Bill Text: MI HB4797 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; attendance; unequal treatment of pupils based on immigration status; prohibit. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1136a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-07-02 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 07/02/2019 [HB4797 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-HB4797-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4797

 

 

June 26, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Camilleri, Hammoud, Brixie, Whitsett, Kennedy, Anthony, Brenda Carter, Garza, Pagan, Manoogian, Cherry, Ellison, Wittenberg and Gay-Dagnogo and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1136a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1136a. A school district, intermediate school district,

 

or public school academy, or a school operated by a school

 

district, intermediate school district, or public school academy,

 

shall not do any of the following:

 

     (a) Ask a pupil or a parent or legal guardian of a pupil about

 

the pupil's immigration status.

 

     (b) Deny enrollment or attendance to a pupil on the basis of

 

the pupil's immigration status.

 

     (c) Require a pupil or a parent or legal guardian of a pupil

to disclose or provide documentation regarding the pupil's

 

immigration status.

 

     (d) Discriminate against a pupil on the basis of the pupil's

 

immigration status.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.