HOUSE BILL No. 4628


     April 19, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Raczkowski, Koetje, Kuipers, Tabor, DeVuyst, Gosselin, Julian, Ruth Johnson and
Pappageorge and referred to the Committee on Redistricting and Elections.


        A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

   "The revised school code,"

   by amending sections 3, 5, 6, 11a, 613, 616, 617, 661, 701, 702,

   703, 705, 856, 857, 858, 859, 860, 861, 932, 945, and 1361

   (MCL 380.3, 380.5, 380.6, 380.11a, 380.613, 380.616, 380.617,

   380.661, 380.701, 380.702, 380.703, 380.705, 380.856, 380.857,

   380.858, 380.859, 380.860, 380.861, 380.932, 380.945, and

   380.1361), sections 3 and 6 as amended and section 11a as added

   by 1995 PA 289, section 5 as amended by 1999 PA 23, section 617

   as amended by 1989 PA 268, section 703 as amended by 1981 PA 87,

   section 705 as amended by 1994 PA 258, sections 857 and 858 as

   amended by 1992 PA 263, and section 945 as added by 1984 PA 154,

   and by adding section 1206; and to repeal acts and parts of

   acts.




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               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 3.  (1) "ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION" OR "ANNUAL ELECTION"

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      MEANS THE ELECTION HELD IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT, LOCAL ACT SCHOOL

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      DISTRICT, OR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE FIRST TUESDAY

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      FOLLOWING THE FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER IN EVERY YEAR.

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           (2)  (1)  "Area" as used in the phrase "area

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      vocational-technical education program" means the geographical

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      territory, both within and without the boundaries of either a K

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      to 12 school district or a community college district, that is

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      designated by the  state board  SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC

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      INSTRUCTION as the service area for the operation of an area

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      vocational-technical education program.

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           (3)  (2)  "Area vocational-technical education program"

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      means a program of organized, systematic instruction designed to

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      prepare the following persons for useful employment in recognized

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      occupations:

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           (a) Persons enrolled in high school.

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           (b) Persons who have completed or left high school and who

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      are available for full-time study in preparation for entering the

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      labor market.

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           (c) Persons who have entered the labor market and who need

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      training or retraining to achieve stability or advancement in

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      employment.

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           (4)  (3)  "Board" or "school board" means the governing body

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      of a local school district or a local act school district unless

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      clearly otherwise stated.





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           (5)  (4)  "Boarding school" means a place accepting for

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      board, care, and instruction 5 or more children under 16 years of

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      age.

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           (6)  (5)  "Constituent district" means a  local 
   school dis-

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      trict or  special  LOCAL act school district the territory of

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      which is entirely within and is an integral part of an intermedi-

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      ate school district.

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           Sec. 5.  (1) "Local act school district" or "special act

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      school district" means a district governed by a special or local

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      act or chapter of a local act.  "Local school district" and

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      "local school district board" as used in article 3 include a

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      local act school district and a local act school district board.

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           (2) "Membership" means the number of full-time equivalent

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      pupils in a public school as determined by the number of pupils

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      registered for attendance plus pupils received by transfer and

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      minus pupils lost as defined by rules promulgated by the  state

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      board  SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

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           (3) "MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW" MEANS THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW,

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      1956 PA 116, MCL 168.1 TO 168.992.

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           (4)  (3)  "Nonpublic school" means a private, denomination-

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      al, or parochial school.

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           (5)  (4)  "Objectives" means measurable pupil academic

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      skills and knowledge.

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           (6)  (5)  "Public school" means a public elementary or sec-

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      ondary educational entity or agency that is established under

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      this act, has as its primary mission the teaching and learning of

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      academic and vocational-technical skills and knowledge, and is



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      operated by a school district, local act school district, special

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      act school district, intermediate school district, public school

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      academy corporation, strict discipline academy corporation, or by

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      the department or state board.  Public school also includes a

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      laboratory school or other elementary or secondary school that is

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      controlled and operated by a state public university described in

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      section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the state constitution of

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      1963.

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           (7)  (6)  "Public school academy" means a public school

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      academy established under part 6a and, except as used in part 6a,

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      also includes a strict discipline academy established under sec-

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      tions 1311b to 1311l.

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           (8)  (7)  "Pupil membership count day" of a school district

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      means that term as defined in section 6 of the state school aid

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      act of 1979, MCL 388.1606.

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           (9)  (8)  "Reorganized intermediate school district" means

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      an intermediate school district formed by consolidation or annex-

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      ation of 2 or more intermediate school districts under sections

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      701 and 702.

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           (10)  (9)  "Rule" means a rule promulgated pursuant to the

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      administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to

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      24.328.

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           Sec. 6.  (1) "School district" or "local school district"

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      means a general powers school district organized under this act,

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      regardless of previous classification, or a school district of

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      the first class.





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           (2) "School elector" means a person qualified as an elector

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      under section 492 of the Michigan election law,  Act No. 116 of

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      the Public Acts of 1954, being section 168.492 of the Michigan

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      Compiled Laws, registered as provided in part 12  MCL 168.492,

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      and resident of the school district, local act school district,

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      or intermediate school district on or before the thirtieth day

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      before the next ensuing annual or special school election.

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           (3) "School month" means a 4-week period of 5 days each

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      unless otherwise specified in the teacher's contract.

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           (4) "Special education building and equipment" means a

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      structure or portion of a structure or personal property accept-

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      ed, leased, purchased, or otherwise acquired, prepared, or used

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      for special education programs and services.

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           (5) "Special education personnel" means persons engaged in

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      and having professional responsibility for the training, care,

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      and education of handicapped persons in special education pro-

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      grams and services including, but not limited to, teachers,

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      aides, school social workers, diagnostic personnel, physical

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      therapists, occupational therapists, audiologists, teachers of

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      speech and language, instructional media-curriculum specialists,

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      mobility specialists, teacher consultants, supervisors, and

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      directors.

