HB-4508, As Passed Senate, August 4, 2004                                   

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                          SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR                                 

                                                                                

                           HOUSE BILL NO. 4508                                  

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "The revised school code,"                                                  

                                                                                

    by amending sections 3, 373, 375, 403a, 404b, 411a, 412a, 413a,             

                                                                                

    414a, 415, 416, 417a, 418a, 422, 424, 431a, 432, 433, 434, 441,             

                                                                                

    442, 443, 445, 449, 451, 461, 462, 471a, 472, 483a, and 485 (MCL            

                                                                                

    380.3, 380.373, 380.375, 380.403a, 380.404b, 380.411a, 380.412a,            

                                                                                

    380.413a, 380.414a, 380.415, 380.416, 380.417a, 380.418a,                   

                                                                                

    380.422, 380.424, 380.431a, 380.432, 380.433, 380.434, 380.441,             

                                                                                

    380.442, 380.443, 380.445, 380.449, 380.451, 380.461, 380.462,              

                                                                                

    380.471a, 380.472, 380.483a, and 380.485), sections 3 and 416 as            

                                                                                

    amended by 1995 PA 289, section 373 as amended by 2000 PA 230,              

                                                                                

    sections 375 and 449 as added and section 471a as amended by 1999           

                                                                                

    PA 10, sections 403a, 418a, and 431a as amended and sections 404b           

                                                                                

    and 485 as added by 1982 PA 71, sections 411a and 412a as amended           

                                                                                

    by 1989 PA 268, sections 413a, 414a, and 483a as added by 1981 PA           

                                                                                


                                                                                

    96, section 417a as amended by 1985 PA 86, section 442 as amended           

                                                                                

    by 2002 PA 58, section 443 as amended by 1983 PA 118, and section           

                                                                                

    445 as amended by 2002 PA 334, and by adding sections 403, 404,             

                                                                                

    410, 412, 416a, 420, and 421; and to repeal acts and parts of               

                                                                                

    acts.                                                                       

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 3.  (1) "Area" as used in the phrase "area                             

                                                                                

2   vocational-technical education program" means the geographical              

                                                                                

3   territory, both within and without the boundaries of either a K             

                                                                                

4   to 12 school district or a community college district, that is              

                                                                                

5   designated by the state board as the service area for the                   

                                                                                

6   operation of an area vocational-technical education program.                

                                                                                

7       (2) "Area vocational-technical education program" means a                   

                                                                                

8   program of organized, systematic instruction designed to prepare            

                                                                                

9   the following persons for useful employment in recognized                   

                                                                                

10  occupations:                                                                

                                                                                

11      (a) Persons enrolled in high school.                                        

                                                                                

12      (b) Persons who have completed or left high school and who                  

                                                                                

13  are available for full-time study in preparation for entering the           

                                                                                

14  labor market.                                                               

                                                                                

15      (c) Persons who have entered the labor market and who need                  

                                                                                

16  training or retraining to achieve stability or advancement in               

                                                                                

17  employment.                                                                 

                                                                                

18      (3) "Board" or "school board" means the governing body of a                 

                                                                                

19  local school district or a local act school district unless                 

                                                                                

20  clearly otherwise stated.  Except in part 5a or part 6, for a               

                                                                                

21  school district organized as a first class school district, if              


                                                                                

1   the question under section 410 is approved in the school                    

                                                                                

2   district, then beginning on the next January 1 occurring at least           

                                                                                

3   1 year after the question under section 410 is presented to the             

                                                                                

4   school electors in the school district, "board" or "school board"           

                                                                                

5   means the chief executive officer of the first class school                 

                                                                                

6   district.                                                                   

                                                                                

7       (4) "Boarding school" means a place accepting for board,                    

                                                                                

8   care, and instruction 5 or more children under 16 years of age.             

                                                                                

9       (5) "Constituent district" means a local school district or                 

                                                                                

10  special act school district the territory of which is entirely              

                                                                                

11  within and is an integral part of an intermediate school                    

                                                                                

12  district.                                                                   

                                                                                

13      Sec. 373.  (1) Beginning on  the effective date of the                      

                                                                                

14  amendatory act that added this part or  March 26, 1999 or, if the           

                                                                                

15  qualifying school district becomes a qualifying school district             

                                                                                

16  after March 26, 1999, the date on which a school district becomes           

                                                                                

17  a qualifying school district, the powers and duties of the                  

                                                                                

18  elected school board of the qualifying school district and of its           

                                                                                

19  secretary and treasurer are suspended  unless and until a new               

                                                                                

20  school board is elected under  until the applicable date                    

                                                                                

21  specified in section 375.  However, until the expiration of the             

                                                                                

22  current term of each individual  member's current term  member              

                                                                                

23  serving as of the date the school district becomes a qualifying             

                                                                                

24  school district, the members of the elected school board of a               

                                                                                

25  qualifying school district may continue to meet as an advisory              

                                                                                

26  board to provide input to the school reform board on an advisory            

                                                                                

27  basis only.  Notwithstanding section 417a or any board policy,              


                                                                                

1   bylaw, or resolution to the contrary, these advisory board                  

                                                                                

2   members shall serve without compensation or reimbursement, and              

                                                                                

3   funds of the qualifying school district shall not be used to                

                                                                                

4   staff or otherwise support the advisory board in any way.                   

                                                                                

5       (2) Beginning on  the effective date of the amendatory act                  

                                                                                

6   that added this part or  March 26, 1999 or, if the qualifying               

                                                                                

7   school district becomes a qualifying school district after March            

                                                                                

8   26, 1999, the date on which a school district becomes a                     

                                                                                

9   qualifying school district, and until appointment of a school               

                                                                                

10  reform board for a qualifying school district under this part,              

                                                                                

11  all provisions of this act that would otherwise apply to the                

                                                                                

12  school board of the qualifying school district or to the school             

                                                                                

13  reform board or chief executive officer apply to the mayor, and             

                                                                                

14  the mayor immediately may exercise all the powers and duties                

                                                                                

15  otherwise vested by law in the board of the qualifying school               

                                                                                

16  district and in its secretary and treasurer, and all powers and             

                                                                                

17  duties of the school reform board or chief executive officer as             

                                                                                

18  provided under this part.  Within 30 days after appointing a                

                                                                                

19  school reform board under this part, the mayor shall initiate a             

                                                                                

20  financial audit of the qualifying school district.  The mayor               

                                                                                

21  shall provide the results of this audit to the school reform                

                                                                                

22  board.                                                                      

                                                                                

23      (3) Upon appointment of a school reform board for a                         

                                                                                

24  qualifying school district under this part, and until appointment           

                                                                                

25  of a chief executive officer under section 374, all provisions of           

                                                                                

26  this act that would otherwise apply to the school board of the              

                                                                                

27  qualifying school district or to the chief executive officer                


                                                                                

1   apply to the school reform board, and the school reform board               

                                                                                

2   immediately may exercise all the powers and duties otherwise                

                                                                                

3   vested by law in the board of the qualifying school district and            

                                                                                

4   in its secretary and treasurer, and all powers and duties of the            

                                                                                

5   chief executive officer as provided under this part.                        

                                                                                

6       (4) Upon appointment of a chief executive officer for a                     

                                                                                

7   qualifying school district under section 374, all provisions of             

                                                                                

8   this act that would otherwise apply to the elected school board             

                                                                                

9   of the qualifying school district apply to the chief executive              

                                                                                

10  officer; the chief executive officer immediately may exercise all           

                                                                                

11  the powers and duties otherwise vested by law in the elected                

                                                                                

12  school board of the qualifying school district and in its                   

                                                                                

13  secretary and treasurer, and all additional powers and duties               

                                                                                

14  provided under this part; and the chief executive officer accedes           

                                                                                

15  to all the rights, duties, and obligations of the elected school            

                                                                                

16  board of the qualifying school district.  These powers, rights,             

                                                                                

17  duties, and obligations include, but are not limited to, all of             

                                                                                

18  the following:                                                              

                                                                                

19      (a) Authority over the expenditure of all school district                   

                                                                                

20  funds, including proceeds from bonded indebtedness and other                

                                                                                

21  funds dedicated to capital projects.                                        

                                                                                

22      (b) Rights and obligations under collective bargaining                      

                                                                                

23  agreements and employment contracts entered into by the elected             

                                                                                

24  school board, except for employment contracts of those employees            

                                                                                

25  described in subsection (6).                                                

                                                                                

26      (c) Rights to prosecute and defend litigation.                              

                                                                                

27      (d) Obligations under any judgments entered against the                     


                                                                                

1   elected school board.                                                       

                                                                                

2       (e) Rights and obligations under statute, rule, and common                  

                                                                                

3   law.                                                                        

                                                                                

4       (f) Authority to delegate any of the chief executive                        

                                                                                

5   officer's powers and duties to 1 or more designees, with proper             

                                                                                

6   supervision by the school reform board.                                     

                                                                                

7       (5) In addition to his or her other powers, the chief                       

                                                                                

8   executive officer appointed under this part may terminate any               

                                                                                

9   contract entered into by the elected school board of the                    

                                                                                

10  qualifying school district except for a collective bargaining               

                                                                                

11  agreement.  However, this subsection does not allow any                     

                                                                                

12  termination or diminishment of obligations to pay debt service on           

                                                                                

13  legally authorized bonds.  A contract terminated by a chief                 

                                                                                

14  executive officer under this subsection is void.                            

                                                                                

15      (6) Beginning on  the effective date of the amendatory act                  

                                                                                

16  that added this part or  March 26, 1999 or, if the qualifying               

                                                                                

17  school district becomes a qualifying school district after March            

                                                                                

18  26, 1999, the date on which a school district becomes a                     

                                                                                

19  qualifying school district, and until appointment of a school               

                                                                                

20  reform board for a qualifying school district under this part,              

                                                                                

21  each employee of the qualifying school district whose position is           

                                                                                

22  not covered by a collective bargaining agreement is employed at             

                                                                                

23  the will of the mayor.  Upon appointment of a school reform board           

                                                                                

24  for a qualifying school district under this part, and until                 

                                                                                

25  appointment of a chief executive officer under section 374, each            

                                                                                

26  employee of the qualifying school district whose position is not            

                                                                                

27  covered by a collective bargaining agreement is employed at the             


                                                                                

1   will of the school reform board.  Upon appointment of a chief               

                                                                                

2   executive officer for a qualifying school district under section            

                                                                                

3   374, each employee of the qualifying school district whose                  

                                                                                

4   position is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement is             

                                                                                

5   employed at the will of the chief executive officer.                        

                                                                                

6       (7) Not later than 90 days after the initial appointment of a               

                                                                                

7   chief executive officer under this part, and at least annually              

                                                                                

8   thereafter, the chief executive officer with the approval of the            

                                                                                

9   school reform board shall develop and submit to the school                  

                                                                                

10  district accountability board created in section 376 a school               

                                                                                

11  district improvement plan that includes at least detailed                   

                                                                                

12  academic, financial, capital, and operational goals and                     

                                                                                

13  benchmarks for improvement and a description of strategies to be            

                                                                                

14  used to accomplish those goals and benchmarks.  The plan also               

                                                                                

15  shall include an assessment of available resources and                      

                                                                                

16  recommendations concerning additional resources or changes in               

                                                                                

17  statute or rule, if any, needed to meet those goals and                     

                                                                                

18  benchmarks.  The plan also shall include an evaluation of local             

                                                                                

19  school governance issues, including criteria for establishing               

                                                                                

20  building-level governance.                                                  

                                                                                

21      (8) A chief executive officer with the approval of the school               

                                                                                

22  reform board for the qualifying school district shall submit an             

                                                                                

23  annual report to the mayor, governor, school district                       

                                                                                

24  accountability board created in section 376, and legislature and            

                                                                                

25  shall make the annual report available to the community in the              

                                                                                

26  qualifying school district.  The annual report shall contain at             

                                                                                

27  least all of the following:                                                 


                                                                                

1       (a) A summary of the initiatives that have been implemented                 

                                                                                

2   to improve school quality in the qualifying school district.                

                                                                                

3       (b) Measurements that may be useful in determining                          

                                                                                

4   improvements in school quality in the qualifying school                     

                                                                                

5   district.  These measurements shall indicate changes from                   

                                                                                

6   baseline data from the school year before the appointment of the            

                                                                                

7   school reform board, and shall include at least all of the                  

                                                                                

8   following:                                                                  

                                                                                

9                                                                                (i) Standardized test scores of pupils.                                             

                                                                                

10      (ii) Dropout rates.                                                          

                                                                                

11      (iii) Daily attendance figures.                                              

                                                                                

12      (iv) Enrollment figures.                                                     

                                                                                

13      (v) High school completion and other pertinent completion                   

                                                                                

14  rates.                                                                      

                                                                                

15      (vi) Changes made in course offerings.                                       

                                                                                

16      (vii) Proportion of school district resources devoted to                     

                                                                                

17  direct educational services.                                                

                                                                                

18      (c) A description of long-term performance goals that may                   

                                                                                

19  include statewide averages or comparable measures of long-term              

                                                                                

20  improvement.                                                                

                                                                                

21      (9) A school reform board may organize and establish                        

                                                                                

22  community assistance teams to work with the school reform board             

                                                                                

23  to implement a cohesive, full service community school program              

                                                                                

24  addressing the needs and concerns of the qualifying school                  

                                                                                

25  district's population.  The school reform board may delegate to a           

                                                                                

26  community assistance team the authority to devise and implement             

                                                                                

27  family, community, cultural, and recreational activities to                 


                                                                                

1   assure that the academic mission of the schools is successful.              

