HOUSE BILL No. 4990


     June 26, 2001, Introduced by Rep. Kuipers and referred to the Committee on Education.


        A bill to amend 1964 PA 287, entitled

   "An act to provide for the organization and functions of the
   state boards of education under the constitutions of 1908 and
   1963; to provide for the appointment and functions of the super-
   intendent of public instruction under the constitution of 1963;
   and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,"

   by amending section 9a (MCL 388.1009a), as amended by 1983

   PA 240.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 9a.  The special education advisory committee is cre-

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      ated in the department of education and shall consist of not less

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      than 9 and not more than  27  33 members  , who shall be appoint-

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      ed, in multiples of 3,  APPOINTED by the state board of education

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      for terms of 3 years.  , except that of the members first

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      appointed in 1983 or thereafter, 1/3 shall be appointed for a

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      term of 3 years, 1/3 for a term of 2 years, and 1/3 for a term of

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      1 year.  The person within the department directly responsible


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      for special education programs and  such  other persons as

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      appointed by the committee to represent other departments, agen-

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      cies, and 4-year colleges and universities, upon consultation

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      with those departments, agencies, and colleges and universities,

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      shall be ex officio members of the committee.  Each year the com-

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      mittee shall elect  its  A chairperson and  such  other
   officers

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      as it  deems  CONSIDERS necessary.  Members of the committee may

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      be reimbursed, to the extent provided by the state board, for

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      expenses incurred in performing their functions.  The committee

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      shall act as an adviser to the state board of education in the

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      field of special education.


































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