SENATE BILL No. 1338

 

 

July 6, 2004, Introduced by Senators BIRKHOLZ, GOSCHKA, JELINEK, CROPSEY, VAN WOERKOM, CASSIS, PATTERSON, McMANUS, BISHOP, HARDIMAN, ALLEN and KUIPERS and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "The revised school code,"                                                  

                                                                                

    by amending section 1311g (MCL 380.1311g), as added by 1999 PA              

                                                                                

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                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 1311g.  (1) A strict discipline academy may be located                 

                                                                                

2   in all or part of an existing public school building.  Except for           

                                                                                

3   a strict discipline academy that includes pupils who are the                

                                                                                

4   responsibility of a county juvenile agency, a strict discipline             

                                                                                

5   academy shall not operate at a site other than the single site              

                                                                                

6   requested for the configuration of grades that will use the site,           

                                                                                

7   as specified in the application required under section 1311d and            

                                                                                

8   in the contract.                                                            

                                                                                

9       (2) A strict discipline academy shall not charge tuition.                   

                                                                                

10  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5), a strict                    

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   discipline academy shall not discriminate in its pupil admissions           

                                                                                

2   policies or practices on the basis of intellectual or athletic              

                                                                                

3   ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, status as a                   

                                                                                

4   handicapped person, or any other basis that would be illegal if             

                                                                                

5   used by a school district.  However, a strict discipline academy            

                                                                                

6   may limit admission to pupils who are within a particular range             

                                                                                

7   of age or grade level or on any other basis that would be legal             

                                                                                

8   if used by a school district.                                               

                                                                                

9       (3) A strict discipline academy shall be established under                  

                                                                                

10  sections 1311b to 1311l specifically for enrolling 1 or more of             

                                                                                

11  the following types of pupils:                                              

                                                                                

12      (a) Pupils placed in the strict discipline academy by a court               

                                                                                

13  or by the family independence agency or a county juvenile agency            

                                                                                

14  under the direction of a court.                                             

                                                                                

15      (b) Pupils who have been expelled under section 1311(2).                    

                                                                                

16      (c) Pupils who have been expelled under section 1311a or                    

                                                                                

17  another provision of this act.                                              

                                                                                

18      (d) Other expelled pupils, or suspended pupils, who are                     

                                                                                

19  referred to the strict discipline academy by that pupil's school            

                                                                                

20  and placed in the strict discipline academy by the pupil's parent           

                                                                                

21  or legal guardian.                                                          

                                                                                

22      (4) In addition to the types of pupils specified in                         

                                                                                

23  subsection (3), a strict discipline public school academy shall             

                                                                                

24  be open for enrollment of a special education pupil who does not            

                                                                                

25  meet the requirements of subsection (3) if the special education            

                                                                                

26  pupil's individualized  educational planning committee  education           

                                                                                

27  program team recommends that the special education pupil be                 


                                                                                

1   placed in the strict discipline public school academy.  As used             

                                                                                

2   in this subsection, "individualized  educational planning                   

                                                                                

3   committee  education program team" means that term as defined  in           

                                                                                

4   R 340.1701a of the Michigan administrative code or an                       

                                                                                

5   individualized education program team as defined  in section 614            

                                                                                

6   of part B of title VI of the individuals with disabilities                  

                                                                                

7   education act, Public Law 91-230, 20 U.S.C.  USC 1414.                      

                                                                                

8       (5) A strict discipline academy shall enroll only 1 or more                 

                                                                                

9   of the types of pupils described in subsection (3) or (4).  A               

                                                                                

10  strict discipline academy is not required to keep any group of              

                                                                                

11  pupils described in subsection (3) or (4) physically separated              

                                                                                

12  from another group of those pupils, as might otherwise be                   

                                                                                

13  required under section 1311, section 1311a, or another provision            

                                                                                

14  of this act.                                                                

                                                                                

15      (6) Strict discipline academies are not intended to enroll or               

                                                                                

16  otherwise be used to educate individuals who are committed to a             

                                                                                

17  high-security or medium-security juvenile facility operated by              

                                                                                

18  the family independence agency or another state department or               

                                                                                

19  agency.  Further, if the family independence agency, department             

                                                                                

20  of corrections, or another state department or agency has custody           

                                                                                

21  of or jurisdiction over a child, that state department or agency            

                                                                                

22  has the financial responsibility for educating the child.                   

                                                                                

23      (7) Except for a foreign exchange student who is not a United               

                                                                                

24  States citizen, a strict discipline academy shall not enroll a              

                                                                                

25  pupil who is not a resident of this state.  Enrollment in the               

                                                                                

26  strict discipline academy may be open to all individuals who                

                                                                                

27  reside in this state who meet the admission policy under                    


                                                                                

1   subsections (3) and (4) and shall be open to all pupils who                 

                                                                                

2   reside within the geographic boundaries, if any, of the                     

                                                                                

3   authorizing body as described in section 1311d who meet the                 

                                                                                

4   admission policy under subsections (3) and (4), except that                 

                                                                                

5   admission to a strict discipline academy authorized by the board            

                                                                                

6   of a community college to operate, or operated by the board of a            

                                                                                

7   community college, on the grounds of a federal military                     

                                                                                

8   installation, as described in section 1311d, shall be open to all           

                                                                                

9   pupils who reside in the county in which the federal military               

                                                                                

10  installation is located who meet the admission policy under                 

                                                                                

11  subsections (3) and (4).  For a strict discipline academy                   

                                                                                

12  authorized by a state public university, enrollment shall be open           

                                                                                

13  to all pupils who reside in this state who meet the admission               

                                                                                

14  policy under subsections (3) and (4).  If there are more                    

                                                                                

15  applications to enroll in the strict discipline academy than                

                                                                                

16  there are spaces available, pupils shall be selected to attend              

                                                                                

17  using a random selection process.  However, a strict discipline             

                                                                                

18  academy may give enrollment priority to a sibling of a pupil                

                                                                                

19  enrolled in the strict discipline academy.  A strict discipline             

                                                                                

20  academy shall allow any pupil who was enrolled in the strict                

                                                                                

21  discipline academy in the immediately preceding school year to              

                                                                                

22  enroll in the strict discipline academy in the appropriate grade            

                                                                                

23  unless the appropriate grade is not offered at that strict                  

                                                                                

24  discipline academy.                                                         

                                                                                

25      (8) A strict discipline academy may include any grade up to                 

                                                                                

26  grade 12 or any configuration of those grades, including                    

                                                                                

27  kindergarten and early childhood education, as specified in its             


                                                                                

1   contract.  The authorizing body may approve amendment of a                  

                                                                                

2   contract with respect to ages of pupils or grades offered.