January 22, 2008, Introduced by Senators CASSIS, PAPPAGEORGE and JANSEN 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 641.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 641. (1) An intermediate school district may develop and
make available to school districts and public school academies an
early intervening model program for grades K to 3. The early
intervening model program shall be designed to instruct classroom
teachers and support staff on how to monitor individual pupil
learning and how to provide specific support or learning strategies
to pupils as early as possible in order to reduce the need for
special education placement. The model program shall include all of
the following:
(a) Literacy and numeracy supports, sensory motor skill
development, behavior supports, instructional consultation for
teachers, and the development of a parent/school learning plan.
Specific support or learning strategies may include support in or
out of the general classroom in areas including reading, writing,
math, visual memory, motor skill development, behavior, or language
development. These would be provided based on an understanding of
the individual child's learning needs.
(b) A schoolwide system of academic and behavioral support
based on a support team available to the classroom teachers. The
members of this team could include the principal, special education
staff, reading teachers, school psychologists, and other
appropriate personnel who would be available to systemically study
the needs of the individual child and work with the classroom
teacher to match instruction to the needs of the individual child.
(2) An intermediate school district may use funds received
under section 81 of the state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1681,
for the purposes of subsection (1).