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
To prohibit public schools from starting the school year before Labor Day. Year-round schools would be exempt.
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.