HOUSE BILL No. 4901


     September 28, 1999, Introduced by Rep. Law and referred to the Committee on
Education.


        A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

   "The revised school code,"

   (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1279g.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 1279G.  (1) IF A PUPIL TAKING A MEAP TEST HAS BEEN

 2    ABSENT FROM SCHOOL FOR 30 OR MORE SCHOOL DAYS DURING THE SCHOOL

 3    YEAR IN WHICH THE TEST IS TAKEN, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR PUBLIC

 4    SCHOOL ACADEMY IN WHICH THE PUPIL IS ENROLLED MAY DESIGNATE ON

 5    THAT PORTION OF THE TEST THAT IS RETURNED TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT

 6    THE PUPIL IS A HIGH ABSENTEEISM PUPIL.

 7         (2) IF A PUPIL IS DESIGNATED AS A HIGH ABSENTEEISM PUPIL AS

 8    DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (1), ALL OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY:

 9         (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT USE THE PUPIL'S MEAP TEST

10    RESULTS FOR DETERMINING THE ACCREDITATION STATUS OF THE PUPIL'S

11    SCHOOL UNDER SECTION 1280.


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 1         (B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE PUPIL'S MEAP TEST

 2    RESULTS IN REPORTING THE AGGREGATE MEAP TEST RESULTS OF THAT

 3    SCHOOL DISTRICT OR PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY FOR ANY PURPOSE.

 4         (3) NOT LATER THAN MARCH 30, 2000, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL

 5    DEVELOP A UNIFORM PROCEDURE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PUBLIC

 6    SCHOOL ACADEMIES TO USE FOR DESIGNATING A PUPIL AS A HIGH ABSEN-

 7    TEEISM PUPIL AS DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (1) AND SHALL NOTIFY

 8    SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMIES OF THIS PROCEDURE.

 9         (4) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "MEAP TEST" MEANS A TEST ADMIN-

10    ISTERED AS PART OF THE MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM OR

11    ADMINISTERED UNDER SECTION 1279.


































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