                                                                                

2   The community assistance teams may also develop parental                    

                                                                                

3   involvement activities that focus on the encouragement of                   

                                                                                

4   voluntary parenting education, enhancing parent and family                  

                                                                                

5   involvement in education, and promoting adult and family                    

                                                                                

6   literacy.                                                                   

                                                                                

7       (10) The mayor, superintendent of public instruction, state                 

                                                                                

8   board, school district accountability board created in                      

                                                                                

9   section 376, this state, the city in which a qualifying school              

                                                                                

10  district is located, a school reform board established under this           

                                                                                

11  part, or a chief executive officer or other officer appointed               

                                                                                

12  under section 374 is not liable for any obligation of or claim              

                                                                                

13  against a qualifying school district resulting from an action               

                                                                                

14  taken under this part.                                                      

                                                                                

15      Sec. 375.   (1)  After the expiration of 5 years after the                  

                                                                                

16  initial appointment of a school reform board in a qualifying                

                                                                                

17  school district under this part,  the question of whether to                

                                                                                

18  retain the school reform board and the chief executive officer              

                                                                                

19  and the authority under this part to appoint the school reform              

                                                                                

20  board and the chief executive officer shall be placed on the                

                                                                                

21  ballot in the qualifying school district under this section.                

                                                                                

22      (2) The question under subsection (1) shall be placed on the                

                                                                                

23  ballot in the qualifying school district at the next November               

                                                                                

24  general election occurring at least 90 days after the expiration            

                                                                                

25  of 5 years after the date of the initial appointment of the                 

                                                                                

26  school reform board.                                                        

                                                                                

27      (3) The question under subsection (1) shall be in                           


                                                                                

1   substantially the following form:                                           

                                                                                

2       "Shall the school reform board and chief executive officer                  

                                                                                

3   serving in _______________ (name of qualifying school district)             

                                                                                

4   under part 5a of the revised school code be retained and shall              

                                                                                

5   the mayor of _______________ (name of city in which the school              

                                                                                

6   district is located) retain the authority to appoint members of             

                                                                                

7   the school reform board?  A vote in the affirmative continues the           

                                                                                

8   school reform board and chief executive officer in place in the             

                                                                                

9   school district and continues the authority of the mayor to                 

                                                                                

10  appoint members of the school reform board.  A vote in the                  

                                                                                

11  negative will result in the election of a new elected school                

                                                                                

12  board as the governing body of the school district and will                 

                                                                                

13  render the provisions of law establishing authority to appoint a            

                                                                                

14  school reform board inapplicable for this school district.                  

                                                                                

15      Yes (  )                                                                    

                                                                                

16                                                                               No (  )".                                                                          

                                                                                

17      (4) If the question under subsection (1) is approved by a                   

                                                                                

18  majority of the school electors voting on the question either               

                                                                                

19  under subsection (1) or pursuant to subdivision (c), all of the             

                                                                                

20  following apply:                                                            

                                                                                

21      (a) The school reform board and chief executive officer                     

                                                                                

22  continue in place in the qualifying school district.                        

                                                                                

23      (b) The authority of the mayor to appoint members of the                    

                                                                                

24  school reform board continues in the qualifying school district.            

                                                                                

25      (c) The question may not be placed on the ballot again in the               

                                                                                

26  qualifying school district until the expiration of 5 years after            

                                                                                

27  the election at which the question was approved.  The question              


                                                                                

1   may be placed on the ballot again in the qualifying school                  

                                                                                

2   district under this subdivision if petitions calling for the                

                                                                                

3   question to be placed on the ballot are filed with the county               

                                                                                

4   clerk for the county in which the qualifying school district is             

                                                                                

5   located not sooner than 4 years after the question was most                 

                                                                                

6   recently on the ballot and if the petitions are signed by a                 

                                                                                

7   number of school electors of the qualifying school district at              

                                                                                

8   least equal to 10% of the number of votes cast within the city in           

                                                                                

9   which the qualifying school district is located for secretary of            

                                                                                

10  state in the most recent November general election in which a               

                                                                                

11  secretary of state was elected.  If those petitions are submitted           

                                                                                

12  and verified, the question shall be placed on the ballot in the             

                                                                                

13  qualifying school district at the next November general election            

                                                                                

14  occurring at least 5 years after the question was most recently             

                                                                                

15  on the ballot and at least 90 days after the petitions are                  

                                                                                

16  submitted and verified.                                                     

                                                                                

17      (5) If the question under subsection (1) is not approved by a               

                                                                                

18  majority of the school electors voting on the question either               

                                                                                

19  under subsection (1) or pursuant to subsection (4)(c), all of the           

                                                                                

20  following apply:                                                            

                                                                                

21      (a) The school reform board shall arrange with local                        

                                                                                

22  elections officials for election of a new elected school board              

                                                                                

23  for the school district.  This election shall be at a special               

                                                                                

24  election held as soon as practicable, but not sooner than 90 days           

                                                                                

25  after the election under subsection (1).  This election shall be            

                                                                                

26  conducted in the manner otherwise provided under this act for an            

                                                                                

27  initial school board election in a newly formed first class                 


                                                                                

1   school district.                                                            

                                                                                

2       (b) Effective on the next July 1 following the election under               

                                                                                

3   subdivision (a), the new elected school board of the qualifying             

                                                                                

4   school district shall serve as the governing body of the                    

                                                                                

5   qualifying school district and this elected school board and its            

                                                                                

6   secretary and treasurer shall be fully vested with all powers and           

                                                                                

7   duties that those officials had before the appointment of the               

                                                                                

8   school reform board.                                                        

                                                                                

9       (c) Effective on the next July 1 following the election under               

                                                                                

10  subdivision (a), the powers of the school reform board                      

                                                                                

11  established for the qualifying school district under this part,             

                                                                                

12  of the chief executive officer, and of all other officers                   

                                                                                

13  appointed under section 374 cease.                                          

                                                                                

14      (d) Effective on the next July 1 following the election under               

                                                                                

15  subdivision (a), the provisions of this part do not apply to that           

                                                                                

16  qualifying school district.  all of the following apply:                    

                                                                                

17      (a) The question under section 410 shall be presented to the                

                                                                                

18  school electors of the school district as provided in that                  

                                                                                

19  section.  Effective on the next January 1 occurring at least 1              

                                                                                

20  year after that question is presented to the school electors                

                                                                                

21  under section 410, the school district shall be governed by the             

                                                                                

22  system of school board governance or combined chief executive               

                                                                                

23  officer and school board governance, as applicable, as in effect            

                                                                                

24  in the school district as a result of that ballot question.                 

                                                                                

25      (b) Effective on the next January 1 occurring at least 1 year               

                                                                                

26  after the question under section 410 is presented to the school             

                                                                                

27  electors, the powers of the school reform board established for             


                                                                                

1   the qualifying school district under this part, of the chief                

                                                                                

2   executive officer appointed under this part, and of all other               

                                                                                

3   officers appointed under this part cease.  This subdivision does            

                                                                                

4   not prohibit the chief executive officer from serving as the                

                                                                                

5   interim chief executive officer under section 420, and does not             

                                                                                

6   prohibit the chief executive officer from retaining an officer or           

                                                                                

7   employee appointed or hired by the chief executive officer.                 

                                                                                

8       (c) Effective on the next January 1 occurring at least 1 year               

                                                                                

9   after the question under section 410 is presented to the school             

                                                                                

10  electors, the provisions of this part do not apply to that                  

                                                                                

11  qualifying school district.                                                 

                                                                                

12      Sec. 403.  (1) This section applies to a first class school                 

                                                                                

13  district only if the question under section 410 is approved in              

                                                                                

14  the first class school district.                                            

                                                                                

15      (2) Effective on the next January 1 occurring at least 1 year               

                                                                                

16  after the question under section 410 is presented to the school             

                                                                                

17  electors of the first class school district, the first class                

                                                                                

18  school district shall have a board composed of 9 members elected,           

                                                                                

19  or appointed to fill a vacancy, as provided in section 412.                 

                                                                                

20      (3) The school board shall hold its first meeting on the                    

                                                                                

21  first Monday after the January 1 described in subsection (2).  At           

                                                                                

22  the first meeting of the school board, the school board may elect           

                                                                                

23  from among its members a president, vice president, secretary,              

                                                                                

24  and other officers as it considers necessary or appropriate.                

                                                                                

25  After the first election of school board officers, the school               

                                                                                

26  board shall elect its officers in January of each odd numbered              

                                                                                

27  year.                                                                       


                                                                                

1       (4) A majority of the members of the school board constitute                

                                                                                

2   a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the                

                                                                                

3   school board.  A majority of the members elected and serving are            

                                                                                

4   required for official action of the school board.                           

                                                                                

5       Sec. 403a.  (1)  Effective January 1, 1983, a  This section                 

                                                                                

6   applies to a first class school district only if the question               

                                                                                

7   under section 410 is not approved in the first class school                 

                                                                                

8   district.                                                                   

                                                                                

9       (2) Effective on the next January 1 occurring at least 1 year               

                                                                                

10  after the question under section 410 is presented to the school             

                                                                                

11  electors of the first class school district, the first class                

                                                                                

12  school district  having a pupil membership of more than 100,000             

                                                                                

13  shall have a board composed of 4 members elected as provided in             

                                                                                

14  section 411a, plus 7 members elected, or appointed to fill a                

                                                                                

15  vacancy, as provided in section 412a.                                       

                                                                                

16      Sec. 404.  (1) This section applies to a first class school                 

                                                                                

17  district only if the question under section 410 is approved in              

                                                                                

18  the first class school district.                                            

                                                                                

19      (2) The local elections official of the city with the                       

                                                                                

20  greatest population located within the boundaries of the first              

                                                                                

21  class school district shall establish 9 voting districts within             

                                                                                

22  the school district boundaries in the manner provided in this               

                                                                                

23  section not later than 90 days after the date the question under            

                                                                                

24  section 410 is presented to the school electors of the first                

                                                                                

25  class school district.  The local elections official may                    

                                                                                

26  establish the voting districts before the date of the election              

                                                                                

27  under section 410.  The local elections official shall submit the           


                                                                                

1   voting districts to the state board for approval, and the voting            

                                                                                

2   districts shall be established as voting districts upon approval            

                                                                                

3   by the state board.  If the state board fails to act to approve             

                                                                                

4   or disapprove the voting districts under this subsection within             

                                                                                

5   30 days after the date they are submitted by the local elections            

                                                                                

6   official, the voting districts are considered to be approved by             

                                                                                

7   the state board.                                                            

                                                                                

8       (3) After the initial establishment of voting districts under               

                                                                                

9   subsection (2), the local elections official of the city with the           

                                                                                

10  greatest population located within the boundaries of a first                

                                                                                

11  class school district shall redetermine the boundary lines of its           

                                                                                

12  voting districts after each federal decennial census, but in no             

                                                                                

13  event later than April 15 of the first year in which board                  

                                                                                

14  members are to be elected following the official release of the             

                                                                                

15  federal decennial census figures.  If the local elections                   

                                                                                

16  official fails to redetermine the voting district boundary lines            

                                                                                

17  by that April 15, the state board shall convene within 10 days to           

                                                                                

18  make the redetermination.  The redetermination of the state board           

                                                                                

19  shall be the voting district boundary lines until the                       

                                                                                

20  redetermination is made following the next succeeding federal               

                                                                                

21  decennial census as provided in this section.  The voting                   

                                                                                

22  districts redetermined under this subsection shall be established           

                                                                                

23  as voting districts upon approval by the state board.                       

                                                                                

24      (4) Voting districts established under this section shall be                

                                                                                

25  compact, contiguous, and as equal as possible in population.                

                                                                                

26      Sec. 404b.  (1) This section applies to a first class school                

                                                                                

27  district only if the question under section 410 is not approved             


    House Bill No. 4508 as amended August 4, 2004                               

1   in the first class school district.                                         

                                                                                

2       (2)  (1)  Upon the effective date of this section with                      

                                                                                

3   respect to an existing first class school district, or                      

                                                                                

4   immediately following the date on which a school district becomes           

                                                                                

5   a first class school district, 7 voting districts shall be                  

                                                                                

6   established within its boundaries in the manner provided in this            

                                                                                

7   section.  The voting districts described shall be established as            

                                                                                

8   voting districts if and when approved by the state board.                   

