Bills Signed Into Law...

Public Act 28 of 2005 (SB 69) Strict Discipline Academy Pupils (Birkholz)  This bill allows suspended or expelled pupils to be referred to strict discipline academies.   Effective 5/25/05.

Public Act 31 of 2005 (HB 4142) Meap Revision (Palmer)  This bill revises provisions in original MEAP authorizing statute relating to administration of state assessment program.  Effective 6/2/05.

Public Act 121 of 2005 (SB 617) Student Safety Zone (Toy)  Establishes student safety zones.  Effective 1/1/0).

Public Act 129 of 2005 (HB 4402)  Special Education Personnel (Hansen)   Requires a background check on special education personnel employed by public schools.  Effective 10/5/05.

Public Act 137 of 2005 (SB 83) Special Education Advisory Board Membership (Cassis)  This bill revises membership on the special education advisory board.  Effective 9/29/05.

Public Act 138 of 2005 (SB 601) School Employee Criminal Checks (Van Woerkom)   Requires criminal background checks on all school personnel and prohibits persons convicted of certain offenses from being allowed to work in schools.  Effective 10/5/05.

Public Act 202 of 2005 (HB 5110) Before-/After-School Programs (Kooiman)  Provides procedures for deemed status for before-and after-school programs.  Effective 11/10/05.

Public Act 322 of 2005 (HB 5397) School Safety (Gaffney)  Clarifies prerequisites for second or subsequent violation of student safety zones.  Effective 12/29/05.

Public Act 118 of 2006 (SB 327) Teaching Reading Requirement (Cassis)  Revises the requirement for teachers to teach reading. Signed: 04/14/06; Effective: 04/14/06.

Public Act 124 of 2006 (SB 1124) High School Curriculum Requirements (Kuipers) Defines requirements for high school graduation including a foriegn language requirement. Signed: 04/20/06; Effective: 04/20/06.

Public Act 180 of 2006 (HB 5354)  Blind School (Murphy) Provides for conveyance of the Michigan school for the blind in Ingham County. Effective (6/6/06).

Public Act 123 of 2006 (HB 5606) Graduation Requirements (Palmer) Establishes statewide graduation requirements. Signed: 4/20/06; Effective 4/20/06.

Public Act 124 of 2006 (SB 1124) High School Curriculum (Kuipers) Sets requirements for high school curriculum and require students to pass the curriculum to receive a diploma. Signed: 4/20/06; Effective 4/20/06.

Public Act 187 of 2006 (HB 4460) School Lock Down Drills (Van Regenmorter)  Requires schools to conduct lockdown drills.  Signed: 06/16/06; Effective: 06/19/06.

Public Act 215 of 2006 (HB 4118) Student Steroid Use  (Accavitti)  Creates a state policy prescribing that students who are found to use steroids or certain dietary supplements are ineligible to participate in school sponsored athletics.   Signed: 06/24/06; Effective: 06/26/06.

Public Act 216 of 2006 (HB 4594)  School Steroid Free Zones (Mortimer)  Amends school drug free zone law to ban possession of anabolic steroids.   Signed: 06/24/06; Effective; 06/26/06.

Public Act 235 0f 2006 (HB 5977) School Calendar (Moolenaar) Provides certain exceptions from the requirement that the school year begin after Labor Day.  Effective 6/27/06.

Public Act 241 of 2006 (SB 861)  Merit Award (Emerson) Revises Michigan Merit Award scholarship.  Signed: 06/28/06; Effective: 06/30/06.

Public Act 303 of 2006 (SB 1296) Single Gender Classes (Thomas) Allows single gender classrooms in public schools.  Effective 7/19/06.

Public Act 320 of 2006 (HB 5581)  Bus Lights (Jones)  Requires school bus actuation of alternately flashing red lights when loading and unloading students.   Signed: 07/20/06; Effective: 07/20/06.

Public Act 324 of 2006 (HB 4375)  Suicide Risk Curriculum (Ward)  Encourages schools to provide instruction programs regarding warning signs and risk factors of suicide and depression.    Signed: 07/20/06; Effective: 07/20/06.

Public Act 332 of 2006 (SB 1085) 2006-7 Education Budget (Scott) Sets 2006-7 appropriations for Department of Education.  Signed with line item(s) vetoed 08/10/06; Effective: 08/10/06.