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           (6) "Special education programs and services" means educa-

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      tional and training services designed for handicappers and oper-

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      ated by local school districts, local act school districts,

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      intermediate school districts, the Michigan school for the blind,

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      the Michigan school for the deaf, the department of mental



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      health, the department of social services, or a combination

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      thereof, and ancillary professional services for handicappers

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      rendered by agencies approved by the state board.  The programs

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      shall include vocational training, but need not include academic

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      programs of college or university level.

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           (7) "SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTION" OR "SPECIAL ELECTION" MEANS AN

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      ELECTION HELD IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT AT A DATE OTHER THAN THE

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      ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION, AS PROVIDED UNDER THE MICHIGAN ELECTION

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      LAW.

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           (8)  (7)  "State approved nonpublic school" means a nonpub-

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      lic school that complies with  Act No. 302 of the Public Acts of

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      1921, being sections 388.551 to 388.558 of the Michigan Compiled

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      Laws  1921 PA 302, MCL 388.551 TO 388.558.

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           (9)  (8)  "State board" means the state board of education

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      unless clearly otherwise stated.

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           (10)  (9)  "Department" means the department of education

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      created and operating under sections 300 to 305 of the executive

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      organization act of 1965,  Act No. 380 of the Public Acts of

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      1965, being sections 16.400 to 16.405 of the Michigan Compiled

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      Laws  1965 PA 380, MCL 16.400 TO 16.405.

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           (11)  (10)  "State school aid" means allotments from the

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      general appropriating act for the purpose of aiding in the sup-

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      port of the public schools of the state.

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           (12)  (11)  "The state school aid act of 1979" means  Act

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      No. 94 of the Public Acts of 1979, being sections 388.1601 to

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      388.1772 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  THE STATE SCHOOL AID ACT

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      OF 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1601 TO 388.1772.



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           Sec. 11a.  (1) Beginning on  the effective date of this

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      section  JULY 1, 1996, each school district formerly organized as

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      a primary school district or as a school district of the fourth

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      class, third class, or second class shall be a general powers

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      school district under this act.

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           (2) Beginning on  the effective date of this section 

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      JULY 1, 1996, a school district operating under a special or

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      local act shall operate as a general powers school district under

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      this act except to the extent that the special or local act is

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      inconsistent with this act.  Upon repeal of a special or local

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      act that governs a school district, that school district shall

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      become a general powers school district under this act.

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           (3) A general powers school district has all of the rights,

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      powers, and duties expressly stated in this act; may exercise a

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      power implied or incident to any power expressly stated in this

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      act; and, except as provided by law, may exercise a power inci-

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      dental or appropriate to the performance of any function related

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      to operation of the school district in the interests of public

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      elementary and secondary education in the school district,

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      including, but not limited to, all of the following:

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           (a) Educating pupils.  In addition to educating pupils in

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      grades K-12, this function may include operation of preschool,

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      lifelong education, adult education, community education, train-

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      ing, enrichment, and recreation programs for other persons.

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           (b) Providing for the safety and welfare of pupils while at

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      school or a school sponsored activity or while en route to or

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           (c) Acquiring, constructing, maintaining, repairing,

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      renovating, disposing of, or conveying school property, facili-

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      ties, equipment, technology, or furnishings.

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           (d) Hiring, contracting for, scheduling, supervising, or

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      terminating employees, independent contractors, and others to

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      carry out school district powers.  A school district may indem-

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      nify its employees.

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           (e) Receiving, accounting for, investing, or expending

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      school district money; borrowing money and pledging school dis-

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      trict funds for repayment; and qualifying for state school aid

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      and other public or private money from local, regional, state, or

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      federal sources.

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           (4) A general powers school district may enter into agree-

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      ments or cooperative arrangements with other entities, public or

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      private, or join organizations as part of performing the func-

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      tions of the school district.

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           (5) A general powers school district is a body corporate and

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      shall be governed by a school board.  An act of a school board is

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      not valid unless approved, at a meeting of the school board, by a

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      majority vote of the members lawfully serving on the board.

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           (6) The board of a general powers school district shall

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      adopt bylaws.  These bylaws may establish or change board proce-

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      dures, the number of board officers, titles and duties of board

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      officers, and any other matter related to effective and efficient

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      functioning of the board.  Regular meetings of the board shall be

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      held at least once each month, at the time and place fixed by the

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      bylaws.  Special meetings may be called and held in the manner



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      and for the purposes specified in the bylaws.  Board procedures,

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      bylaws, and policies in effect on the effective date of this sec-

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      tion shall continue in effect until changed by action of the

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      board.

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           (7) THE BOARD OF A GENERAL POWERS SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL HOLD

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      ITS ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION ON THE FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST

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      MONDAY OF NOVEMBER IN EVERY YEAR.

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           (8)  (7)  The board of a school district shall be elected as

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      provided under this act and the Michigan election law.  , Act

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      No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, being sections 168.1 to

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      168.992 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.  The number of members of

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      the board of a general powers school district  and the term of

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      office for a board member of a general powers school district 

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      shall remain the same as  they were  for that school district

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      before  the effective date of this section unless either or both

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      are  JULY 1, 1996 UNLESS changed by the school electors of the

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      school district at  a regular  AN ANNUAL or special election.  A

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      proposition for changing the number of board members  or term of

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      office  may be placed on the ballot by action of the board or by

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      petition submitted by school electors as provided under  this

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      act  THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW.

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            (8) On the effective date of this section, the board of

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      each school district shall continue to be the board of the school

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      district and to function in that capacity.  A person lawfully

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      serving on the effective date of this act as a member of the

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      board of a school district shall continue to be a member of the





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      board and shall continue in office for the remainder of the term

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      for which the person was elected or appointed. 

