BOARDS OF EDUCATION; POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY
MCL ch. 380, subtit. Act 451 of 1976, art. 2, pt. 16
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section380.1201. Board; business to be conducted at public meetings; validity of board actions; closed sessions; legal meetings; notice of meetings; signing of minutes; vice-president to act in absence of president.section380.1202. Record of proceedings, accounts, and business; public records; inspection.section380.1203. Conflict of interest.section380.1204a. Annual educational report.section380.1206. Conduct of elections under MCL 168.301 to 168.315.section380.1211. Mills levied for school operating purposes; limitation; reduction of mills from which homestead, qualified agricultural property, qualified forest property, supportive housing property, property occupied by public school academy, and industrial personal property are exempt; effect of insufficient mills allowed to be levied under subsection (1); additional mills; number of mills school district may levy after 1994; exemption of commercial personal property; approval by school electors; excess tax revenue; shortfall; allocation under property tax limitation act; reducing number of mills; definitions.section380.1211a. Certifications by department of treasury; appeal of determinations; appeal conference; final decision.section380.1211c. Additional mills; limitation; presentation to school electors as separate questions; school district not described in MCL 388.1620.section380.1211e. Affidavit claiming exemption on qualified agricultural property; filing.section380.1212. Sinking fund; creation; purpose; tax levy; audit; submission of proposition to school electors; election; ballot; approval; definitions.section380.1213. Filing certified copy of resolution certifying taxes to be levied; time.section380.1214. Additional millage; authorization by resolution; levy, collection, and enforcement procedure; proceedings as to first debt retirement fund tax; proceedings as to separate tax rate limitations.section380.1215. Accounting for moneys; fund designations.section380.1216. Use of money raised by tax.section380.1217. Support and maintenance of sectarian schools prohibited; transportation of nonpublic school pupils.section380.1217a. Purchase, rental, or lease of cars for board members or for chauffeurs for board members prohibited.section380.1218. Assessment, levy, and collection of school taxes; budgets; provisions governing school districts.section380.1219. Annual budget; adoption; budgetary assumptions; transmission to CEPI; submission to department of treasury; information; potential for existence of fiscal stress within school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy; determination; basis; duties of state treasurer; administrative review of financial status; contract; provisions; waiver of certain requirements; periodic financial status reports; submission of enhanced deficit elimination plan; conditions; determination under subsection (13); availability of documents on website; administrative review of financial status of public school academy; definitions.section380.1220. Adoption of or operation under deficit budget; prohibition; requirements; reports; deficit elimination plan; approval; likelihood of recurring operating deficits or recurring financial stress; failure to eliminate deficit; enhanced deficit elimination plan required; enhanced monthly monitoring report; definitions.section380.1221. Deposit of district or academy funds; designation of financial institution; limitation on deposit or investment of additional funds; “deposit” and “financial institution” defined.section380.1222. Deposit of district funds; limitation.section380.1223. Investment of funds; authorization; restrictions; deposit of obligations; commingling prohibited; exceptions; earnings; deposit of funds accumulated under deferred compensation program; security; limitation on deposit or investment of additional funds; “deposit” and “financial institution” defined.section380.1224. Tax-deferred investments for employees; purchase; payroll allocations; ownership; rights nonforfeitable; liability for purchase; nondiscriminatory application of section; “tax-deferred investment” defined.section380.1225. Power of board to borrow money and issue notes; purpose; pledging money to be received from state school aid; notes as full faith and credit obligations; agreement with Michigan finance authority; due date; limitation; school district not able to redeem notes within 372 days of issuance; multi-year repayment agreement; notes issued for next succeeding fiscal year; maturity; failure to receive state school aid; number of borrowings; obtaining line of credit.section380.1226. Statement of assessed valuation of school district.section380.1227. Estimates of necessary taxes; insurance reserve funds; adoption of budget; apportionment of school taxes.section380.1228. Contract between school or intermediate district and public school academy to provide services.section380.1229. Employment of superintendent and administrators; notification