Public Act 334 of 2006 (SB 443) Sixth Grade Certificate (Olshove)  Revises the certification to teach sixth grade to be included in both elementary and secondary education certificate.  Prior certification laws required an elementary certification to teach sixth grade, which meant teachers in the growing number of middle schools had to have certification for both elementary and secondary school to switch from 7th and 8th grade down to 6th. Signed: 08/15/06; Effective: 08/15/06.

Public Act 337 of 2006 (SB 1108) Emergency Drills (Gilbert) Requires emergency drills for tornados, terrorism, and other emergencies to be held during non-class time.   Supporters argued the bill  would make the drills more realistic by having drills occur during times when students are not under the direct supervision of a classroom teacher.  Signed: 08/15/06; Effective: 08/15/06.

Public Act 342 of 2006 (SB 1095) 2006-7 School Aid Budget (Switalski) Sets 2006-7 appropriations for K-12 school aid.  Signed: 08/15/06; Effective: 08/15/06.

Public Act 347 of 2006 (HB 4264) Single Sex Schools (Lemmons III)  This bill allows single sex schools for Detroit public schools.  Signed: 09/01/06; Effective: 09/01/06.

Public Act 348 (HB 6247) Single Gender Schools (McConico) Allows single gender schools under the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act.  Signed: 09/01/06; Effective: 09/01/06.

Public Act 384 of 2006 (SB 1290) Driver Education (Gilbert)  Establishes driver education program.   Signed: 09/26/06; Effective: 09/26/06.

Public Act 478 of 2006 (HB 6302) Michigan Merit Award (Hunter) Creates new Michigan Merit Award Program.  Signed: 12/21/06; Effective: 12/21/06.

Public Act 479 of 2006 (SB 1335) Merit Scholarship (Cherry) Creates new Michigan Merit Scholarship Award program.  Signed: 12/21/06; Effective: 12/21/06.

Public Act 515 of 2006 (SB 1398) Food Surplus for Schools (Kuipers) Clarifies authority of school districts to enter into agreements to distribute federal agricultural surplus products. Signed: 12/28/06; Effective 12/29/06.

Public Act 552 of 2006 (SB 5657) and Public Act 553 of 2006 (SB 5658) Drug free libraries (Cushingberry) Expands drug free zones to include libraries and enacts sentencing guidelines for crime of possessing or distributing a controlled substance within 1000 feet of a library.  Signed: 12/28/06; Effective 03/30/07.  

Public Act 534 of 2006 (SB 95) School Aid Act Instruction Hours (Garcia) Revises the requirements for instructional hours in the school code to conform to the school aid act.  Signed: 12/28/06; Effective 12/29/06.

Public Act 623 of 2006 (SB 1427) High School Graduation (Kuipers) Makes technical changes to requirements for high school graduation. Signed: 01/03/07; Effective: 01/03/07.

Public Act 680 of 2006 (HB 6173) Teaching Certificates (Taub) Revises the provisions concerning the background checks and revocation of teaching certificates.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee.  Signed: 01/08/07; Effective: 01/10/07.

Bills in Action...

SB 93 School Character Development Program (Garcia)  This bill requires the Department of Education to develop model and encourage public schools to provide character development programs.  Action: Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (1/26/05).  Reported favorably without amendment (2/10/05).  Passed by the Senate (2/17/05).  Referred to the House Education Committee (2/17/05).  Referred to the House Government Operations Committee (12/8/05).

SB 247  Special Education Personnel  (Allen)  Requires a background check on special education personnel employed by public schools.  Action:  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (2/23/05).  Reported favorably without amendments (6/29/05).  Passed by the Senate (6/30/05).

SB 324 Kindergarten Start Age (Jelinek) Revises eligibility age to start school. Action:  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (3/17/05).  Reported favorably with substitution S-1 (4/26/05). Referred back to the Education Committee (5/5/05).

SB 325 Kindergarten Start Age (Jelinek)  Revises the beginning age to start school and be counted in membership in the school aid act.  Action:  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (3/17/05). Reported favorably with substitution S-1(4/26/05). Referred back to the Education Committee (5/5/05).

SB 326 Early Intervention Training (Birkholz)  Requires a school district a special education rate above state average to spend at least one professional development day on early intervention training.  Action:  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (3/17/05). Discussed by the Education Committee (3/17/05). 

SB 1305 Single Gender Classrooms (Thomas) Amends Civil Rights Act to permit single-gender classrooms in public schools.  Introduced and referred to Education committee (6/14/06).  Passed (6/22/06).  Received by the House and referred to Education Committee (6/22/06).