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           (9) MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF A GENERAL POWERS SCHOOL DISTRICT

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      SHALL BE ELECTED BY THE SCHOOL ELECTORS FOR TERMS OF 4 YEARS.  AT

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      EACH ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION HELD IN AN ODD-NUMBERED YEAR, MEMBERS

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      OF THE BOARD SHALL BE ELECTED TO FILL THE POSITIONS OF THOSE

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      WHOSE TERMS WILL EXPIRE.  THE TERM OF OFFICE SHALL COMMENCE ON

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      JANUARY 1 AND CONTINUE UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS ELECTED AND

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      QUALIFIED.

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           (10) THE BOARD OF A GENERAL POWERS SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY

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      SUBMIT TO THE SCHOOL ELECTORS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT A MEASURE,

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      PROPOSITION, OR QUESTION THAT IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE POWERS

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      OF THE SCHOOL ELECTORS AND THAT THE BOARD CONSIDERS JUST AND

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      PROPER FOR THE PROPER MANAGEMENT OR CONDUCT OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM

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      OR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOLS OF THE SCHOOL

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      DISTRICT.  UPON THE ADOPTION OF A MEASURE OR QUESTION BY THE

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      BOARD, THE BOARD SHALL SUBMIT THE MEASURE OR QUESTION TO THE

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      SCHOOL ELECTORS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT THE NEXT ENSUING ANNUAL

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      SCHOOL ELECTION OR AT A SPECIAL ELECTION.

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           (11) A SPECIAL ELECTION MAY BE CALLED BY THE BOARD AS PRO-

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      VIDED IN THIS ACT AND THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW.

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           (12)  (9)  Unless expressly provided in  the amendatory act

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      that added this section  1995 PA 289, the powers of a school

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      board or school district are not diminished by this section or by

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       the amendatory act that added this section  1995 PA 289.

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           (13)  (10)  A school district operating a public library,

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      public museum, or community recreational facility as of  the



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      effective date of the amendatory act that added this section 

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      JULY 1, 1996 may continue to operate the public library, public

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      museum, or community recreational facility.

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           Sec. 613.  The intermediate school board shall meet annually

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      on or before the fourth Monday of  July  JANUARY and shall orga-

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      nize by electing a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and

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      a treasurer.  The president and vice-president shall be members

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      of the intermediate school board, but the secretary and treasurer

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      need not be.  The officers shall perform duties provided by law

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      and prescribed by the policies and regulations of the intermedi-

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      ate school board not inconsistent with this part or other laws of

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      the state.  The treasurer shall post with the secretary a bond in

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      an amount approved by the intermediate school board, conditioned

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      upon the faithful performance of the treasurer's duties.

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           Sec. 616.  (1) An intermediate school board may submit to

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      the school electors of the constituent districts comprising the

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      intermediate school district the question of adoption of sections

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      615 to 617.  The question shall be in substantially the following

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      form:

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           "Shall sections 615 to 617 of the REVISED school code,  of

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      1976,  as amended, providing for the popular election of members

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      of the intermediate school board be effective within the constit-

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      uent districts of __________ (name of intermediate school

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      district)?

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           Yes (   )

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           No  (   )"





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           (2) The intermediate school board shall submit the question

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      upon receipt of resolutions adopted by a majority of the boards

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      of constituent districts and representing more than 1/2 of the

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      combined memberships of the constituent districts of the interme-

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      diate school district as of the latest pupil membership count

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      day.  The resolutions of the constituent district boards shall be

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      adopted between  December  MARCH 1 and the next succeeding

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       March  JULY 1.  The question shall be presented to the school

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      electors of the constituent districts at the next annual election

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      after resolutions of constituent district boards meeting the

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      requirements of this section have been filed with the secretary

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      of the intermediate school board.

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           (3) If a majority of the school electors votes in favor of

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      popular election, members of the intermediate school board shall

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      be elected at the next annual election HELD IN AN ODD-NUMBERED

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      YEAR and biennially thereafter at the annual school elections of

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      the constituent districts.  If a constituent district holds its

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      annual election on a date other than the second Monday in June,

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      an election for the purpose of choosing members of the intermedi-

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      ate school board shall be held in that district on the second

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      Monday in June. 

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           (4) An intermediate school district  which  THAT adopts sec-

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      tions 615 to 617 may  in the same manner  terminate the popular

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      election of members of the intermediate school board IN THE SAME

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      MANNER.

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           Sec. 617.  (1)  In an intermediate school district in which

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      sections 615 to 617 are effective, a candidate for the office of



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      member of the intermediate school board shall be nominated,  by

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      filing nominating petitions and an affidavit  AND MEMBERS SHALL

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      BE ELECTED, as provided in  section 558 of  the Michigan election

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      law.  , Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, being section

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      168.558 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, with the secretary of the

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      board of the intermediate school district before 4 p.m. of the

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      ninth Monday before the election.

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           (2) The nominating petitions shall be in the form provided

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      in section 1066.  Nominating petitions shall contain signatures

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      of school electors who are registered to vote in the city or

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      township in which they reside equal in number to not less than

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      1.5% of the combined pupil memberships of the constituent dis-

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      tricts on the latest pupil membership count day.  A candidate is

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      not required to file signatures of more than 5,000 voters.  Each

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      sheet of the petition shall be circulated in 1 city or township

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      only.

