April 22, 2009, Introduced by Senator CLARKE 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 1280e.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1280e. (1) If the department determines that a school
district is operating at least 1 school that has been unaccredited
under section 1280 for 3 consecutive years or has failed to achieve
the federal pupil performance standard for 5 or more consecutive
years, and the school district has the greatest number of pupils in
membership among all school districts in this state, the department
shall notify the board of the school district that the school
district is required to comply with this section. Beginning with
the next school year that begins after this notification, the board
shall initiate a pilot project in at least 1 of the schools that
implements a method of compensation for employees at the school
that is based on job performance and job accomplishments, as
described in section 1250, and that is based in part on improvement
in the average daily attendance of pupils and specified employees
at the school. The board shall ensure that this method of
compensation provides financial incentives for teachers at the
school based on factors that include, at a minimum, improvement in
pupil performance, assignment to teach in subject areas for which
there is a shortage of teachers, and participation in voluntary
professional development.
(2) As used in this section, "failed to achieve the federal
pupil performance standard" means that the department has
determined that the school has failed to achieve adequate yearly
progress under the no child left behind act of 2001, Public Law
107-110, or has failed to meet a successor federal standard that
the superintendent of public instruction has identified as being a
standard established by the federal government that is based on
pupil performance and is required to be met in order to receive
full federal funding.