of contract nonrenewal; meeting with board; contract with intermediate school district or another person to serve as superintendent of schools.section380.1229a. Removal of person as superintendent of public instruction; settlement prohibited; limitations.section380.1230. Offer of full-time, part-time, or contract employment; criminal history check; employment as conditional employee; conditions; voiding contract and terminating employment; position as substitute teacher or substitute bus drivers; report received by another district; consent; request; conducting criminal history check; report; disclosure of conviction of listed offense or felony; verification; use; disclosure; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; exception; verification information; definitions.section380.1230a. Criminal records check through federal bureau of investigation; employment as conditional employee; voiding contract and terminating employment; application as substitute teacher or substitute bus drivers; obtaining copy of results from another district, public school academy, or nonpublic school; consent; form and manner of request; use and disclosure of results; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; definition; initiation of criminal records check by department of state police; disclosure that individual convicted of listed offense or other felony; verification; exception; verification information; definitions.section380.1230b. Applicant for employment; information regarding unprofessional conduct to be provided by previous employer; signed statement authorizing disclosure; request; immunity from civil liability; prohibition; use of information; violation of subsection (5) as misdemeanor; effect of contract or agreement; other information; definitions.section380.1230c. Notice of conviction of listed offense; report to department; employment prohibited; definitions.section380.1230d. Employee or applicant for employment of school district, intermediate school district, public school academy, or nonpublic school charged with crime; requirements; violation of subsection (1) or (2); person not convicted of crime; forwarding of form; development and implementation of automated program; report; definitions.section380.1230e. List of registered educational personnel; definitions.section380.1230f. Fingerprints submitted under MCL 380.1230a and 380.1230g; maintenance in AFIS database.section380.1230g. Individual employed or working under contract; criminal history check or records check; use of results received by another district; consent; request; use of results for limited purpose; "misdemeanor conviction involving sexual or physical abuse" defined; duties of department of state police; verification; disclosure of conviction for listed offense or other felony; exception; definitions.section380.1230h. Disclosure.section380.1230i. Dropout recovery program.section380.1231. Hiring of teachers; teachers' contracts generally; teacher of record; dropout recovery program.section380.1233. Teaching by noncertificated teacher or counseling without valid credentials; prohibition; school counselor license; notice to superintendent of public instruction; waiving student teaching as requirement for vocational certification; employment as substitute teacher; renewal of school counselor credential; career counseling; professional development; approval by department; rules; temporary exception for substitute teachers; preliminary school counselor license; denial, suspension, or revocation; definitions.section380.1233a. Employment counseling and placement services; agreement to establish joint or cooperative service; assistance; MCL 338.2006 inapplicable.section380.1233b. Teaching of certain courses by noncertificated, nonendorsed teacher; requirements; effect of ability to engage certificated, endorsed teacher; waiving student teaching.section380.1233c. Engagement of noncertificated, nonendorsed teacher to teach in community district schools; conditions; waiving of student teaching.section380.1234. Exchange teachers; compensation, rights, and privileges.section380.1235. Sabbatical leave.section380.1236. Substitute teachers; leave time, salary, and privileges; applicability of subsections (1) and (2); contract; “day” defined.section380.1236a. Person or entity furnishing substitute teachers; contract; “entity” defined.section380.1237. Employment of individual who does not hold teaching certificate to provide speech and language services.section380.1240. Law enforcement agency; creation.section380.1241. Liaison for school safety commission; requirements; duties.section380.1246. Superintendent, principal, assistant principal, administrator of instructional programs, or chief business official; conditions for employment; continuing education; rules; time period to meet certification requirements.section380.1248. Right or duty to engage in collective bargaining; minimum requirements for collective bargaining agreement; procedures for personnel decisions.section380.1249. Performance evaluation system for teachers and school administrators; collective bargaining; requirements; posting