May 12, 2009, Introduced by Senators VAN WOERKOM, GARCIA, BIRKHOLZ, JANSEN, HARDIMAN and KUIPERS and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 504 (MCL 380.504), as amended by 2008 PA 1.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 504. (1) A public school academy may be located in all or
part of an existing public school building. A public school academy
shall not operate at a site other than the single site requested
for the configuration of grades that will use the site, as
specified in the application required under section 502 and in the
contract.
(2) A public school academy shall not charge tuition and shall
not discriminate in its pupil admissions policies or practices on
the basis of intellectual or athletic ability, measures of
achievement or aptitude, status as a student with a disability, or
any other basis that would be illegal if used by a school district.
However, a public school academy may limit admission to pupils who
are within a particular range of age or grade level or on any other
basis that would be legal if used by a school district and may give
enrollment priority as provided in subsection (4).
(3) Except for a foreign exchange student who is not a United
States citizen, a public school academy shall not enroll a pupil
who is not a resident of this state. Enrollment in the public
school academy may be open to all individuals who reside in this
state who meet the admission policy and shall be open to all pupils
who reside within the geographic boundaries, if any, of the
authorizing body as described in section 502(2)(a) to (c) who meet
the admission policy, except that admission to a public school
academy authorized by the board of a community college to operate,
or operated by the board of a community college, on the grounds of
a federal military installation, as described in section 502(2)(c),
shall be open to all pupils who reside in the county in which the
federal military installation is located. For a public school
academy authorized by a state public university, enrollment shall
be open to all pupils who reside in this state who meet the
admission
policy. If Subject to
subsection (4), if there are more
applications to enroll in the public school academy than there are
spaces
available, pupils shall be selected to attend enroll using
a
random
selection process. However, a public school academy may give
enrollment
priority to a sibling of a pupil enrolled in the public
school
academy. A public school academy
shall allow any pupil who
was enrolled in the public school academy in the immediately
preceding school year to enroll in the public school academy in the
appropriate grade unless the appropriate grade is not offered at
that public school academy.
(4) A public school academy may give enrollment priority to 1
or more of the following:
(a) A sibling of a pupil enrolled in the public school
academy.
(b) A pupil who transfers to the public school academy from
another public school academy pursuant to an agreement between the
public school academies that provides for this enrollment priority.
(5) (4)
A public school academy may include
any grade up to
grade 12 or any configuration of those grades, including
kindergarten and early childhood education, as specified in its
contract. If specified in its contract, a public school academy may
also operate an adult basic education program, adult high school
completion program, or general education development testing
preparation program. The authorizing body may approve amendment of
a contract with respect to ages of pupils or grades offered.