SR 102 School Social Work (Clark-Coleman) Proclaims March 5-11 as School Social Work Week.  Adopted (3/7/06).

SR 108 Social Studies (Kuipers) Urges congress to add social studies to the testing requirements under the No Child Left Behind Act. Adopted (4/26/06).

SR 127 After-School (Hardiman)  Urges Deprtments of Community Health, Labor & Economic Growth and History, Arts and Libraries to be named as co-chairs of Michigan After-School Partnership. Introduced and referred to Families and Human Services Committee.  Reported (5/10/06).  A similiar Bill (HCR 35) was introduced in the House.

HB 4079 Education Performance Contract (Palmer)  This bill allows educational flexibility and empowerment contracts waiving certain statutory and administrative requirements as part of performance contract.  Action:  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (1/27/05/).  Reported with recomendation with substitution H-2 (5/25/05).  Substitution H-2 and amendments adopted (6/1/05).   Passed by the House (6/7/05).  Referred to the Senate Education Committee (6/7/05).

HB 4129 Student Loan Forgiveness (Mortimer)  This bill would create a student loan forgiveness program for new teachers working in high-risk schools.  Action:  Introduced and referred to the Higher Education Committee (2/1/05) Substitute H-1 reported out of committee (11/2/05).  H-1 passed the House and was referred to the Senate Education Committee (11/29/05).

HB 4185 Student Records (Accavitti)  This bill defines records that follow a student who transfers to another school to include disciplinary, attendance, and health records.  Action:  Introduced and referred to the Health Policy (2/3/05).  Reported and re-referred to the Education Committee (2/15/05).

HB 4238 Parenting Education (Cheeks)  This bill includes parenting education in recommended model core curriculum and in professional development for teachers.  Action:  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (2/8/05).  Discussed by the Education Committee (9/20/05).

HB 4278 Community Service (Gosselin)  This bill prohibits community service as a condition of graduation.  Action:  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (2/15/05).  Reported with Substitution H-7 (11/9/05). Passed by the House and referred to the Senate Education Committee (2/22/06). 

HB 5436 School Aid (Moolenaar)  Provides for certain supplemental state school aid appriations.  Introduced and referred to the Appropriations Committee (11/22/05).  Reported favorably with substitution S-1 (12/8/05).  Substitute S-1 adopted (12/8/05).  Passed by the House (12/8/05).  Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee (12/8/05). 

HB 5890 School Board Volunteers (Espinoza) Allows school board members to volunteer for certain posts in a school under certain conditions.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee.  Reported with Substitute H-1 (12/6/06).  Passed with Substitute H-1 adopted (12/7/06).  Received by the Senate and referred to Education committee (12/12/06).

HB 6004 I.S.D. Boards (Palmer) Revises procedures for the election of intermediate school district boards and certain provisions concerning intermediate school district expenditures.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee (4/26/06).  Reported (5/3/06).  Passed the House.  Received by the Senate and referred to Education Committee (9/19/06). Reported with Substitute S-2 (12/6/06).  Passed with Substitute S-3 and amendments adopted (12/13/06).  Enrolled with Substitute S-3 concurred in (12/14/06). Presented to the Governor (12/22/06). Vetoed (01/10/07).

HB 6403 School Personal Protection Order (Casperson), HB 6404 (Moore), HB 6405 (Baxter), HB 6406 (Farhat) Provides for personal protection orders to prohibit conduct on or near school property or students.  Authorizes state police to serve personal protection orders in school zones and to make arrests, provides for probate code jurisdiction over juvenile violations of school zone personal protection arders, and allows arrests without a warrent of violators of school zone personal protection orders.  Introduced and referred to Judiciary (9/5/06).  Received by the Senate and referred to Judiciary Committee (11/9/06).

HR 14 Rising Cost of Health Care (Palmer)  A resolution to state the intention of the House of Representatives to address the rising costs of health care and retirement in public education.  Action:  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee(2/1/05). Reported favorably without amendment (2/10/05).  Adopted by the House (2/16/05).

HR 190 Holocaust Instruction (Law) A resolution to encourage the schools throughout this state to emphasize the history of the Holocaust in their history course offerings.  Action:  Introduced and adopted by the House (1/26/06).

HR 221 Financial Literacy (Palmer)  Recognizes April as youth financial literacy month.  Adopted 3/8/06.