information about evaluation tools on public website; establishment and maintenance of list of teacher evaluation tools; rules; rater reliability training; "student learning objectives" and "teacher" defined.section380.1249a. Assignment of pupil to teacher rated as ineffective or needing support; notification; exception for review process.section380.1249b. Performance evaluation system for school administrators; requirements; posting information about measures used for performance evaluation; establishment and maintenance of list of school administrator evaluation tools; rules; "student learning objectives" defined.section380.1251. School psychological service; rules; reports and information.section380.1252. Professional nursing services; rules; reports; section inapplicable to certain nursing services.section380.1254. Expenses of board members and employees; expenditures and policies as public record; payment; credit or debit card.section380.1255. School district; compliance with public employees health benefit act.section380.1255a. Medical benefit plan for 100 or more public employees; contract provisions; medical benefit plan for fewer than 100 employees; effect of subsection (1); "medical benefit plan" defined.section380.1256. Inspecting, monitoring, removing, or treating asbestos or material containing asbestos; contractual agreement to provide legal representation against civil liability.section380.1263. Building schools; requirements; compliance; review and approval; submission of site plan to local zoning authority; "high school building" and "local zoning authority" defined.section380.1264. Construction of new school building or renovation of existing school building; consultation with law enforcement agency required; "school building" defined.section380.1267. School buildings; construction, addition, repair, or renovation; bids; exception; advertising; security; opening and reading of bids; rejection of bids; readvertising; local policy giving preference to Michigan-based business; applicability of section; adjustment of maximum amount; "Michigan-based business" defined.section380.1269. Insuring school district or public school academy property.section380.1272. Meal program for pupils.section380.1272a. Lunch program; breakfast program.section380.1272b. School meal programs; nutritional standards; fees; free and reduced price meals; free milk; confidentiality; discrimination; planning and evaluation of meals and other foods; fund-raising activities during school hours; sale of food and beverage items not meeting nutritional standards; number and frequency; upper limit.section380.1272c. Applicability of MCL 380.1272a.section380.1272d. Duties of department of education.section380.1273. Meal program.section380.1274. Procurement of supplies, materials, and equipment; written policies; competitive bids; approval of purchase; adjustment of maximum amount; local policy giving preference to Michigan-based business; items purchased through cooperative bulk purchasing program; acquisition of equipment; payment; purchase of heating and cooking equipment; "Michigan-based business" defined.section380.1274a. Energy conservation improvements and operational improvements; payment; contract; bond; terms; removal or treatment of asbestos or other material injurious to health; issuance of bonds; competitive bidding requirements; reports; forms; payments under lease-purchase agreement; termination; definitions.section380.1274b. Purchase, storage, or use of free flowing elemental mercury or instrument that contains mercury; restrictions; absence of mercury-free alternative for instrument; disposal of mercury and instruments containing mercury.section380.1276. Pedestrian overpasses; acquisition or construction; payment of costs; contracts; approval.section380.1277. School improvement plan.section380.1277a. Accreditation of schools in school district; requirements.section380.1277b. Workgroup.section380.1278. Core academic curriculum.section380.1278a. Requirements for high school diploma.section380.1278b. Award of high school diploma; credit requirements; personal curriculum; annual report.section380.1278c. Information on career and technical education programs; availability; posting on website; providing information to pupils; in-demand occupations; credit for completion of program; "state licensed proprietary school" defined.section380.1278d. STEM endorsement; requirements.section380.1279a. Report of irregularities; notice to school district or public school academy.section380.1279b. Credit awarded to pupil not enrolled in course.section380.1279c. Use of tests to measure pupils' values or attitudes prohibited.section380.1279d. Report of irregularities to any person or entity involved in scoring or administration.section380.1279e. High school credit in foreign language.section380.1279g. Michigan merit examination; definitions.section380.1279h. Academic credit for internship; requirements; reflection project; appeal.section380.1280. Accreditation.section380.1280a. Specialized or alternative school or program.section380.1280b. Grades 1 to 5; yearly