Bill Text: MI HB4546 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

Michigan House Bill 4546 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Education; dual enrollment; certain dual enrollment eligibility requirements in career and technical preparation act; modify. Amends secs. 3 & 4 of 2000 PA 258 (MCL 388.1903 & 388.1904).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-07-21 - Assigned Pa 130'20 With Immediate Effect [HB4546 Detail]

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HOUSE BILL No. 4546

May 2, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Kahle, Howell and Frederick and referred to the Committee on Education.

A bill to amend 2000 PA 258, entitled

"Career and technical preparation act,"

by amending sections 3 and 4 (MCL 388.1903 and 388.1904), section 3

as amended by 2012 PA 132 and section 4 as amended by 2012 PA 133.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 3. (1) As used in this act:

(a) "Career and technical preparation program" means a program

that teaches a trade, occupation, or vocation and that is operated

by an eligible postsecondary educational institution located in

this state.

(b) "Community college" means a community college established

under the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.1 to

389.195, or under part 25 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451,

MCL 380.1601 to 380.1607, or a federal tribally controlled

community college located in this state that is recognized under

the tribally controlled colleges and universities assistance act of

1978, 25 USC 1801 to ~~1852,~~ 1864, and is determined by the

department to meet the requirements for accreditation by a

recognized regional accrediting body.

(d) "Eligible charges" means tuition and mandatory course

fees, material fees, and registration fees required by a career and

technical preparation program for enrollment in an eligible course.

Eligible charges also include any late fees charged by a career and

technical preparation program due to the school district's or

department of treasury's failure to make a required payment

according to the timetable prescribed under this act. Eligible

charges do not include transportation or parking costs or activity

fees.

(e) "Eligible course" means a course offered by a career and

technical preparation program that is offered for postsecondary

credit or is part of a noncredit occupational training program

leading to an industry-recognized credential; that is not offered

through the school district, intermediate school district, area

vocational-technical education program, or state approved nonpublic

school in which the eligible student is enrolled, or that is

offered through the school district, intermediate school district,

area vocational-technical education program, or state approved

nonpublic school but is determined by its governing board to not be

available to the eligible student because of a scheduling conflict

beyond the eligible student's control; that is a career and

technical preparation course not ordinarily taken as an activity

course; that is a course that the career and technical preparation

program normally applies toward satisfaction of certificate,

degree, or program completion requirements; that is offered in

whole or in part when the school district or state approved

nonpublic school is in session; and that is not a hobby, craft, or

recreational course. A course that is offered only during a time

when the school district or state approved nonpublic school is not

in session may be an eligible course under this subdivision, as

determined by the school district or state approved nonpublic

school. For each individual eligible student, unless there is a

written agreement between the eligible student's school district

and the career and technical preparation program to waive these

limits, a course described in this subdivision is not an eligible

course if the eligible student's enrollment in, and the payment of

eligible charges under this act for, the course would exceed the

following limits:

(i) Not more than 10 courses overall. This limit and the

limits under subparagraphs (ii) to (iv) do not apply to a course if

the eligible student does not receive tuition and fee support under

this act for that course.

(ii) If the eligible student first enrolls in a course under

this act when the eligible student is in grade 9, not more than 2

courses during each academic year in the eligible student's first,

second, or third academic year of enrollment under this act in a

career and technical preparation program and not more than 4

courses during the academic year in the eligible student's fourth

academic year of enrollment under this act in a career and

technical preparation program.

(iii) If the eligible student first enrolls in a course under

this act when the eligible student is in grade 10, not more than 2

courses during the academic year in the eligible student's first

academic year of enrollment under this act in a career and

technical preparation program, not more than 4 courses during the

academic year in the eligible student's second academic year of

enrollment under this act in a career and technical preparation

program, and not more than 4 courses during the academic year in

the eligible student's third academic year of enrollment under this

act in a career and technical preparation program.

(iv) Subject to the overall course limit under subparagraph

(i), if the eligible student first enrolls in a course under this

act when the eligible student is in grade 11 or 12, not more than 6

courses during either of those academic years of enrollment in a

career and technical preparation program.

(f) "Eligible postsecondary educational institution" means a

state university, community college, or independent nonprofit

degree-granting college or university that is located in this state

and that chooses to comply with this act.

(g) "Eligible student" means a student enrolled in ~~at least 1~~

a high school ~~class~~ in a school district or state approved

nonpublic school in this state, except a foreign exchange pupil

enrolled under a cultural exchange program or a student who does

not have at least 1 parent or legal guardian who is a resident of

this state. However, subject to subsection (2), the student ~~shall~~

must not have been enrolled in high school for more than 4 school

years including the school year in which the student seeks to

enroll in an eligible course under this act. To be an eligible

student, a student who has not taken the Michigan merit examination

must have achieved a qualifying score in all subject areas on a

readiness assessment and a student who has taken the Michigan merit

examination must have achieved a qualifying score in all subject

areas on the Michigan merit examination, and, subject to subsection

(2), the student ~~shall~~ must not have been enrolled in high school

for more than 4 school years including the school year in which the

student seeks to enroll in an eligible course under this act.

However, if the student has not achieved a qualifying score in all

subject areas on a readiness assessment or the Michigan merit

examination, as applicable for the student, the student is an

eligible student if the student achieves a qualifying score in

mathematics and a qualifying score on a nationally or industry

recognized job skills assessment test as determined by the

superintendent of public instruction. For the purposes of

determining the number of years a pupil has been enrolled in high

school, a pupil who is enrolled in high school for less than 90

days of a school year due to illness or other circumstances beyond

the control of the pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian is not

considered to be enrolled in high school for that school year.

(h) "Intermediate school district" means that term as defined

in section 4 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.4.

