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Public Act 144 of 2005
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- Introduced by Rep. Edward Gaffney (R) on May 17, 2005, to prohibit public schools from starting the school year before Labor Day.
- Referred to the House Natural Resources, Great Lakes, Land Use, and Environment Committee on May 17, 2005.
- Reported in the House on June 23, 2005, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
- Referred to the House Natural Resources, Great Lakes, Land Use, and Environment Committee on May 17, 2005.
- Passed 69 to 40 in the House on June 30, 2005.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Received in the Senate on August 31, 2005.
- Referred to the Senate Economic Development, Small Business and Regulatory Reform Committee on August 31, 2005.
- Reported in the Senate on September 20, 2005, with the recommendation that the bill pass.
- Amendment offered in the Senate on September 20, 2005, to exempt schools that operate a year-round school or program from pre-Labor Day ban, and require the state Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish standards for what constitutes a "bona fide year round school or program". The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on September 20, 2005.
- Referred to the Senate Economic Development, Small Business and Regulatory Reform Committee on August 31, 2005.
- Passed 21 to 17 in the Senate on September 20, 2005, to prohibit public schools from starting the school year before Labor Day. Year-round schools would be exempt.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Received in the House on September 20, 2005.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Shelley Goodman Taub (R) on September 20, 2005, to exempt a public school that is an "international baccalaureate academy" from the pre-Labor Day ban. This would apply to a school in Bloomfield Hills. The amendment passed 57 to 50 in the House on September 20, 2005.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
- Amendment offered by Rep. Shelley Goodman Taub (R) on September 20, 2005, to exempt a public school that is an "international baccalaureate academy" from the pre-Labor Day ban. This would apply to a school in Bloomfield Hills. The amendment passed 57 to 50 in the House on September 20, 2005.
- Passed 66 to 43 in the House on September 20, 2005, to concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Received in the Senate on September 21, 2005, to concur with the House-passed amendment to the bill, which clarifies a year-round school exemption. Passed 25 to 13 in the Senate on September 21, 2005.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on September 29, 2005.
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1) Re: 2005 House Bill 4803 (Ban school year starting before Labor Day ) by aquilusdomini on July 22, 2011I want to know how Jackson, Michigan's Hunt School is getting away with calling their school year "year round" to avoid starting after labor day. I just saw the 2011-2012 school year schedule and it's essentially the same as the school schedule (with odd days off here and there) for our other schools that don't have this silly "year round" schedule. My nephew has to start school this year on the 8th of August (the hottest part of the summer). Schools should be banned from starting before labor day! It's bloody hot in schools during the summer. Instead of getting a few weeks off, these kids just get a few days here and there and the summer vacation is just a month long. I support the ban on starting school before Labor Day and i believe this ridiculous "year round" scheduling should be done away with as well. It conflicts with other schools' bussing schedules and it messes up parents' schedules as well. Because my niece (who is starting high school this year) will have different days off than my nephew (who is 11), my sister will have to find someone to babysit my nephew during the days he has off. My sister and brother-in-law both work during the day and my niece would be at school on my nephew's days off. So to everyone in this forum supporting "year round" schooling. You better think again. NO school should start before Labor Day..
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The bill states that schools can not start until after Labor Day unless they are a year round school. It doesn't say anything about going to a year round program (at least I didn't see it when I skimmed over the wording). Furthermore, Year round doesn't mean spending more time in school, it just means getting your time off spread out more. I have a friend who teaches in NC in a year round school, and they go for 9 weeks, and then have 3 off, back for 9, then 3 more off, etc. There are blocks (I think 2 weeks long or so) at Christmas/New year, and in the summer (june or july I think) that everyone gets off. It's not like you would never get another break from school again...
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That is ABSURD! Year Round Schooling is just madness! I am a student, and having school year round would just cram us even more with our schedules. I bet, so many people would get fed up with it that they would skip school. This idea is no good!
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