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           (3) Within 14 days after the last date for filing, the sec-

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      retary of the intermediate school board shall certify the names

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      and addresses of those candidates whose petitions are found to be

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      sufficient to the secretaries of the boards of the constituent

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      districts.  The secretary of the intermediate school board shall

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      certify the number to be elected.  The secretary of the interme-

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      diate school board shall notify the county clerk of the names and

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      addresses of the candidates not later than 3 days after the last

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      day for candidate withdrawal.  However, if the third day is a

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      Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the notice may be sent on the

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           (4) The intermediate school board shall provide ballots for

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      the election of members of the intermediate school board and dis-

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      tribute the ballots to the secretaries of each of the constituent

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      districts not less than 20 days before the annual school

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      elections.

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           (5) At the first election, 3 members of an intermediate

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      school board shall be elected for a term of 6 years, 2 for a term

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      of 4 years, and 2 for a term of 2 years.  After the first elec-

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      tion, their successors shall be elected biennially for terms of 6

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      years.

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           (6) The intermediate school board of an intermediate school

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      district adopting sections 615 to 617 shall fill a vacancy in the

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      board's membership by appointing a member to serve until the next

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      biennial election, at which time a member shall be elected for

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      the balance of the unexpired term. 

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           Sec. 661.  (1) The intermediate school board may submit

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      questions to the INTERMEDIATE school electors of the intermediate

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      school district at an annual or special SCHOOL election held in

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      each of the constituent districts.  A question shall not be sub-

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      mitted to the intermediate school electors unless the question is

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      within the lawful authority of the INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL electors

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       of the intermediate school district  to decide.

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           (2) A person who is a school elector of a constituent dis-

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      trict of an intermediate school district and who is registered in

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      the city or township in which that person resides is an

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      INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL elector of that intermediate school

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      district.



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            (3) If a question is submitted to intermediate school

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      electors at an annual school election, and a constituent district

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      does not hold its annual election on the second Monday of June,

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      the intermediate school board shall call a special election in

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      that constituent district to be held on the same date as the

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      annual school election. 

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            (4) The secretary shall be the chief election officer of

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      the intermediate school district with authority to delegate elec-

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      tion duties to a member of the administrative staff. 

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           Sec. 701.  (1) Two or more adjoining intermediate school

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      districts may combine to form a single intermediate school dis-

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      trict when the reorganization is approved by a majority of the

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      electors of each intermediate school district voting on the ques-

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      tion in the annual elections of the constituent districts.

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           (2) The question of combining intermediate school districts

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      may be submitted by a resolution of the intermediate school

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      boards meeting in joint session.

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           (3) The question shall be submitted  when  IF petitions

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      signed by a number of school electors of each intermediate school

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      district equal to not less than 5% of the number of pupil member-

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      ships on the latest pupil membership count day of the combined

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      constituent districts of the intermediate school district are

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      filed with the secretary of 1 of the intermediate school boards.

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      Within 30 days after receiving sufficient petitions, the secre-

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      tary shall apply for approval to the  state board  SUPERINTENDENT

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      be submitted at the next annual school election after the  state

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      board  SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION approves the merger.

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           (4) The ballots shall be furnished by each intermediate

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      school board for its constituent districts and shall be in sub-

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      stantially the following form:

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           "Shall the following intermediate school districts be orga-

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      nized as a single intermediate school district?

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           (List names of intermediate school districts)

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           Yes  (   )

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           No   (   )".

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           (5) If the consolidation is approved by a majority of the

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      school electors voting on the question in each of the participat-

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      ing intermediate school districts, the reorganization  shall

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      become  IS effective in the combined intermediate school dis-

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      tricts 30 days after the annual election at which the question is

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      submitted.  The reorganized intermediate school district  shall

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      be  IS a single intermediate school district subject to this

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      part.

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           (6) The members of the intermediate school boards of the

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      original intermediate school districts shall act as an interim

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      board until a board of the combined intermediate school district

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      is elected.  The interim board  shall possess  HAS all the powers

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      and duties of an intermediate school board under this part.  The

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      person chosen by the interim intermediate school board as inter-

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      mediate superintendent shall serve only until a successor is

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      chosen by the elected intermediate school board.  The secretary

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      of the intermediate school board having the largest number of



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      pupils in membership in its combined constituent districts at the

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      time of reorganization shall call a meeting of the members of the

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      interim intermediate school board for the purpose of organization

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      within 15 days after the effective date of the reorganization.

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      The secretary of the interim intermediate school board shall pro-

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      vide for the election of a board of the reorganized intermediate

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      school district under  section 617  THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW.

 8
       At the first election there shall be elected 3 members of a

 9
      board for 6 years, 2 for 4 years, and 2 for 2 years.  Their suc-

10
      cessors shall be elected biennially on the first Monday of June

11
      for terms of 6 years.  The time from the date of election to the

12
      next July 1 shall be considered 1 year. 

13
           (7) The reorganized intermediate school district shall oper-

14
      ate as a single intermediate school district from the effective

15
      date of the reorganization.  Within 10 days after the reorganiza-

16
      tion, all accounts of the reorganized intermediate school dis-

17
      tricts shall be audited in the manner established by the interim

18
      intermediate school board.  The contracts of the intermediate

19
      superintendents in force on the effective date of reorganization

20
       shall  continue in effect  to  UNTIL THE time of their
   termina-

21
      tion except as to position as intermediate superintendents.

22
           (8) If,  prior to  BEFORE reorganization of the intermediate

23
      school districts each of the combining intermediate school dis-

24
      tricts adopted special education programs by referendum pursuant

25
      to part 30 and approved the same annual property tax rates for

26
      the education of handicapped persons, the special education





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      programs and the annual property tax rates shall continue in

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      effect in the reorganized intermediate school district.