(i) "Michigan merit examination" means that examination

developed under section 1279g of the revised school code, 1976 PA

451, MCL 380.1279g.

(j) "Qualifying score" means a score on a readiness assessment

or on a nationally or industry recognized job skills assessment

test that has been determined by the superintendent of public

instruction to indicate readiness to enroll in a course under this

act.

(k) "Readiness assessment" means assessment instruments that

are aligned with state learning standards; that are used nationally

to provide high school students with an early indication of college

readiness proficiency in English, mathematics, reading, social

studies, and science and may contain a comprehensive career

planning program; and that are approved by the superintendent of

public instruction for the purposes of this act.

(l) "School district" means that term as defined in section 6

of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.6, or a public

school academy as defined in section 5 of the revised school code,

1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5.

(m) "State approved nonpublic school" means that term as

defined in section 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL

380.6.

(n) "State university" means a state institution of higher

education described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the

state constitution of 1963.

(2) The department, in consultation with the superintendent of

public instruction, shall promulgate rules establishing criteria

and procedures under which a student who has been enrolled in high

school for more than 4 years but not more than 5 years may be

considered to be an eligible student. The rules ~~shall~~ must address

special circumstances under which a student may qualify to be

considered an eligible student under this subsection and may limit

the number of courses in which a student who qualifies under this

subsection may enroll. For the purposes of determining the number

of years a pupil has been enrolled in high school, a pupil who is

enrolled in high school for less than 90 days of a school year due

to illness or other circumstances beyond the control of the pupil

or the pupil's parent or guardian is not considered to be enrolled

for that school year.

Sec. 4. (1) Upon request by the eligible student, the school

district or state approved nonpublic school in which an eligible

student is enrolled shall provide to the eligible student a letter

signed by the student's principal indicating the student's

eligibility under this act.

(2) An eligible student may apply to a career and technical

preparation program to enroll in 1 or more eligible courses offered

by that career and technical preparation program and, if accepted,

may enroll in 1 or more of those courses.

(3) For an eligible student enrolled in a school district,

within a reasonable time after registration, the career and

technical preparation program shall send written notice to the

eligible student and his or her school district. For an eligible

student enrolled in a state approved nonpublic school, within a

reasonable time after registration, the career and technical

preparation program shall send written notice to the eligible

student and his or her state approved nonpublic school and to the

department. The notice ~~shall~~ must indicate the course or courses

and hours of enrollment of that eligible student. The career and

technical preparation program shall notify the eligible student

about tuition, fees, books, materials, and other related charges,

as determined by the career and technical preparation program, in

the customary manner used by the career and technical preparation

program, and shall notify the eligible student of the estimated

amount of the eligible charges that will be billed to the school

district or department, as applicable, under subsection (4).

(4) For an eligible student enrolled in a school district,

unless otherwise agreed between the career and technical

preparation program and the school district, after the expiration

of the career and technical preparation program's drop/add period

for the course, the career and technical preparation program shall

send a bill to the eligible student's school district detailing the

eligible charges for each eligible course in which the eligible

student is enrolled under this act. For an eligible student who is

enrolled in a state approved nonpublic school, after the expiration

of the career and technical preparation program's drop/add period

for the course, both of the following apply:

(a) The career and technical preparation program shall send a

bill to the department detailing the eligible charges for each

eligible course in which the eligible student is enrolled under

this act.

(b) The department shall determine the amount of the eligible

charges to be paid by the department of treasury to the career and

technical preparation program on behalf of the eligible student

under this act and shall deliver this information to the department

of treasury by appropriate electronic means.

(5) For an eligible student enrolled in a school district,

upon receiving the bill under subsection (4), the school district

shall cause to be paid to the career and technical preparation

program on behalf of the eligible student an amount equal to the

lesser of the amount of the eligible charges or the prorated

percentage of the statewide pupil-weighted average foundation

allowance, as calculated under section 20 of the state school aid

act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1620, for all school districts for

the state fiscal year that begins on October 1 of the academic year

of enrollment in the career and technical preparation program, with

the proration based on the ~~proportion of the school year that the~~

~~eligible student attends the career and technical preparation~~

~~program.~~ number of hours of instruction that the eligible student

attends the career and technical preparation program divided by the

number of hours required under section 101 of the state school aid

act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1701, for full-time equivalency.

However, in the calculation of the statewide pupil-weighted average

foundation allowance for the purposes of this subsection, if a

school district's foundation allowance is above the basic

foundation allowance under section 20 of the state school aid act

of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1620, then the school district's

foundation allowance ~~shall~~ must be considered to be the basic

foundation allowance. Not later than September 1 of each year, the

department shall notify the department of treasury of the amount of

the statewide pupil-weighted average foundation allowance as

calculated for the purposes of this subsection. A school district

may pay more money to a career and technical preparation program on

behalf of an eligible student than is required under this act, and

may use local school operating revenue for that purpose. The

eligible student is responsible for payment of the remainder of the

costs associated with his or her enrollment in the career and

technical preparation program that exceed the amount the school

district is required to pay under this act and that are not paid by

the school district. As used in this subsection, "local school

operating revenue" means that term as defined in section 20 of the

state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1620.

(6) For an eligible student who is enrolled in a state

approved nonpublic school, upon receiving from the department under

subsection (4) the amount of the eligible charges to be paid on

behalf of the eligible student, the department of treasury shall

cause to be paid to the career and technical preparation program on

behalf of the eligible student an amount equal to the lesser of the

amount of the eligible charges or the prorated percentage of the

statewide pupil-weighted average foundation allowance, as

calculated under section 20 of the state school aid act of 1979,

1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1620, for all school districts for the state

fiscal year that begins on October 1 of the academic year of

enrollment in the career and technical preparation program, with