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 sections 504a, 506, 525, 527, 557, 560, 1311h, and 1311k (MCL 380.504a, 380.506, 380.525, 380.527, 380.557, 380.560, 380.1311h, and 380.1311k), section 504a as amended and sections 525 and 527 as added by 2003 PA 179, section 506 as added by 1993 PA 362, sections 557 and 560 as added by 2009 PA 205, section 1311h as amended by 2012 PA 620, and section 1311k as added by 1999 PA 23.
Grants public school academies and schools of excellence the authority to manage property, finances, and legal agreements, as well as to incur debt and issue bonds. Additionally, the bill mandates that these institutions post specific salary information for teachers and support staff on their websites annually.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported without amendment
Passed in the House 56 to 47 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported without amendment
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported without amendment
1. Amend page 8, following line 23, by inserting:
“Sec. 1282a. Subject to state and federal law, a school district shall post the school district’s state assessment performance on the homepage of the school district’s website.”.
The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)
1. Amend page 8, following line 23, by inserting:
“Sec. 1232. (1) By not later than November 1 of each year, each school district shall post all of the following information on its website that is accessible to the public:
(a) The average salary for new teachers and the average salary for veteran teachers employed by the school district or, if there are fewer than 5 new teachers or 5 veteran teachers at the school district, the average salary for all teachers employed by the school district.
(b) The average salary for support staff employed by the school district.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) “New teacher” means an individual who has held a teaching certificate for less than 5 years.
(b) “Support staff” includes, but is not limited to, student-facing paraprofessionals, food service workers, bus drivers, and literacy coaches.
(c) “Veteran teacher” means an individual who has held a teaching certificate for 5 or more years.”.
The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)
Passed in the Senate 20 to 18 (details)
