Bill Text: MI HB4030 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Education; attendance; compulsory age for attendance; increase to age 18. Amends secs. 1561 & 1596 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1561 & 380.1596).

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-05 - Referred To Committee On Education [HB4030 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB4030-Engrossed.html

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HB-4030, As Passed House, March 4, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4030

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

by amending section 1561 (MCL 380.1561), as amended by 1996 PA 339.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1561. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section,

 

every for a child who turned age 14 before December 1, 2007 or who

 

entered grade 9 before 2008, the child's parent, guardian, or other

 

person in this state having control and charge of a the child from

 

the age of 6 to the child's sixteenth birthday shall send that

 

child to a public school during the entire school year from the age

 

of 6 to the child's sixteenth birthday. Except as otherwise

 

provided in this section, for a child who turns age 14 on or after

 

December 1, 2007 or a child who was age 14 before that date and

 

enters grade 9 in 2008 or later, the child's parent, guardian, or

 

other person in this state having control and charge of the child

 

shall send the child to a public school during the entire school

 

year from the age of 6 to the child's eighteenth birthday. The

 

child's attendance shall be continuous and consecutive for the

 

school year fixed by the school district in which the child is

 

enrolled. In a school district that maintains school during the

 

entire calendar year and in which the school year is divided into

 

quarters, a child is not required to attend the public school more

 

than 3 quarters in 1 calendar year, but a child shall not be absent

 

for 2 or more consecutive quarters.

 

     (2) A child becoming 6 years of age before December 1 shall be

 

enrolled on the first school day of the school year in which the

 

child's sixth birthday occurs. A child becoming 6 years of age on

 

or after December 1 shall be enrolled on the first school day of

 

the school year following the school year in which the child's

 

sixth birthday occurs.

 

     (3) A child is not required to attend a public school in any

 

of the following cases:

 

     (a) The child is attending regularly and is being taught in a

 

state approved nonpublic school, which teaches subjects comparable

 

to those taught in the public schools to children of corresponding

 

age and grade, as determined by the course of study for the public

 

schools of the district within which the nonpublic school is

 

located.

 

     (b) The child is less than 9 years of age and does not reside

 

within 2-1/2 miles by the nearest traveled road of a public school.

 

If transportation is furnished for pupils in the school district of

 

the child's residence, this subdivision does not apply.

 

     (c) The child is age 12 or 13 and is in attendance at

 

confirmation classes conducted for a period of 5 months or less.

 

     (d) The child is regularly enrolled in a public school while

 

in attendance at religious instruction classes for not more than 2

 

class hours per week, off public school property during public

 

school hours, upon written request of the parent, guardian, or

 

person in loco parentis under rules promulgated by the state board.

 

     (e) The child has graduated from high school or has fulfilled

 

all requirements for high school graduation.

 

     (f) The child is being educated at the child's home by his or

 

her parent or legal guardian in an organized educational program in

 

the subject areas of reading, spelling, mathematics, science,

 

history, civics, literature, writing, and English grammar.

 

     (4) For a child being educated at the child's home by his or

 

her parent or legal guardian, exemption from the requirement to

 

attend public school may exist under either subsection (3)(a) or

 

(3)(f), or both.

 

     (5) For a child who turns age 14 on or after December 1, 2007

 

or who was age 14 before that date and enters grade 9 in 2008 or

 

later, this section does not apply to the child if the child is at

 

least age 16 and the child's parent or legal guardian has provided

 

to school officials of the school district in which the child

 

resides a written notice that the child has the permission of the

 

parent or legal guardian to stop attending school.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless House Bill No. 4132 of the 95th Legislature is enacted into

 

law.