SB-0083, As Passed Senate, April 21, 2005
January 25, 2005, Introduced by Senators CASSIS, ALLEN, SWITALSKI, GARCIA and GOSCHKA and referred to the Committee on Education.
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 superintendent of
public instruction under the constitution of 1963; and to repeal
certain acts and parts of acts,"
by amending section 9a (MCL 388.1009a), as amended by 1983 PA 240.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 9a. The special education advisory committee is created
in the department of education and shall consist of not less than 9
and
not more than 27 33 members , who shall be appointed, in
multiples
of 3, appointed
by the state board of education for
terms
of 3 years. , except that of the members first appointed in
1983
or thereafter, 1/3 shall be appointed for a term of 3 years,
1/3
for a term of 2 years, and 1/3 for a term of 1 year. The
person within the department directly responsible for special
education
programs and such other persons as appointed by the
committee to represent other departments, agencies, and 4-year
colleges and universities, upon consultation with those
departments, agencies, and colleges and universities, shall be ex
officio members of the committee. Each year the committee shall
elect
its a chairperson and such other officers as it deems
considers necessary. Members of the committee may be reimbursed, to
the extent provided by the state board, for expenses incurred in
performing their functions. The committee shall act as an adviser
to the state board of education in the field of special education.