Bill Text: MI SB0258 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education: curriculum; written parental consent for student to be enrolled in core curriculum class with more than 35 students in classroom; require. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1293.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-11 - Referred To Committee On Education And Career Readiness [SB0258 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-SB0258-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 258

 

 

April 11, 2019, Introduced by Senator ALEXANDER and referred to the Committee on Education and Career Readiness.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1293.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1293. Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the board

 

of a school district or intermediate school district or board of

 

directors of a public school academy shall ensure that each school

 

operated by the board or board of directors complies with the

 

following requirements for each classroom in which instruction on a

 

core subject area is provided:

 

     (a) That there is an actual physical seat present in the

 

classroom for each pupil assigned to attend the classroom before

 

the pupil attends that classroom.

 

     (b) If more than 35 pupils are assigned to attend the

 

classroom, the chief administrator of the school has obtained and

 

has on file for each pupil assigned to attend the classroom a

 

written permission form signed by the pupil's parent or legal

 

guardian before the pupil attends that classroom. The board or

 

board of directors shall provide the written permission form to the

 

parent or legal guardian of a pupil assigned to attend that

 

classroom. The permission form must include both of the following:

 

     (i) The total number of pupils assigned to attend the

 

classroom.

 

     (ii) A statement indicating that, if the parent or legal

 

guardian does not sign and submit the permission form, the pupil

 

will not be placed in the classroom.

 

     (c) If the chief administrator of the school has not obtained

 

and does not have on file a written permission form as required

 

under subdivision (b), the chief administrator shall ensure that

 

the pupil is assigned to a classroom with fewer than 36 pupils.