                                                                                

9       (3)  (2)  A board of a first class school district shall                    

                                                                                

10  determine the boundary lines of its voting districts and shall              

                                                                                

11  redetermine the boundary lines after each federal decennial                 

                                                                                

12  census, but in no event later than April 15 of the first year in            

                                                                                

13  which board members are to be elected following the official                

                                                                                

14  release of the federal decennial census figures.  If the board of           

                                                                                

15  a first class school district fails to redetermine the voting               

                                                                                

16  district boundary lines by that April 15, the state board shall             

                                                                                

17  convene within 10 days to make the redetermination.  The                    

                                                                                

18  redetermination of the state board shall be the voting district             

                                                                                

19  boundary lines until the redetermination is made following the              

                                                                                

20  next succeeding federal decennial census as provided in this                

                                                                                

21  Section.  <<                                                                

                                                                                

22      (4) For a first class school district that was a qualifying school          

                                                                                

23  district under part 5a at the time of a decennial census, if a              

                                                                                

24  redetermination was not made after that decennial census, the voting        

                                                                                

25  district boundary lines in effect immediately before that decennial         

                                                                                

26  census shall be used for the purposes of electing school board members      

                                                                                

27  under section 412a at the first election of school board members after      


    House Bill No. 4508 as amended August 4, 2004                               

                                                                                

1   the election under section 410.  A redetermination based on that            

    decennial census shall subsequently be made by the school board as provided in this section not later than 3 months after election of the school board.        

2                                                                                (5)>>  (3)  Voting districts shall be compact, contiguous, and                  

                                                                                

3   as equal as possible in population.                                         

                                                                                

4       Sec. 410.  (1) At the next November general election                        

                                                                                

5   occurring after the expiration of 5 years after the initial                 

                                                                                

6   appointment of a school reform board under part 5a for a first              

                                                                                

7   class school district, the local elections official of the city             

                                                                                

8   with the greatest population located within the boundaries of the           

                                                                                

9   school district shall present the question under subsection (2)             

                                                                                

10  to the school electors of the first class school district.  The             

                                                                                

11  local election official may select a ballot designation for the             

                                                                                

12  question.                                                                   

                                                                                

13      (2) At the November general election described in subsection                

                                                                                

14  (1), the following question shall be presented to the school                

                                                                                

15  electors of the first class school district:                                

                                                                                

16      "Shall the _______________ (name of school district) be                     

                                                                                

17  reapportioned into 9 single-member election districts with                  

                                                                                

18  district residency requirements, shall a new school board be                

                                                                                

19  elected according to these election districts to serve in the               

                                                                                

20  district, and shall the school district be governed by a chief              

                                                                                

21  executive officer nominated by the mayor of the city with the               

                                                                                

22  greatest population located within the boundaries of the school             

                                                                                

23  district and approved by this newly elected board?  According to            

                                                                                

24  state law, a "yes" vote will result in the establishment of the 9           

                                                                                

25  election districts, election of a school board, and appointment             

                                                                                

26  of a chief executive officer as described in this question, and a           

                                                                                

27  "no" vote will result in the school district being governed by              


                                                                                

1   the governance structure otherwise provided for a first class               

                                                                                

2   school district under part 6 of the revised school code,                    

                                                                                

3   consisting of an 11-member school board for the school district             

                                                                                

4   with 4 members elected at large and 7 members elected from                  

                                                                                

5   election districts and with the school district governed by the             

                                                                                

6   11-member school board.                                                     

                                                                                

7       Yes ______                                                                  

                                                                                

8                                                                                No  ______".                                                                        

                                                                                

9       (3) If a majority of the school electors of the first class                 

                                                                                

10  school district voting on the question vote yes on the question             

                                                                                

11  under this section, the question is approved.                               

                                                                                

12      Sec. 411a.  (1) This section applies to a first class school                

                                                                                

13  district only if the question under section 410 is not approved             

                                                                                

14  in the first class school district.                                         

                                                                                

15      (2)  (1)  Four members of the board of a first class school                 

                                                                                

16  district shall be elected at large.  The following provisions               

                                                                                

17  apply to the terms, nomination, and election of the at large                

                                                                                

18  members of the board of a school district organized as a first              

                                                                                

19  class school district:  on January 1, 1980:                                 

                                                                                

20      (a) Four members shall be elected for a term of 4 years at                  

                                                                                

21  the general election to be held in the next November  , 1984                

                                                                                

22  after the question under section 410 is presented to the school             

                                                                                

23  electors of the first class school district and every 4 years               

                                                                                

24  after  1984  that November.                                                 

                                                                                

25      (b) Each candidate shall be nominated at a primary held in                  

                                                                                

26  conjunction with the preceding primary election conducted                   

                                                                                

27  pursuant to section 534 of the Michigan election law,  Act                  


                                                                                

1   No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, as amended, being section               

                                                                                

2   168.534 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1954 PA 116, MCL 168.534.            

                                                                                

3   The nominating petitions shall contain not less than 500 or more            

                                                                                

4   than 1,000 signatures of registered school electors of the city             

                                                                                

5   in which the first class school district is located; shall meet             

                                                                                

6   the requirements of section 544c of the Michigan election law,              

                                                                                

7   Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, as amended, being                  

                                                                                

8   section 168.544c of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1954 PA 116, MCL            

                                                                                

9   168.544c; and shall be filed with the clerk of the city in which            

                                                                                

10  the first class school district is located on or before 4 p.m. of           

                                                                                

11  the twelfth Tuesday before the primary election.  The city clerk            

                                                                                

12  may compare the signatures on the petitions with the signatures             

                                                                                

13  appearing on the registration records, or in some other proper              

                                                                                

14  manner determine whether the signatures appearing on the petition           

                                                                                

15  are genuine and comply with the requirements of this section.               

                                                                                

16  With the petitions, a candidate shall file an affidavit as                  

                                                                                

17  provided in section 558 of  Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of               

                                                                                

18  1954, being section 168.558 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  the              

                                                                                

19  Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.558.  The clerk of              

                                                                                

20  the city shall notify the county clerk of the name and address of           

                                                                                

21  each candidate not later than 3 days after the last day for                 

                                                                                

22  candidate withdrawal.  However, if the third day is a Saturday,             

                                                                                

23  Sunday, or legal holiday, the notice may be made on the next day            

                                                                                

24  that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.                           

                                                                                

25      (c) Each member shall commence his or her term of office on                 

                                                                                

26  January 1 following his or her election.                                    

                                                                                

27      (3)  (2)  The board of a first class school district shall                  


                                                                                

1   elect its officers during the month of January of each odd                  

                                                                                

2   numbered year.  The president of the board shall be a member of             

                                                                                

3   the board, and the duties of the president shall be determined by           

                                                                                

4   the board.                                                                  

                                                                                

5       (4)  (3) Petitions to recall a member of the board of a first               

                                                                                

6   class school district filed and pending before this section                 

                                                                                

7   becomes operative in a school district that becomes a first class           

                                                                                

8   school district may be withdrawn by the person or organization              

                                                                                

9   filing or sponsoring the recall petitions within 20 days after              

                                                                                

10  the section becomes operative in a school district that becomes a           

                                                                                

11  first class school district.  A board member of a first class               

                                                                                

12  school district who is recalled may be a candidate for the same             

                                                                                

13  office at the next election for an office at which the recalled             

                                                                                

14  member is otherwise eligible.                                               

                                                                                

15      (5)  (4)  The term of office of each board member serving in                

                                                                                

16  a school district  which after January 1, 1983,  that becomes a             

                                                                                

17  first class school district after April 15, 2004 expires on the             

                                                                                

18  next succeeding December 31 of an even numbered year, except that           

                                                                                

19  if the school district becomes a first class school district                

                                                                                

20  later than April 1 of an even numbered year, the term of office             

                                                                                

21  of each board member expires on December 31 of the next                     

                                                                                

22  succeeding even numbered year after the year in which the                   

                                                                                

23  district became a first class school district.  For a district              

                                                                                

24  becoming a first class school district after April 15, 2004, 4              

                                                                                

25  school board members shall be elected in the general election of            

                                                                                

26  the even numbered year in which the terms of office expire, and             

                                                                                

27  the 4 school board members elected shall commence 4-year terms on           


                                                                                

1   January 1 of the odd numbered year following the general                    

                                                                                

2   election.                                                                   

                                                                                

3       (6)  (5)  If a vacancy occurs on the first class school                     

                                                                                

4   district board from among the at large members, the vacancy shall           

                                                                                

5   be filled by majority vote of the remaining first class school              

                                                                                

6   district board members at a meeting called by the president of              

                                                                                

7   the board for that purpose.  If a person is appointed to fill a             

                                                                                

8   vacancy for which the unexpired term is more than 1 year and 8              

                                                                                

9   months, that person shall serve until January 1 following the               

                                                                                

10  next general election.  At that first general election the                  

                                                                                

11  vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term.  A vacancy shall            

                                                                                

12  not be filled later than 60 days before a primary election at               

                                                                                

13  which at large board members are to be nominated.                           

                                                                                

14      (7)  (6)  A candidate for the office of board member at large               

                                                                                

15  or a person appointed to fill a vacancy on the board pursuant to            

                                                                                

16  subsection  (5)  (6) shall be 18 years of age or older at the               

                                                                                

17  time of his or her election or appointment and shall be a                   

                                                                                

18  registered school elector residing in the first class school                

                                                                                

19  district in which the person becomes a candidate or which the               

                                                                                

20  person is appointed to represent.  If an at large member's                  

                                                                                

21  residence is moved from the first class school district during              

                                                                                

22  the at large member's term of office, it  shall constitute                  

                                                                                

23  constitutes a vacating of office.                                           

                                                                                

24      Sec. 412.  (1) This section applies to a first class school                 

                                                                                

25  district only if the question under section 410 is approved in              

                                                                                

26  the first class school district.                                            

                                                                                

27      (2) Nine members of the board of a first class school                       


                                                                                

1   district shall be elected by voting districts.  Each member shall           

                                                                                

2   be elected to represent a voting district described in section              

                                                                                

3   404.  The following provisions apply to the terms, nomination,              

                                                                                

4   and election of the members elected from voting districts of the            

                                                                                

5   school board of a school district organized as a first class                

                                                                                

6   school district:                                                            

                                                                                

7       (a) Each of the 9 members initially elected under this                      

                                                                                

8   section shall be elected by the registered school electors of a             

                                                                                

9   voting district at the next November general election after the             

                                                                                

10  question under section 410 is presented to the school electors of           

                                                                                

11  the first class school district.                                            

                                                                                

12      (b) Not later than 7 days after the initial voting district                 

                                                                                

13  boundary lines are established under section 404, the local                 

                                                                                

14  elections official of the city with the greatest population                 

                                                                                

15  located within the boundaries of the first class school district            

                                                                                

16  shall by random draw designate 5 voting districts in which the              

                                                                                

17  initial term will be 4 years and 4 voting districts in which the            

                                                                                

18  initial term will be 2 years.  The city clerk may make this                 

                                                                                

19  designation before the date of the election under section 410.              

                                                                                

20      (c) The initial members elected from the 5 voting districts                 

                                                                                

21  with initial terms of 4 years shall serve for 4-year terms                  

                                                                                

22  expiring December 31.  After the initial election, the members              

                                                                                

23  elected under this subdivision shall be elected for a term of 4             

                                                                                

24  years at the November general election every 4 years after the              

                                                                                

25  initial election.                                                           

                                                                                

26      (d) The initial members elected from the 4 voting districts                 

                                                                                

27  with initial terms of 2 years shall serve for 2-year terms                  


    House Bill No. 4508 as amended August 4, 2004                               

1   expiring December 31.  After the initial election, the members              

                                                                                

2   elected under this subdivision shall be elected for a term of 4             

                                                                                

3   years at the November general election held 2 years after the               

                                                                                

4   initial election and at the November general election every 4               

                                                                                

5   years thereafter.                                                           

                                                                                

6       (e) Each candidate shall be nominated by the registered                     

                                                                                

7   school electors of each voting district at the preceding primary            

                                                                                

8   election held in the city <<with the greatest population>> in which the first class school                                                                    

9   district is locatedThe nominating petitions shall contain not            

                                                                                

10  fewer than 250 or more than 500 signatures of registered school             

                                                                                

11  electors of the voting district; shall meet the requirements of             

                                                                                

12  section 544c of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL                 

                                                                                

13  168.544c; and shall be filed with the local elections official of           

                                                                                

14  the city with the greatest population located within the                    

                                                                                

15  Boundaries of the first class school district on or before 4                

                                                                                

16  p.m. of the twelfth Tuesday before the primary election.  The               

                                                                                

17  local elections official may compare the signatures on the                  

                                                                                

18  petitions with the signatures appearing on the registration                 

                                                                                

19  records, or in some other proper manner determine whether the               

                                                                                

20  Signatures appearing on the petition are genuine and comply with            

                                                                                

21  the requirements of this section.  With the petitions, a                    

                                                                                

22  candidate shall file an affidavit as provided in section 558 of             

                                                                                

23  the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.558.  The local             

                                                                                

24  elections official of the city shall notify the county clerk of             

                                                                                

25  the name and address of each candidate not later than 3 days                

                                                                                

26  after the last day for candidate withdrawal.  However, if the               

                                                                                

27  third day is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the notice may           


                                                                                

1   be made on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal            

                                                                                

2   holiday.  A signature on a nominating petition is not valid                 

                                                                                

3   unless the petitioner is a registered school elector of the                 

                                                                                

4   voting district in which the candidate is running for election.             

