Bill Text: MI HB4106 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Education; curriculum; granting academic credit for internship; require under certain circumstances. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1279h. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5676'18
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-15 - Assigned Pa 184'18 With Immediate Effect [HB4106 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4106-Chaptered.html
Act No. 184
Public Acts of 2018
Approved by the Governor
June 12, 2018
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 13, 2018
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 11, 2018
STATE OF MICHIGAN
99TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2018
Introduced by Reps. LaFave, Marino, Lower, Lucido, Love, Crawford, Hoitenga, Barrett, Glenn, Chatfield, Hughes, Reilly, LaGrand, Rabhi and Jones
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4106
AN ACT to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “An act to provide a system of public instruction and elementary and secondary schools; to revise, consolidate, and clarify the laws relating to elementary and secondary education; to provide for the organization, regulation, and maintenance of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to prescribe rights, powers, duties, and privileges of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to provide for the regulation of school teachers and certain other school employees; to provide for school elections and to prescribe powers and duties with respect thereto; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes; to provide for the borrowing of money and issuance of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness; to establish a fund and provide for expenditures from that fund; to make appropriations for certain purposes; to provide for and prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, the state board of education, and certain other boards and officials; to provide for licensure of boarding schools; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1279h.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 1279h. (1) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the board of a school district or board of directors of a public school academy shall grant high school credit to a pupil in grades 9 to 12 for the completion of an internship or work experience if the pupil attends the internship or work experience at least 4 hours per week for the same number of weeks as are necessary to earn credit in a traditional course in that school district or public school academy. The board or board of directors, or its designee, shall not require a pupil to attend the internship or work experience more than 10 hours per week.
(2) If a pupil engages in an internship or work experience qualifying for credit under this section that is determined to be academically appropriate by the board or board of directors, or its designee, and if the pupil’s parent or legal guardian grants permission, the board or board of directors, or its designee, shall ensure that the pupil is excused from at least 1 period of instructional time during each day that the pupil attends the internship or work experience, as determined appropriate by the board or board of directors, or its designee.
(3) The board or board of directors, or its designee, shall exercise oversight of the pupil’s internship or work experience as necessary to ensure that the pupil meets the requirements under this section.
(4) A board or board of directors may deny high school credit to a pupil under this section if any of the following apply, as determined by the board or board of directors, or its designee:
(a) The pupil has a history of course failure or is not on track to graduate in 4 years.
(b) The pupil previously earned credit under this section for an internship or work experience with the same employer, unless the new internship or work experience is materially different than the internship or work experience for which the pupil previously earned credit, as determined by the board or board of directors, or its designee.
(c) The pupil failed to request credit for engaging in an internship or work experience before the pupil’s school schedule for the current term was determined.
(d) The pupil previously engaged in an internship or work experience under this section but failed to satisfy the requirements under subsection (1) for the previous internship or work experience.
(e) The pupil fails to complete a reflection project, if required by the board or board of directors, or its designee, under subsection (5).
(f) The internship or work experience is not consistent with the pupil’s educational development plan under section 1278b, as determined by the board or board of directors, or its designee.
(g) The employer for which the internship or work experience is performed is unable to demonstrate that it complies with all applicable general liability coverage requirements of the worker’s disability compensation act of 1969, 1969 PA 317, MCL 418.101 to 418.941.
(h) The cost of oversight under subsection (3) exceeds 16.67% of the minimum foundation allowance for the current fiscal year for the school district or public school academy in which the pupil is enrolled, as calculated under section 20 of the state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1620.
(5) The board or board of directors may require a pupil engaging in an internship or work experience under this section to complete a reflection project. If a board or board of directors requires a reflection project under this subsection, the reflection project may include, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(a) A copy of the pupil’s time card from the internship or work experience.
(b) A resume that includes the internship or work experience.
(c) A written summary of the internship or work experience.
(6) If a board or board of directors denies a pupil credit for an internship or work experience under this section, the pupil may appeal the denial by submitting an appeal letter to the superintendent of the intermediate school district in which the pupil’s school is located. An appeal letter under this subsection must include the board’s or board of directors’ reasons for the denial and the pupil’s argument for reversing the denial. The superintendent shall uphold or reverse the denial within 5 business days of receipt of the appeal letter. If the superintendent reverses the denial, the board or board of directors shall award the pupil credit for the internship or work experience.
(7) This section shall not be construed to affect the applicability of any existing state or federal law concerning the employment of minors.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 5676 of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
