HOUSE BILL No. 4253


     February 11, 1999, Introduced by Reps. DeHart, Hale, Scott, Cherry, Kelly, Tesanovich, Wojno, Schermesser, Garza, Martinez, Brater, Mans, Prusi, Minore and Sanborn 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 1304.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 1304.  (1) THE BOARD OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BOARD OF

 2    DIRECTORS OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY SHALL ENSURE THAT THE NUMBER

 3    OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PUPILS ASSIGNED TO A TEACHER IN A GENERAL

 4    EDUCATION CLASSROOM DOES NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SPECIAL

 5    EDUCATION PUPILS ALLOWED TO BE ASSIGNED TO A TEACHER IN A SPECIAL

 6    EDUCATION CLASSROOM IN THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT OR PUBLIC SCHOOL

 7    ACADEMY.

 8         (2) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "SPECIAL EDUCATION PUPIL" MEANS

 9    A PUPIL WHO RECEIVES SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.






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