Bill Text: MI HB5319 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; graduation requirements; high school diploma endorsement for foreign language; provide for. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1278d.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-12-06 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 12/05/2017 [HB5319 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5319-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5319

 

 

December 5, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Cochran, Dianda, Robinson, Geiss, Faris, Sabo and Ellison 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 1278d.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1278d. (1) A school district or public school academy may

 

award a biliteracy diploma endorsement to a pupil who demonstrates

 

proficiency in English language arts and a language other than

 

English, as determined by rules promulgated under subsection (2).

 

     (2) The department shall promulgate rules establishing a

 

biliteracy diploma endorsement for a pupil who demonstrates

 

proficiency in English language arts and a language other than

 

English. The rules promulgated under this subsection shall, at

 

least, do both of the following:

     (a) Prescribe minimum credit requirements in English language

 

arts and a language other than English for a biliteracy diploma

 

endorsement.

 

     (b) Identify examinations used to determine proficiency in

 

English language arts and a language other than English for a

 

biliteracy diploma endorsement.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.