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           Sec. 702.  (1) An intermediate school district may be

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      annexed to another intermediate school district if the intermedi-

 5
      ate school board of the annexing intermediate school district

 6
      approves the annexation by resolution, and a majority of the

 7
      school electors of the intermediate school district to be annexed

 8
      voting on the question at an annual or special election in the

 9
      intermediate school district approve the annexation.  If prior to

10
      annexation the annexing intermediate school district adopts a

11
      special education program by referendum pursuant to part 30, the

12
      intermediate school electors of the intermediate school district

13
      to be annexed must vote to adopt that special education program

14
      and annual tax rate.  The vote on the question shall be by ballot

15
      furnished by the intermediate school board of the intermediate

16
      school district to be annexed.  Before the election is held, the

17
      annexing intermediate school board shall obtain the approval of

18
      the  state board  SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION of the

19
      proposed annexation.

20
           (2) Within 10 days after the election, each constituent dis-

21
      trict secretary shall file the result with the secretary of the

22
      intermediate school  district  BOARD, and 5 days later the inter-

23
      mediate school board secretary shall file the election result

24
      with the secretary of the INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL board of the annex-

25
      ing intermediate school district.  Within 15 days after the

26
      annexation election the intermediate school board of the annexed

27
      intermediate school district shall account to the intermediate



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      school board of the annexing intermediate school district for the

 2
      funds and property in its hands and shall turn over the  same 

 3
      FUNDS AND PROPERTY to that INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL board.  Property

 4
      and money belonging to the annexed intermediate school district

 5
      shall become the property of the annexing intermediate school

 6
      district.  The outstanding indebtedness of the annexed intermedi-

 7
      ate school district shall become the liability of the annexing

 8
      intermediate school district.  Upon receipt of the funds and

 9
      property, the members of the annexed intermediate school board

10
      shall be released from liability  therefor  FOR THE FUNDS AND

11
      PROPERTY and their offices terminated.

12
           (3) The annexation is effective on the latest date on which

13
      the election was held in a constituent district of the annexed

14
      intermediate school district.  The secretary of the intermediate

15
      school board of the annexing intermediate school district shall

16
      give written notice of the annexation to the  state board 

17
      SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION within 15 days after the

18
      annexation election.  Within 30 days after annexation, the board

19
      of the annexing intermediate school district shall appoint 2

20
      school electors of the annexed intermediate school district to

21
      membership on the intermediate school board of the reorganized

22
      intermediate school district, who shall serve until  July 

23
      JANUARY 1 after the next  biennial  INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT

24
      election.  Notification of the appointments shall be filed with

25
      the  state board  SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.  If the

26
      appointments are not made within the 30 days, the  state board 

27
      SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION shall make the



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      appointments.  At the next  biennial  INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

 2
      DISTRICT election, members of the intermediate school board shall

 3
      be elected in the number and for the terms required in section

 4
      701.  The terms of the members of the intermediate school board

 5
      whose terms have not expired shall determine the terms of the

 6
      additional members to be elected.

 7
           Sec. 703.  (1) An intermediate school district comprised of

 8
      less than 5 constituent districts and having no bonded indebted-

 9
      ness may be disorganized and its constituent districts attached

10
      to contiguous intermediate school districts under this section.

11
           (2) The board of each constituent district may request the

12
      intermediate school board to prescribe a plan for disorganization

13
      of the intermediate school district.  Each request shall desig-

14
      nate another intermediate school district to which the constitu-

15
      ent district desires to be attached.  The intermediate school

16
      board shall prescribe, by resolution, a plan under which each of

17
      the constituent districts will be attached in whole to contiguous

18
      intermediate school districts designated in the requests.  If the

19
      designated intermediate school district is not contiguous, the

20
      intermediate school board's plan may prescribe attachment to a

21
      contiguous intermediate school district.

22
           (3) The intermediate superintendent of the intermediate

23
      school district  which  THAT is to be disorganized shall give 30

24
      days' notice of the time and place of the meeting of the interme-

25
      diate school board and of the proposed plan for disorganization

26
      by publication of the notice in a newspaper of general

27
      circulation in the intermediate school district.  The



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      intermediate school board shall present the adopted plan for

 2
      dissolution to the board of each of its constituent districts and

 3
      to the intermediate school board of each intermediate school dis-

 4
      trict whose boundaries would be enlarged by the proposal.

 5
           (4) The intermediate superintendent of each intermediate

 6
      school district whose boundaries would be enlarged by the disso-

 7
      lution shall give 30 days' notice of the time and place of the

 8
      meeting of the intermediate school board and of the recommended

 9
      plan for enlargement of the intermediate school district by pub-

10
      lication of the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in

11
      the intermediate school district.

12
           (5) If the intermediate school board of each affected inter-

13
      mediate school district approves the plan for disorganization,

14
      the intermediate school board of the intermediate school district

15
      to be dissolved shall refer the matter to the  state board 

16
      SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION for approval.  The action of

17
      the  state board  SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION declaring

18
      the intermediate school district dissolved shall be final.

19
      Disorganization of the intermediate school district and attach-

20
      ment of its constituent districts to contiguous intermediate

21
      school districts  shall be effective  TAKES EFFECT on July 1

22
      after the date of the approval of the  state board 

23
      SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

24
           (6) The intermediate school boards of the intermediate

25
      school districts to which territory is attached by dissolution

26
      shall meet jointly, sitting as a single board, and make an

27
      equitable distribution of the money, property, and other assets



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      belonging to the disorganized INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL district among

 2
      the intermediate school districts affected.  The territory of

 3
      constituent districts transferred to other intermediate school

 4
      districts by dissolution shall be subject to all taxes levied for

 5
      purposes of the intermediate school district to which trans-

 6
      ferred, including taxes for the retirement of bonded indebted-

 7
      ness, special education programs, and area vocational-technical

 8
      education programs.

 9
           (7) Within 30 days after a district attaches to a contiguous

10
      intermediate school district under this section, the board of the

11
      intermediate school district whose boundaries have been enlarged

12
      by the dissolution may appoint 2 school electors of constituent

13
      districts, 1 of whom shall be an elector of the attached dis-

14
      trict, to membership on the intermediate school board.

