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MEA Legislative Tracker: All Legislation
State Board of Education
Bollin
Eliminates state board of education.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/8/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Higher Education Admissions
Beeler
Prohibits admission based on anything other than the merit of the prospective student.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/5/2024; To Government Operations Committee)
State Universities
Runestad
Prohibits student admissions preferences based on certain familial relationships.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(8/24/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Governing Boards
McBroom
Requires gubernatorial appointment of regents, trustees, or board of governors for University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Wayne State University.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/20/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Governing Boards
McBroom
Requires open meetings for university boards.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/20/2023; To Oversight Committee)
HB 4001
PA 4
Income Tax Changes
Witwer
Revises limitations and restrictions on deductions of certain retirement or pension benefits and revenue distribution to state school aid fund.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(3/7/2023; Signed: March 7, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2023)
HB 4004
PA 9
Collective Bargaining
Weiss
Allows requirement for agency fee for nonunion members in bargaining agreements and as condition of employment in public sector.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(3/24/2023; Signed: March 24, 2023, Effective: March 17, 2024)
Collective Bargaining
Weiss
Revises collective bargaining rights to restore former provisions.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Labor Committee (3/14/2023)
School Aid
Witwer
Provides supplemental appropriations in the school aid act for fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/12/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
State Assessments
Shannon
Modifies requirements related to the retention of certain grade 3 pupils.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (2/28/2023)
Military-Connected Student
Zorn
Creates purple star school program.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/18/2023; To Education Committee)
Substitute Teachers
Paquette
Modifies certain requirements concerning eligibility to serve as a substitute teacher.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/19/2023; To Education Committee)
School Aid
Schuette
Creates learning loss recovery grant program.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/24/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
HB 4044
PA 113
Collective Bargaining
Koleszar
Repeals provisions related to the collection of union dues by public school personnel and the freezing of wages and benefits for certain public employees during contract negotiations.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/27/2023; Signed: July 26, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024 )
Education Curriculum
Stone
Allows satisfaction of the 1/2-credit economics requirement for high school graduation through completion of 1/2-credit course in personal finance.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/1/2023; To Education Committee)
Education Requirements
Stone
Modifies requirements related to the retention of certain grade 3 pupils.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/1/2023; To Education Committee)
School Enrollment
Stone
Requires the provision of kindergarten and modifies requirements related to school enrollment.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/1/2023; To Education Committee)
School Curriculum
Carter, B.
Creates model program of instruction in cursive handwriting and makes optional for public schools.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (4/19/2023; To Education Committee)
Financial Stability
Carter, B.
Repeals local financial stability and choice act.
Text & Analysis
High School Athletics
DeSana
Prohibits restrictions by athletic associations on distance certain high school athletic teams can travel to compete.
Text & Analysis
School Counselors
Brabec
Establishes minimum number of school counselors to be employed by a school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Policy Behavioral Health Subcommittee (9/14/2023)
School Emergency Operations
Schmaltz
Modifies procedures for school emergency operations plans.
Text & Analysis
Motion to Discharge Passed for the Day
in House (2/14/2024)
School Safety
Meerman
Creates school safety and mental health commission.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (3/19/2024)
School Safety
Harris
Requires that public schools and nonpublic schools ensure that school workers complete certain school safety and security training.
Text & Analysis
Motion to Discharge Passed for the Day
in House (2/14/2024)
School Safety
Greene
Requires safety guidelines for lockdown procedures of a school building and installation of emergency responder radio coverage systems in K-12 educational facilities.
Text & Analysis
Motion to Discharge Passed for the Day
in House (2/14/2024)
School Safety
De Boer
Requires notification of tips reported under the OK2Say program.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (3/19/2024)
School Safety
Steele
Requires inclusion of OK2SAY program contact information on certain student identification cards.
Text & Analysis
Motion to Discharge Passed for the Day
in House (2/14/2024)
School Safety
Fitzgerald
Modifies number of school fire and security drills.
Text & Analysis
Motion to Discharge Passed for the Day
in House (2/14/2024)
School Safety
Young
Requires standardized response terminology plan that public schools and nonpublic schools adopt and implement.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (3/19/2024)
School Safety
Puri
Requires department to establish standardized response terminology plan.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (3/19/2024)
School Safety
Breen
Requires each intermediate school district to employ 1 emergency and safety manager and at least 1 mental health coordinator.