                                                                                

5   Not more than 2 candidates shall be nominated at the primary                

                                                                                

6   election for each voting district.                                          

                                                                                

7       (3) Candidates for election under this section after the                    

                                                                                

8   initial election under subsection (2) shall be nominated at a               

                                                                                

9   primary held in conjunction with the preceding primary election             

                                                                                

10  conducted pursuant to section 534 of the Michigan election law,             

                                                                                

11  1954 PA 116, MCL 168.534.  Nominating petitions shall meet the              

                                                                                

12  requirements of section 544c of the Michigan election law, 1954             

                                                                                

13  PA 116, MCL 168.544c, and shall be filed with the local elections           

                                                                                

14  official of the city with the greatest population located within            

                                                                                

15  the boundaries of the first class school district on or before 4            

                                                                                

16  p.m. of the twelfth Tuesday preceding the primary election.  The            

                                                                                

17  local elections official may compare the signatures on the                  

                                                                                

18  petitions with the signatures appearing on the registration                 

                                                                                

19  records, or in some other proper manner determine whether the               

                                                                                

20  Signatures appearing on the petitions are genuine and comply with           

                                                                                

21  the requirements of this section.  With the petitions, a                    

                                                                                

22  candidate shall file an affidavit as provided in section 558 of             

                                                                                

23  the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.558.  A signature           

                                                                                

24  on a nominating petition is not valid unless the petitioner is a            

                                                                                

25  Registered school elector of the voting district in which the               

                                                                                

26  candidate is running for election.  Not more than 2 candidates              

                                                                                

27  shall be nominated at the primary election for each voting                  


                                                                                

1   district.                                                                   

                                                                                

2       (4) Instead of filing nominating petitions, a candidate for                 

                                                                                

3   election to the first class school board may pay a nonrefundable            

                                                                                

4   filing fee of $100.00 to the local elections official of the city           

                                                                                

5   with the greatest population located within the boundaries of the           

                                                                                

6   first class school district.  If this fee is paid by the due date           

                                                                                

7   for nominating petitions, the payment has the same effect under             

                                                                                

8   this section as the filing of nominating petitions.                         

                                                                                

9       (5) The 9 board members elected to represent the voting                     

                                                                                

10  districts shall commence their terms of office on January 1                 

                                                                                

11  following their election.                                                   

                                                                                

12      (6) A candidate for the office of board member representing a               

                                                                                

13  voting district or a person appointed to fill a vacancy pursuant            

                                                                                

14  to subsection (7) shall be 18 years of age or older at the time             

                                                                                

15  of his or her election or appointment and shall be a registered             

                                                                                

16  school elector residing in the voting district in which the                 

                                                                                

17  person becomes a candidate or which the person is appointed to              

                                                                                

18  represent.  If a board member moves his or her residence from the           

                                                                                

19  voting district he or she represents during the member's term of            

                                                                                

20  office, this constitutes a vacating of office.                              

                                                                                

21      (7) If a vacancy occurs on the first class school district                  

                                                                                

22  board from among the voting district members, the vacancy shall             

                                                                                

23  be filled from among registered school electors of the voting               

                                                                                

24  district by majority vote of the remaining first class school               

                                                                                

25  district board members.  If a person is appointed to fill a                 

                                                                                

26  vacancy in a voting district for which the unexpired term is more           

                                                                                

27  than 1 year and 8 months, that person shall serve until January 1           


                                                                                

1   following the next general election.  At that next general                  

                                                                                

2   election the vacancy shall be filled by election by the school              

                                                                                

3   electors as provided under this section for the unexpired term.             

                                                                                

4   A vacancy shall not be filled later than 60 days before a primary           

                                                                                

5   election at which voting district board members are to be                   

                                                                                

6   nominated.                                                                  

                                                                                

7       (8) A member of a first class school district board shall not               

                                                                                

8   hold or be a candidate for any other elective office during the             

                                                                                

9   period of his or her service or for a period of 1 year after he             

                                                                                

10  or she ceases to be a member of the board.                                  

                                                                                

11      Sec. 412a.  (1) This section applies to a first class school                

                                                                                

12  district only if the question under section 410 is not approved             

                                                                                

13  in the first class school district.                                         

                                                                                

14      (2)  (1)  In the next November  , 1982  general election  and               

                                                                                

15  every 4 years after 1982  after the question under section 410 is           

                                                                                

16  presented to the school electors of the first class school                  

                                                                                

17  district, 7 members of the board of a first class school district           

                                                                                

18  shall be elected by voting districts for an initial term of 2               

                                                                                

19  yearsAt the November general election held 2 years after that            

                                                                                

20  election and every 4 years thereafter, 7 members of the board               

                                                                                

21  shall be elected by voting districts for a term of 4 years. Each            

                                                                                

22  member shall represent a voting district described in section               

                                                                                

23  404b.                                                                       

                                                                                

24      (3)  (2)  The members shall be nominated and elected by the                 

                                                                                

25  registered school electors of each voting district in the manner            

                                                                                

26  provided by law for the nomination and election of the first                

                                                                                

27  class school board members elected at large, except that the                


                                                                                

1   number of signatures required on nominating petitions of a                  

                                                                                

2   candidate for election as a representative of a voting district             

                                                                                

3   shall be not less than 250 or more than 500.  A signature on a              

                                                                                

4   nominating petition is not valid unless the petitioner is a                 

                                                                                

5   registered school elector of the voting district in which the               

                                                                                

6   candidate is running for election.  Not more than 2 candidates              

                                                                                

7   shall be nominated at the primary election for each voting                  

                                                                                

8   district.                                                                   

                                                                                

9       (4)  (3)  Candidates shall be nominated at a primary held in                

                                                                                

10  conjunction with the preceding primary election conducted                   

                                                                                

11  pursuant to section 534 of the Michigan election law,  Act                  

                                                                                

12  No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, as amended, being section               

                                                                                

13  168.534 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1954 PA 116, MCL 168.534.            

                                                                                

14  Nominating petitions shall meet the requirements of section 544c            

                                                                                

15  of  Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, as amended, being               

                                                                                

16  section 168.544c of the Michigan Compiled Laws  the Michigan                

                                                                                

17  election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.544c, and shall be filed with            

                                                                                

18  the clerk of the city in which the first class school district is           

                                                                                

19  located on or before 4 p.m. of the twelfth Tuesday preceding the            

                                                                                

20  primary election.  The city clerk may compare the signatures on             

                                                                                

21  the petitions with the signatures appearing on the registration             

                                                                                

22  records, or in some other proper manner determine whether the               

                                                                                

23  signatures appearing on the petitions are genuine and comply with           

                                                                                

24  the requirements of this section.  With the petitions, a                    

                                                                                

25  candidate shall file an affidavit as provided in section 558 of             

                                                                                

26  Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, being section 168.558 of           

                                                                                

27  the Michigan Compiled Laws  the Michigan election law, 1954 PA              


                                                                                

1   116, MCL 168.558.                                                           

                                                                                

2       (5)  (4)  The 7 board members elected to represent the voting               

                                                                                

3   districts shall commence their terms of office on January 1                 

                                                                                

4   following the election.                                                     

                                                                                

5       (6)  (5)  A candidate for the office of board member                        

                                                                                

6   representing a voting district or a person appointed to fill a              

                                                                                

7   vacancy pursuant to subsection  (6)  (7) shall be 18 years of age           

                                                                                

8   or older at the time of his or her election or appointment and              

                                                                                

9   shall be a registered school elector residing in the voting                 

                                                                                

10  district in which the person becomes a candidate or which the               

                                                                                

11  person is appointed to represent.  If a voting district member's            

                                                                                

12  residence is moved from the voting district during the voting               

                                                                                

13  district member's term of office, this constitutes a vacating of            

                                                                                

14  office.                                                                     

                                                                                

15      (7)  (6)  If a vacancy occurs on the first class school                     

                                                                                

16  district board from among the voting district members, the                  

                                                                                

17  vacancy shall be filled from among registered school electors of            

                                                                                

18  the voting district by majority vote of the remaining first class           

                                                                                

19  school district board members.  If a person is appointed to fill            

                                                                                

20  a vacancy in a voting district for which the unexpired term is              

                                                                                

21  more than 1 year and 8 months, that person shall serve until                

                                                                                

22  January 1 following the next general election.  At that next                

                                                                                

23  general election the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired              

                                                                                

24  term.  A vacancy shall not be filled later than 60 days before a            

                                                                                

25  primary election at which voting district board members are to be           

                                                                                

26  nominated.                                                                  

                                                                                

27      Sec. 413a.  The city clerk of the city with the greatest                    


                                                                                

1   population located within the boundaries of the first class                 

                                                                                

2   school district, within the time specified for serving notices              

                                                                                

3   upon officials elected at a city election, shall serve notice of            

                                                                                

4   election upon each member of the first class school district                

                                                                                

5   board elected at the election.                                              

                                                                                

6       Sec. 414a.  If a person elected to the board of a first                     

                                                                                

7   class school district under this part fails to take the oath of             

                                                                                

8   office within 10 days after service of notice of election, the              

                                                                                

9   vacancy shall be filled pursuant to section  411a(5)  411a(6),              

                                                                                

10  412(7), or 412a(7), as applicable.                                          

                                                                                

11      Sec. 415.  (1) The first class school district board, by a                  

                                                                                

12  vote of 2/3 of the members serving, may expel or remove from                

                                                                                

13  office a member for corrupt or  wilful  willful malfeasance or              

                                                                                

14  misfeasance in office, or for  wilful  willful neglect of the               

                                                                                

15  duties of the member's office.  The reason for the expulsion or             

                                                                                

16  removal shall be entered on the records of the board with the               

                                                                                

17  names and votes of the members voting on the question.                      

                                                                                

18      (2) A member shall not be expelled or removed unless the                    

                                                                                

19  member is first furnished with a written copy of the charges and            

                                                                                

20  is allowed to be heard in his or her defense, with aid of                   

                                                                                

21  counsel.                                                                    

                                                                                

22      (3) For this purpose the board shall have power to issue                    

                                                                                

23  subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the                     

                                                                                

24  production of papers, and shall proceed within 10 days after                

                                                                                

25  service of a copy of the charge to hear and determine the merits            

                                                                                

26  of the case.                                                                

                                                                                

27      (4) The member's failure to appear may be good cause for                    


                                                                                

1   removal from office.                                                        

                                                                                

2       Sec. 416.  (1) This section applies to a first class school                 

                                                                                

3   district only if the question under section 410 is not approved             

                                                                                

4   in the first class school district.                                         

                                                                                

5       (2)  (1)  The officers of the first class school district                   

                                                                                

6   board shall be a president, vice-president, secretary, and                  

                                                                                

7   treasurer.  The board, a majority of which shall constitute a               

                                                                                

8   quorum, shall elect its president and vice-president biennially             

                                                                                

9   from among the members of the board.  In case of a vacancy in the           

                                                                                

10  office of president, the vice-president shall succeed to the                

                                                                                

11  office of president for the balance of the unexpired term.  The             

                                                                                

12  secretary and treasurer shall be appointed by the board but shall           

                                                                                

13  not be members of the board and shall receive a salary fixed by             

                                                                                

14  the board.                                                                  

                                                                                

15      (3)  (2)  The president, vice-president, and secretary shall                

                                                                                

16  perform the duties prescribed by the bylaws and regulations of              

                                                                                

17  the board.  The duties of the treasurer shall be determined by              

                                                                                

18  the school district general superintendent, as approved by the              

                                                                                

19  board.                                                                      

                                                                                

20      (4)  (3)  The officers of the board who in the discharge of                 

                                                                                

21  the duties of their respective positions handle funds belonging             

                                                                                

22  to the first class school district shall be required to give                

                                                                                

23  bonds for the faithful performance of their duties in accordance            

                                                                                

24  with the bylaws and regulations of the board.  The premium of the           

                                                                                

25  bonds shall be paid from the funds of the board.                            

                                                                                

26      (5)  (4)  The school district treasurer shall have the                      

                                                                                

27  custody of all money belonging to the school district and shall             


                                                                                

1   pay out money pursuant to section 433.  The funds shall be                  

                                                                                

2   deposited with depositories selected by the board, and the                  

                                                                                

3   interest derived shall be paid into the general fund of the                 

                                                                                

4   board.                                                                      

                                                                                

5       (6)  (5)  The board shall require from the school district                  

                                                                                

6   treasurer a separate bond of not less than $200,000.00 to protect           

                                                                                

7   the funds of the board.                                                     

                                                                                

8       Sec. 416a.  (1) This section applies to a first class school                

                                                                                

9   district only if the question under section 410 is approved in              

                                                                                

10  the first class school district.                                            

                                                                                

11      (2) The officers of the first class school district board                   

                                                                                

12  shall be a president, vice-president, and secretary.  In case of            

                                                                                

13  a vacancy in the office of president of a first class school                

                                                                                

14  district board, the vice-president shall succeed to the office of           

                                                                                

15  president for the balance of the unexpired term.                            

