Other Education Bills:

Received:

HB 4232, 4233, and 4234 - Superintendent - Allows intermediate school district superintendent serving simultaneously as superintendent of constituent district in statute on incompatinle public offices. (Huuki) Introduced and referred to Committee on Education (2/10/11). Reported with recommendation without amendment (3/9/11). Placed on third reading (3/17/11). Passed (3/22/11). Referred to Senate Committee on Education (3/23/11).

Passed:

SR 46 - Charter Schools Week - Recognizes May 1-7, 2011, as Michigan Charter Schools Week. (Meekhof) Adopted (5/3/11).

HB 4232, 4233, and 4234 - Superintendent - Allows intermediate school district superintendent serving simultaneously as superintendent of constituent district in statute on incompatinle public offices. (Huuki) Introduced and referred to Committee on Education (2/10/11). Reported with recommendation without amendment (3/9/11). Placed on third reading (3/17/11). Passed (3/22/11). Referred to Senate Committee on Education (3/23/11).

SR 15 - Ethic and Cultural Heritage Month - Commemorates March 2011 as Ethnic and Cultural Heritage Month. (Pappageorge) Adopted (2/17/11)

HR 24 - School Principals - Declares February 14-18, 2011 as School Principals week. (Slavens) Introduced and adopted (2/10/11).

HR 22 - School Counseling - Declares February 2-11, 2011 as School Counseling Week. (Brown, L.) Introduced and adopted (2/9/11).

SR 8 - Catholic Schools Weeks - Recognizes January 30 through February 5, 2011, as Catholic Schools Week. (Pavlov) Adopted (2/8/11).

HR 6 - School Board - Declares January 2011 as School Board Month in the state. (Slavens) Referred to Conmittee on Finance (1/19/11).

HR 13 - Catholic Schools - Declares January 30-February 5, 2011as Catholic Schools Week. (Cotter) Introduced and adopted (1/25/11).

 

Introduced:

HR 78 - Charter Schools Week - Declares May 1-7, 2011, as Charter Schools Week. (McMillin) Introduced and referred to Committee on Education (5/5/11).

HB 4513 - Kindergarten Age - Sets September 1 as the deadline date for children to be admitted to Kindergarten. (Franz) Introduced and referred to Committee on Tax Policy (4/12/11).

SB 315 and 316 - Kindergarten Start Age - Revises age and date requirement for entering school and being counted in membership. (Booher) Referred to Senate Committee on Education (4/12/11).

SB 289 - Parents Visiting Schools - Prohibits denial of parent or certain other visitor to schools based on identification check unless the check shows person is on the Sex Offender Registry. (Young) Referred to Senate Committee on Education (3/22/11)

HB 4402 - Class Size - Requires smaller class size in underperforming schools. (Jackson) Introduced and referred to Committee on Education (3/9/11).

HB 4356 - Class Size - Requires average class size to be included in pupil enrollment reports. (Townsend) Introduced and referred to Committee on Education (3/1/11).

HB 4321 - Teacher Salary - Requires teacher salary to be placed in escrow account during teacher's suspension under tenure act. (Hooker) Introduced and referred to Committee on Education (2/23/11).

HB 4320 - Teacher Tenure - Eliminates provisions in teacher tenure act that failure to provide performance evaluation is conclusive evidence of satisfactory performance and requires annual evaluations for certain tenured teachers. (Yonker) Introduced and referred to Committee on Education (3/23/11).

HB 4241 - Teacher Tenure - Eliminates teacher tenure. (Rogers) Introduced and referred to Committee on Education (2/10/11).

HB 4232, 4233, and 4234 - Superintendent - Allows intermediate school district superintendent serving simultaneously as superintendent of constituent district in statute on incompatinle public offices. (Huuki) Introduced and referred to Committee on Education (2/10/11). Reported with recommendation without amendment (3/9/11). Placed on third reading (3/17/11). Passed (3/22/11). Referred to Senate Committee on Education (3/23/11).

SB 115 - Education Reporting - Requires certain additional information to be included in the list publishes by the Department of Education of lowest-performing 5 percent of schools in the state. (Johnson) Referred to Senate Committee on Education (2/9/11),

HB 4019 - Charter School Cap - Eliminates cap on number of public school academies authorized by state public universities under part 6a. (McMillin) Introduced and referred to Committee on Education (1/13/11).

HB 4142 - Teacher Tenure - Provides for continuing teacher tenure to be based on evaluation of teacher effectiveness and allows for additional probationary period. (Melton) Introduced and referred to Committee on Education (1/26/11).