Bill Text: MI SB0623 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; students; dual enrollment eligibility; modify in career and technical preparation act. Amends sec. 3 of 2000 PA 258 (MCL 388.1903). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0622'11, SB 0709'11, SB 0710'11
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-16 - Assigned Pa 0132'12 With Immediate Effect [SB0623 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB0623-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 623
September 7, 2011, Introduced by Senator EMMONS and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 2000 PA 258, entitled
"Career and technical preparation act,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 388.1903), as amended by 2005 PA 181;
and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3. (1) As used in this act:
(a) "Career and technical preparation program" means a program
that teaches a trade, occupation, or vocation and that is operated
by an eligible postsecondary educational institution located in
this state.
(b) "Community college" means a community college established
under the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.1 to
389.195, or under part 25 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451,
MCL 380.1601 to 380.1607, or a federal tribally controlled
community college located in this state that is recognized under
the tribally controlled community college assistance act of 1978,
25 USC 1801 to 1852, and is determined by the department to meet
the requirements for accreditation by a recognized regional
accrediting body.
(c)
"Department" means the department of labor and economic
growth.licensing and regulatory affairs.
(d) "Eligible charges" means tuition and mandatory course
fees, material fees, and registration fees required by a career and
technical preparation program for enrollment in an eligible course.
Eligible charges also include any late fees charged by a career and
technical preparation program due to the school district's failure
to make a required payment according to the timetable prescribed
under this act. Eligible charges do not include transportation or
parking costs or activity fees.
(e) "Eligible course" means a course offered by a career and
technical preparation program that is not offered through the
school district, intermediate school district, or area vocational-
technical education program in which the eligible student is
enrolled, or that is offered through the school district,
intermediate school district, or area vocational-technical
education program but is determined by its governing board to not
be available to the eligible student because of a scheduling
conflict beyond the eligible student's control; that is a career
and technical preparation course not ordinarily taken as an
activity course; that is a course that the career and technical
preparation program normally applies toward satisfaction of
certificate, degree, or program completion requirements; and that
is not a hobby craft or recreational course.
(f) "Eligible postsecondary educational institution" means a
state university, community college, or independent nonprofit
degree-granting college or university that is located in this state
and that chooses to comply with this act.
(g) "Eligible student" means a student enrolled in at least 1
high
school class in at least grade 11 in a school district or
state approved nonpublic school in this state, except a foreign
exchange
pupil enrolled in a school district under a cultural
exchange
program. Until the 2006-2007 school year, to be an
eligible
student a student must have achieved state endorsement in
all
subject areas under section 1279 of the revised school code,
1976
PA 451, MCL 380.1279, and, However,
subject to subsection (2),
the student shall not have been enrolled in high school for more
than 4 school years including the school year in which the student
seeks
to enroll in an eligible course under this act. However, if
the
student has not achieved state endorsement in all subject areas
under
that section, the student is an eligible student if the
student
achieves state endorsement in mathematics and a qualifying
score
on a nationally or industry recognized job skills assessment
test
as determined by the department. Beginning with eligibility to
participate
under this act during the 2006-2007 school year, to be
an
eligible student a student who has not taken the Michigan merit
examination
must have achieved a qualifying score in all subject
areas
on a readiness assessment and a student who has taken the
Michigan
merit examination must have achieved a qualifying score in
all
subject areas on the Michigan merit examination, and, subject
to
subsection (2), the student shall not have been enrolled in high
school
for more than 4 school years including the school year in
which
the student seeks to enroll in an eligible course under this
act.
However, if the student has not achieved a qualifying score in
all
subject areas on a readiness assessment or the Michigan merit
examination,
as applicable for the student, the student is an
eligible
student if the student achieves a qualifying score in
mathematics
and a qualifying score on a nationally or industry
recognized
job skills assessment test as determined by the
superintendent
of public instruction. For the
purposes of
determining the number of years a pupil has been enrolled in high
school, a pupil who is enrolled in high school for less than 90
days of a school year due to illness or other circumstances beyond
the control of the pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian is not
considered to be enrolled in high school for that school year.
(h) "Intermediate school district" means that term as defined
in section 4 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.4.
(i)
"Michigan merit examination" means that examination
developed
under section 1279g of the revised school code, 1976 PA
451,
MCL 380.1279g.
(j)
"Qualifying score" means a score on a readiness assessment
or
on a nationally or industry recognized job skills assessment
test
that has been determined by the superintendent of public
instruction
to indicate readiness to enroll in a course under this
act.
(k)
"Readiness assessment" means assessment instruments that
are
aligned with state learning standards; that are used nationally
to
provide high school students with an early indication of college
readiness
proficiency in English, mathematics, reading, social
studies,
and science and may contain a comprehensive career
planning
program; and that are approved by the superintendent of
public
instruction for the purposes of this act.
(i) (l) "School
district" means that term as defined in section
6
of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.6, a local act
school
district as defined in section 5 of the revised school code,
1976
PA 451, MCL 380.5, or a public
school academy organized under
as defined in section 5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451,
MCL
380.1 to 380.1852.380.5.
(j) "State approved nonpublic school" means that term as
defined in section 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL
380.6.
(k)
(m) "State university" means a state
institution of higher
education described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the
state constitution of 1963.
(2) The department, in consultation with the superintendent of
public instruction, shall promulgate rules establishing criteria
and procedures under which a student who has been enrolled in high
school for more than 4 years but not more than 5 years may be
considered to be an eligible student. The rules shall address
special circumstances under which a student may qualify to be
considered an eligible student under this subsection and may limit
the number of courses in which a student who qualifies under this
subsection may enroll. For the purposes of determining the number
of years a pupil has been enrolled in high school, a pupil who is
enrolled in high school for less than 90 days of a school year due
to illness or other circumstances beyond the control of the pupil
or the pupil's parent or guardian is not considered to be enrolled
for that school year.
Enacting section 1. Section 3a of the career and technical
preparation act, 2000 PA 258, MCL 388.1903a, is repealed.
