RENOVATING LEASED SCHOOLS H.B. 4224: FLOOR ANALYSIS
House Bill 4224 (as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Representative Deborah Whyman
House Committee: Education
Senate Committee: Education
The bill would amend the School Code to permit a school board, if it leased a school building from another school district, to spend operating funds to renovate or make structural improvements to the school building. These improvements could include, but would not be limited to, energy conservation measures for improving the technological or instructional capabilities of the school buildings owned by the district. A school district, however, could not spend more than 5% of its operating funds for these purposes.
The bill specifies that the Code’s restrictions concerning sites not owned by a school district would not apply to expenditures authorized under the bill. (The Code currently prohibits a school board from building a school on a site without having prior title in fee to the site, a lease for at least 99 years, or a lease for at least 50 years from the U.S. government, or the State, or a political subdivision of the State. A school board cannot build a frame school on a site for which it does not have a title in fee or a lease for 50 years without securing the privilege of removing the school.)
Proposed MCL 380.1363a Legislative Analyst: L. Arasim
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 3-28-95 Fiscal Analyst: A. Rich
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.