Senate Committee On Education

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

2011-2012 Session

Friday, December 28, 2012

Bill/Resolution	Sponsor	Subject	Status
SB 45 Referred 1/19/2011	Anderson	Education; discipline; policy prohibiting harassment and bullying at school; require.	3/24/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE ON Judiciary
SB 48 Referred 1/20/2011	Gregory	Education; facilities; school building site approval by local unit of government; require for certain school buildings and prescribe criteria for site plan approval by superintendent of public instruction.
HB 4152 Referred 3/15/2011	Knollenberg	Labor; collective bargaining; wages and benefits for certain public employees; freeze during contract negotiations.	3/17/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
SB 112 Referred 2/9/2011	Hunter	Education; school districts; education financial emergency resolution board to provide oversight of school district emergency financial managers; create, and prescribe powers and duties.
SB 113 Referred 2/9/2011	Hunter	Education; school districts; school district improvement plan to be developed and incorporated into emergency financial manager's written financial plan; require, and require certain reporting.
SB 114 Referred 2/9/2011	Hunter	Education; reports; reporting requirements for emergency financial managers; revise to include specific dates and to require reporting to additional state officials.
SB 115 Referred 2/9/2011	Johnson	Education; reports; certain additional information to be included in list published by department of lowest-performing 5% of schools in state; require.
SB 119 Referred 2/9/2011	Colbeck	Education; curricula; celebrate freedom week to be observed in all public schools; require.
HB 4214 Referred 2/24/2011	Pscholka	Local government; other; local government and school district fiscal accountability act; create.	3/3/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2
HB 4215 Referred 2/24/2011	Pscholka	Education; other; reference to local government and school district fiscal accountability act; provide for in the revised school code.
HB 4216 Referred 2/24/2011	Pscholka	Local government; financing; reference to local government and school district fiscal accountability act; provide for in the revised municipal finance act.	3/3/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
HB 4217 Referred 2/24/2011	Pscholka	Elections; recall; reference to local government and school district fiscal accountability act; provide for in the Michigan election law.	3/3/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
HB 4218 Referred 2/24/2011	Pscholka	Cities; home rule; reference to local government and school district fiscal accountability act; provide for in the home rule city act.	3/3/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
SB 131 Referred 2/10/2011	Pavlov	Education; other; education mandate rollback contracts waiving certain statutory and administrative requirements as part of performance contract; allow.
SB 132 Referred 2/10/2011	Hansen	School aid; other; school aid requirements; make subject to education mandate rollback contracts.
SB 137 Referred 2/10/2011	Jones	Education; discipline; policy prohibiting harassment and bullying at school; require.	3/17/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE ON Judiciary
HB 4232 Referred 3/23/2011	Huuki	Education; employees; intermediate school district superintendent serving simultaneously as superintendent of constituent district; allow in statute on incompatible public offices.	6/9/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
HB 4233 Referred 3/23/2011	Huuki	Education; employees; school districts to contract with intermediate school districts for superintendent; allow.	6/9/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
HB 4234 Referred 3/23/2011	Huuki	Education; employees; intermediate school district superintendent serving simultaneously as superintendent of constituent district; allow in conflict of interest statute.	6/9/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
HB 4246 Referred 2/24/2011	Pscholka	Labor; collective bargaining; definition of public employee; revise.	3/7/2012-DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED
SB 147 Referred 2/16/2011	Whitmer	Education; discipline; adoption and implementation of policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or cyberbullying; require.
SB 148 Referred 2/16/2011	Whitmer	Law enforcement; training; procedures regarding cyberbullying reporting; provide for.
