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Summary of
Pending Michigan Legislation Affecting Schools
from the Michigan
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD),
May 22, 2005
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Senate Bill 325
would amend the Revised School Code to move up the date by which
a child must be five years old, from December 1 to September 1
by the 2007-08 school year, in order to attend kindergarten.
*Note! This would mean
that fewer students would be enrolled in a given year—a loss of
foundation allowance revenue to the district but a savings of
funds for the state.
Senate Bill 328
would permit districts or intermediate school districts who
receive payments from the Durant v State of Michigan settlement
to use those funds for the Early Learning Success Program.
Currently these funds must be used only for textbooks,
electronic instructional materials, software, technology,
infrastructure improvements, school busses, school security,
training for technology, or the payment of debt service of
voter-approved bonds.
Senate Bill 329
would allocate $1 million from the State School Aid Fund for
2005-06 to the Department of Education for 50 grants of $20,000
each to districts to develop a five-year Early Learning Success
model for grades K-3. *Note!
This bill would reduce the foundation allowance to 26 districts
receiving extra State aid under former Section 32a of the Act
(reduction of class size).
Senate Bill 326
would amend the Revised School Code to require a school district
or public school academy to devote at least one professional day
a year to training in pupil learning, if they had an
above-average percentage of pupils receiving special education.
Senate Bill
327
increases the number of credits that a teaching student needs in
elementary level reading from six to nine. Also, future teachers
would need to do field work at schools with above-average
numbers of special education students and be trained in how to
spot a child’s trouble in lieu of placing that child in special
education.
Senate Bill 205
would amend the Revised School Code to require that, by July 1,
2007, the board of a school district or a public school academy
would require each person it employed as an interscholastic
athletic coach to hold valid certification in sport safety
training. A person could obtain this certification by completing
a State Board of Education approved sport safety training
course. The bill would take effect July 2005.
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