test or assessment.section380.1280e. Notice of adequate yearly status; notice of accreditation status.section380.1280f. Grade 3; English language arts proficiency; assessment; duties of school district or public school academy board; dyslexia screening; pupils exhibiting reading deficiency; reading intervention programs; summer reading camps; limitation; staffing plan; federal funds; English language learners; additional intervention services; definitions.section380.1280h. Weighted foundation payments under MCL 388.1622b; duties; English language learner program models; compliance monitoring; definitions.section380.1281. State board; duties generally; examination and audit of official records and accounts; action to compel accounting; waiver from compliance with rules.section380.1281a. Legislative declarations; cost study to determine per pupil resources to provide public education; contract; report; completion.section380.1281b. Reports required to be submitted under act.section380.1281c. Review of educational programs in child caring institutions.section380.1282. Grades, schools, and departments; courses of study; opportunity to achieve state endorsement; special assistance.section380.1284. Length of school year; certification; strikes or teachers' conferences; rules.section380.1284a. Common school calendar; exceptions; definitions.section380.1284b. School in session before Labor day; prohibition; effect of collective bargaining agreement; year-round school or program; waiver; exception; "Labor day" defined.section380.1285a. Child care center subject to fire prevention or fire safety requirements; requirements for operation of before- or after-school program.section380.1288. Course requiring wearing of industrial quality personal protective devices.section380.1289. Participation of female pupils in interscholastic athletic activities.section380.1291. Local school security task force.section380.1293. Post-graduation opportunities informational packets; contents; availability.section380.1294. Parent involvement plan; adoption; distribution; review.section380.1295. Parental involvement contracts.section380.1296. Auxiliary services for pupils in nonpublic schools; use of state school aid; scope of auxiliary services; rules.section380.1297. Educational program for certain children; board as agent for federal government; payment of per capita operation and capital outlay costs; deduction of allotments; approval; section inapplicable to land attached under MCL 380.1298.section380.1298. Attachment of land under exclusive federal jurisdiction; hearing; rights and privileges of pupils.section380.1299. Limited open forum; equal access and opportunity; definitions.section380.1300. Native American individuals; permissions regarding traditional regalia and objects.section380.1300a. Sexual harassment policy.section380.1301. Pregnant persons; expulsion or exclusion from public school prohibited; withdrawal; alternative educational program or program of special services; rules.section380.1303a. Prohibition on use of wireless communication devices on school grounds; policy; exemptions; posting on website; definitions.section380.1305. Bomb threat; search by school employee.section380.1306. School lockers; no presumption of privacy; search policy; assistance of law enforcement agency; model policy; admissibility of evidence.section380.1307. Use of seclusion and restraint in public schools; uniform policy; objectives; right or remedy under state or federal law.section380.1307a. Use of seclusion and restraint in public schools; adoption and implementation of local policy; noncompliance as violation of act.section380.1307b. Statement of prohibited practices.section380.1307c. Emergency seclusion and emergency physical restraint; state policy; provisions.section380.1307d. Documentation and reporting of seclusion and restraint; state policy; provisions.section380.1307e. Development and implementation of emergency intervention plan; state policy; provisions.section380.1307f. Data collection; state policy; provisions.section380.1307g. Training; state policy; provisions.section380.1307h. Definitions.section380.1308. Statewide school safety information policy; critical incident mapping data.section380.1308b. Emergency operations plan; requirements; notice; exemption of certain information from freedom of information act; "school building" and "wireless communications device" defined.section380.1308c. Promulgation of rules for standardized response terminology.section380.1308d. Adoption and implementation of standardized response terminology.section380.1308e. Behavior threat assessment and management team; duties; school safety and security training materials.section380.1309. Conduct constituting suspension; action by teacher; report; supervision; conference; return by student; adoption of local policy by school board; definitions.section380.1310. Physical assault at school against another pupil; suspension or expulsion; alternative education program; definitions.section380.1310a. Report.section380.1310b. Policy prohibiting bullying; adoption and implementation; public