ||
| HB 5710 referred 12/17/2009 |
Sheltrown | Education; examinations; MEAP test; replace with commercially available assessments meeting certain requirements. | ||
| HB 5711 referred 12/17/2009 |
Sheltrown | Education; examinations; references to MEAP test in school aid act; revise. | ||
| HB 5712 referred 12/17/2009 |
Sheltrown | Education; examinations; references to MEAP test in revised school code; revise. | ||
| HB 5747 referred 1/14/2010 |
Pavlov | Education; school districts; local government fiscal responsibility act; modify school district provisions regarding financial manager's and school board's authority. | ||
| SB 222 referred 3/19/2009 |
Gleason | Local government; authorities; recreational authorities act; revise to include school districts. | 4/23/2009 | Reported out with recommendation on 4/23/2009 |
| SB 634 referred 9/23/2009 |
Cassis | Education; curricula; department of education to develop or adopt model intervention program; require. | ||
| SB 638 referred 12/3/2009 |
Birkholz | Education; teachers; exemption from teacher tenure act for neighborhood public schools as defined in revised school code; provide for. | ||
| SB 698 referred 8/19/2009 |
Kuipers | Education; curricula; mathematics graduation requirements; modify. | ||
| SB 925 referred 12/2/2009 re-referred on 1/21/2010 |
Thomas | Education; public school academies; establishment of "schools of excellence"; provide for. | 12/8/2009 12/9/2009 12/10/2009 |
Reported out with recommendation as substitute (H-3) on 12/10/2009 |
| SB 926 referred 12/2/2009 |
Thomas | School aid; other; funding for "schools of excellence" as public school academies, creation of teacher identifier system for collection of data, establishment of system to ensure basic instructional supplies, clarification of pupil instruction hours for certain schools, and appropriation of certain federal funds; provide for. | 12/8/2009 | Discharged from Committee on 12/10/2009 |
| SB 965 referred 12/2/2009 |
Kuipers | Education; teachers; alternative program for teacher certification; provide for. | ||
| SB 981 referred 12/2/2009 |
Kuipers | Education; public school academies; schools of excellence as new type of public school academy, certain evaluations of public school employees, certain revisions for existing public school academies, and school administrator certification; provide for. | Discharged from Committee on 12/10/2009 | |
| SB 982 referred 12/2/2009 |
Kuipers | Education; school districts; changes in collective bargaining act to allow more flexibility in failing schools; provide for. | ||
| SB 1010 referred 2/2/2010 |
George | Higher education; private schools; composition of board of trustees of Kalamazoo college; modify. | ||
| HJR C referred 1/22/2009 |
Calley | Higher education; tuition; in-state tuition rates of state universities; limit increases based on CPI in state constitution. | ||
| HJR S referred 4/22/2009 |
Stamas | Higher education; tuition; public universities to offer in-state tuition to all veterans; require. | ||
| HJR BB referred 9/2/2009 |
Durhal | Higher education; tuition; program of free postsecondary education and vocational training for state high school graduates; establish and provide funding. | ||
| HR 81 referred 4/23/2009 |
McDowell | A resolution to urge Michigan's public institutions of higher education to adopt veteran-friendly policies. | ||
| HR 130 referred 8/11/2009 |
Womack | A resolution to memorialize Congress to enact the Healthy Schools Act of 2009. | ||
| HR 145 referred 8/26/2009 |
Sheltrown | A resolution to encourage the Michigan Department of Education to recognize the psychological differences between how boys and girls learn and to communicate this finding to the state's K-12 education community. | ||
| HR 192 referred 12/18/2009 |
Knollenberg | A resolution to express the sense of this legislative body that immediate steps must be taken to restore fully the educational funding previously reduced through the so-called 20j veto and the proration per pupil cut. | ||
| HCR 17 referred 4/23/2009 |
Opsommer | A concurrent resolution to urge Michigan's public institutions of higher education to adopt veteran-friendly policies. | Referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security on 10/22/2009 |