Bill Text: MI HB4324 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; school districts; parents with certain felony records; allow to participate at school programs. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1293.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-08 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/07/2017 [HB4324 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4324-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4324
March 7, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Love, Santana, Jones, Robinson, Chang, Neeley, Geiss, Pagan and Guerra and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1293.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1293. (1) A school district, intermediate school
district, or public school academy shall not prohibit a pupil's
parent or legal guardian from attending, participating in, or
volunteering at an event, activity, or program at school or
sponsored by the school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy on the basis that the parent or legal
guardian has a criminal felony conviction unless that conviction
involved either of the following:
(a) A crime that is a listed offense.
(b) A crime involving child abuse.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "At school" means that term as defined in section 1230g.
(b) "Conviction" and "listed offense" mean those terms as
defined in section 1535a.
(c) "Felony" means that term as defined in section 1 of
chapter I of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL
761.1, or a violation of a law of the United States or another
state that is designated as a felony or that is punishable by death
or by imprisonment for more than 1 year.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
