October 19, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Hornberger and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1284b (MCL 380.1284b), as amended by 2006 PA
235.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
1284b. (1) Until subsection (2) applies to the school
district,
public school academy, or intermediate school district,
the
Beginning with the 2018-2019
school year, the board of a school
district or intermediate school district or board of directors of a
public
school academy shall ensure that the all of the following
are met:
(a) The district's or public school academy's schools are not
in
session on the Friday before Labor day.Day.
(b) The district's or public school academy's schools are not
in session on any Monday or Friday in August.
(2)
Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board of
a
school district or intermediate school district or board of
directors
of a public school academy shall ensure that the
district's
or public school academy's school year does not begin
before
Labor day.
(2) (3)
If a collective bargaining
agreement that provides a
complete school calendar is in effect for employees of a school
district, public school academy, or intermediate school district as
of the effective date of the amendatory act that added subsection
(2),
(1)(b), and if that school calendar is not in compliance
with
subsection
(2), (1), then subsection (2) (1) does
not apply to that
school district, public school academy, or intermediate school
district until after the expiration of that collective bargaining
agreement.
(3) (4)
If a school district, intermediate
school district, or
public school academy is operating a year-round school or program
as
of September 29, 2005 or is
operating as of that date a school
that is an international baccalaureate academy that provides 1,160
hours
of pupil instruction per school year, then subsection (2) (1)
does not apply to that school or program. If a school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy begins
operating
a year-round school or program after September 29, 2005,
the effective date of the amendatory act that added subsection
(1)(b), the school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy may apply to the superintendent of public
instruction
for a waiver from the requirements of subsection (2).
(1). Upon application, if the superintendent of public instruction
determines that a school or program is a bona fide year-round
school or program established for educational reasons, the
superintendent of public instruction shall grant the waiver. The
superintendent of public instruction shall establish standards for
determining a bona fide year-round school or program for the
purposes of this subsection.
(4) (5)
If an intermediate school district
contracts with a
constituent district or public school academy to provide programs
or services for pupils of the constituent district or public school
academy; operates a program or service within a building owned by a
constituent district or a public school academy located within the
intermediate school district's boundaries; or otherwise provides
instructional programs or services for pupils of a constituent
district or public school academy, and if the school district's or
public
school academy's school year begins before Labor day Day
under
subsection (3) (2) or (4), (3), then the intermediate
school
district may provide programs or services according to the school
district's or public school academy's calendar.
(5) (6)
This section does not apply to a
public school that
operates all of grades 6 to 12 at a single site, that aligns its
high school curriculum with advanced placement courses as the
capstone of the curriculum, and that ends its second academic
semester concurrently with the end of the advanced placement
examination period.
(6) (7)
This section does not prohibit a
school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy from
offering or requiring professional development for its personnel
that
is conducted before Labor day.Day.
(7) (8)
As used in this section,
"Labor day" Day"
means the
first Monday in September.