                                                                                

16      (3) The president, vice-president, and secretary shall                      

                                                                                

17  perform the duties prescribed by the bylaws and regulations of              

                                                                                

18  the board.                                                                  

                                                                                

19      (4) The chief financial officer or other officer of the first               

                                                                                

20  class school district designated by the chief executive officer             

                                                                                

21  shall have the custody of all money belonging to the school                 

                                                                                

22  district and shall pay out money pursuant to this act.  The funds           

                                                                                

23  shall be deposited with depositories selected by the chief                  

                                                                                

24  executive officer or his or her designee, and the interest                  

                                                                                

25  derived shall be paid into the general fund of the school                   

                                                                                

26  district.                                                                   

                                                                                

27      Sec. 417a.  (1) A member of the first class school district                 


                                                                                

1   board shall not be directly or indirectly interested in a                   

                                                                                

2   contract with the board.  Except for the per diem allowance                 

                                                                                

3   provided in subsection (2), a member of the first class school              

                                                                                

4   district board shall not receive compensation for services                  

                                                                                

5   rendered to the board.                                                      

                                                                                

6       (2)  Each  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection                  

                                                                                

7   and subsection (3), each first class school district board member           

                                                                                

8   shall be paid a per diem allowance of $30.00 for each board                 

                                                                                

9   meeting and subcommittee meeting attended and each authorized               

                                                                                

10  duty performed.  To be reimbursed for an authorized duty, the               

                                                                                

11  duty shall be related directly to the member's responsibility as            

                                                                                

12  a board member and shall be authorized in advance by resolution             

                                                                                

13  of the board.  Compensation shall be provided to a board member             

                                                                                

14  for an authorized duty only if that duty and the authority of the           

                                                                                

15  board member to perform that duty is specifically enumerated in             

                                                                                

16  the resolution authorizing compensation.  The payments for                  

                                                                                

17  meetings, subcommittee meetings, and authorized duties shall not            

                                                                                

18  exceed a total of 52 meetings, subcommittee meetings, and                   

                                                                                

19  authorized duties per year,  unless the majority of the board               

                                                                                

20  votes to remove this limitation  except that, if the question               

                                                                                

21  under section 410 is not approved in the first class school                 

                                                                                

22  district, this limitation may be removed by majority vote of the            

                                                                                

23  board.                                                                      

                                                                                

24      (3) If the question under section 410 is approved in the                    

                                                                                

25  first class school district, the board of the first class school            

                                                                                

26  district may by majority vote of the board waive any per diem               

                                                                                

27  payment under this section.                                                 


                                                                                

1       Sec. 418a.  (1) Regular meetings of the first class school                  

                                                                                

2   district board shall be held at least once each month, at a time            

                                                                                

3   and place fixed by the bylaws.   Not  If the question under                 

                                                                                

4   section 410 is not approved, not less than 7 of the regular                 

                                                                                

5   meetings shall be held in different voting districts of the first           

                                                                                

6   class school district each year.  If the question under section             

                                                                                

7   410 is approved, not less than 9 of the regular meetings shall be           

                                                                                

8   held in different voting districts of the first class school                

                                                                                

9   district each year. The bylaws may provide for the calling of               

                                                                                

10  special meetings.                                                           

                                                                                

11      (2) The proceedings and official actions of the first class                 

                                                                                

12  school district board shall be a public record open to inspection           

                                                                                

13  pursuant to section 1202.                                                   

                                                                                

14      (3) The board of the first class school district shall have                 

                                                                                

15  made a complete annual audit of its financial transactions.  The            

                                                                                

16  board may employ a firm of certified public accountants to make             

                                                                                

17  the audit or, if the city with the greatest population located              

                                                                                

18  within  which  the boundaries of the school district  is located            

                                                                                

19  has an auditor whose duties are limited to postauditing of                  

                                                                                

20  finances and investigation of operations, the board may arrange             

                                                                                

21  for the city's auditor to make the audit.  The audit report shall           

                                                                                

22  be made to the board and the chief executive officer and shall be           

                                                                                

23  a public record.  The board may direct the chief executive                  

                                                                                

24  officer to publish the audit report by adding to it general                 

                                                                                

25  school statistics or it may publish general school statistics               

                                                                                

26  separately.                                                                 

                                                                                

27      (4)  Every  If the question under section 410 is not approved               


                                                                                

1   in the first class school district, every action of the first               

                                                                                

2   class school district board creating a liability or debt or                 

                                                                                

3   originating the disposal or expenditure of property or money                

                                                                                

4   shall be by yea and nay vote entered upon its record.                       

                                                                                

5       Sec. 420.  (1) This section applies to a first class school                 

                                                                                

6   district only if the question under section 410 is approved in              

                                                                                

7   the first class school district.                                            

                                                                                

8       (2) The school board of a first class school district shall                 

                                                                                

9   appoint a chief executive officer under this section.  The                  

                                                                                

10  initial chief executive officer shall be appointed not later than           

                                                                                

11  30 days after the school board takes office under section 412,              

                                                                                

12  with the appointment of the initial chief executive officer to              

                                                                                

13  take effect at the beginning of the next school fiscal year.  All           

                                                                                

14  of the following apply to appointment and employment of a chief             

                                                                                

15  executive officer under this section:                                       

                                                                                

16      (a) The chief executive officer shall be employed by the                    

                                                                                

17  school district according to an employment contract entered into            

                                                                                

18  with the school board.  The term of the contract shall not exceed           

                                                                                

19  4 years and may be renewed.                                                 

                                                                                

20      (b) The mayor shall submit to the school board the name of 1                

                                                                                

21  nominee for the position of chief executive officer.  The school            

                                                                                

22  board shall approve or disapprove of the nominee.  Approval of              

                                                                                

23  the nominee shall be by majority vote of the school board.  Upon            

                                                                                

24  approval by the school board, the nominee is appointed as chief             

                                                                                

25  executive officer.  If the school board does not approve the                

                                                                                

26  nominee, the mayor shall submit to the school board the name of a           

                                                                                

27  new nominee.                                                                


                                                                                

1       (c) Appointment of a chief executive officer under this                     

                                                                                

2   section is subject to section 421.                                          

                                                                                

3       (d) A chief executive officer may be removed from office                    

                                                                                

4   either by the mayor or by a majority vote of the members serving            

                                                                                

5   on the school board with the approval of the mayor.  However, a             

                                                                                

6   chief executive officer may be removed only for good cause.                 

                                                                                

7       (3) Beginning on the next January 1 occurring at least 1 year               

                                                                                

8   after the question under section 410 is presented to the school             

                                                                                

9   electors of the first class school district, and until the                  

                                                                                

10  appointment of an initial chief executive officer for a first               

                                                                                

11  class school district takes effect under this section, the person           

                                                                                

12  who was serving as chief executive officer of the school district           

                                                                                

13  under part 5a immediately before the school board takes office              

                                                                                

14  under section 412 shall act as the interim chief executive                  

                                                                                

15  officer of the first class school district under this part.  All            

                                                                                

16  provisions of this act that would otherwise apply to the chief              

                                                                                

17  executive officer of the first class school district apply to the           

                                                                                

18  interim chief executive officer, and he or she may exercise all             

                                                                                

19  the powers and duties otherwise vested by law in the chief                  

                                                                                

20  executive officer of the first class school district until a                

                                                                                

21  permanent chief executive officer is appointed for the school               

                                                                                

22  district under this section.                                                

                                                                                

23      (4) Upon appointment of a chief executive officer for a first               

                                                                                

24  class school district under this section, except for the school             

                                                                                

25  board's powers under subsection (11), the chief executive officer           

                                                                                

26  immediately may exercise all the powers and duties vested by law            

                                                                                

27  in the chief executive officer or the school board under this act           


                                                                                

1   and all additional powers and duties provided under this part;              

                                                                                

2   and the chief executive officer accedes to all the rights,                  

                                                                                

3   duties, and obligations of an elected school board of a first               

                                                                                

4   class school district.  Subject to section 421, these powers,               

                                                                                

5   rights, duties, and obligations include, but are not limited to,            

                                                                                

6   all of the following:                                                       

                                                                                

7       (a) Authority over the expenditure of all school district                   

                                                                                

8   funds, including proceeds from bonded indebtedness and other                

                                                                                

9   funds dedicated to capital projects.  However, the chief                    

                                                                                

10  executive officer shall submit an annual budget and annual                  

                                                                                

11  procurement goals to the school board for approval as provided              

                                                                                

12  under subsection (11)(b).                                                   

                                                                                

13      (b) Rights and obligations under collective bargaining                      

                                                                                

14  agreements and employment contracts entered into by the previous            

                                                                                

15  school board or by a previous chief executive officer.                      

                                                                                

16      (c) Rights to prosecute and defend litigation.                              

                                                                                

17      (d) Obligations under any judgments entered against the                     

                                                                                

18  school district.                                                            

                                                                                

19      (e) Rights and obligations under statute, rule, and common                  

                                                                                

20  law.                                                                        

                                                                                

21      (f) Authority to delegate any of the chief executive                        

                                                                                

22  officer's powers and duties to 1 or more designees.                         

                                                                                

23      (g) All other rights, duties, and obligations provided under                

                                                                                

24  this part for the chief executive officer or provided under this            

                                                                                

25  act or other state law for a school board except for those school           

                                                                                

26  board powers listed in subsection (11).                                     

                                                                                

27      (5) In addition to his or her other powers, the chief                       


                                                                                

1   executive officer appointed under this part may terminate any               

                                                                                

2   contract entered into by a previous school board or chief                   

                                                                                

3   executive officer of the school district except for a collective            

                                                                                

4   bargaining agreement.  However, this subsection does not allow              

                                                                                

5   any termination or diminishment of obligations to pay debt                  

                                                                                

6   service on legally authorized bonds.  A contract terminated by a            

                                                                                

7   chief executive officer under this subsection is void.                      

                                                                                

8       (6) Upon appointment of a chief executive officer for a first               

                                                                                

9   class school district under this section, each employee of the              

                                                                                

10  qualifying school district whose position is not covered by a               

                                                                                

11  collective bargaining agreement is employed at the will of the              

                                                                                

12  chief executive officer.                                                    

                                                                                

13      (7) The chief executive officer shall appoint for the first                 

                                                                                

14  class school district a chief financial officer, chief academic             

                                                                                

15  officer, chief operations officer, and chief purchasing officer.            

                                                                                

16  Appointment of a chief financial officer under this section is              

                                                                                

17  subject to section 421.  These officers are employed at the will            

                                                                                

18  of the chief executive officer.                                             

                                                                                

19      (8) Not later than 90 days after the initial appointment of a               

                                                                                

20  chief executive officer under this section, and at least annually           

                                                                                

21  thereafter, the chief executive officer shall develop and submit            

                                                                                

22  to the mayor, school board, and department a school district                

                                                                                

23  improvement plan that includes at least detailed academic,                  

                                                                                

24  financial, capital, and operational goals and benchmarks for                

                                                                                

25  improvement and a description of strategies to be used to                   

                                                                                

26  accomplish those goals and benchmarks.  The plan also shall                 

                                                                                

27  include an assessment of available resources and recommendations            


                                                                                

1   concerning additional resources or changes in statute or rule, if           

                                                                                

2   any, needed to meet those goals and benchmarks.  The plan also              

                                                                                

3   shall include an evaluation of local school governance issues,              

                                                                                

4   including criteria for establishing building-level governance.              

                                                                                

5       (9) The chief executive officer shall submit an annual report               

                                                                                

6   to the mayor, school board, governor, and legislature and shall             

                                                                                

7   make the annual report available to the community in the first              

                                                                                

8   class school district.  The annual report shall contain at least            

                                                                                

9   all of the following:                                                       

                                                                                

10      (a) A summary of the initiatives that have been implemented                 

                                                                                

11  to improve school quality in the first class school district.               

                                                                                

12      (b) Measurements that may be useful in determining                          

                                                                                

13  improvements in school quality in the first class school                    

                                                                                

14  district.  These measurements shall indicate changes from                   

                                                                                

15  baseline data from the school year before the appointment of the            

                                                                                

16  chief executive officer, and shall include at least all of the              

                                                                                

17  following:                                                                  

                                                                                

18                                                                               (i) Standardized test scores of pupils.                                             

                                                                                

19      (ii) Dropout rates.                                                          

                                                                                

20      (iii) Daily attendance figures.                                              

                                                                                

21      (iv) Enrollment figures.                                                     

                                                                                

22      (v) High school completion and other pertinent completion                   

                                                                                

23  rates.                                                                      

                                                                                

24      (vi) Changes made in course offerings.                                       

                                                                                

25      (vii) Proportion of school district resources devoted to                     

                                                                                

26  direct educational services.                                                

                                                                                

27      (c) A description of long-term performance goals that may                   


                                                                                

1   include statewide averages or comparable measures of long-term              

                                                                                

2   improvement.                                                                

                                                                                

3       (10) The chief executive officer shall submit a monthly                     

                                                                                

4   report, which shall be a public record, to the school board of              

                                                                                

5   the first class school district and shall make the monthly report           

                                                                                

6   available to the community in the first class school district.              

