Bill Text: MI SB0768 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; teachers; incentives for teachers to work in low-performing schools; provide for under certain circumstances. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1250a.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-25 - Referred To Committee On Education [SB0768 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0768-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 768
January 25, 2018, Introduced by Senators KNEZEK, GREGORY, BIEDA, HOOD, YOUNG, HOPGOOD, ANANICH, CONYERS, HERTEL, WARREN and JOHNSON and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1250a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1250a. (1) A school district, intermediate school
district, or public school academy shall ensure that the method of
compensation implemented under section 1250 provides for all of the
following:
(a) A 1-time bonus in an amount of $3,000.00 for new,
certificated teachers who are engaged to teach in a public school
in which at least 50%, but less than 60%, of enrolled pupils are
eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
(b) A 1-time bonus in an amount of $4,000.00 for new,
certificated teachers who are engaged to teach in a public school
in which at least 60%, but less than 70%, of enrolled pupils are
eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
(c) A 1-time bonus in an amount of $5,000.00 for new,
certificated teachers who are engaged to teach in a public school
in which at least 70% of enrolled pupils are eligible for free or
reduced-price lunch.
(d) A 1-time moving cost allowance of up to $1,000.00 for
teachers who meet both of the following:
(i) Are engaged to teach after the effective date of the
amendatory act that added this section in a public school in which
at least 50% of enrolled pupils are eligible for free or reduced-
price lunch.
(ii) Have relocated into the school district in which the
public school is located after being engaged to teach under
subparagraph (i).
(2) If a collective bargaining agreement is in effect for
teachers of a school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy as of the effective date of the amendatory
act that added this section, and if that collective bargaining
agreement prevents compliance with subsection (1), then subsection
(1) does not apply to that school district, intermediate school
district, or public school academy until after the expiration of
that collective bargaining agreement.
(3) Subject to an appropriation, the department shall
reimburse a school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy for costs incurred by the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy under this
section.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
