September 6, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Sowerby, Howell, Clemente, Moss, Geiss, Rabhi, Sneller, Ellison, Elder, Faris, Hertel, Sabo, Cambensy, Green, Yanez, Camilleri, Zemke and Greimel and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1201 (MCL 380.1201), as amended by 2001 PA 27.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1201. (1) The business that the board of a school
district or board of directors of a public school academy is
authorized to perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the
board or board of directors held in compliance with the open
meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275. An act of the
board or board of directors is not valid unless the act is
authorized at a meeting by a majority vote of the members elected
or appointed to and serving on the board or board of directors and
a proper record is made of the vote.
(2) The board or board of directors may hold closed sessions
only as authorized by section 8 of the open meetings act, 1976 PA
267, MCL 15.268.
(3) A meeting at which all members are present, with or
without proper notice to members of the board or board of
directors, and for which proper notice is given to the public
pursuant
to under subsection (4), is considered a legal meeting for
the transaction of business.
(4) The board or board of directors shall give public notice
of the time, date, and place of the meeting in the manner required
by the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.
(5) The minutes of each board or board of directors meeting
shall be signed by the secretary. In the absence of the secretary,
the president shall appoint a temporary secretary who shall sign
the minutes of the meeting. The vice-president shall act in the
absence of the president.
(6) The board or board of directors shall hold a regular
public meeting at least once a month. The board of directors of a
public school academy shall hold its public meeting under this
subsection at the public school academy. The board of directors of
a school of excellence that is a cyber school, as described in
section 553a, shall hold a public meeting at least once each month
within the school district in which the majority of pupils enrolled
in the cyber school reside and shall broadcast each meeting on the
cyber school's website free of charge. A public meeting under this
section must be held on a date and at a location that is convenient
for parents, teachers, and pupils. The time of the public meeting
must be convenient for parents, teachers, and pupils.