Bill Text: MI SB0081 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; curriculum; implementation of certain curriculum standards and assessments in place of common core curriculum standards and assessments in this state; require. Amends sec. 1278 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1278) & adds secs. 1278e, 1278f & 1278g.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-31 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB0081 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0081-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 81

 

 

January 31, 2017, Introduced by Senators PAVLOV, KOWALL, COLBECK, GREEN, CASPERSON, HILDENBRAND, NOFS, MEEKHOF, EMMONS, SHIRKEY, KNOLLENBERG, ROBERTSON, MARLEAU, JONES, HORN, O'BRIEN and PROOS and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

by amending section 1278 (MCL 380.1278), as amended by 2016 PA 170,

 

and by adding sections 1278e, 1278f, and 1278g.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1278. (1) In addition to the requirements for

 

accreditation under section 1280 specified in that section, if the

 

board of a school district wants all of the schools of the school

 

district to be accredited under section 1280, the board shall

 

provide to all pupils attending public school in the district a

 

core academic curriculum in compliance with subsection (3) in each

 

of the curricular areas specified in the state board recommended

 

model core academic curriculum content standards developed under

 

subsection (2). The state board model core academic curriculum

 

content standards shall encompass academic and cognitive

instruction only. For purposes of this section, the state board

 

model core academic curriculum content standards shall not include

 

attitudes, beliefs, or value systems that are not essential in the

 

legal, economic, and social structure of our society and to the

 

personal and social responsibility of citizens of our society.

 

     (2) Recommended Subject to sections 1278e to 1278g, the state

 

board shall develop and periodically update model core academic

 

curriculum content standards. shall be developed and periodically

 

updated by the state board, These standards shall be in the form of

 

knowledge and skill content standards that are recommended as state

 

standards for adoption by public schools in local curriculum

 

formulation and adoption, and shall be distributed to each school

 

district in the state. The recommended model core academic

 

curriculum content standards shall set forth desired learning

 

objectives in math, science, reading, history, geography,

 

economics, American government, and writing for all children at

 

each stage of schooling and be based upon the "Michigan K-12

 

Program Standards of Quality" to ensure that high academic

 

standards, academic skills, and academic subject matters are built

 

into the instructional goals of all school districts for all

 

children. The state board shall ensure that the recommended model

 

core academic curriculum content standards for history for grades 8

 

to 12 include learning objectives concerning genocide, including,

 

but not limited to, the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide. The

 

state board also shall ensure that the state assessment program and

 

the Michigan merit examination are based on the state recommended

 

model core curriculum content standards, are testing only for

proficiency in basic and advanced academic skills and academic

 

subject matter, and are not used to measure pupils' values or

 

attitudes.

 

     (3) The board of each school district, considering academic

 

curricular objectives defined and recommended pursuant to

 

subsection (2), shall do both of the following:

 

     (a) Establish a core academic curriculum for its pupils at the

 

elementary, middle, and secondary school levels. The core academic

 

curriculum shall define academic objectives to be achieved by all

 

pupils and shall be based upon the school district's educational

 

mission, long-range pupil goals, and pupil performance objectives.

 

The core academic curriculum may vary from the model core academic

 

curriculum content standards recommended by the state board

 

pursuant to subsection (2).

 

     (b) After consulting with teachers and school building

 

administrators, determine the aligned instructional program for

 

delivering the core academic curriculum and identify the courses

 

and programs in which the core academic curriculum will be taught.

 

     (4) The board may supplement the core academic curriculum by

 

providing instruction through additional classes and programs.

 

     (5) For all pupils, the subjects or courses, and the delivery

 

of those including special assistance, that constitute the

 

curriculum the pupils engage in shall assure the pupils have a

 

realistic opportunity to learn all subjects and courses required by

 

the district's core academic curriculum. A subject or course

 

required by the core academic curriculum pursuant to subsection (3)

 

shall be provided to all pupils in the school district by a school

district, a consortium of school districts, or a consortium of 1 or

 

more school districts and 1 or more intermediate school districts.

 

     (6) To the extent practicable, the state board may adopt or

 

develop academic objective-oriented high standards for knowledge

 

and life skills, and a recommended core academic curriculum, for

 

special education pupils for whom it may not be realistic or

 

desirable to expect achievement of initial mastery of the state

 

board recommended model core academic content standards objectives

 

or of a high school diploma.

 

     (7) The state board shall make available to all nonpublic

 

schools in this state, as a resource for their consideration, the

 

model core academic curriculum content standards developed for

 

public schools pursuant to subsection (2) for the purpose of

 

assisting the governing body of a nonpublic school in developing

 

its core academic curriculum.

 

     (8) Excluding special education pupils, pupils having a

 

learning disability, and pupils with extenuating circumstances as

 

determined by school officials, a pupil who does not score

 

satisfactorily on the fourth or seventh grade state assessment

 

program reading test shall be provided special assistance

 

reasonably expected to enable the pupil to bring his or her reading

 

skills to grade level within 12 months.

 

     (9) Any course that would have been considered a nonessential

 

elective course under Snyder v Charlotte School Dist, 421 Mich 517

 

(1984), on April 13, 1990 shall continue to be offered to resident

 

pupils of nonpublic schools on a shared time basis.

 

     (10) As used in this section, "Armenian Genocide", "genocide",

and "Holocaust" mean those terms as defined in section 1168.

 

     Sec. 1278e. (1) To the extent permitted under law or under

 

contract, by enacting this section, this state terminates all

 

plans, programs, activities, efforts, and expenditures relating to

 

the implementation of the educational initiative commonly referred

 

to as the common core standards, or any derivative of that

 

educational initiative adopted by the national or multistate

 

consortium that developed that educational initiative including,

 

but not limited to, the Michigan college and career ready standards

 

that have been adopted by the state board or the department and

 

including, but not limited to, all of the following:

 

     (a) Assessments or assessment items based on or involving that

 

educational initiative.