HR 260 Teacher Appreciation (Palmer) Recognizes May 7-13, 2006 as Teacher Appreciation Week. Adopted 5/10/06.

HR 265 Junior Achievement (Green) Recognizes May 2006 as Junior Achievement Month.

HCR 35 After School Partnership (Pearce) Requests that the Departments of Community Health, Labor and Economic Growth and History, and Arts and Libraries to be added as co-chairs of the After School Partnership and urges partnership to expand programs. Introduced and and referred to Education Committee (4/26/06).  Passed (5/17/06). Passed by the Senate (5/18/06).

HJR C  Superintendent Appointment (Moolenaar)  Would amend the constitution to provide for gubernatorial appointment of superintendent of public instruction.   Action:  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (3/1/05).  Reported with recommendation with Substitute H-3 (3/2/05).  Substitute H-3 and H-4 adopted (5/3/05).  HJRC defeated (5/3/05).

HJR L Classroom Instruction Spending (Hoogendyk)  A constitutional amendment to require that a certain percentage of educational operation budget to be used on classroom instruction.  Action: Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (6/21/05), Re-referred to Appopriations, reported with recommendation for re-referral to Education Committee (9/28/05).

Other Introduced Legislation...

SB 4 Compulsory School Attendance Age (Brater)  This bill would increase the age for compulsoary attendance of school to 18 and provides for certain alternative education options.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (1/12/05).  A similar bill was introduced in the House by Rep. Lemmons III, HB 4049.

SB 15 K-3 Class Size Reduction (Clark-Coleman) This bill would require the reduction of class size for K-3 over a 5-year period beginning in 2005-06.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (1/12/05).  A similar bill was introduced in the House by Rep.  Cheeks, HB 4060. 

SB 20 Pupil Promotion Standards (Clark-Coleman)  This bill would require pupil grade promotion standards and policy.  Introduced and referred to the Judiciary Committee (1/12/05).

SB 44 School Anti-Bullying Policy (Thomas)  This bill would require all school districts to establish a policy prohibiting bullying at school.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (1/25/05).  Similar bills were introduced in the Senate by Sen.Patterson SB 1012, and in the House by Rep. Stewart, HB 4026 and by Rep. Vagnozzi HB 4581.

SB 57 Elementary Education Physical Activity (Cherry)  This bill would require elementary students to participate in a certain amount of physical activity per week.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee. (1/25/05)

SB 91 School Nutrition Policy (Bernero)   This bill would require public schools to adopt, implement and require other measures regarding school nutrition.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (1/26/05). Reassigned the Health Policy Committee (1/27/05). 

SB 94 Suicide Risk Program (Garcia)  This bill would require including instruction programs regarding warning signs and risk factors of suicide and depression in education curricula.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (1/26/05).  A similar bill was introduced in the House by Rep. Cheeks, HB 4059 and House Rep. Ward introduced, HB 4375.  

SB 156 Student Publications (Switalski)  This bill would prohibit school officials from censoring and provides for policies regarding student publications.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (2/3/05).

SB 232  Michigan Merit Award (Cherry)  This bill would require the return of unused Michigan Merit award money to the treasury if the student leaves school.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (2/22/05).

SB 288 Student Drug-Related Expulsion (Olshove)  This bill would allow for the suspension or expulsion of a pupil for selling a controlled substance on or off campus.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (3/8/05).

SB 369 School Bully Prohibition (Thomas) Requires all school districts to establish a policy prohibiting bulling at school.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (4/12/05).

SB 417 Single-Sex Classrooms (Switalski)  Authorizes certain single-sex classrooms.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (4/26/05.)

SB 442  Michigan Scholarship Program (Switalski)  Creates a new Michigan scholarship program and repeals the Michigan merit award scholarship program. Introduced and referred to the Appropriations Committee (4/27/05).

SB 546 School Lead Testing (Bernero)  Requires schools and day care centers to conduct testing for the presence of lead in drinking water.  Introduced and referred to the Technology and Energy Committee (5/26/05).

SB 555 Contaminated Playgrounds (Thomas) Requires notice and monitoring of schools and playgrounds at sites of environmental contamination.  Introduced and referred to the Natural Resources/Environmental Affairs Committee (6/2/05).

SB 556 Bilingual Instruction (Thomas)  Reinstates mandatory bilingual instruction in public education curricula.  Introduced and referred to the Transportation Committee (6/2/05).

