July 27, 2011, Introduced by Rep. Cotter and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending sections 1596 and 1599 (MCL 380.1596 and 380.1599),
section 1596 as amended by 2009 PA 204.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1596. (1) The board of a school district other than a
primary school district may establish 1 or more ungraded schools
for the instruction of certain pupils classified in subsection (2).
The board may require the pupils to attend an ungraded school or a
department of the school as the board directs.
(2) A child aged 7 to his or her sixteenth birthday, or his or
her eighteenth birthday if the child turns age 11 on or after
December 1, 2009 or is age 11 before that date and enters grade 6
in 2009 or later, who resides in the school district and who meets
1 or more of the following is considered a juvenile disorderly
person and in the judgment of the proper school authorities may be
assigned to the ungraded school or department:
(a) Except for a child described in section 1561(5), a child
who is habitually truant from the school in which he or she is
enrolled as a pupil.
(b) A child who, while attending school, is incorrigibly
turbulent, disobedient, and insubordinate, or who is immoral in
conduct.
(c) A child who is not attending school and who habitually
frequents streets and other public places, having no lawful
business, employment, or occupation.
(3) A parent or other person in parental relation of a child
who is considered a juvenile disorderly person under subsection (2)
remains subject to the penalties under section 1599 for failure to
comply with this part.
Sec. 1599. A parent or other person in parental relation who
fails to send a child to school and ensure that the child's
attendance is continuous and consecutive for the school year as
required by section 1561 or otherwise fails to comply with this
part
is guilty of a misdemeanor , punishable
by a fine of not less
than
$5.00 nor more than $50.00, $500.00
or imprisonment for not
less than 2 nor more than 90 days, or both.