15
      Intermediate school board members appointed pursuant to this sub-

16
      section shall serve until  July  JANUARY 1 after the next

17
       biennial  INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT election.  The intermedi-

18
      ate school board may determine 1 initial term of less than  6  4

19
      years for 1 of the additional members to be elected at the

20
       biennial  INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT election.  Notification

21
      of an appointment shall be filed with the  state board 

22
      SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

23
           Sec. 705.  (1) Beginning in 1997, and IN each year after

24
      1997, a regional enhancement property tax may be levied by an

25
      intermediate school district at a rate not to exceed 3 mills to

26
      enhance other state and local funding for local school district





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      operations if approved by a majority of the intermediate school

 2
      electors voting on the question.

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           (2) If a resolution requesting that the question of a

 4
      regional enhancement property tax be submitted to the voters is

 5
      adopted within a 180-day period and transmitted to the intermedi-

 6
      ate school board by 1 or more boards of its constituent school

 7
      districts representing a majority of the combined membership of

 8
      the constituent school districts as of the most recent pupil mem-

 9
      bership count day and if those resolutions all contain an identi-

10
      cal specified number of mills to be levied under this section and

11
      an identical specified number of years for which the tax shall be

12
      levied, the question of levying a regional enhancement property

13
      tax by the intermediate school district shall be placed on the

14
      ballot by the intermediate school district at the next annual

15
      school election held in each of the constituent districts.

16
       However, if the question is to be submitted at an annual school

17
      election and a constituent district does not hold its annual

18
      election on the second Monday in June, the intermediate school

19
      board shall call a special election in that constituent district

20
      to be held on the same day as the annual school election.  If the

21
      question is to be submitted to the intermediate school electors

22
      of an intermediate school district having a population of more

23
      than 1,400,000, the intermediate school board shall call a spe-

24
      cial election to be held at the next state primary or general

25
      election.  However, if the resolution requirement is met more

26
      than 180 days before the next annual school district elections,

27
       to be held on the second Monday in June,  and if requested in



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      the resolutions, the intermediate school board shall submit the

 2
      question of levying a regional enhancement property tax within

 3
      the intermediate school district on the ballot at a special elec-

 4
      tion  under section 662  called by the intermediate school board

 5
      for that purpose not earlier than 90 days  or later than 120

 6
      days  after the resolution requirements are met.

 7
           (3) Not later than 10 days after receipt by the intermediate

 8
      school district of the revenue from the regional enhancement

 9
      property tax, the intermediate school district shall calculate

10
      and pay to each of its constituent school districts an amount of

11
      the revenue calculated by dividing the total amount of the reve-

12
      nue by the combined membership of the constituent school dis-

13
      tricts within the intermediate district, as of the most recent

14
      pupil membership count day, and multiplying that quotient by the

15
      constituent school district's membership, as of the most recent

16
      pupil membership count day for which a final department-audited

17
      pupil count is available.

18
           (4) Regional enhancement property tax under this section may

19
      be levied for a term not to exceed 20 years, as specified in the

20
      ballot question, and may be renewed for the same term with the

21
      approval of a majority of the intermediate school electors voting

22
      on the question.

23
           (5) The question of levying a regional enhancement property

24
      tax under this section shall be presented to the intermediate

25
      school electors as a separate question.

26
           Sec. 856.  (1) If the intermediate superintendent of schools

27
      is presented with petitions signed by school electors in each



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      SCHOOL district to the number of not less than 50% of the number

 2
      of  registered general  SCHOOL electors residing in each primary

 3
      school district as of the date the intermediate superintendent

 4
      releases petitions, and by school electors of not less than 5% of

 5
      the number of  registered general  SCHOOL electors residing in

 6
      other school districts, the intermediate superintendent shall

 7
      cause the question of consolidation to be submitted to the vote

 8
      of the school electors of the school districts at THE NEXT ANNUAL

 9
      SCHOOL ELECTION OR a special election.  called to be held within

10
      90 days after the receipt of the petitions.

11
           (2) The special election shall be held on a date approved by

12
      the county election scheduling committee under section 639 of Act

13
      No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, as amended, being section

14
      168.639 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. 

15
           (2)  (3)  Petitions  shall  ARE not  be
    required in a

16
      school district operating 12 grades if a resolution adopted by

17
      the board of the SCHOOL district requesting consolidation of

18
      school districts has been filed with the intermediate

19
      superintendent.

20
            (4) Each city and township clerk shall certify to the

21
      intermediate superintendent the number of registered general

22
      electors residing in a school district upon request of the inter-

23
      mediate superintendent. 

24
           Sec. 857.  (1) The question of establishing a consolidated

25
      school district shall be submitted to the school electors at AN

26
      ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION OR AT a special election held for that

27
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      school district operating 12 grades shall vote separately as a

 2
      unit.  The remaining school districts to be included in the con-

 3
      solidation shall vote together as a unit.

 4
            (2) The local board shall conduct the election in each

 5
      school district operating 12 grades.  The intermediate school

 6
      board, the intermediate superintendent of which called the elec-

 7
      tion, shall conduct the election for the other school districts

 8
      voting together as a unit. 

 9
           (2)  (3)  The elections shall be held on the same day and

10
      during the same hours.  Each school district shall vote as pro-

11
      vided in part 12. 

12
           Sec. 858.  (1) The intermediate superintendent shall give

13
      notice of the last day of registration and notice of the date,

14
      place, the propositions to be submitted, and the hours the polls

15
      will be open for the special election to the school electors of

16
      the districts operating less than 12 grades in the manner and at

17
      the times prescribed by sections 1002 and 1058.  (2)  The inter-

18
      mediate superintendent shall give written notice to the secretary

19
      of the board of each affected school district  operating 12

20
      grades of the day and hours for holding the special election.