SB 573 School English A.Y.P. (Birkholz) Requires a school improvement plan to describe the strategy to be used to meet adequate yearly progress in English language arts. Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (6/8/05).

SB 697 Pupil Portfolio (Thomas)  Amends school code to provide for pupil portfolio for each student containing information about academic and nonacademic goals,  accomplishments and experiences.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (8/31/05).

SB 699 Single Gender Schools (Thomas)  Allows single gender schools for Detroit.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (8/31/05).

SB 853 School Investments (Kuipers)  Revises ability of school districts to invest in certificates of deposit.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (11/1/05).

SB 981 Physical Education Requirement (George) Would require 30 minutes of physical activity at least two days a week for all public elementary school students.  Introduced and referred to the Health Policy Committee (1/24/06).

SB 1012 School Bullying (Patterson) Would require schools to establish policy prohibiting bullying.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (1/26/06).  Similar bills have been introduced in the Senate by Sen. Thomas SB 44, and in the House by Rep. Stewart HB 4026 and Rep. Vagnozzi HB 4581. 

SB 1021 Graduation Requirements (Clark-Coleman)  Would prescribe curriculum requirements for high school graduation.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (2/1/06). A similar bill has been introduced in the House by Rep. Palmer HB 5606.

SB 1156 School Bullying (Thomas) Would require schools to establish policy prohibiting bullying, and prescribes components of those policies.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (3/16/06).  The same bill has been introduced in the House by Rep. Anderson HB 5616. Similar bills have been introduced in the Senate by Sen. Thomas SB 44, and in the House by Rep. Stewart HB 4026 and Rep. Vagnozzi HB 4581. 

SB 1174 Books (Stamas) and SB 1175 (Jelinek) Establishes grant program for book-a-month program. Introduced in the Senate and referred to Appropriations Committee (3/21/06).

SB 1184 Special Ed Costs (Kuipers) Sets responsibility for paying for special education hearing costs. Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (3/22/06). Reported (5/17/06). Passed with immediate effect (5/24/06).  Presented to the governor (6/5/06).

SB 1306 Mandatory Kindergarten (Clark-Coleman) Requires mandatory enrollment and full-day kindergarten.  Introduced and referred to Education committee (6/14/06).

SB 1397 Student Food Allegies (Switalski) Requires school districts to adopt policies for students with food allergies.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee (9/5/06).

SB 1413 I.S.D. (Switalski) Requires auditing of graduation and dropout data by intermediate school districts.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee (9/12/06).

SR 10  Pell Grant Cuts (Cherry)  Urges the United States Congress to reverse the planned cuts in the Pell Grant program.   Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (2/3/05).

SR 100 Methamphetamine Effects (Garcia) Encourages the Department of Education and local school districts to educate teachers and administrators on the effects of methamphetamine to help fight its use and spread. Introduced and referred to the Committee on Education (3/2/06)

SR 116 Holocaust (Basham) Commemorates Whitwell Middle School’s Children’s Holocaust Memorial Day. Adopted (4/19/06).

SR 127 After School (Hardiman) Urges Department of Community Health, Labor and Economic Growth and History, Arts and Libraries to be named as co-chairs of Michigan Afer-School Partnership.  Introduced and referred to Families and Human Services Committee (5/2/06).  Passed (5/17/06).

SR 146 Suicide Prevention (Johnson) A resolution encouraging the State Board of Education to incorporate suicide prevention and education as part of the state of Michigan's public school curriculum.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee.  Reported (6/28/06).  Passed (6/29/06).

SR 150 Social Science (Thomas) Urges Congress and the U.S. Department of Education to require the testing of students on social science and civic literacy.  Introduced and referred to Education committee (6/14/06). 

HB 4026 School Bullying (Stewart)  This bill amends school code to require schools to establish policy prohibiting bullying.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (1/27/05/).  A similar bill was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Thomas, SB 44 and by Rep. Vagnozzi HB 4581.

HB 4049 Compulsory School Attendance Age (Lemmons III)  Increases the compulsory school attendance age to 18.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (1/27/05).  A similar bill was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Barter, SB 4.

HB 4059 Suicide School Warning (Cheeks) This bill creates instruction programs regarding warning signs and risk factors of suicide and depression.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (1/27/05).  A similar bill was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Garcia SB 94.

HB 4060  Class Size Reduction (Cheeks)  This bill requires reduction of class sizes for k-3 over a 5 year period.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (1/27/05).  A similar bill was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Clark-Coleman, SB 15.

