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• Introduced by Rep. Bettie Scott (D) on February 19, 2008, to reduce from 100,000 to 75,000 the number of students that qualify a school district as a “school district of the first class.” Detroit is the only such district, which is a statutory device to prohibit an expansion of charter schools in the city, allow the Detroit School District to be exempted from some regulations that apply to other districts, and to subject it to some regulations that don't apply to other districts. The Detroit district has lost tens of thousands of students in recent years, and is expected to fall below the 100,000 threshold soon.
  • Referred to the House Education Committee on February 19, 2008.
    • Reported in the House on December 3, 2008, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
    • Substitute offered in the House on December 4, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that further lowers the "first class" threshold to 60,000 students. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on December 4, 2008.
• Passed 59 to 42 in the House on December 4, 2008, to reduce from 100,000 to 60,000 the number of students that qualify a school district as a “school district of the first class.” Detroit is the only such district, which is a statutory device to prohibit an expansion of charter schools in the city, allow the Detroit School District to be exempted from some regulations that apply to other districts, and to subject it to some regulations that don't apply to other districts. The Detroit district has lost tens of thousands of students in recent years, and is expected to fall below the 100,000 threshold soon.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on December 10, 2008.
  • Referred to the Senate Education Committee on December 10, 2008.