                                                                                

7   The monthly report shall contain at least all of the following:             

                                                                                

8       (a) A summary of the initiatives that have been implemented                 

                                                                                

9   to improve school quality in the first class school district.               

                                                                                

10      (b) Daily attendance figures.                                               

                                                                                

11      (c) A description of steps taken to implement the chief                     

                                                                                

12  executive officer's school district improvement plan.                       

                                                                                

13      (d) A description of the progress made toward achieving the                 

                                                                                

14  goals and benchmarks set forth in the chief executive officer's             

                                                                                

15  school district improvement plan.                                           

                                                                                

16      (e) A description of progress made toward achieving the                     

                                                                                

17  long-term performance goals set forth in the annual report under            

                                                                                

18  subsection (9).                                                             

                                                                                

19      (f) A copy of any and all completed financial audits                        

                                                                                

20  authorized by the school district.                                          

                                                                                

21      (11) The school board of a first class school district shall                

                                                                                

22  do all of the following:                                                    

                                                                                

23      (a) Monitor pupil performance.                                              

                                                                                

24      (b) During June of each year, receive, review, and approve                  

                                                                                

25  the annual budget and procurement goals submitted by the chief              

                                                                                

26  executive officer, including approval of the annual appropriation           

                                                                                

27  total for the school district's general operating fund and the              


                                                                                

1   general fund expenditure budget total for each of the following             

                                                                                

2   functions, as the functions are defined by the department in                

                                                                                

3   Bulletin 1022:                                                              

                                                                                

4                                                                                (i) Instructions.                                                                   

                                                                                

5       (ii) Pupil support services.                                                 

                                                                                

6       (iii) Instructional staff support services.                                  

                                                                                

7       (iv) School administration.                                                  

                                                                                

8       (v) Business support services.                                              

                                                                                

9       (vi) Operations and maintenance.                                             

                                                                                

10      (vii) Pupil transportation services.                                         

                                                                                

11      (viii) Central support services.                                              

                                                                                

12      (ix) Community services.                                                    

                                                                                

13      (c) Review all contracts totaling over $250,000.00 that are                 

                                                                                

14  entered into by the chief executive officer.                                

                                                                                

15      (d) Not later than August 31 of each year, provide to the                   

                                                                                

16  mayor an annual evaluation of the performance of the chief                  

                                                                                

17  executive officer and make this annual performance evaluation               

                                                                                

18  available to the public.  To assist in this function, the school            

                                                                                

19  board may contract with an independent auditor to conduct a                 

                                                                                

20  performance and financial audit of the activities of the chief              

                                                                                

21  executive officer.  If the school board contracts for such an               

                                                                                

22  audit, the school board shall review the audit results before               

                                                                                

23  preparing the annual performance evaluation.                                

                                                                                

24      (e) Form committees as the board considers necessary or                     

                                                                                

25  desirable to fulfill its functions.                                         

                                                                                

26      (f) Organize and establish community assistance teams to work               

                                                                                

27  with the school board to implement a cohesive, full service                 


                                                                                

1   community school program addressing the needs and concerns of the           

                                                                                

2   school district's population.  The school board may delegate to a           

                                                                                

3   community assistance team the authority to devise and implement             

                                                                                

4   family, community, cultural, and recreational activities to                 

                                                                                

5   promote the academic mission of the schools.  The community                 

                                                                                

6   assistance teams may also develop parental involvement activities           

                                                                                

7   that focus on the encouragement of voluntary parenting education,           

                                                                                

8   enhancing parent and family involvement in education, and                   

                                                                                

9   promoting adult and family literacy.                                        

                                                                                

10      (12) As used in this section and section 421, "mayor" means                 

                                                                                

11  the mayor of the city with the greatest population as of the most           

                                                                                

12  recent decennial census located within the boundaries of a first            

                                                                                

13  class school district.                                                      

                                                                                

14      Sec. 421.  (1) This section applies to a first class school                 

                                                                                

15  district only if the question under section 410 is approved in              

                                                                                

16  the first class school district.                                            

                                                                                

17      (2) The mayor shall not nominate a person as chief executive                

                                                                                

18  officer under section 420 and the chief executive officer shall             

                                                                                

19  not appoint a person as chief financial officer if the person at            

                                                                                

20  the time of appointment has a pecuniary interest in a contract to           

                                                                                

21  which the first class school district is a party, or in a                   

                                                                                

22  subcontract under such a contract, other than an employment                 

                                                                                

23  contract.                                                                   

                                                                                

24      (3) The chief executive officer shall ensure that the first                 

                                                                                

25  class school district does not award a contract, and that a                 

                                                                                

26  subcontract is not awarded under a contract with the first class            

                                                                                

27  school district, to the mayor, the chief executive officer, the             


                                                                                

1   chief financial officer, or a first class school board member, or           

                                                                                

2   to the mayor's, chief executive officer's, chief financial                  

                                                                                

3   officer's, or board member's spouse or spouse's sibling or child,           

                                                                                

4   sibling or sibling's spouse or child, child or child's spouse, or           

                                                                                

5   parent or parent's sibling or spouse.                                       

                                                                                

6       (4) The mayor, chief executive officer, chief financial                     

                                                                                

7   officer, or a first class school board member shall not have a              

                                                                                

8   direct or indirect pecuniary interest in any contract with the              

                                                                                

9   first class school district that causes a substantial conflict of           

                                                                                

10  interest.  As used in this subsection, "substantial conflict of             

                                                                                

11  interest" means that the pecuniary interest is of such substance            

                                                                                

12  as to induce action on the person's part to promote the contract            

                                                                                

13  for his or her own personal benefit.  A contract between the                

                                                                                

14  first class school district and any of the following is not                 

                                                                                

15  considered a substantial conflict of interest:                              

                                                                                

16      (a) A corporation in which the person is a stockholder owning               

                                                                                

17  1% or less of the total stock outstanding in any class if the               

                                                                                

18  stock is not listed on a stock exchange or the stock has a                  

                                                                                

19  present market value of $25,000.00 or less if the stock is listed           

                                                                                

20  on a stock exchange.                                                        

                                                                                

21      (b) A corporation in which a trust, in which the person is a                

                                                                                

22  beneficiary under the trust, owns 1% or less of the total stock             

                                                                                

23  outstanding in any class if the stock is not listed on a stock              

                                                                                

24  exchange or the stock has a present market value of $25,000.00 or           

                                                                                

25  less if the stock is listed on a stock exchange.                            

                                                                                

26      (c) A professional limited liability company organized                      

                                                                                

27  pursuant to the Michigan limited liability company act, 1993 PA             


                                                                                

1   23, MCL 450.4101 to 450.5200, if the person is an employee but              

                                                                                

2   not a member of the company.                                                

                                                                                

3       Sec. 422.   When  If territory comprising an entire school                  

                                                                                

4   district is annexed to the city and becomes a part of the  city             

                                                                                

5   first class school district, part 10 shall govern where                     

                                                                                

6   applicable with respect to the bonded indebtedness of either                

                                                                                

7   district existing at the time of annexation.  The first class               

                                                                                

8   school district board may use any funds legally available to                

                                                                                

9   retire the bonded indebtedness of the annexed district.  If the             

                                                                                

10  question under section 410 is approved in the first class school            

                                                                                

11  district, then the chief executive officer appointed under                  

                                                                                

12  section 420 has the powers and shall perform the duties of the              

                                                                                

13  board of the first class school district under this section.                

                                                                                

14      Sec. 424.  (1) When school property belonging to another                    

                                                                                

15  school district is taken by annexation by a first class school              

                                                                                

16  district, a determination shall be made of the equitable amount             

                                                                                

17  that shall be paid by the first class school district.  That                

                                                                                

18  determination shall be made by the boards of the 2 districts                

                                                                                

19  affected.  If the board of the first class school district and              

                                                                                

20  the board of the school district from which the property is taken           

                                                                                

21  are unable to agree, the matter shall be submitted to a board of            

                                                                                

22  arbitration consisting of 1 member appointed by each board and a            

                                                                                

23  third member to be selected by the 2 appointed members.  The                

                                                                                

24  arbitrators by order shall fix a day for hearing and give notice            

                                                                                

25  of the hearing as provided in the order.  They shall make                   

                                                                                

26  regulations for the proceedings and shall make a final order                

                                                                                

27  determining the amount to be paid by the first class school                 


                                                                                

1   district to the school district whose property was taken by the             

                                                                                

2   annexation and file the order with the county clerk.  The order             

                                                                                

3   of the arbitrators shall be final.  Taxes shall be levied and               

                                                                                

4   collected in the manner provided in the order.                              

                                                                                

5       (2) If the question under section 410 is approved in the                    

                                                                                

6   first class school district, then the chief executive officer               

                                                                                

7   appointed under section 420 has the powers and shall perform the            

                                                                                

8   duties of the board of the first class school district under this           

                                                                                

9   section.                                                                    

                                                                                

10      Sec. 431a.  (1) The board of the first class school district                

                                                                                

11  board  may take, use, hold, lease, sell, and convey real and               

                                                                                

12  personal property, including property received by gift, devise,             

                                                                                

13  or bequest, for the use of the public school within and without             

                                                                                

14  its corporate limits.  Proceeds from the sale of real property              

                                                                                

15  shall be credited to accounts of the school district as provided            

                                                                                

16  in section 1262.  The first class school district board  shall              

                                                                                

17  have  has the power to purchase, lease, and take by the right of            

                                                                                

18  eminent domain all property; erect and maintain or lease all                

                                                                                

19  buildings; employ and pay all persons; and do all other things in           

                                                                                

20  its judgment necessary for the proper establishment and                     

                                                                                

21  management of the public schools.  If the question under section            

                                                                                

22  410 is approved in the first class school district, then the                

                                                                                

23  chief executive officer appointed under section 420 has the                 

                                                                                

24  powers and shall perform the duties of the board of the first               

                                                                                

25  class school district under this subsection.                                

                                                                                

26      (2) The first class school district board  shall  may adopt                 

                                                                                

27  and revise as appropriate bylaws and regulations for  its own               


                                                                                

1   government  conducting the business of the board and, if the                

                                                                                

2   question under section 410 is not approved in the first class               

                                                                                

3   school district, for the control and government of all schools,             

                                                                                

4   school property, and pupils in the first class school district.             

                                                                                

5       (3) If property is sought to be taken by eminent domain,                    

                                                                                

6   proceedings may be brought under  Act No.  149 of the Public Acts           

                                                                                

7   of 1911, as amended, being sections 213.21 to 213.41 of the                 

                                                                                

8   Michigan Compiled Laws, or Act No.  87 of the Public Acts of                

                                                                                

9   1980, as amended, being sections 213.51 to 213.77 of the Michigan           

                                                                                

10  Compiled Laws  1911 PA 149, MCL 213.21 to 213.25, or the uniform            

                                                                                

11  condemnation procedures act, 1980 PA 87, MCL 213.51 to 213.75.              

                                                                                

12      Sec. 432.  (1) The first class school district board                        

                                                                                

13  annually shall prepare estimates of the amount of taxes necessary           

                                                                                

14  for its needs for the ensuing fiscal year.  The estimates shall             

                                                                                

15  specify the amount required for the "general fund", the amount              

                                                                                

16  required for the "building and site fund", and the amount                   

                                                                                

17  required for the "debt retirement fund".  If the board causes the           

                                                                                

18  appropriation for the "building and site fund" to be raised by              

                                                                                

19  the issuance of bonds instead of raising the appropriation by               

                                                                                

20  taxation, provision shall be made for the retirement of the bonds           

                                                                                

21  in a debt retirement fund.                                                  

                                                                                

22      (2) The board shall adopt a budget in the same manner and                   

                                                                                

23  form as required for its estimates and determine the amount of              

                                                                                

24  tax levy necessary for that budget and shall certify on or before           

                                                                                

25  the date required by law the amount to the city.                            

                                                                                

26      (3) The proper officials of the city shall apportion the                    

                                                                                

27  school taxes in the same manner as the other taxes of the city              


                                                                                

1   are apportioned, and the amount apportioned shall be assessed,              

                                                                                

2   levied, collected, and returned for the school district in the              

                                                                                

3   same manner as taxes of the city.  The tax levied by the  board             

                                                                                

4   school district, in the discretion of the legislative body of the           

                                                                                

5   city, may be stated separately on each tax bill.                            