 

     (b) Data collection based on or involving that educational

 

initiative.

 

     (2) To further protect state and local control of public

 

education, the state board and the department are prohibited from

 

adopting, aligning to, or implementing any other national or

 

multistate consortium standards from any source. As part of the

 

process of conversion away from the common core standards, the

 

superintendent of public instruction, the state board, the

 

department, and any other state public employee or authority shall

 

take all steps necessary to terminate areas of federal control of

 

the Michigan educational process that are not considered to be in

 

the best interests of pupils in this state. The superintendent of

 

public instruction, the state board, the department, or any other

 

state public employee or authority shall not adopt or implement any

national or multistate consortium standard that cedes control of

 

Michigan educational standards. This state shall retain final

 

control over the development, establishment, and revision of state

 

academic content standards for grades kindergarten to 12. The

 

superintendent of public instruction, the state board, the

 

department, or any other state public employee or authority shall

 

not join any consortium or any other organization if participation

 

in that consortium or organization would cede control over any

 

aspect of Michigan public education to that consortium or

 

organization.

 

     (3) Within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory

 

act that added this section, the state board and the department

 

shall adopt and implement state academic content standards for each

 

of grades kindergarten to 12 in English language arts, mathematics,

 

science, and social studies. The state academic content standards

 

shall be the same as the academic standards in effect in

 

Massachusetts during the 2008-2009 school year, except as follows:

 

     (a) Any reference in those standards to "Massachusetts" shall

 

be changed in all appropriate instances to a reference to

 

"Michigan" and any state history or government content standards

 

shall be changed to reflect the history and government of this

 

state.

 

     (b) The social studies content standards may be updated as

 

appropriate to reflect more recent developments in the world, the

 

country, and this state.

 

     (c) The science content standards may be updated as

 

appropriate to accommodate more recent discoveries that are

evidence-based.

 

     (d) The content standards may be modified as necessary to

 

align with statutory requirements in this state that affect

 

curriculum.

 

     (4) Within 10 days after the state academic content standards

 

under subsection (3) are adopted, the department shall distribute

 

the standards to all public schools in this state and make the

 

standards available to the public on the department website. A

 

school district or public school academy is not required to develop

 

a curriculum or instructional strategies based on these standards.

 

     (5) Not earlier than 5 years after the adoption of the state

 

academic content standards under subsection (3), the state board

 

and the department may adopt new statewide academic content

 

standards for each of grades kindergarten to 12 in English language

 

arts, mathematics, science, and social studies that are independent

 

of the common core standards that were previously adopted by the

 

state board. The new statewide academic content standards shall be

 

supported by evidence that demonstrates improved academic

 

achievement.

 

     (6) When the state board adopts or revises academic content

 

standards under this section, the state board shall develop those

 

standards independently and not as part of a multistate consortium.

 

     (7) Before final adoption of an instructional program that is

 

aligned to state academic content standards, the board of each

 

school district and board of directors of each public school

 

academy shall consider the state academic content standards adopted

 

under this section and shall hold at least 2 public hearings for

public review and comment on the instructional programs.

 

     (8) This section shall not be construed to promote any

 

religious or nonreligious doctrine, promote discrimination for or

 

against a particular set of religious beliefs or nonbeliefs, or

 

promote discrimination for or against religion or nonreligion.

 

     (9) This section does not require any school district or

 

public school academy to utilize all or any part of the state

 

academic content standards adopted under this section. The state

 

board and the department shall not impose any financial consequence

 

on a school district or public school academy that adopts academic

 

content standards differing from those adopted by this state under

 

this section.

 

     Sec. 1278f. (1) The department shall adopt validated state

 

assessments of pupil achievement based on any of the assessments

 

used in Massachusetts during the period from the 1997-1998 school

 

year to the 2006-2007 school year and aligned to the academic

 

standards in effect in Massachusetts during the 2008-2009 school

 

year. These assessments shall be ready for use by the first spring

 

after new statewide academic content standards are adopted under

 

section 1278e(3). The department shall align the assessments under

 

this section with the academic standards in effect in Massachusetts

 

during the 2008-2009 school year until new academic content

 

standards for this state are adopted under section 1278e. When the

 

department initially adopts new state assessments under this

 

section or subsequently adopts any successor assessments under this

 

section, the department shall not use an assessment or assessment

 

items that are aligned with a national or multistate consortium

standard if by doing so it would cede control of Michigan

 

educational standards. This state shall retain complete control

 

over the contents of the assessment. The new assessments adopted

 

under this section and all future assessments adopted by the

 

department shall meet all of the following:

 

     (a) Shall not require, but may use, computer technology.

 

     (b) Each year, within 60 days after the assessment is

 

administered, shall be available on the department website for all

 

school administrators, teachers, and parents to review.

 

     (c) Shall not collect any of the following:

 

     (i) Data about the values, attitudes, beliefs, and personality

 

traits of a pupil or a pupil's family.

 

     (ii) Medical, behavioral, biometric, or psychometric data of a

 

pupil or a pupil's family.

 

     (2) The state board and the department shall respect the

 

ultimate right of a parent to opt his or her child out of any state

 

assessment that the parent finds unacceptable, with no negative

 

repercussions to the child or parent and with no interference from

 

this state.

 

     Sec. 1278g. It is the intent of the legislature that, if

 

additional funding is necessary for the department to implement

 

sections 1278e and 1278f, state school aid fund money shall not be

 

used for those purposes.