Bill Text: MI SB1153 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; discipline; reporting of suspensions, expulsion, truancy, and absenteeism; revise. Amends sec. 1310a of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1310a). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1151'14

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-12-02 - Referred To Committee On Education [SB1153 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB1153-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 1153

 

 

December 2, 2014, Introduced by Senator PAVLOV and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

by amending section 1310a (MCL 380.1310a), as amended by 2000 PA

 

230.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1310a. (1) At least annually, each school board shall

 

prepare and submit to the superintendent of public instruction, in

 

the form and manner prescribed by the superintendent of public

 

instruction, a report stating the number of pupils expelled or

 

suspended from the school district during the immediately preceding

 

school year , with and the number of pupils who were truant,

 

chronically absent, or disciplinary absent during the immediately

 

preceding school year. For each expulsion or suspension, the report

 

shall include a brief written description of the incident that

 

caused each the expulsion or suspension, the participants, and the

 

disciplinary outcomes. For each incident of a pupil who is truant,

 

chronically absent, or disciplinary absent, the report shall

 

contain a brief written statement of the data establishing that the

 

pupil is truant, chronically absent, or disciplinary absent.

 

     (2) In order to obtain an accurate local and statewide picture

 

of school crime and to develop the partnerships necessary to plan

 

and implement school safety programs, at least annually, each

 

school board shall report to the superintendent of public

 

instruction, in the form and manner prescribed by the

 

superintendent of public instruction, incidents of crime occurring

 

at school within the school district. In determining the form and

 

manner of this report, the superintendent of public instruction

 

shall consult with local and intermediate school districts and law

 

enforcement officials. The reporting shall include at least crimes

 

all incidents involving physical violence, gang-related activity,

 

illegal possession of a controlled substance or controlled

 

substance analogue, or other intoxicant, trespassing, and property

 

crimes including, but not limited to, theft and vandalism. For a

 

property crime, the report shall include an estimate of the cost to

 

the school district resulting from the property crime. The school

 

crime reporting requirements of this subsection are intended to do

 

all of the following:

 

     (a) Help policymakers and program designers at the local and

 

state levels develop appropriate prevention and intervention

 

programs.

 

     (b) Provide the continuous assessment tools needed for

 

revising and refining school safety programs.

 

     (c) Assist schools and school districts to identify the most

 

pressing safety issues confronting their school communities, to

 

direct resources appropriately, and to enhance campus safety

 

through prevention and intervention strategies.

 

     (d) Foster the creation of partnerships among schools, school

 

districts, state agencies, communities, law enforcement, and the

 

media to prevent further crime and violence and to assure a safe

 

learning environment for every pupil.

 

     (3) Each school building shall collect and keep current on a

 

weekly basis the information required for the report under

 

subsection (2) and must provide that information, within 7 days,

 

upon request. At least annually, each school board shall make a

 

copy disaggregated by school building, of the most recent report

 

for the school district under subsection (2) available to the

 

parent or legal guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school

 

district.

 

     (4) As used in this section, "chronically absent",

 

"disciplinary absent", and "truant" mean those terms as defined in

 

section 1561 and "school board" and "school district" mean those

 

terms as defined in section 1310.1311.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. 1151                                   

 

          of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.