21
      Each secretary shall give the statutory notice of the day, place

22
      or places, and the hours for holding the election and of the last

23
      day of registration.  The intermediate superintendent shall

24
      notify the secretary of the board of each school district  of the

25
      date of the consolidation election at least 60 days before the

26
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           Sec. 859.  (1) The proposition shall be in substantially the

 2
      following form:

 3
           "Shall the territory of the following school districts be

 4
      united to form 1 school district?

 5
           (Names of school districts to be consolidated to be listed

 6
      here)

 7
           Yes  (  )

 8
           No   (  )".

 9
            (2) Printed ballots, voting machines, or other voting

10
      devices shall be used.  The intermediate superintendent shall

11
      supply printed ballots, poll books, and other necessary election

12
      supplies to each board of election inspectors of the election

13
      unit of the school districts operating less than 12 grades.

14
           (3) The secretary of the board of each school district oper-

15
      ating 12 grades shall provide printed ballots for the election

16
      and supply all election materials necessary for the election.

17
      The board of each school district shall appoint the necessary

18
      school electors to the board of election inspectors.

19
           (4) The members of the intermediate school board shall act

20
      as the board of election inspectors for the election held in

21
      school districts operating less than 12 grades.  The intermediate

22
      board may appoint additional persons to a board of election

23
      inspectors.  If more than 1 place for holding the election is

24
      designated by the intermediate superintendent, the members of the

25
      intermediate school board shall be apportioned by the intermedi-

26
      ate superintendent to the boards of election inspectors.  If a

27
      member of the intermediate school board or other person appointed



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      to a board of election inspectors is unable to be present at the

 2
      election or is required to leave during the hours the polls are

 3
      open, the remaining members of the board of election inspectors

 4
      may appoint another person to fill the vacancy.

 5
           (5) Each member of a board of election inspectors shall take

 6
      the constitutional oath of office before entering on the duties

 7
      of an election inspector. 

 8
           (2)  (6)  The affirmative vote of a majority of the school

 9
      electors voting on the question in each of the election units

10
       shall be  IS necessary to effect the consolidation of the school

11
      districts.  The consolidation shall become effective as of the

12
      date of the official canvass.

13
           (3)  (7) The members of the intermediate school board and

14
      other inspectors of election acting in the election unit of a

15
      school district operating less than 12 grades shall receive the

16
      same compensation for conducting the election as is authorized

17
      for election inspectors in a general state election.  If the con-

18
      solidation becomes effective, expenses incurred for the election

19
      in each election unit shall be certified to the board of the con-

20
      solidated school district.  The school board OF THE CONSOLIDATED

21
      SCHOOL DISTRICT shall pay election  costs  REIMBURSEMENTS from

22
      the funds of the consolidated school district.  If the proposi-

23
      tion to consolidate is not approved, the intermediate school

24
      board shall determine the expenses of the election held in the

25
      election unit operating less than 12 grades and apportion the

26
       expenses  REQUIRED REIMBURSEMENTS equally among the school

27
      districts of the election unit.  Each school board of the



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      election unit shall pay the apportionment to the  intermediate

 2
      school board  LOCAL UNIT OF GOVERNMENT THAT CONDUCTED THE

 3
      ELECTION.

 4
           Sec. 860.  (1) If the petitions filed with an intermediate

 5
      superintendent under section 853 request submission of the ques-

 6
      tion of assuming the bonded indebtedness of 1 or more of the

 7
      school districts proposing consolidation, or the question of

 8
      increasing the constitutional limitation on taxes of the consoli-

 9
      dated school district for operating purposes to the school elec-

10
      tors at the consolidation election, the intermediate superinten-

11
      dent shall include the question or questions in the notice of the

12
      election propositions filed with each of the election units.

13
       under section 857. 

14
           (2) A request for including assumption by the consolidated

15
      school district of the bonded indebtedness of 1 or more of the

16
      districts proposing consolidation shall be stated on the petition

17
      after the names of the school districts to be consolidated in

18
      substantially the following form:

19
           "We petition that the question of assumption and payment by

20
      the proposed consolidated school district of the bonded indebted-

21
      ness of ______________________________ be submitted to the

22
              (name of school district or districts)

23
      electors at the same election in which the proposed consolidation

24
      is submitted", and if applicable,

25
           "We petition that the question of increasing the constitu-

26
      tional limitation on taxes which may be assessed against all

27
      property in the proposed consolidated school district by _____



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      mills for a period of _____ years,  19___ to 19___  ___ TO ___,

 2
      inclusive, for operating purposes, be submitted to the electors

 3
      at the same election with the question of consolidating the above

 4
      listed districts".

 5
           (3) If the school electors approve the consolidation of

 6
      school districts and the assumption of the bonded indebtedness of

 7
      an original district, the consolidated school district shall

 8
      assume the obligation of the bonded indebtedness.  The consoli-

 9
      dated school district shall pay the bonded indebtedness by

10
      spreading debt retirement taxes uniformly over the territory of

11
      the consolidated district.  Section 864  shall apply  APPLIES to

12
      the debt retirement tax levies, the continuing obligations of the

13
      original school districts, and the rights and remedies of a

14
      bondholder.

