SENATE BILL No. 417

 

 

April 26, 2005, Introduced by Senators SWITALSKI, CLARKE and BERNERO 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 1164.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1164. The board of a school district or intermediate

 

school district or board of directors of a public school academy

 

may operate a class in mathematics or science, or both, for pupils

 

in grade 6, 7, or 8 that is limited to pupils of the same sex. If

 

the board of a school district or intermediate school district or

 

board of directors of a public school academy operates a class

 

described in this section for pupils of 1 sex, the board or board

 

of directors shall also offer the same class, with the same

 

content, to pupils of the other sex.