HOUSE BILL No. 6379

 

August 30, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Moore, Emmons, Mortimer, Farhat and Nitz and referred to the Committee on Higher Education and Career Preparation.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

by amending section 3 (MCL 380.3), as amended by 2004 PA 303.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3. (1) "Area" as used in the phrase "area vocational-

 

technical education program" means the geographical territory, both

 

within and without the boundaries of either a K to 12 school

 

district or a community college district, that is designated by the  

 

state board  superintendent of public instruction as the service

 

area for the operation of an area vocational-technical education

 


program.

 

     (2) "Area vocational-technical education program" means a

 

program of organized, systematic instruction designed to prepare

 

the following persons for useful employment in recognized

 

occupations:

 

     (a) Persons enrolled in high school.

 

     (b) Persons who have completed or left high school and who are

 

available for full-time study in preparation for entering the labor

 

market.

 

     (c) Persons who have entered the labor market and who need

 

training or retraining to achieve stability or advancement in

 

employment.

 

     (3) "Board" or "school board" means the governing body of a

 

local school district or a local act school district unless clearly

 

otherwise stated.  Except in part 5a or part 6, for a school

 

district organized as a first class school district, if the

 

question under section 410 is approved in the school district, then

 

beginning on the next January 1 occurring at least 1 year after the

 

question under section 410 is presented to the school electors in

 

the school district, "board" or "school board" means the chief

 

executive officer of the first class school district.

 

     (4) "Boarding school" means a place accepting for board, care,

 

and instruction 5 or more children under 16 years of age.

 

     (5) "Constituent district" means a local school district or

 

special act school district the territory of which is entirely

 

within and is an integral part of an intermediate school district.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act is intended to

 


transfer back to the superintendent of public instruction certain

 

powers, duties, and functions that were transferred to the former

 

department of career development by Executive Reorganization Order

 

No. 1999-7, MCL 388.995.