HB 4078 Charter School Oversight (Palmer) This bill removes cap on number of public school academies.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (1/27/05).

HB 4080 School Aid Requirements (Palmer) Makes school aid requirements subject to educational flexibility and empowerment contracts.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee.  Reported (12/12/06).

HB 4091 Mandatory Kindergarten (V. Smith)  This bill mandates kindergarten attendance.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (2/1/05).

HB 4097 Public School Food Sales (Accavitti)  This bill requires rules prohibiting the sale of certain foods and beverages in public schools.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (2/1/05).

HB 4179 Michigan Merit Award (Stewart)  This bill includes the use of social studies assessment test results in qualifying for $500.00 Michigan merit award scholarship.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (2/3/05).

HB 4183 Declining Enrollment Districts (Hunter)  This bill allows the use of a 3-year membership for funding in declining enrollment districts.  Introduced and referred to the Appropriations Committee (2/3/05).  A similar bill was introduced in the House by Rep. Waters, HB 4435.

HB 4184 School Aid Minimum Age (Williams)   This bill eliminates the minimum age for a child to be counted membership for  school aid to allow funding beginning at birth.  Introduced and referred to the Appropriations Committee (2/3/05).

HB 4193 K-12 Income Tax Credit (Gaffney)  This bill establishes an income tax credit to charitable organizations to benefit K-12 education.  Introduced and referred to the Tax Policy Committee (2/3/05).

HB 4231 Science Classes (Anderson)  This bill requires safety policies, supplies, and equipment for secondary science and technology classes.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (2/8/05).

HB 4255 School Corporal Punishment (Lipsey) This bill prescribes procedures for physical restraint of pupils and limits the use of allowable physical force with pupils to emergency situations.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (2/10/05).

HB 4276 Per Pupil Allowance (Vander Veen)  This bill revises school aid procedure to allow the per pupil allowance to follow a student who transfers after count day to apply to all districts and all pupils.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (2/15/05).

HB 4277 Merit Award Service (Gosselin)  This bill eliminates requirement of community service or volunteer work as a condition of receiving the merit award scholarship.  Introduced and referred to the Higher Education and Career Preparation Committee (2/15/05).

HB 4319 Charter Schools (Lemmons III)  This bill allows Wayne County Community College to issue charters for public school academies.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (2/15/05).  Notice of intent to discharge from Education Committee (12/6/06).

HB 4339  Truancy  (Clack)  Provides for the family division of the circuit court to notify the secretary of state of truancy disposition.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (2/17/05).

HB 4340  Truancy (Clack)  Requires adoption and implementation of local truancy policies by schools and prosecutors.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (2/17/05).

HB 4354  Budget Stabilization SBT Rate (Hildenbrand)  Eliminates the budget stabilization threshold on the single business tax rate.  Introduced and referred to the Tax Policy Committee (2/17/05).

HB 4406  Dropout Stats  (Bieda)  Requires dropout statistics to be submitted to the federal clearinghouse for education.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (2/24/05).     

HB 4430  School District Tax Vote  (Wenke)  Eliminates the authority of school districts to vote a tax to fund public recreation systems and playgrounds. Introduced and referred to the Tax Policy Committee (3/1/05).

HB 4435  Declining School Enrollment  (Waters)  Provides for a 3-year average membership for school districts with a declining enrollment over a certain amount during a certain fiscal year.  Introduced and referred to the Appropriations Committee (3/2/05).  A similar bill was introduced in the House by Rep. Hunter, HB 4183.

HB 4471 School Elections (Stewart) This bill allows school districts to conduct their own regular and special elections.  Introduced and referred to the Committee on Oversight, Elections and Ethics (3/8/05).

HB 4494 I.S.D. Boards (Spade)  Revises timing for designating school district representatives to body selecting intermediate school district board members.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (3/16/05)

HB 4506 Charter School Locations (Dillon)  Restricts location of new charter schools authorized by the community college.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (3/16/05).

HB 4530  Charter Prevailing Wage (Gosselin)   Eliminates the prevailing wage requirement for public school academies.   Introduced and referred to the Employment Relations, Training and Safety Committee (3/22/05).

HB 4535 Teacher Certification (Nofs)  Establishes a committee of principals and school board members to recommend revisions to teacher certification rules and new teacher mentorship practices.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (3/22/05).

HB 4579 Pupil Counts (Waters)  Provides for alternative counts for districts with declining enrollment.  Introduced and referred to the Appropriations Committee (3/24/05).

