HOUSE BILL No. 5911


     April 16, 2002, Introduced by Rep. Meyer and referred to the Committee on Employment Relations, Training and Safety.


        A bill to amend 1964 PA 287, entitled

   "An act to provide for the organization and functions of the
   state boards of education under the constitutions of 1908 and
   1963; to provide for the appointment and functions of the super-
   intendent of public instruction under the constitution of 1963;
   and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,"

   by amending section 10 (MCL 388.1010).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 10.  The state board of education shall have the fol-

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        lowing powers and duties:

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             (a) Jurisdiction and control of the Michigan  school

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        SCHOOLS for the deaf  at Flint, the Michigan school for the blind

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        at Lansing, and the Michigan rehabilitation institute for veter-

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        ans and disabled adults at Pine lake  AND BLIND, including power

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        to make rules for the schools necessary to enforce discipline,

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        preserve health, and provide for proper physical, intellectual,

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        and moral training of their pupils.


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             (b) Regulation of school bus transportation, review of the

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        annexation or attachment of nonoperating school districts to

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        operating school districts, and the hearing of appeals from deci-

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        sions on alterations of boundaries of school districts as may be

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        provided by law.  The STATE board OF EDUCATION may appoint a

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        hearing officer to hear the appeals from decisions on alterations

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        of boundaries of school districts who shall prepare a written

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        report for consideration of the board.  A copy of the written

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        report shall be furnished to the designated appellant and appel-

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        lee, who within 20 days may file written objections to the report

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        with the state board of education for its consideration.  After

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        considering the report of the hearing officer and any objections

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        filed by interested parties, the STATE board OF EDUCATION may

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        determine the appeal or order a hearing by it of the appeal from

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        the decision on alterations of boundaries of school districts.

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              (c) Inspection of educational corporations as may be pro-

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        vided by law.

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             (C)  (d)  The appointment of the members of the state board

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        OF EDUCATION for public community and junior colleges, as pro-

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        vided by law.

















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