Bill Text: MI SB0713 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education: other; student retention; allow parent or legal guardian to request that the parent’s or legal guardian’s child be retained in a grade level for a specified school year. Amends sec. 1137 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1137).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-07 - Referred To Committee On Education [SB0713 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-SB0713-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 713
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1137 (MCL 380.1137), as added by 1995 PA 289.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 1137. (1) In recognition of the rights of parents and legal guardians, the board of a school district , public school academy, university school, or intermediate school district or board of directors of a public school academy shall ensure that a parent or legal guardian responsible for the care and custody of a pupil enrolled in the school district, public school academy, university school, or intermediate school district, or public school academy may do all of the following:
(a) Review the curriculum, textbooks, and teaching materials of the school in which the pupil is enrolled at a reasonable time and place and in a reasonable manner.
(b) Be present, to a reasonable degree, and at reasonable times and subject to reasonable restrictions, controls, and limits, to observe instructional activity in a class or course in which the pupil is enrolled and present. As used in this subdivision, "instructional activity" does not include testing.
(c) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, cause the pupil to be enrolled in the grade level that the pupil was enrolled in for the immediately preceding school year. By not later than July 1, 2024 for enrollment for the 2024-2025 school year, and by not later than July 1 each year thereafter for enrollment for the school year following that July 1, to exercise this right, the parent or legal guardian must submit a written request to the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy in which the pupil is enrolled.
(2) The board of a school district , public school academy, university school, or intermediate school district or board of directors of a public school academy may adopt reasonable policies or guidelines under this section. Those policies or guidelines shall must not unreasonably prevent the exercise of the rights set forth in subsection (1) and shall must not create an unreasonable obstacle to teaching or learning, or to administering or maintaining proper discipline, in a school or school program. If a board adopts policies or guidelines under this subsection, the board shall make the policies or guidelines available to the public.
(4) By not later than June 14, 2024, and by not later than June 14 each year thereafter, the board of each school district and intermediate school district and the board of directors of each public school academy shall ensure that a statement explaining a parent's or legal guardian's right under subsection (1)(c), including notice of applicable deadlines under subsection (1)(c), is provided to the parents and legal guardians of pupils enrolled in the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy.
