Bill Text: MI SB0623 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed
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-Engrossed.html
SB-0623, As Passed Senate, October 27, 2011
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 623
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.
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.education.
(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.
For a community college, the tuition rate used to determine
eligible charges is the tuition rate for residents of the community
college district regardless of the residency status of the eligible
student. Eligible charges also include any late fees charged by a
career and technical preparation program due to the school
district's or department of treasury'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 offered for postsecondary
credit; that is not offered through the school district,
intermediate
school district, or area vocational-technical
education program, or state approved nonpublic school in which the
eligible student is enrolled, or that is offered through the school
district,
intermediate school district, or area vocational-
technical education program, or state approved nonpublic school 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. For a home-schooled child, an eligible course
is a course offered by a career and technical preparation program
that is offered for postsecondary credit; 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 degree,
certificate, or program completion requirements; and that is not a
hobby craft or recreational course. For each individual eligible
student, a course described in this subdivision is not an eligible
course if the eligible student's enrollment in, and the payment of
eligible charges under this act for, the course would exceed the
following limits:
(i) Not more than 2 courses during each academic year in the
eligible student's first, second, or third academic year of
enrollment under this act in a career and technical preparation
program.
(ii) Not more than 4 courses during the academic year in the
eligible student's fourth academic year of enrollment under this
act in a career and technical preparation program.
(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, or a home-schooled child enrolled in high school.
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 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) "Home-schooled child" means a child who is being educated
at the child's home by his or her parent or legal guardian in an
organized educational program in the subject areas of reading,
spelling, mathematics, science, history, civics, literature,
writing, and English grammar.
(i) (h)
"Intermediate school
district" means that term as
defined in section 4 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL
380.4.
(j) (i)
"Michigan merit
examination" means that examination
developed under section 1279g of the revised school code, 1976 PA
451, MCL 380.1279g.
(k) (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.
(l) (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.
(m) (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.
(n) "State approved nonpublic school" means that term as
defined in section 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL
380.6.
(o)
(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. This amendatory act takes effect July 1,
2012.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 96th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 622.
(b) Senate Bill No. 709.
(c) Senate Bill No. 710.