SB 153 Referred 2/16/2011	Pavlov	Local government; other; local government and school district fiscal accountability act; create.	2/24/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 5/5/2011-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON Education
SB 154 Referred 2/16/2011	Pavlov	Cities; home rule; reference to local government and school district fiscal accountability act; provide for in the home rule city act.	2/24/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 5/5/2011-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON Education
SB 155 Referred 2/16/2011	Pavlov	Local government; financing; reference to local government and school district fiscal accountability act; provide for in the revised municipal finance act.	2/24/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 5/5/2011-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON Education
SB 156 Referred 2/16/2011	Pavlov	Elections; recall; reference to local government and school district fiscal accountability act; provide for in the Michigan election law.	2/24/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 5/5/2011-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON Education
SB 157 Referred 2/16/2011	Pavlov	Education; school districts; schools operated by school district with emergency manager; exempt from being placed under supervision of state school reform/redesign officer.	2/24/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
SB 158 Referred 2/16/2011	Pavlov	Labor; collective bargaining; certain limitations on collective bargaining rights and certain provisions in public collective bargaining agreements; require.	2/24/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
SB 198 Referred 2/24/2011	Hunter	Education; school districts; salary cap on school emergency financial manager; provide for.
SB 222 Referred 3/3/2011	Young	Education; other; forensic audit of first class school district; provide for.
SB 225 Referred 3/3/2011	Kowall	Higher education; community colleges; granting of baccalaureate degrees in certain fields; allow.
SB 243 Referred 3/8/2011	Caswell	Higher education; private schools; eligible counties in which certain ecclesiastical corporations may operate religious colleges; expand.
SB 289 Referred 3/22/2011	Young	Education; school districts; denial of entrance to parent or certain other visitor based on identification check; prohibit unless check shows that person is on sex offender registry.
HB 4496 Referred 6/29/2011	Walsh	Higher education; community colleges; granting of baccalaureate degrees in certain fields; allow.	12/13/2012-DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED
SB 315 Referred 4/12/2011	Booher	Education; attendance; age and date requirement for entering school; revise in school code.	3/15/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-3
SB 316 Referred 4/12/2011	Booher	School aid; membership; age and date requirement for entering school and being counted in membership; revise in school aid act.	3/15/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-3
HB 4513 Referred 6/5/2012	Franz	Education; attendance; age and date requirement for entering school; revise in school code.	6/7/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
SB 318 Referred 4/12/2011	Hopgood	Cities; home rule; provision regarding financial recovery bonds; modify.	4/14/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2
SB 344 Referred 4/26/2011	Hildenbrand	Education; teachers; tenure rights for certain teachers assigned to teach in certain schools; modify.
SB 345 Referred 4/26/2011	Hildenbrand	Labor; collective bargaining; staffing of certain schools and programs; define and make prohibited subject of bargaining.
HB 4625 Referred 6/14/2011	Rogers	Education; teachers; standards for achieving and retaining teacher tenure; revise, and make certain revisions to hearing procedures.	6/28/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
HB 4626 Referred 6/14/2011	Scott	Education; teachers; discharge or demotion of a teacher on continuing tenure; revise permissible grounds for, change definition of demote, revise provisions concerning continuation of salary during suspension, and allow controlling board to require verification of ability to perform job at end of certain leave of absence.	6/28/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
HB 4627 Referred 6/14/2011	O'Brien	Education; teachers; effectiveness as determining factor when reduction of teachers or recall from reduction is required, comprehensive teacher and school administrator evaluation system, and other measures regarding teacher effectiveness and student growth; establish.	6/28/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
HB 4628 Referred 6/14/2011	Yonker	Education; employees; additional prohibited subjects of bargaining for public school employees; provide for.	6/28/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
SB 396 Referred 5/24/2011	Richardville	Higher education; private schools; charter of Albion college; revise composition of board and liability of trustees and other persons.	6/9/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
SB 400 Referred 6/1/2011	Pavlov	Education; school districts; school district to be policyholder for group insurance benefit provided for employees; require.	6/16/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2
SB 419 Referred 6/8/2011	Whitmer	Education; financing; school district's permissible use of sinking funds; expand to include school buses and technology.
HB 4752 Referred 6/28/2011	Shaughnessy	Labor; public service employment; claims data provided to policyholder of school district's health insurance plans; clarify.
SB 446 Referred 6/15/2011	Pavlov	Labor; public service employment; claims data required to be provided to policyholder of school district's health insurance plans; clarify.	6/16/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
SB 503 Referred 6/21/2011	Kahn	Education; teachers; teacher tenure hearing and appeal processes; modify.
