SENATE BILL NO. 1153


   May 21, 1998, Introduced by Senator A. SMITH and referred to the
        Committee on Appropriations.



        A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled

   "The state school aid act of 1979,"

   by amending section 25 (MCL 388.1625), as added by 1996 PA 300.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 25.  (1) If a pupil is enrolled in an alternative edu-

 2    cation program operated by an intermediate district,  or
             

 3    district, OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE for  middle school or high
             school

 4     pupils, or both,  K-12 PUPILS who have been
                       expelled, OR WHO HAVE

 5    BEEN SUSPENDED FOR MORE THAN 10 SCHOOL DAYS, FOR ANY REASON under

 6    section 1311 of the revised school code,  being section
             380.1311

 7     of the Michigan Compiled Laws  MCL 380.1311, the
                       intermediate

 8    district,  or  district, OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
             operating the pro-

 9    gram shall report the enrollment information to the department

10    and to the district in which the pupil is counted in membership,

11    and the district in which the pupil is counted in membership


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 1    shall pay to the intermediate district,  or 
             district, OR

 2    COMMUNITY COLLEGE operating the program an amount equal to the

 3    amount of the foundation allowance received by the district in

 4    which the pupil is counted in membership, prorated according to

 5    the number of days of the school year ending in the fiscal year

 6    the pupil is educated in the alternative education program com-

 7    pared to the number of days of the school year ending in the

 8    fiscal year the pupil was actually enrolled in the district in

 9    which the pupil is counted in membership.  If a district does not

10    make the payment required under this section by May 1 of a school

11    year, the department shall calculate the amount owed, shall

12    deduct that amount from the remaining state school aid payments

13    to the district for that fiscal year under this act, and shall

14    pay that amount to the intermediate district,  or 
             district, OR

15    COMMUNITY COLLEGE operating the alternative education program.

16    The district in which the pupil is counted in membership and the

17    intermediate district,  or  district, OR COMMUNITY
             COLLEGE oper-

18    ating the alternative education program shall provide to the

19    department all information the department requires to enforce

20    this section.

21         (2) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "COMMUNITY COLLEGE" MEANS A

22    COMMUNITY COLLEGE ESTABLISHED UNDER THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACT OF

23    1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.1 TO 389.195, OR UNDER PART 25 OF THE

24    REVISED SCHOOL CODE, MCL 380.1601 TO 380.1607.









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