December 13, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Bieda and Wojno and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 504 (MCL 380.504), as amended by 1994 PA 416.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 504. (1) A public school academy may be located in all or
part of an existing public school building. A public school academy
shall not operate at a site other than the single site requested
for the configuration of grades that will use the site, as
specified in the application required under section 502 and in the
contract. A public school academy shall not relocate to another
site unless the public school academy applies for and is granted a
new contract to operate at the other site. An authorizing body may
not amend an existing contract to allow for relocation to another
site.
(2) A public school academy shall not charge tuition and shall
not discriminate in its pupil admissions policies or practices on
the basis of intellectual or athletic ability, measures of
achievement or aptitude, status as a handicapped person, or any
other basis that would be illegal if used by a school district.
However, a public school academy may limit admission to pupils who
are within a particular range of age or grade level or on any other
basis that would be legal if used by a school district.
(3) Except for a foreign exchange student who is not a United
States citizen, a public school academy shall not enroll a pupil
who is not a resident of this state. Enrollment in the public
school academy may be open to all individuals who reside in this
state who meet the admission policy and shall be open to all pupils
who reside within the geographic boundaries, if any, of the
authorizing body as described in section 502(2)(a) to (c) who meet
the admission policy, except that admission to a public school
academy authorized by the board of a community college to operate,
or operated by the board of a community college, on the grounds of
a federal military installation, as described in section 502(2)(c),
shall be open to all pupils who reside in the county in which the
federal military installation is located. For a public school
academy authorized by a state public university, enrollment shall
be open to all pupils who reside in this state who meet the
admission policy. If there are more applications to enroll in the
public school academy than there are spaces available, pupils shall
be selected to attend using a random selection process. However, a
public school academy may give enrollment priority to a sibling of
a pupil enrolled in the public school academy. A public school
academy shall allow any pupil who was enrolled in the public school
academy in the immediately preceding school year to enroll in the
public school academy in the appropriate grade unless the
appropriate grade is not offered at that public school academy.
(4) A public school academy may include any grade up to grade
12 or any configuration of those grades, including kindergarten and
early childhood education, as specified in its contract. If
specified in its contract, a public school academy may also operate
an adult basic education program, adult high school completion
program, or general education development testing preparation
program. The authorizing body may approve amendment of a contract
with respect to ages of pupils or grades offered.