SR 65 Referred 6/23/2011	Hunter	A resolution to urge Michigan's public universities to adopt policies to protect the rights of students in counseling, social work, or psychology programs who are faced with situations that conflict with their religious beliefs.
SR 66 Referred 6/23/2011	Hunter	A resolution to memorialize the President and the United States Congress to enact legislation protecting the rights of conscience of students seeking counseling degrees and licensed professional counselors.
SB 518 Referred 6/23/2011	Hunter	Higher education; education programs; education programs for counselors, social workers, and psychologists; prohibit discrimination against students for sincerely held religious beliefs.
SR 74 Referred 8/24/2011	Schuitmaker	A resolution to urge school districts and communities to have automated external defibrillator devices present at all athletic and community-sponsored events.
SB 618 Referred 9/7/2011	Pavlov	Education; public school academies; revisions to provisions concerning formation, operation, and termination of public school academies, urban high school academies, and schools of excellence; provide for, and exempt certain property from school operating taxes.	10/4/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
SB 619 Referred 9/7/2011	Colbeck	Education; public school academies; certain requirements and limitations on authorizing cyber schools; revise.	10/6/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
SB 620 Referred 9/7/2011	Robertson	Education; public school academies; conversion schools; provide for.	10/13/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-4
SB 621 Referred 9/7/2011	Hansen	School aid; other; conditions under which public school may receive school aid for instruction provided to nonpublic school students at nonpublic school site; revise.	10/6/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
SB 622 Referred 9/7/2011	Emmons	Education; students; dual enrollment eligibility; modify in postsecondary options act.	10/20/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-4
SB 623 Referred 9/7/2011	Emmons	Education; students; dual enrollment eligibility; modify in career and technical preparation act.	10/20/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-4
SB 624 Referred 9/7/2011	Pavlov	Education; school choice; geographic requirements for schools of choice; remove, and require districts to participate based on available space.
SB 637 Referred 9/13/2011	Kahn	Education; school districts; certain display of United States flag in public school; require.	11/10/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
SB 647 Referred 9/15/2011	Hunter	Education; curricula; 1/2 credit of financial literacy; require as part of the math credit required for Michigan merit curriculum.
SB 709 Referred 9/28/2011	Emmons	Education; students; dual enrollment opportunities for high school students in career and technical preparation programs; expand to nonpublic school and home school students.	10/20/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-3
SB 710 Referred 9/28/2011	Emmons	Education; students; dual enrollment opportunities for high school students in certain postsecondary institutions; expand to nonpublic school and home-schooled students.	10/20/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-3
SB 716 Referred 10/4/2011	Proos	Education; school districts; concussion and head injury information and wellness plan; require public schools to adopt.
SB 731 Referred 10/6/2011	Hopgood	Education; curricula; age appropriate, medically accurate, and objective sexuality education; provide for.
SB 742 Referred 10/11/2011	Robertson	Education; employees; certain audits before local school district may contract with intermediate school district to provide superintendent; require.
HB 5135 Referred 9/27/2012	Hughes	Higher education; financial aid; financial assistance by promise zones; revise eligibility requirements and minimum payment amounts.	12/6/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE ON Economic Development
SB 801 Referred 11/8/2011	Jones	Health; emergency response; automated external defibrillator (AED) device to be present at all public schools; require.
SJR R Referred 11/30/2011	Warren	Constitutional amendments; state; operation of public school on for-profit basis; prohibit in state constitution.
SB 899 Referred 1/24/2012	Walker	Education; school districts; certain types of agreements regarding procurement of diesel fuel; allow.	12/11/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
HB 5267 Referred 9/13/2012	Genetski	School aid; membership; special pupil membership count and seat time exception for qualifying dropout recovery program; provide for.	9/27/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2
HB 5330 Referred 9/27/2012	Bumstead	Higher education; financial aid; use of revenues of promise zone authorities for administrative costs; clarify, and revise budget approval process for certain authorities.	12/6/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE ON Economic Development
HCR 46 Referred 6/6/2012	Pettalia	A concurrent resolution to memorialize Congress to reconsider cuts to vocational education.
