HOUSE BILL No. 4103
January 31, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Koetje, Kuipers, Bishop, Gosselin, Voorhees, Raczkowski, Vander Veen, Kooiman, Kowall and Garcia and referred to the Committee on Redistricting and Elections. A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled "The revised school code," (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1810. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 SEC. 1810. (1) A PERSON SERVING AS AN EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER 2 IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL NOT DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING AT SCHOOL 3 DURING SCHOOL HOURS, OR AT A SCHOOL-SPONSORED EVENT, IN AN AREA 4 WHERE A PUPIL MAY BE PRESENT: 5 (A) MAKE COMMENTS TO A PUPIL PROMOTING A CAUSE OR POSITION 6 ON A BALLOT QUESTION. 7 (B) WEAR A BUTTON OR OTHER ITEM PROMOTING A CAUSE OR POSI- 8 TION ON A BALLOT QUESTION. 9 (C) DISPLAY LITERATURE OR A SIGN, BANNER, OR SIMILAR ITEM 10 PROMOTING A CAUSE OR POSITION ON A BALLOT QUESTION. 00227'01 TAV 2 1 (2) A PERSON SERVING AS AN EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER IN A PUBLIC 2 SCHOOL SHALL NOT SEND HOME WITH A PUPIL ANY COMMUNICATION 3 PROMOTING A CAUSE OR POSITION ON A BALLOT QUESTION. 4 (3) THIS SECTION DOES NOT PROHIBIT IMPARTIAL DISCUSSION, 5 STUDY, OR DISPLAY OF ITEMS CONCERNING A BALLOT QUESTION, POLITI- 6 CAL CANDIDATE, CAUSE, OR CAMPAIGN AS PART OF THE STUDY OF HISTO- 7 RY, GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL SCIENCE, OR A SIMILAR SUBJECT. 00227'01 Final page. TAV