                                                                                

6       (4) If the question under section 410 is approved in the                    

                                                                                

7   first class school district, then the chief executive officer               

                                                                                

8   appointed under section 420 has the powers and shall perform the            

                                                                                

9   duties of the board of the first class school district under this           

                                                                                

10  section.                                                                    

                                                                                

11      Sec. 433.  (1) The secretary of the first class school                      

                                                                                

12  district board shall issue and sign a warrant upon the treasurer            

                                                                                

13  for payrolls, bills, and accounts  which  that become due and               

                                                                                

14  payable under a contract or because of a previous authorization             

                                                                                

15  or action of the board after the payrolls, bills, and accounts              

                                                                                

16  are registered and charged to the appropriations from which they            

                                                                                

17  are payable.  The treasurer, upon receipt of the warrant, shall             

                                                                                

18  issue a check in payment thereof.                                           

                                                                                

19      (2) Other claims and demands against the  board  first class                

                                                                                

20  school district shall be made under the regulations of the                  

                                                                                

21  board.  The board, before paying a bill, account, or claim, may             

                                                                                

22  require that it be accompanied by a certificate of the person               

                                                                                

23  rendering it that the services or the property charged have been            

                                                                                

24  actually performed or delivered for the  board  school district,            

                                                                                

25  that the sums charged are reasonable and just, and that to the              

                                                                                

26  best of that person's knowledge and belief no setoff exists nor             

                                                                                

27  payment has been made on account  thereof  except as included or            


                                                                                

1   referred to in the account presented.  A similar certificate                

                                                                                

2   shall be required on all payrolls, the certificate to be made by            

                                                                                

3   the person who supervises the services charged.                             

                                                                                

4       (3) If the question under section 410 is approved in the                    

                                                                                

5   first class school district, then the chief executive officer               

                                                                                

6   appointed under section 420 or his or her designee has the powers           

                                                                                

7   and shall perform the duties of the board of the first class                

                                                                                

8   school district or board officers under this section.                       

                                                                                

9       Sec. 434.  (1) Before a contract entered into by the first                  

                                                                                

10  class school district  board  for the purchase of real estate or            

                                                                                

11  the erection, remodeling, or repairing of a building is binding             

                                                                                

12  on the  board  school district, the secretary shall endorse on              

                                                                                

13  the contract that the money proposed to be expended under the               

                                                                                

14  contract is actually in the treasury or that the money has been             

                                                                                

15  appropriated.  A contract submitted shall not be certified by the           

                                                                                

16  secretary until all contracts for the completed work covered by             

                                                                                

17  the appropriation are submitted, and a warrant shall not be drawn           

                                                                                

18  on the account of a contract not containing the certificate.                

                                                                                

19      (2) The board may authorize a contract before the money is                  

                                                                                

20  available if an appropriation or an authorization of bonds or               

                                                                                

21  notes is made for the contract and may borrow on the best terms             

                                                                                

22  obtainable on the credit of that appropriation or authorization             

                                                                                

23  of bonds or notes sums necessary to make a payment under the                

                                                                                

24  contract.                                                                   

                                                                                

25      (3) If the question under section 410 is approved in the                    

                                                                                

26  first class school district, then the chief executive officer               

                                                                                

27  appointed under section 420 or his or her designee has the powers           


                                                                                

1   and shall perform the duties of the board of the first class                

                                                                                

2   school district or board officers under this section.                       

                                                                                

3       Sec. 441.  The board of the first class school district,                    

                                                                                

4   board,  with the consent of the legislative body of the city,              

                                                                                

5   may authorize  its  the financial officers of the school district           

                                                                                

6   to borrow for not more than 1 year, on the best terms obtainable,           

                                                                                

7   sums necessary to pay awards in condemnation proceedings.  If the           

                                                                                

8   question under section 410 is approved in the first class school            

                                                                                

9   district, then the chief executive officer appointed under                  

                                                                                

10  section 420 has the powers and shall perform the duties of the              

                                                                                

11  board of the first class school district under this section.                

                                                                                

12      Sec. 442.  (1) The board of the first class school district                 

                                                                                

13  board  may do  all  any of the following:                                  

                                                                                

14      (a) Borrow, subject to the revised municipal finance act,                   

                                                                                

15  2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, for temporary school                  

                                                                                

16  purposes sums of money and give notes of the district for                   

                                                                                

17  temporary school purposes.                                                  

                                                                                

18      (b) Borrow, subject to the revised municipal finance act,                   

                                                                                

19  2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, sums of money for the                 

                                                                                

20  purpose of purchasing sites for buildings, playgrounds, or                  

                                                                                

21  athletic fields and purchasing or erecting and equipping a                  

                                                                                

22  building or making a permanent improvement that  it  the school             

                                                                                

23  district is authorized to make.  The board may accomplish this by           

                                                                                

24  the issuance and sale of bonds of the school district on terms              

                                                                                

25  the board considers advisable, or by other reasonable means.  The           

                                                                                

26  board shall designate officers to execute the bonds on behalf of            

                                                                                

27  the school district.  The designated officers may include the               


                                                                                

1   chief  fiscal  financial officer.                                           

                                                                                

2       (2) A loan shall not be made, except as otherwise provided in               

                                                                                

3   this subsection, for a sum that, together with the total                    

                                                                                

4   outstanding bonded indebtedness of the school district, exceeds             

                                                                                

5   5% of the state equalized valuation of the taxable property                 

                                                                                

6   within the school district, unless the proposition of making the            

                                                                                

7   loans or of issuing bonds is submitted to a vote of the school              

                                                                                

8   electors of the school district at a general or special school              

                                                                                

9   election and approved by the majority of the school electors                

                                                                                

10  voting on the question.  Regardless of the amount of outstanding            

                                                                                

11  bonded indebtedness of the school district, a vote of the school            

                                                                                

12  electors is not necessary in order to issue bonds for a purpose             

                                                                                

13  described in section 1274a.  Loans may be made or bonds may be              

                                                                                

14  issued for the purposes stated in this section in an amount equal           

                                                                                

15  to that provided by part 17.                                                

                                                                                

16      (3) If the question under section 410 is approved in the                    

                                                                                

17  first class school district, then the chief executive officer               

                                                                                

18  appointed under section 420 has the powers and shall perform the            

                                                                                

19  duties of the board of the first class school district under this           

                                                                                

20  section.                                                                    

                                                                                

21      Sec. 443.  (1) Proceeds from the sale of first class school                 

                                                                                

22  district bonds may be expended for the remodeling of existing               

                                                                                

23  buildings of the school district if the board determines the                

                                                                                

24  remodeling will contribute positively to the health, security, or           

                                                                                

25  welfare of the pupils of the school district and if the uses are            

                                                                                

26  approved by the superintendent of public instruction.  If the               

                                                                                

27  question under section 410 is approved in the first class school            


                                                                                

1   district, then the chief executive officer appointed under                  

                                                                                

2   section 420 has the powers and shall perform the duties of the              

                                                                                

3   board of the first class school district under this subsection.             

                                                                                

4       (2) As used in this section, "remodeling" means the                         

                                                                                

5   alteration or construction of structural components of a building           

                                                                                

6   including walls, roofs, partitions, hallways, stairways, or means           

                                                                                

7   of egress, or the replacement, relocation, or reconstruction of             

                                                                                

8   heating, ventilating, incineration, electrical, security, or                

                                                                                

9   sanitary systems.                                                           

                                                                                

10      Sec. 445.  (1) The board of the first class school district                 

                                                                                

11  board  by resolution may submit the proposition of issuing bonds           

                                                                                

12  for the purpose of purchasing sites for buildings, playgrounds,             

                                                                                

13  or athletic fields and purchasing or erecting and equipping a               

                                                                                

14  building or making permanent improvements that  it  the school              

                                                                                

15  district is authorized to make to the school electors of the                

                                                                                

16  school district at a city  ,  or state election, or at a special            

                                                                                

17  election called for that purpose.                                           

                                                                                

18      (2) If a majority of the school electors voting on the                      

                                                                                

19  question approve the issuance of bonds, the board may issue the             

                                                                                

20  bonds of the district.                                                      

                                                                                

21      (3) The board shall determine the form of the bonds, the                    

                                                                                

22  manner in which they shall be executed by the president and                 

                                                                                

23  secretary of the district, the sums payable and the times of                

                                                                                

24  payment, and other terms and conditions the board considers                 

                                                                                

25  necessary.                                                                  

                                                                                

26      (4) If the board determines to issue bonds under this                       

                                                                                

27  section, sections 432 and 444 shall not apply to the issuance of            


                                                                                

1   the bonds and the bonds may be issued in an amount equal to that            

                                                                                

2   provided by part 17.                                                        

                                                                                

3       (5) The secretary of the board shall file with the city clerk               

                                                                                

4   a written notice of the  adoption of the  resolution to submit              

                                                                                

5   the bonding proposition to the school electors with a draft of              

                                                                                

6   the form of the bonding proposition to be submitted.  to the                

                                                                                

7   school electors of the school district.  The notice shall be                

                                                                                

8   under the seal of the board and filed with the city clerk at                

                                                                                

9   least 60 days before the date fixed by the board for the                    

                                                                                

10  election.                                                                   

                                                                                

11      (6) The laws of this state pertaining to elections in a city                

                                                                                

12  shall govern the practicable submission of the proposition to the           

                                                                                

13  school electors.  Electors qualified to vote on the bonding                 

                                                                                

14  proposition shall be registered school electors of the city in              

                                                                                

15  which the first class school district is located and otherwise              

                                                                                

16  qualified to vote on bonding propositions under the constitution            

                                                                                

17  and laws of this state.                                                     

                                                                                

18      (7) Bonds issued under this act are subject to the revised                  

                                                                                

19  municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.                

                                                                                

20      (8) If the question under section 410 is approved in the                    

                                                                                

21  first class school district, then the chief executive officer               

                                                                                

22  appointed under section 420 has the powers and shall perform the            

                                                                                

23  duties of the board of the first class school district or board             

                                                                                

24  officers under this section.                                                

                                                                                

25      Sec. 449.  All powers and duties of the school board of the                 

                                                                                

26  first class school district and of its officers are subject to              

                                                                                

27  part 5a until January 1 following the expiration of 5 years after           


                                                                                

1   the initial appointment of a school reform board in the school              

                                                                                

2   district under part 5a.                                                     

                                                                                

3       Sec. 451.  (1) The board of a first class school district                   

                                                                                

4   having boundaries coterminous with those of a city  which  that             

                                                                                

5   imposes a city income tax by ordinance adopted pursuant to  Act             

                                                                                

6   No.  284 of the Public Acts of 1964, as amended, being sections             

                                                                                

7   141.501 to 141.787 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  the city income           

                                                                                

8   tax act, 1964 PA 284, MCL 141.501 to 141.787, by resolution                 

                                                                                

9   adopted by a majority of its members elected and serving, may               

                                                                                

10  adopt, levy, assess, and collect an excise tax, upon income                 

                                                                                

11  received, earned, or otherwise acquired by corporations and                 

                                                                                

12  resident individuals.  An excise tax adopted shall not exceed 50%           

                                                                                

13  of the liability of the corporation or resident individual for a            

                                                                                

14  2% income tax imposed by the city with coterminous boundaries.              

                                                                                

15  nor the amount necessary, when added to the allocated and voted            

                                                                                

16  millage ad valorem tax, to qualify for maximum membership aid               

                                                                                

17  under sections 21 and 22 of Act No.  258 of the Public Acts of              

                                                                                

18  1972, as amended, being sections 388.1121 and 388.1122 of the               

                                                                                

19  Michigan Compiled Laws.  The board of a first class district                

                                                                                

20  authorized by law to levy at least 24.76 mills ad valorem tax for           

                                                                                

21  the operation costs of a district shall not levy an excise tax on           

                                                                                

22  income.  As used in this subsection, "operation costs" shall not            

                                                                                

23  include moneys expended for school sites, school building                   

                                                                                

24  construction, equipment, payment of bonds, or other purposes not            

                                                                                

25  properly included in operation costs as determined by the state             

                                                                                

26  board.                                                                      

                                                                                

27      (2) The  resolution  excise tax shall continue in effect                    


                                                                                

1   until rescinded by a subsequent resolution.  A tax imposed                  

                                                                                

2   pursuant to this section may not be rescinded or the rate                   

                                                                                

3   thereof  of the tax reduced if there are outstanding obligations           

                                                                                

4   for which the tax is pledged.                                               

                                                                                

5       (3) The resolution shall provide that taxpayers subject to                  

                                                                                

6   the tax imposed by the resolution may elect to compute their tax            

                                                                                

7   for a calendar year, or fiscal year, during which the tax is made           

                                                                                

8   effective or rescinded, by any of the following methods:                    

                                                                                

9       (a) The tax may be computed as if the tax were effective on                 

                                                                                

10  the first day of the calendar year, or the taxpayer's fiscal                

                                                                                

11  year, and the amount computed multiplied by a fraction, the                 

                                                                                

12  numerator of which is the number of months the tax was in effect            

                                                                                

13  during the taxpayer's calendar or fiscal year, and the                      

                                                                                

14  denominator of which is the number of months in the taxpayer's              

                                                                                

15  calendar or fiscal year.  A portion of a month which is 15 days             

                                                                                

16  or more shall be considered a month and a period of less than 15            

                                                                                

17  days shall be disregarded.                                                  

                                                                                

18      (b) The tax may be computed by determining the amount of the                

                                                                                

19  city tax giving rise to the school district tax which is                    

                                                                                

20  allocable to the period the district tax is in effect in                    

                                                                                

21  accordance with any accounting method satisfactory to the                   

                                                                                

22  administrator.                                                              

                                                                                

23      (4) A school district adopting a tax pursuant to this section               

                                                                                

24  shall certify within 5 days to the city clerk of the city with              

                                                                                

25  coterminous boundaries the adoption of the resolution and tax.              