HB 5392 Referred 5/1/2012	O'Brien	School aid; other; counting of pupil instruction time for virtual learning courses; revise.
SB 969 Referred 2/15/2012	Proos	School aid; membership; special pupil membership count and seat time exception for qualifying dropout recovery program; provide for.	9/27/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-3
HB 5422 Referred 6/7/2012	Haveman	Corrections; employees; new employee training for corrections officers; allow to be provided by certain colleges under certain circumstances.	12/11/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
SB 997 Referred 3/6/2012	Casperson	Education; graduation requirements; Michigan merit curriculum; revise.
SB 998 Referred 3/6/2012	Walker	Education; students; statement that pupils and parents should consider all postsecondary opportunities; provide for.
SB 1013 Referred 3/8/2012	Caswell	Education; curricula; opt-out provision for foreign language and algebra II requirements for high school diploma; provide for pupils meeting certain alternative requirements.
SB 1051 Referred 3/28/2012	Hune	Education; board members; board members to abstain from voting on financial issues or contracts when a conflict of interest exists; require.	9/20/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
SB 1095 Referred 4/25/2012	Booher	Education; preschools; age for eligibility to enroll in great start readiness programs; revise.
SR 145 Referred 4/26/2012	Casperson	A resolution to urge the Michigan High School Athletic Association to adopt a policy that allows an age eligibility waiver for students with disabilities.	5/3/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
HB 5629 Referred 6/12/2012	Nesbitt	Education; reports; certain outdated provisions concerning criminal background checks and convictions of school employees; eliminate.
HB 5630 Referred 6/12/2012	Yonker	Education; special; certain language regarding purpose of special education programs and services; modify, and repeal requirement for annual report by state board concerning strict discipline academies.
HB 5631 Referred 6/12/2012	Hooker	Education; special; special education scholarships act; repeal.
HB 5632 Referred 6/12/2012	O'Brien	Education; other; obsolete act concerning emergency financial assistance for certain school districts; repeal.
HB 5633 Referred 6/12/2012	Lyons	Education; curricula; obsolete act concerning teaching of civics and political science; repeal.
HB 5634 Referred 6/12/2012	Price	Education; curricula; obsolete act concerning education for gifted and academically talented; repeal.
HB 5635 Referred 6/12/2012	Heise	Education; other; obsolete act concerning demonstration educational and work experience programs; repeal.
HB 5636 Referred 6/12/2012	Shaughnessy	Education; reports; requirements for report on consolidation of services and for review and report concerning school improvement plans; eliminate.
HB 5659 Referred 7/18/2012	Yonker	Education; school districts; third-party accrediting of schools; allow, and provide that department establish list of approved private accreditors.	12/11/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
SB 1182 Referred 6/14/2012	Bieda	Education; discipline; penalty for student involved in pupil-to-pupil or pupil-to-nonpupil assault; revise.
SB 1202 Referred 7/18/2012	Schuitmaker	Education; attendance; local truancy policies; require adoption and implementation by schools and prosecutors.
SB 1203 Referred 7/18/2012	Schuitmaker	Juveniles; truancy; family division of the circuit court to notify secretary of state of truancy disposition; provide for.
HB 5776 Referred 12/12/2012	Stapleton	Education; school districts; written parental consent to place student in a classroom with a teacher rated ineffective on most recent year-end evaluation; require.
SB 1234 Referred 8/15/2012	Booher	School aid; membership; age and date requirement for entering school and being counted in membership; revise in school aid act.	9/20/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
SB 1239 Referred 9/11/2012	Hildenbrand	Education; financing; strict discipline academy access to long-term borrowing abilities; provide for.	9/27/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
SB 1352 Referred 11/8/2012	Hansen	Education; school districts; limitations on certain uses of school district funds; provide for.
SB 1353 Referred 11/8/2012	Hansen	School aid; other; reporting of certain expenditures; require.
SB 1358 Referred 11/8/2012	Pavlov	Education; other; education achievement authority; establish as part of public education system and provide for its powers and duties, and establish process for redeployment of unused public school buildings.