HB 4581 School Bully Policy (Vagnozzi)  Requires all school districts to establish a policy prohibiting bullying at school.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (3/24/05).  A similar bill was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Thomas, SB 44 and by Rep. Stewart, HB 4026.

HB 4678 Michigan Scholarship Program (Hunter)  Creates a new Michigan scholarship program and repeals the Michigan Merit Award Scholarship Program.  Introduced and referred to the Higher Education and Career Preparation Committee (4/47/05).

HB 4717 Student Privacy Policy (Gaffney) Requires school districts to adopt student privacy policy to prohibit certain practices.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (5/3/05).

HB 4788 Tax Credit for K-12 Education Donations (Pearce) Includes donations to K-12 public education institutions as eligible for state charitable tax credits.  Introduced and referred to the Tax Policy Committee (5/12/05).

HB 4840 School Funds for Union Activities (Gosselin) Prohibits the use of school funds for certain employee union activities.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (5/31/05).

HB 4843 Teacher Conviction Information (Hopgood) Provides for development and implementation of a computer program to compare state police conviction information with department of education teacher certification information on a monthly basis.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (5/31/05).

HB 4859 Physical Education (Mortimer)  Provides for minimum requirements for health and physical education in public education in public education curricula.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (6/2/05).

HB 4864 Driver Education (Clack)  Requires driver education training schools to require a student to submit a certificate of good standing before undergoing segment 1 and segment 2 instruction.  Introduced and referred to the Transportation Committee (6/2/05).

HB 4828 Per Pupil Funding (LaJoy)  Provides for an additional $750 funding per pupil if a school district meets certain requirements.  Introduced and referred to the Appropriations Committee (5/24/05).  Re-referred to the Education Committee (9/28/05).

HB 4964 Parent I.D  Requires pictured identification and signed form when picking up a child from school.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (6/16//05).

HB 4975 Classroom Instruction Money  Requires a certain percentage of the expenditure of educational operation budget to be used on classroom instruction. Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (6/21/05).  Reassigned to the  Appropriations Committee (6/21/05).  Re-referred to the Education Committee (6/28/05).

HB 5232 Merit Scholarship (Caswell)  Requires return of unused Michigan Merit Scholarship funds if a student leaves school.  Introduced and referred to the Committee on Higher Education and Career Preparation (9/27/05).  Reported with out amendments (11/9/05).  Passed by the House (12/1/05).  Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee(12/6/05).

HB 5251 Science Curriculum (Moolenaar) Requires state board to revise model core academic curriculum content standards for science.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee.  Reported with substitute H-1 (6/28/06).

HB 5301-5310 U.S. Citizenship Requirement  These bills specify that in order for a person to benefit from the following college and training scholarship programs, they must be a U.S. citizen or have a permanent residency status.  All were introduced and referred to the Committee on Higher Education and Career Preparation (10/18/05).  Reassigned to the Government Operations Committee (10/20/05). Re-referred to Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security Committee (3/7/06).

HB 5301 (Vander Veen) -- Michigan Nursing Scholarship Program

HB 5302 (Hoogendyk) -- Part-time Independent Student Grant Program

HB 5303 (Pastor) -- State Competitive Scholarships

HB 5304 (Gosselin) and HB 5305 (Marleau) -- Work-Study Programs

HB 5306 (LaJoy) -- Michigan Educational Opportunity Grant Program

HB 5307 (Stahl) -- Tuition grants by independent colleges

HB 5308 (Stahl) -- Tuition differential grants

HB 5309 (Green) and HB 5310 (Baxter) -- Michigan Merit Award Scholarships.  Received by the Senate and referred to Education committee (12/5/06).  Reported (12/12/06).  Passed with amendment adopted (12/13/06).  Enrolled with Senate amendments concurred in (12/14/06). Presented to the Governor (12/20/06).

HB 5616 School Bullying (Anderson) Would require schools to establish policy prohibiting bullying, and prescribes components of those policies.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (1/31/06).  The same bill has been introduced in the Senate by Sen. Thomas SB 1156. Similar bills have been introduced in the Senate by Sen. Thomas SB 44, and in the House by Rep. Stewart HB 4026 and Rep. Vagnozzi HB 4581. 

HB 5617  Schools of Choice Policies (Vander Veen)  Provides for requirement for school districts to adopt policy on waivers for children to attend school district outside district of residence.  Introduced and referred to the Education Committee (1/31/06).