                                                                                

26  The effective date of a tax imposed by a school district pursuant           

                                                                                

27  to this section shall be the first day of the month  which  that            


                                                                                

1   is 20 days or more following the adoption of the resolution,                

                                                                                

2   unless the resolution provides otherwise.  The tax shall not be             

                                                                                

3   declared to be retroactively effective  prior to  before the                

                                                                                

4   first day of the calendar year in which the resolution was                  

                                                                                

5   adopted.  The enforcement, collection, and refund authority of              

                                                                                

6   the city with coterminous boundaries shall continue in effect               

                                                                                

7   after the effective date of expiration with respect to                      

                                                                                

8   liabilities incurred during the period the tax imposed by the               

                                                                                

9   school district pursuant to this section was in effect.                     

                                                                                

10      (5) A school district tax imposed by resolution passed                      

                                                                                

11  pursuant to this section shall be administered by the                       

                                                                                

12  administrator designated by the city having boundaries                      

                                                                                

13  coterminous with the school district to administer the city tax,            

                                                                                

14  and the treasurer of that city shall collect and account for the            

                                                                                

15  revenue.  After deducting the amount of refunds, the city                   

                                                                                

16  treasurer shall pay over the balance to the school district as              

                                                                                

17  soon as practicable.  As often as practicable, but not less often           

                                                                                

18  than monthly, the city treasurer shall pay over and distribute to           

                                                                                

19  the school district the amount of taxes  which  it is estimated             

                                                                                

20  to be entitled to  which  that are received in the form of                  

                                                                                

21  withholding remittances and estimated taxes paid.                           

                                                                                

22      (6) A resolution imposing a school district tax pursuant to                 

                                                                                

23  this section shall provide for withholding and remitting by                 

                                                                                

24  employers doing business or maintaining a place of business                 

                                                                                

25  within the school district, for declaration and payment of                  

                                                                                

26  estimated taxes, for the promulgation by the administrator of               

                                                                                

27  appropriate regulations, for the appeal from the administrator's            


                                                                                

1   decisions, for judicial review, for interest and penalties, for             

                                                                                

2   jeopardy assessments, for a statute of limitations, for                     

                                                                                

3   consolidated and joint returns, for refunds, and for other                  

                                                                                

4   provisions necessary to administer, enforce, and collect the                

                                                                                

5   school district tax in substantially the same manner as the tax             

                                                                                

6   imposed by the city with coterminous boundaries.  The                       

                                                                                

7   administrator shall prepare and make available the withholding              

                                                                                

8   tables and tax return and other forms necessary to administer the           

                                                                                

9   district tax.                                                               

                                                                                

10      (7) If the question under section 410 is approved in the                    

                                                                                

11  first class school district, then the chief executive officer               

                                                                                

12  appointed under section 420 has the powers and shall perform the            

                                                                                

13  duties of the board of the first class school district under this           

                                                                                

14  section, and may issue an order for any action that may otherwise           

                                                                                

15  be taken by resolution of the board under this section.                     

                                                                                

16      (8)  (7)  For purposes of this section, the terms                           

                                                                                

17  "administrator", "business", "corporation", "doing business",               

                                                                                

18  "fiscal year", "person", and "resident individual" have the same            

                                                                                

19  meaning as in  Act No.  284 of the Public Acts of 1964, as                  

                                                                                

20  amended  the city income tax act, 1964 PA 284, MCL 141.501 to               

                                                                                

21  141.787, and the term "taxpayer" means a person required by the             

                                                                                

22  school district's resolution to file a return with respect to, or           

                                                                                

23  to pay, the tax.                                                            

                                                                                

24      Sec. 461.  (1) Upon the adoption, by majority vote of the                   

                                                                                

25  board members serving, of a measure not coming under its general            

                                                                                

26  power or authority, the board of the first class school district            

                                                                                

27  board  shall submit the measure to the school electors of the              


                                                                                

1   school district at the next state or city election or a special             

                                                                                

2   election called for that purpose.  This section  shall  does not            

                                                                                

3   authorize the issuance of bonds.  The secretary of the board                

                                                                                

4   shall file with the city clerk a written notice of the adoption             

                                                                                

5   of the measure together with a written draft of the measure to be           

                                                                                

6   submitted to the school electors.  The notice shall be under the            

                                                                                

7   seal of the board and filed with the city clerk not less than 60            

                                                                                

8   days before the election.                                                   

                                                                                

9       (2) The laws of this state pertaining to elections in the                   

                                                                                

10  city  shall  govern the practicable submission of the measure to            

                                                                                

11  the school electors.                                                        

                                                                                

12      (3) If the question under section 410 is approved in the                    

                                                                                

13  first class school district, then the chief executive officer               

                                                                                

14  appointed under section 420 has the powers and shall perform the            

                                                                                

15  duties of the board of the first class school district or board             

                                                                                

16  officers under this section.                                                

                                                                                

17      Sec. 462.  Special elections may be called by the board of                  

                                                                                

18  the first class school district.  board.  The board shall call an           

                                                                                

19  election on receipt of the written request of not less than 10%             

                                                                                

20  of the registered school electors of the district qualified to              

                                                                                

21  vote on the question by giving the prescribed notice.  The                  

                                                                                

22  questions to be submitted at the election shall be stated briefly           

                                                                                

23  in the notice.  If the question under section 410 is approved in            

                                                                                

24  the first class school district, then the chief executive officer           

                                                                                

25  appointed under section 420 has the powers and shall perform the            

                                                                                

26  duties of the board of the first class school district under this           

                                                                                

27  section.                                                                    


                                                                                

1       Sec. 471a.  (1) This section applies to a first class school                

                                                                                

2   district only if the question under section 410 is not approved             

                                                                                

3   in the first class school district.                                         

                                                                                

4       (2)  (1)  The first class school district board may appoint a               

                                                                                

5   superintendent of schools for a term not exceeding 6 years                  

                                                                                

6   pursuant to the first class school district board's bylaws.  The            

                                                                                

7   board may employ assistant superintendents, principals, assistant           

                                                                                

8   principals, guidance directors, and other administrators who do             

                                                                                

9   not assume tenure in position for a term, not to exceed 3 years,            

                                                                                

10  fixed by the board and shall define their duties.  Administrative           

                                                                                

11  and personnel services shall be provided on a centralized basis             

                                                                                

12  throughout the first class school district and shall not be                 

                                                                                

13  established on a voting district basis.  The employment shall be            

                                                                                

14  under written contract.  Notification of nonrenewal of contract             

                                                                                

15  shall be given in writing not less than 90 days before the                  

                                                                                

16  termination date of the contract of a superintendent of schools,            

                                                                                

17  and at least 60 days before the termination date of the contract            

                                                                                

18  of other administrators described in this subsection.  If                   

                                                                                

19  notification of nonrenewal is not given as required in this                 

                                                                                

20  subsection, the contract is renewed for an additional 1-year                

                                                                                

21  period.                                                                     

                                                                                

22      (3)  (2)  A notification of nonrenewal of a contract of a                   

                                                                                

23  person described in this section may be given only for a reason             

                                                                                

24  that is not arbitrary or capricious.  The board shall not issue a           

                                                                                

25  notice of nonrenewal under this section unless the affected                 

                                                                                

26  person has been provided with not less than 30 days' advance                

                                                                                

27  notice that the board is considering the nonrenewal together with           


                                                                                

1   a written statement of the reasons the board is considering the             

                                                                                

2   nonrenewal.  After the issuance of the written statement, but               

                                                                                

3   before the nonrenewal statement is issued, the affected person              

                                                                                

4   shall be given the opportunity to meet with not less than a                 

                                                                                

5   majority of the board to discuss the reasons stated in the                  

                                                                                

6   written statement.  The meeting shall be open to the public or a            

                                                                                

7   closed session as the affected person elects under section 8 of             

                                                                                

8   the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.268.  The failure to             

                                                                                

9   provide for a meeting with the board or the finding of a court              

                                                                                

10  that the reason for nonrenewal is arbitrary or capricious shall             

                                                                                

11  result in the renewal of the affected person's contract for an              

                                                                                

12  additional 1-year period.  This subsection does not apply to the            

                                                                                

13  nonrenewal of the contract of a superintendent of schools.                  

                                                                                

14      (4)  (3)  Except for certification requirements determined by               

                                                                                

15  the state board, the first class school district board shall have           

                                                                                

16  full power over employees and may specify the duties to be                  

                                                                                

17  performed by them and fix the qualifications necessary for a                

                                                                                

18  position.  The qualifications shall not conflict with the rules,            

                                                                                

19  regulations, or licensing laws of the state, county, or                     

                                                                                

20  municipality governing qualifications of engineers or members of            

                                                                                

21  other trades.                                                               

                                                                                

22      (5)  (4)  This section is subject to part 5a.                               

                                                                                

23      Sec. 472.   The  A first class school district  board  may                  

                                                                                

24  establish, maintain, and conduct a school for the purpose of                

                                                                                

25  affording a place of confinement, discipline, instruction, and              

                                                                                

26  maintenance of children of the city of compulsory school age who            

                                                                                

27  may be committed to the school by a court of competent                      


                                                                                

1   jurisdiction, or admitted on the recommendation of the judge with           

                                                                                

2   the consent of their parents or guardian.  A child who has been             

                                                                                

3   convicted of an offense punishable by confinement in a penal                

                                                                                

4   institution shall not be committed or admitted to the school.               

                                                                                

5       Sec. 483a.  (1) This section applies to a first class school                

                                                                                

6   district only if the question under section 410 is not approved             

                                                                                

7   in the first class school district.                                         

                                                                                

8       (2)  (1)  The first class school district board shall perform               

                                                                                

9   the following functions:                                                    

                                                                                

10      (a) Central purchasing.                                                     

                                                                                

11      (b) Payroll.                                                                

                                                                                

12      (c) Employment, discharge, assignment, and promotion of                     

                                                                                

13  teachers and other employees of the district.                               

                                                                                

14      (d) Contract negotiations for all employees, subject to  Act                

                                                                                

15  No. 336 of the Public Acts of 1947, as amended, being sections              

                                                                                

16  423.201 to 423.216 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1947 PA 336,              

                                                                                

17  MCL 423.201 to 423.217, and subject to bargaining certification             

                                                                                

18  and the collective bargaining agreement pertaining to affected              

                                                                                

19  employees.                                                                  

                                                                                

20      (e) Property management and maintenance and the use of                      

                                                                                

21  educational facilities.                                                     

                                                                                

22      (f) Bonding.                                                                

                                                                                

23      (g) Special education programs.                                             

                                                                                

24      (h) Allocation of funds for capital outlay and operations.                  

                                                                                

25      (i) Determination of the curriculum and the establishment of                

                                                                                

26  educational and testing programs.                                           

                                                                                

27      (j) Adoption of a budget.                                                   


                                                                                

1       (3)  (2)  All powers and duties formerly vested in the                      

                                                                                

2   regional boards are transferred to the first class school board.            

                                                                                

3       Sec. 485.  (1)  By June 1, 1983 and  At least every 2 years,                

                                                                                

4   thereafter,  the board of the first class school district                  

                                                                                

5   board  shall adopt policies and establish programs that provide            

                                                                                

6   for and encourage the free flow of information between the                  

                                                                                

7   board  school district and the community and that provide for              

                                                                                

8   and encourage community input into educational matters considered           

                                                                                

9   by the board.                                                               

                                                                                

10      (2) In order to implement subsection (1), the board of a                    

                                                                                

11  first class school district  board  shall do both of the                    

                                                                                

12  following:                                                                  

                                                                                

13      (a) Provide for an autonomous school-community organization                 

                                                                                

14  in each school within the school district.  The school-community            

                                                                                

15  organization shall be open to all parents and other residents of            

                                                                                

16  the school attendance area.                                                 

                                                                                

17      (b) Establish procedures for handling complaints, concerns,                 

                                                                                

18  and recommendations received from parents and other members of              

                                                                                

19  the community.                                                              

                                                                                

20      (3) If the question under section 410 is approved in the                    

                                                                                

21  first class school district, then the chief executive officer               

                                                                                

22  appointed under section 420 has the powers and shall perform the            

                                                                                

23  duties of the board of the first class school district under this           

                                                                                

24  section.                                                                    

                                                                                

25      Enacting section 1.  Section 405 of the revised school code,                

                                                                                

26  1976 PA 451, MCL 380.405, is repealed.