Bill Text: MI SB0260 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; reports; requirements for public notice of pupil immunization status; require in school aid act. Amends sec. 167 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1767). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0259'15
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-14 - Referred To Committee On Education [SB0260 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SB0260-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 260
April 14, 2015, Introduced by Senators HERTEL, YOUNG, MARLEAU, KNEZEK, SMITH, BIEDA, GREGORY, JONES and SHIRKEY and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled
"The state school aid act of 1979,"
by amending section 167 (MCL 388.1767), as amended by 2013 PA 122.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 167. (1) The department in cooperation with the
department of community health shall develop plans to assist
districts and intermediate districts and local county health
departments to comply with section 1177 of the revised school code,
MCL 380.1177, and section 9209 of the public health code, 1978 PA
368, MCL 333.9209, for each school year.
(2) Each district or intermediate district shall report to the
local health department in which it is located by November 1 of
each fiscal year, in a manner prescribed by the department of
community health, the immunization status of each pupil in grades K
through 12 who enrolled in the district or intermediate district
for
the first time or , beginning in 2014-2015, who enrolled in
grade 7 in the district or intermediate district for the first
time, between January 1 and September 30 of the immediately
preceding fiscal year. The reporting of immunization status shall
specify immunization status separately for each of the
immunizations specified by the director of the department of
community health. Not later than December 31 of each fiscal year,
the department of community health shall notify the department by
district or intermediate district of the percentage of entering
pupils
and , beginning in 2014-2015, of pupils who enrolled in
grade 7 for the first time who do not have a completed, waived, or
provisional immunization record in accordance with section 1177 of
the revised school code, MCL 380.1177. If a district or
intermediate district does not have a completed, waived, or
provisional immunization record in accordance with section 1177 of
the revised school code, MCL 380.1177, for at least 90% of the
district's or intermediate district's entering pupils, as recorded
in the November 1 reports required under this subsection, the
district
or intermediate district is subject to subsection (4) (5)
until the district or intermediate district has such an
immunization record for at least 90% of its pupils who enrolled in
the district or intermediate district for the first time.
(3) Each district or intermediate district shall again report
to the local health department in which it is located by February 1
of each fiscal year, in a manner prescribed by the department of
community health, the immunization status of each pupil in grades K
through 12 who enrolled in the district or intermediate district
for
the first time, or , beginning in 2014-2015, who enrolled in
grade 7 in the district or intermediate district for the first
time, between January 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year
and December 31 of the current fiscal year. The reporting of
immunization status shall specify immunization status separately
for each of the immunizations specified by the director of the
department of community health. Not later than March 31 of each
fiscal year, the department of community health shall notify the
department by district or intermediate district of the percentage
of
entering pupils and , beginning in 2014-2015, of pupils who
enrolled in grade 7 for the first time who do not have a completed,
waived, or provisional immunization record in accordance with
section 1177 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1177. If a
district or intermediate district does not have a completed,
waived, or provisional immunization record in accordance with
section 1177 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1177, for at least
95% of the district's or intermediate district's entering pupils,
as recorded in the February 1 reports required under this
subsection, the district or intermediate district is subject to
subsection
(4) (5) until the district or intermediate district has
such an immunization record for at least 95% of its pupils who
enrolled in the district or intermediate district for the first
time. If the department of community health is not able to report
to the department by March 31 because a district or intermediate
district fails to submit a report as required in this subsection,
or submits an incomplete, inaccurate, or late report, the district
or
intermediate district is subject to subsection (4) (5) until
the
report is submitted in a complete and accurate form.
(4) In addition to the reporting required under subsections
(2) and (3), a district or intermediate district shall ensure that
the information reported under subsections (2) and (3) is posted on
the publicly available website for the district or intermediate
district or, if the district or intermediate district does not have
a publicly available website, is posted in another public manner
prescribed by the department of community health.
(5) (4)
If a district or intermediate
district does not comply
with this section, the department shall withhold 5% of the total
funds due to the district or intermediate district under this act
after the date the department of community health reports a
district's or intermediate district's noncompliance with this
section to the department until the district or intermediate
district complies with this section. If the district or
intermediate district does not comply with this section by the end
of the fiscal year, the district or intermediate district forfeits
the total amount withheld.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 259
of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.
