Bill Text: MI HB5500 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; financing; information on percentage of general operating budget expended for instruction; require school districts to publish. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1209.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-10-08 - Printed Bill Filed 10/08/2009 [HB5500 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5500-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5500

 

October 7, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Knollenberg, Lund, Rick Jones, Genetski, Meltzer, DeShazor, McMillin, Amash and Lori 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 1209.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1209. (1) At least once each year, the board of a school

 

district shall calculate and publish a statement of the percentage

 

of the school district's general operating budget that is expended

 

for instruction, as defined by the national center for education

 

statistics.

 

     (2) The board of a school district shall publish the

 

information under subsection (1) on the school district's website

 

and either in the annual educational report that is required for

 

each of its schools under section 1204a or in another districtwide

 

publication. The board also shall ensure that this information is

 

submitted to the department, either as part of submitting those

 

annual educational reports or in another manner prescribed by the

 

department.

 

     (3) At least once each year, the department shall compile a

 

report listing the information under subsection (1) for each school

 

district, shall make this report available on its website, and

 

shall forward this report electronically to each member of the

 

legislature.