hearing; submission of policy to department; contents of policy; annual report of incidents of bullying; form and procedure; school employee, school volunteer, pupil, or parent or guardian reporting act of bullying to school official; modified policy; definitions; section to be known as "Matt Epling Safe School Law."section380.1310c. Restorative practices as alternative or in addition to suspension or expulsion; definitions.section380.1310d. Suspension or expulsion of pupil; factors; exercise of discretion; rebuttable presumption; section inapplicable for possession of firearm in weapon free school zone; consideration of factors mandatory; definitions.section380.1310e. Suspension or expulsion of pupil; reporting of sexual assault; exceptions; "sexual assault" and "title IX coordinator" defined.section380.1311. Suspension or expulsion of pupil.section380.1311a. Physical assault by pupil against employee, volunteer, or contractor; expulsion; verbal assault or bomb threat; suspension or expulsion; alternative services; referral; reinstatement; immunity from liability; petition for reinstatement form; rights of pupils eligible for special education programs and services; eligibility of school for prorated share of foundation allowance; report of assaults; responsibility for enrollment in educational program; definitions.section380.1311b. Strict discipline academy; powers; definitions.section380.1311d. Strict discipline academy; organization of corporation; authorizing body; application; oversight; suspension of power; fees; presumption of legal organization.section380.1311e. Strict discipline academy; issuance of contract by authorizing body; placement of question on ballot; submission of contract and application to state board; selection, term, and number of members of board of directors; contract requirements; compliance with applicable law; immunity; exemption from tax; property acquisition and condemnation; definitions.section380.1311f. Levy of taxes or issuance of bonds by school district.section380.1311g. Strict discipline academy; location; tuition; admission policies or practices; enrollment; types of pupils; special education pupil; pupils committed to high-security or medium-security juvenile facility, mental health facility, or child caring institution; pupil ceasing to meet requirements under subsections (3) to (5); custody of or jurisdiction over child by department of corrections; residence requirements; grades.section380.1311h. Strict discipline academy; additional powers.section380.1311i. School district subject to court desegregation order.section380.1311j. Use of certificated and noncertificated teachers; teaching techniques or methods.section380.1311k. Personnel; publication of salaries.section380.1311l. Authorizing body as fiscal agent; revocation of contract.section380.1311m. Strict discipline academy; compliance with public employees health benefit act.section380.1312. “Corporal punishment” defined; infliction of corporal punishment by employee, volunteer, or contractor; exercise of necessary reasonable physical force; liability; violation; deference given to reasonable good-faith judgments; development, implementation, and enforcement of code of student conduct; model list of alternatives to use of corporal punishment; authority permitting corporal punishment void.section380.1313. Dangerous weapon found in possession of pupil; report; confiscation by school official; determination of legal owner; “dangerous weapon” defined.section380.1313a. Informational notice on best practices for storage of firearms.section380.1313b. Distribution of informational notice on best practices for storage of firearms.section380.1316. Public school fraternity, sorority, or secret society prohibited; definition.section380.1317. Public school employee or volunteer; prohibited conduct; exceptions; penalties; definitions.section380.1318. Use of performance-enhancing substances in interscholastic athletics; eligibility policy; list of drugs to be provided by department of community health.section380.1319. Athletic coaches; cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification requirements; liability.section380.1321. Transportation for pupils; requirements; payment.section380.1322. Transportation for pupils; routes; rules; construction of section; vehicles.section380.1323. Transportation of nonpublic school pupils to and from auxiliary service sites; payment of costs; applicability of subsection (1).section380.1324. Transportation for pupils; contracts; price.section380.1325. School district, intermediate school district, or consortium of districts contracting with other districts to provide transportation for pupils.section380.1332. Transportation for pupils; nonmandatory and noncredit events; fees; rules; additional school buses; insurance.section380.1335. Boarding schools; licensing and regulation.section380.1347. United States flag; purchase or possession; size; appliances; display.section380.1347a. Pledge of allegiance; recitation; definition.section380.1291[1]. Michigan information network.
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