SENATE BILL NO. 338


   February 23, 1999, Introduced by Senators BULLARD, SIKKEMA,
        HAMMERSTROM, ROGERS, JAYE and MC COTTER and referred to the
        Committee on Appropriations.



        A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

   "The revised school code,"

   (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1545.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 1545.  BEGINNING WITH THE 1999-2000 STATE FISCAL YEAR,

 2    IN CALCULATING A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S MEMBERSHIP FOR A STATE FISCAL

 3    YEAR FOR THE PURPOSE OF STATE SCHOOL AID, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL

 4    USE ONLY AN AVERAGE OF 3 PUPIL COUNTS DURING THE CURRENT SCHOOL

 5    YEAR, CALCULATED AS THE QUOTIENT OF THE SUM OF THE NUMBER OF

 6    FULL-TIME EQUATED PUPILS IN GRADES K TO 12 ACTUALLY ENROLLED AND

 7    IN REGULAR DAILY ATTENDANCE ON EACH PUPIL MEMBERSHIP COUNT DAY IN

 8    THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND CAL-

 9    CULATED EACH OF THOSE DAYS BY ADDING THE NUMBER OF PUPILS

10    REGISTERED FOR ATTENDANCE PLUS PUPILS RECEIVED BY TRANSFER AND

11    MINUS PUPILS LOST AS DEFINED BY RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE


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 1    BOARD, AND AS CORRECTED BY A SUBSEQUENT DEPARTMENT AUDIT, DIVIDED

 2    BY 3.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE PUPIL MEMBERSHIP

 3    COUNT DAYS SHALL BE THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY IN SEPTEMBER, THE FOURTH

 4    WEDNESDAY IN JANUARY, AND THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY IN APRIL.
















































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