SENATE BILL No. 288

 

 

March 8, 2005, Introduced by Senators OLSHOVE, JACOBS, CHERRY, KUIPERS, PATTERSON, ALLEN, BERNERO, SWITALSKI, JELINEK, SCHAUER and HARDIMAN and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1310b.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1310b. (1) The board of a school district or intermediate

 

school district or board of directors of a public school academy,

 

or the school district superintendent, a school building principal,

 

or another school official if designated by the board or board of

 

directors, may authorize or order the suspension or expulsion from

 

school of a pupil who is convicted of possessing or selling a

 

controlled substance or controlled substance analogue, whether the

 

activity occurred on or off school property, if, in the judgment of

 

the board or board of directors or its designee, the interest of

 


the school is served by the authorization or order.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "controlled substance" and

 

"controlled substance analogue" mean those terms as defined in

 

section 7104 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7104.