February 21, 2017, Introduced by Senator KNOLLENBERG and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending sections 1204a and 1280e (MCL 380.1204a and 380.1280e),
section 1204a as amended by 1996 PA 159 and section 1280e as added
by 2011 PA 277; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
1204a. (1) In addition to the requirements specified in
section
1280 for accreditation under that section, regarding
accreditation under this act, if the board of a school district
wants
all of its schools to be accredited under section 1280, this
act, the board shall prepare and submit to the state board not
later than September 1 each year, and shall provide that each
school in the school district distributes to the public at an open
meeting not later than October 15 each year, an annual educational
report. The annual educational report shall include, but is not
limited to, all of the following information for each public school
in the school district:
(a) The accreditation status of each school within the school
district, the process by which pupils are assigned to particular
schools, and a description of each specialized school.
(b) The status of the 3- to 5-year school improvement plan as
described in section 1277 for each school within the school
district.
(c) A copy of the core academic curriculum and a description
of its implementation, including how pupils are ensured enrollment
in those courses or subjects necessary for them to receive adequate
instruction in all of the core academic curriculum, and the
variances and explanation for the variances from the recommended
model core academic curriculum content standards developed by the
state board pursuant to section 1278(2).
(d) A report for each school of aggregate student achievement
based upon the results of any locally-administered student
competency tests, statewide assessment tests, or nationally normed
achievement tests that were given to pupils attending school in the
school district.
(e) For the year in which the report is filed and the previous
school
year, the district pupil retention and high school
graduation report as defined in section 6 of the state school aid
act
of 1979, being section 388.1606 of the Michigan Compiled
Laws.MCL 388.1606.
(f) The number and percentage of parents, legal guardians, or
persons in loco parentis with pupils enrolled in the school
district who participate in parent-teacher conferences for pupils
at the elementary, middle, and secondary school level, as
appropriate.
(g)
Beginning in the 1996-97 school year, if If the school is
a high school, all of the following:
(i) The number and percentage of pupils enrolled in the school
who enrolled during the immediately preceding school year in 1 or
more postsecondary courses under the postsecondary enrollment
options
act, or under section 21b of the state school aid act of
1979,
being section 388.1621b of the Michigan Compiled Laws.1996 PA
160, MCL 388.511 to 388.524, the career and technical preparation
act, 2000 PA 258, MCL 388.1901 to 388.1913, or a concurrent
enrollment program under section 64b of the state school aid act of
1979, MCL 388.1664b.
(ii) The number of college level equivalent courses offered to
pupils enrolled in the school, in the school district, and in
consortia or cooperative programs available to pupils of the school
district.
(iii) The number and percentage of pupils enrolled in the
school who were enrolled in at least 1 college level equivalent
course during the immediately preceding school year, disaggregated
by grade level.
(iv) The number and percentage of pupils described in
subparagraph (iii) who took a college level equivalent credit
examination.
(v) The number and percentage of pupils described in
subparagraph (iv) who achieved a score on a college level
equivalent credit examination that is at or above the level
recommended by the testing service for college credit.
(h) A comparison with the immediately preceding school year of
the information required by subdivisions (a) through (g).
(2) At least annually, the department shall prepare and submit
to the legislature a report of the information described in
subsection (1)(g), aggregated for statewide and intermediate school
district totals, using the information submitted by school
districts.
(3) The state board shall prepare and make available to school
districts suggestions for accumulating the information listed in
subsection (1) and a model annual educational report for school
districts to consider in the implementation of this section.
(4) As used in this section, "college level equivalent course"
and "college level equivalent credit examination" mean those terms
as
defined in part 14a.section
1471.
Sec.
1280e. The board of a school district or intermediate
school
district or board of directors of a public school academy
shall
do both of the following:
(a)
Within 20 days after the board or board of directors is
informed
by the appropriate authority of the adequate yearly
progress
status of its schools for the purposes of the no child
left
behind act of 2001, Public Law 107-110, for the most recent
school
year for which it is available, post a notice of the
adequate
yearly progress status of each school it operates on the
homepage
of its website.
(b)
Within The board of a school
district or intermediate
school district or board of directors of a public school academy
shall post a notice of the accreditation status, as determined
under this act, of each school it operates on the homepage of its
website within 20 days after the board or board of directors is
informed by the department of the accreditation status of its
schools. for
the purposes of section 1280 for the most recent
school
year for which it is available, post a notice of the
accreditation
status of each school it operates on the homepage of
its
website.
Enacting section 1. Section 1280 of the revised school code,
1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1280, is repealed.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it was enacted into law.