November 9, 2006, Introduced by Rep. Robertson and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1284b (MCL 380.1284b), as amended by 2006 PA
235.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1284b. (1) Until subsection (2) applies to the school
district, public school academy, or intermediate school district,
the board of a school district or intermediate school district or
board of directors of a public school academy shall ensure that the
district's or public school academy's schools are not in session on
the Friday before Labor day.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board of
a school district or intermediate school district or board of
directors of a public school academy shall ensure that the
district's or public school academy's school year does not begin
before Labor day.
(3) If a collective bargaining agreement that provides a
complete school calendar is in effect for employees of a school
district, public school academy, or intermediate school district as
of the effective date of the amendatory act that added subsection
(2), and if that school calendar is not in compliance with
subsection (2), then subsection (2) does not apply to that school
district, public school academy, or intermediate school district
until after the expiration of that collective bargaining agreement.
(4) If a school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy is operating a year-round school or program
as of September 29, 2005 or is operating as of that date a school
that is an international baccalaureate academy that provides 1,160
hours of pupil instruction per school year, then subsection (2)
does not apply to that school or program. If a school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy begins
operating a year-round school or program after September 29, 2005,
the school district, intermediate school district, or public school
academy may apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a
waiver from the requirements of subsection (2). Upon application,
if the superintendent of public instruction determines that a
school or program is a bona fide year-round school or program
established for educational reasons, the superintendent of public
instruction shall grant the waiver. The superintendent of public
instruction shall establish standards for determining a bona fide
year-round school or program for the purposes of this subsection.
(5) If an intermediate school district contracts with a
constituent district or public school academy to provide programs
or services for pupils of the constituent district or public school
academy; operates a program or service within a building owned by a
constituent district or a public school academy located within the
intermediate school district's boundaries; or otherwise provides
instructional programs or services for pupils of a constituent
district or public school academy, and if the school district's or
public school academy's school year begins before Labor day under
subsection (3) or (4), then the intermediate school district may
provide programs or services according to the school district's or
public school academy's calendar.
(6) This section does not apply to a public school that
operates all of grades 6 to 12 at a single site, that aligns its
high school curriculum with advanced placement courses as the
capstone of the curriculum, and that ends its second academic
semester concurrently with the end of the advanced placement
examination period.
(7) This section does not apply to a public school that during
its school year has a break from school for a period of at least 2
weeks and that during this break offers enrichment programs for its
pupils that are taught by certificated teachers.
(8)
(7) This
section does not prohibit a school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy from
offering or requiring professional development for its personnel
that is conducted before Labor day.
(9) (8)
As used in this section, "Labor day" means
the first
Monday in September.