February 9, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Glenn, Hoitenga, Dianda, Howrylak, Graves, Wentworth, Lower, Bellino, Barrett, Miller, Marino, VanderWall, Victory, Tedder, LaFave, Webber, Hornberger, Allor, Hernandez, Runestad, Kesto, Robinson, Sheppard, Canfield, Lucido, Noble, Johnson, Howell and Chatfield and referred to the Committee on Michigan Competitiveness.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding sections 1278e and 1278f.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1278e. (1) By enacting this section, this state
terminates all plans, programs, activities, efforts, and
expenditures relating to the implementation of Michigan K-12
science standards and the educational initiative commonly referred
to as the common core standards, or any derivative or permutation
of that educational initiative including, but not limited to, the
Michigan college and career ready standards that have been adopted
by the legislature, the state board, or the department and
including, but not limited to, any assessments, data collection,
and instructions based on or involving that educational initiative.
To further protect state and local control of public education, the
state board and the department are prohibited from adopting,
aligning to, or implementing any other national or multistate
consortium standards from any source or requiring the use of any
assessments aligned with any other national or multistate
consortium standards from any source, and, subject to section
1278f, the state board and the department shall do all of the
following:
(a) Respect and support the ultimate right of a parent to opt
his or her child out of public school, and out of any public school
activity, practice, or testing that the parent finds unacceptable,
with no negative repercussions to, or financial impact on, the
child, parent, or school and with no interference from this state.
This subdivision does not prohibit this state from funding public
education on a per-pupil basis.
(b) Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, implement state
academic content standards for each of grades kindergarten to 12 in
English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.
The state academic content standards shall be the same as the
academic standards in effect in Massachusetts during the 2008-2009
school year, except that any reference in those standards to
"Massachusetts" shall be changed in all appropriate instances to a
reference to "Michigan" and any state history or government content
standards shall be changed to reflect the history and government of
this state. Within 10 days after the state academic content
standards are implemented, the department shall distribute the
standards to all public schools in this state and make the
standards available to the public on the department website.
(c) The superintendent of public instruction, the state board,
the department, or any other state public employee or authority
shall not adopt or implement any national or multistate consortium
standard from any source, or the use of any assessments aligned
with a national or multistate consortium standard, that cedes
control of Michigan educational standards in any manner, including,
but not limited to, mathematics standards, English language arts
standards, the next generation science standards, history
standards, social studies standards, or sex education standards.
This state shall retain sole control over the development,
establishment, and revision of course of study standards for grades
K to 12. The superintendent of public instruction, the state board,
the department, or any other state public employee or authority
shall not join any consortium or any other organization if
participation in that consortium or organization would cede any
measure of control over any aspect of Michigan public education to
that consortium or organization.
(2) The board of each school district and board of directors
of each public school academy, considering the academic content
standards implemented under this section, shall do all of the
following:
(a) Establish a fundamental academic curriculum for its pupils
at the elementary, middle, and secondary school levels. The
fundamental academic curriculum shall define academic objectives to
be achieved by all pupils and shall be based upon the school
district's educational mission, long-range pupil goals, and pupil
performance objectives. The fundamental academic curriculum may
vary from the state academic content standards implemented under
this section.
(b) After consulting with teachers and school building
administrators, determine the aligned instructional program for
delivering the school district's or public school academy's
fundamental academic curriculum and identify the courses and
programs in which the fundamental academic curriculum will be
taught.
(c) Provide adequate time and transparency for public review
and comment on the aligned instructional programs by all interested
members of the community before final implementation.
(3) This section shall not be construed to promote any
religious or nonreligious doctrine, promote discrimination for or
against a particular set of religious beliefs or nonbeliefs, or
promote discrimination for or against religion or nonreligion.
(4) This section does not require any school district or
public school academy to utilize all or any part of the academic
content standards implemented under this section. The state board
and the department shall not impose any financial consequence on a
school district or public school academy that implements academic
content standards differing from those implemented by this state
under this section.
Sec. 1278f. (1) The department shall implement validated state
assessments of pupil achievement using the assessment used in
Massachusetts during the 2008-2009 school year and aligned to the
academic standards in effect in Massachusetts during the 2008-2009
school year. These assessments shall be ready for use by the first
spring after new statewide academic content standards are
implemented under section 1278e(1)(b). The department shall not
revise the assessments under this subsection again for a period of
at least 5 years. The new assessments implemented under this
subsection and all future assessments implemented by the department
shall meet all of the following:
(a) Shall not require, but may use, computer technology.
(b) Each year, within 30 days after the assessment is
administered, shall be available on the department website for all
school administrators, teachers, and parents to review.
(c) Shall not collect any of the following:
(i) Data about the values, attitudes, beliefs, and personality
traits of a pupil or a pupil's family.
(ii) Medical, behavioral, mental, biometric, or psychometric
data of a pupil or a pupil's family.
(2) The department shall not implement an assessment developed
under this section until the proposed assessment is approved by
both houses of the legislature by concurrent resolution. The
standing committee having jurisdiction over education legislation
in each house shall conduct at least 1 public hearing on the
proposed assessment and shall post notice of each public hearing at
least 2 weeks before holding the public hearing.