15
           Sec. 861.  (1)  Within 10 days after the date of the offi-

16
      cial canvass of the consolidation election, the intermediate

17
      school board of the intermediate school district containing the

18
      territory of the consolidated school district shall appoint

19
      school electors of the SCHOOL district in the number required by

20
      the classification of the school district to act as a board for

21
      the SCHOOL district.  If a consolidated school district includes

22
      territory in more than 1 intermediate school district, the

23
      appointment shall be made by the intermediate school board of

24
      each intermediate school district acting jointly as a single

25
      board.  Within 7 days after appointment, each member shall file

26
      with the intermediate superintendent an acceptance of the office,

27
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      eligibility  as provided in section 1102  FOR OFFICE.  Except as

 2
      otherwise provided in subsection (2), each  EACH appointed board

 3
      member shall hold office until  June thirtieth  DECEMBER 31 next

 4
      following appointment.  A new board shall be elected at the first

 5
      annual election held after the effective date of consolidation IN

 6
      AN ODD-NUMBERED YEAR in the manner prescribed  in part 3 or part

 7
      4  BY LAW for the election of a first board.

 8
            (2) If the effective date of the consolidation is between

 9
      the thirtieth day prior to the annual election and December 31,

10
      the board appointed by the intermediate school board at its first

11
      meeting shall call a district election to be held within 45 days

12
      after the day of the meeting.  At the election, a board of the

13
      requisite number of members shall be elected for terms required

14
      for the election of a first board in section 111 or section 211.

15
      The election shall be in lieu of the first annual election, and

16
      the first year of each term of office shall extend until July 1

17
      following the next succeeding annual election.  The board shall

18
      hold its first meeting and elect officers as provided in section

19
      114 or section 231. 

20
           Sec. 932.  (1) The  secretary of the  board of the school

21
      district to be divided shall call an election at which the ques-

22
      tion of the division of the school district shall be submitted to

23
      the school electors.  Vote on the proposition shall be by ballot

24
      in the form determined by the intermediate school board and shall

25
      clearly describe the division.  Before an election is held, the

26
       state board  SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION shall approve

27
      the proposed division and the attachment of the parts to existing



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      operating school districts.  The election in the school district

 2
      to be divided shall be held not later than  60 days  THE NEXT

 3
      AVAILABLE DATE FOR AN ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION OR SPECIAL SCHOOL

 4
      ELECTION following the date of approval by the  state board 

 5
      SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

 6
           (2) The affirmative vote of a majority of the school elec-

 7
      tors voting on the question  shall be  IS necessary to ratify the

 8
      action of the intermediate school board.

 9
           (3) Territory attached to an existing operating school dis-

10
      trict shall be a part of that SCHOOL district for all purposes,

11
      including the levy of all taxes  which  the SCHOOL district to

12
      which the territory is attached  has the authority  IS AUTHORIZED

13
      to levy.

14
           (4) Within 5 days after the election the secretary of the

15
      board of the school district in which the election is held shall

16
      file a certified statement of the vote for division with the

17
      intermediate superintendent.

18
           (5) Within 30 days after the filing of the certified state-

19
      ment of the vote approving the division, the intermediate school

20
      board, by resolution, shall declare the school district divided,

21
      attach the territory  thereof  to the specified operating school

22
      districts, and make an equitable distribution of the money, prop-

23
      erty, and other material belonging to the SCHOOL district among

24
      the SCHOOL districts to which the territory is attached.

25
           (6) If the effective date is determined by the resolution of

26
      the board or by the petition of the school electors under section





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      931, the intermediate school board shall declare the school

 2
      district divided on that date.

 3
           Sec. 945.  Upon receipt of an order transmitted pursuant to

 4
      section 944 and approving the division of the school district,

 5
      the board of the school district to be annexed, divided, and

 6
      transferred shall provide by resolution for the election on the

 7
      question of annexing, dividing, and transferring the school

 8
      district.  , which  THE election shall be conducted and canvassed

 9
      in the dividing district  pursuant to parts 12 and 13  AS PRO-

10
      VIDED IN THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW. The question to be submitted

11
      to the electors shall be whether the territory of the dividing

12
      school district shall be annexed and transferred in the manner

13
      specified in the resolution of the dividing school district.

14
           SEC. 1206.  A SCHOOL DISTRICT, LOCAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR

15
      INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION OR SPECIAL

16
      ELECTION SHALL BE ADMINISTERED AND CONDUCTED AS PROVIDED IN THE

17
      MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW.  A SCHOOL DISTRICT, LOCAL ACT SCHOOL DIS-

18
      TRICT, OR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY USE GENERAL OPERATING

19
      FUNDS TO REIMBURSE UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVOLVED IN ADMINIS-

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      TERING AND CONDUCTING AN ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION OR SPECIAL SCHOOL

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      ELECTION FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, LOCAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR

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      INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS REQUIRED UNDER THE MICHIGAN

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      ELECTION LAW.

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           Sec. 1361.  (1) School district elections upon the issuance

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      of bonds shall be held and conducted  as elections in registra-

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      tion districts  in accordance with  part 13  THIS ACT AND
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      MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW. Members of the SCHOOL board  of education 

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      shall not serve on a board of election inspectors.

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           (2) The question shall be submitted by ballot in substan-

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      tially the following form:

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        "Shall ..................................................,

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                (here state the legal name of the school district)

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           county/or counties of ....................  and state of

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      Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed ....................

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      dollars ($....................)  and issue its bonds therefor,

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      for the purpose of ....................?

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             Yes (  )

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             No  (  )".

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           (3) Anything contained in the ballot not specified in this

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      section shall be considered surplusage and of no legal effect.

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           Enacting section 1.  The following sections and parts of the

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      revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 to 380.1852, are

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      repealed effective January 1, 2002:

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           (a) Section 662, MCL 380.662.

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           (b) Part 12, MCL 380.1001 to 380.1071.

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           (c) Part 14, MCL 380.1101 to 380.1106.

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           Enacting section 2.  This amendatory act shall take effect

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      January 1, 2002.

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           Enacting section 3.  This amendatory act does not take

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      effect unless Senate Bill No. ______ or House Bill No. 4629

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      (request no. 00129'01 a) of the 91st Legislature is enacted into

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      law.





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