HOUSE BILL No. 4185

 

February 3, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Accavitti, Wojno, Miller, Condino, Byrnes, Ward, Stakoe, Hune, Gaffney, Gonzales, Tobocman, Bieda and David Law and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

by amending section 1135 (MCL 380.1135), as added by 1987 PA 84.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1135. (1) Upon enrollment of a student for the first time

 

in a local or intermediate school district or a public school

 

academy, the school district or public school academy shall notify

 

in writing the person enrolling the student that within 30 days he

 

or she shall provide to the local or intermediate school district

 

or public school academy either of the following:

 

     (a) A certified copy of the student's birth certificate.

 

     (b) Other reliable proof, as determined by the school district

 


or public school academy, of the student's identity and age, and an

 

affidavit explaining the inability to produce a copy of the birth

 

certificate.

 

     (2) If a person enrolling a student fails to comply with

 

subsection (1), the local or intermediate school district or public

 

school academy shall notify the person enrolling the student in

 

writing that, unless he or she complies within 30 days after the

 

notification, the case shall be referred to the local law

 

enforcement agency for investigation. If the person enrolling the

 

student fails to comply within that 30-day period, the local or

 

intermediate school district or public school academy shall notify

 

the local law enforcement agency.

 

     (3)  The  A local or intermediate school district or public

 

school academy shall immediately report to the local law

 

enforcement agency any affidavit received pursuant to this section

 

that appears inaccurate or suspicious in form or content.

 

     (4) Within 14 days after enrolling a transfer student,  the  a

 

school district, intermediate school district, public school

 

academy, or nonpublic school shall request in writing directly from

 

the student's previous school a copy of his or her school record.

 

Any school district, intermediate school district, public school

 

academy, or nonpublic school that compiles  records  a school

 

record for each student  in the school  and that is requested to

 

forward a copy of a transferring student's school record to the new

 

school shall comply within 30 days after receipt of the request

 

unless the school record has been tagged pursuant to section 1134.

 

If a  student  student's school record has been tagged pursuant to

 


section 1134, a copy of the  student  student's school record shall

 

not be forwarded, and the requested school shall notify the law

 

enforcement agency that notified the school district of the missing

 

student pursuant to section 8 of  Act No. 319 of the Public Acts of

 

1968, being section 28.258 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1968 PA

 

319, MCL 28.258, of the request.

 

     (5) A local or intermediate school district shall not disclose

 

any personally identifiable information contained in a  student  

 

student's school record to a law enforcement agency, except in

 

compliance with the family educational rights and privacy act, 20  

 

U.S.C.  USC 1232g.

 

     (6) As used in this section, "school record" includes, but is

 

not limited to, the following records maintained by a school

 

district, intermediate school district, public school academy, or

 

nonpublic school regarding a specific student:

 

     (a) Attendance record or summary.

 

     (b) Academic record showing grades completed and courses

 

passed.

 

     (c) Disciplinary record that includes all final, pending, and

 

initiated suspensions or expulsions; a description of the primary

 

incident or incidents that led to each suspension or expulsion; the

 

date when each of these incidents occurred; and any other

 

information that is related to the suspension or expulsion and is

 

considered appropriate by school officials of the school from which

 

the student is transferring. The information required by this

 

subdivision may be presented in summary form.

 

     (d) Health records and information that are part of the

 


student's education record.

 

     (e) The student's current individualized education program, if

 

any.