HOUSE BILL No. 5580

 

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.