April 25, 2006, Introduced by Rep. Moolenaar and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1284b (MCL 380.1284b), as amended by 2005 PA
144.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1284b. (1) Until subsection (2) applies to the school
district, public school academy, or intermediate school district,
the board of a school district or intermediate school district or
board of directors of a public school academy shall ensure that the
district's or public school academy's schools are not in session on
the Friday before Labor day.
(2)
Except as otherwise provided in subsections (3) and (4)
this section, the board of a school district or intermediate school
district or board of directors of a public school academy shall
ensure
that the district's or public school academy's pupils are
not
required to begin a school year does
not begin before Labor
day.
(3) If a collective bargaining agreement that provides a
complete school calendar is in effect for employees of a school
district, public school academy, or intermediate school district as
of the effective date of the amendatory act that added subsection
(2), and if that school calendar is not in compliance with
subsection (2), then subsection (2) does not apply to that school
district, public school academy, or intermediate school district
until after the expiration of that collective bargaining agreement.
(4) If a school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy is operating a year-round school or program
as
of the effective date of the amendatory act that added
subsection
(2) September 29, 2005 or is operating as of that
effective
date a school that is an international baccalaureate
academy that provides 1,160 hours of pupil instruction per school
year, then subsection (2) does not apply to that school or program.
If a school district, intermediate school district, or public
school academy begins operating a year-round school or program
after the
effective date of the amendatory act that added
subsection
(2) September 29, 2005, the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy may apply to
the superintendent of public instruction for a waiver from the
requirements of subsection (2). Upon application, if the
superintendent of public instruction determines that a school or
program is a bona fide year-round school or program established for
educational reasons, the superintendent of public instruction shall
grant the waiver. The superintendent of public instruction shall
establish standards for determining a bona fide year-round school
or program for the purposes of this subsection.
(5) If an intermediate school district contracts with a
constituent district or public school academy to provide programs
or services for pupils of the constituent district or public school
academy; operates a program or service within a building owned by a
constituent district or a public school academy located within the
intermediate school district's boundaries; or otherwise provides
instructional programs or services for pupils of a constituent
district or public school academy, and if the school district's or
public school academy's school year begins before Labor day under
subsection (3) or (4), then the intermediate school district may
provide programs or services according to the school district's or
public school academy's calendar.
(6)
(5) As
used in this section, "Labor day" means the first
Monday in September.