August 16, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Kosowski and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1138a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1138a. (1) If a public school pupil enrolled in grades 6
to 12 is absent from school for up to 1 full school day because the
pupil is sounding Taps at a military honors funeral held in this
state for a deceased veteran, the school officials of a public
school shall consider that absence to be an excused absence. The
board of a school district or intermediate school district or board
of directors of a public school academy shall ensure that its
attendance policy is consistent with this section.
(2) As used in this section, "veteran" means that term as
defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35.61.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.