2023 House Bill 5231 / 2024 Public Act 210

Education: public school academies; certain authorizer and educational management organization information on school signage, advertising, and promotional materials; require.

An act to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “An act to provide a system of public instruction and elementary and secondary schools; to revise, consolidate, and clarify the laws relating to elementary and secondary education; to provide for the organization, regulation, and maintenance of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to prescribe rights, powers, duties, and privileges of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to provide for the regulation of school teachers and certain other school employees; to provide for school elections and to prescribe powers and duties with respect thereto; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes; to provide for the borrowing of money and issuance of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness; to establish a fund and provide for expenditures from that fund; to make appropriations for certain purposes; to provide for and prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, the state board of education, and certain other boards and officials; to provide for licensure of boarding schools; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 503 (MCL 380.503), as amended by 2023 PA 34.

Mackinac Center Analysis

Requires public school academies to include the name of the authorizer and educational management organization on the school's signage, promotional materials, website, and application for enrollment. It places a reporting requirement on public school academies that's not required of conventional public schools. All public schools, regardless of the type, should be held to the same standards and transparency requirements.

Introduced in the House

Oct. 25, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Regina Weiss (D-6) and seven co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Matt Koleszar (D-22), Jaime Churches (D-27), Jason Hoskins (D-18), Donavan McKinney (D-14), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Carol Glanville (D-84) and Christine Morse (D-40)

Referred to the Committee on Education

April 23, 2024

Reported with substitute H-1

May 21, 2024

Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote

May 22, 2024

Passed in the House 56 to 47 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

May 30, 2024

Referred to the Committee on Education

Nov. 13, 2024

Reported without amendment

Nov. 26, 2024

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Dec. 18, 2024

Reported without amendment

Dec. 19, 2024

Passed in the Senate 20 to 18 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Jan. 17, 2025