HB 5678 School Aid Funding Gap (Ward) Requires a reduction in the funding gap between the highest and lowest foundation grants to K-12 schools to no more than 10 percent.  Introduced and referred to the Appropriations Committee (2/14/06).

HB 5903 Accelerated College (Hoogendyk) Creates high education enrollment option grant program for high school students enrolling. Introduced and referred to the Government Operations Committee (3/22/06).

HB 5904 Accelerated College (Palmer) Amends School Code to waive high school compulsory attendance requirements for students enrolled in accelerated college program. Introduced and referred to the Government Operations Committee (3/22/06).

HB 6025 School Aid Instruction Time (Caswell) Revises required number of days and hours of instruction time in K-12 schools. Introduced and referred to Education Committee (5/2/06).

HB 6033 School Aid Matching Funds (Ward) Provides general fund appropriations to match a portion of lottery money for school aid.  Introduced and referred to appropriations (5/4/06).

HB 6042 Medical High School (Cheeks) Provides funding for a medical-themed high school in Detroit.  Introduced and referred to Appropriations Committee (5/9/06).

HB 6052 Teacher Certification (Moore) Revises requirements for teacher certification to teach in school readiness programs.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee (5/11/06).

HB 6067 School Support Services (Meisner) Removes from subjects prohibited for public school collective bargaining contracts with third parties for noninstructional support services. Introduced and referred to Employment Relations , Training, and Safety Committee (5/16/06).

HB 6094 Work-based Learning (Stakoe) Provides for counting work-based learning as pupil instruction time for eght grade pupils for purposes of school aid.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee (5/18/06).

HB 6151 Parental Notification (Angerer) Requires parent notification of students not performing well in school curriculum to be part of school district parent involvement program.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee (6/7/06).

HB 6265 Student Reinstatement (Law, D.) Provides for reinstatement and admittance standards for individuals expelled from a nonpublic school for a weapons violation.  Introduced and referred to Education committee (6/22/06).

HB 6284 Virtual High School Course (Meyer) Requires high school to offer a virtual course as an elective.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee (6/29/06).

HB 6296 African History (Nofs), HB 6297 (Kooiman) & HB 6298 (Baxter) Provides for public schools that teach word history to contain certain content requirements regarding African History in the high school, elementary, and middle school grades.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee (6/29/06).

HB 6350 Student Internet Safety (Kolb) Includes internet safety in school curriculum on computer and information technology.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee (8/16/06). 

HB 6446 Kindergarten Start (Mortimer) Revises school code regarding eligibility to start kindergarten.  Introduced and referred to Education (9/7/06).

HB 6448 School Age (Mortimer) Amends school code to revise the beginning age to start school and be counted in district membership (9/7/06).

HB 6450 School Bus Lights (Condino) Extends the distance for school buses displaying alternatively flashing lights to 400 feet.  Introduced and referred to Transportation Committee (9/12/06).

HB 6451 School Bus Approach (Condino) Clarifies the procedures for a driver of a vehicle when approaching a school bus displaying alternatively flashing lights.  Introduced and referred to Transportation Committee (9/12/06).

HB 6594 Loan Forgiveness (Dillon) Converts the Michigan Merit award scholarship into a loan program and provides for loan forgiveness under certain circumstances.  Introduced and referred to Appropriations Committee (11/9/06).

HB 6598 School Start (Robertson) Allows exemption for school year to begin after Labor Day for public schools that offer enrichment programs during extended breaks during the school year.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee (11/9/06).

HB 6617 Year Round School Study (Kolb) Provides for a task force to study on the impact and feasibility of year-round schools.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee (11/14/06).

HB 6629 Vocational Training (Waters) Provides for vocational training for certain foster care individuals.  Introduced and referred to Family and Children Services (11/14/06).

HJR M K-12, I.S.D. Audits (P/a).er) Allow legislative auditor general to audit public intermediate and local schools.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee.  Reported with substitute H-1 (6/28/06).

HJR T School Aid Funding Gap (Ward) Amends the constitution to require a reduction in the gap between highest and lowest foundation grants to K-12 schools to no more than 10 percent.  Introduced and referred to the Appropriations Committee (2/14/06).

HR 283 Social Science Curriculum (Stakoe) Urges the Michigan State Board of Education to develop fair and unbiased social science curriculum standards.  Introduced and referred to Education Committee (6/27/06).