Text & Analysis
Motion to Discharge Passed for the Day
in House (2/14/2024)
School Safety
Glanville
Requires the department of state police and the office of school safety within the department of state police to provide to certain school personnel safety and security training.
Text & Analysis
Motion to Discharge Passed for the Day
in House (2/14/2024)
School Education
Neeley
Requires office of school safety quarterly reporting of tips received.
Text & Analysis
Motion to Discharge Passed for the Day
in House (2/14/2024)
School Safety
Weiss
Provides definitions for OK2Say program.
Text & Analysis
Motion to Discharge Passed for the Day
in House (2/14/2024)
Property Tax
Friske
Provides exemption from state education tax for certain agricultural property.
Text & Analysis
HB 4120
PA 46
Child Protection
Rogers
Requires distribution of training package to individuals designated as mandatory reporters for child abuse or child neglect.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(6/29/2023; Signed: June 29, 2023, Effective: September 26, 2023)
HB 4124
PA 50
Public Employees
Glanville
Prohibits preventing reporting of certain alleged crimes to title IX coordinator by use of position of authority.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(6/29/2023; Signed: June 29, 2023, Effective: September 26, 2023)
HB 4125
PA 51
Criminal Sexual Conduct
Rheingans
Requires certain actions regarding pupil who reports being sexually assaulted and prohibits pupil from being expelled for reported incident.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(6/29/2023; Signed: June 29, 2023, Effective: September 26, 2023)
Extreme Risk Protection Orders
Puri
Enacts the extreme risk protection order act.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (4/19/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
School Attendance
Coleman
Provides excused absence from public school for the purpose of sounding "Taps" at a military honor funeral for a deceased veteran.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (4/12/2023; To Education Committee)
School Aid
O'Neal
Modifies eligibility for career and technical education funding.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/2/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
HB 4166
PA 34
School Districts
Koleszar
Eliminates letter grade system for ranking public schools.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(5/22/2023; Signed: May 22, 2023, Effective: SD)
School Aid
Weiss
Provides supplemental appropriations in the school aid act for fiscal year 2022-2023.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/2/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
School Privacy
Fox
Provides restriction of student access to certain restrooms and changing areas based on biological sex.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/7/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
HB 4199
PA 33
Michigan National Guard
Conlin
Expands Michigan National Guard tuition assistance program eligibility for spouses and dependants.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(5/22/2023; Signed: May 20, 2023, Effective: May 20, 2023)
Graduation Requirements
Neyer
Provides use of alternative education classes to meet graduation requirements.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/8/2023; To Education Committee)
School Supplies
Shannon
Provides sales tax holiday for back-to-school clothing and school supplies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Tax Policy Committee)
School Supplies
Koleszar
Provides use tax holiday for back-to-school clothing and school supplies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Tax Policy Committee)
School Safety
Rogers
Requires installation of high-visibility markers on all rooms and exterior doors of a school building.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (1/17/2024; To Education Committee)
School Aid
Filler
Provides funding to districts for the development and implementation of a certain numbering system.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
HB 4230
PA 243
Public Service Employment
Wilson
Removes prohibition against deduction from a public employee's wages for certain political purposes.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(11/30/2023; Signed: November 29, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024 )
Collective Bargaining
Carter, B.
Prohibits an employer from offering or granting status as permanent replacement employee to certain individuals who work for the employer during a labor dispute.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Labor Committee)
HB 4233
PA 114
Public Service Employment
Churches
Removes prohibition against labor organizations' assistance in collecting dues from public school employee.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/27/2023; Signed: July 26, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024 )
HB 4234
PA 244
Campaign Finance
Tsernoglou
Allows automatic payroll deductions for PAC contributions.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(11/30/2023; Signed: November 29, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024 )
Union Dues
Farhat
Provides credit for the payment of qualified union dues paid to a labor organization.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Tax Policy Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Mentzer
Prohibits the public employer from discriminating against the public employee based on public employee's refusal to participate in certain meetings or communications sponsored by a public employer.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Labor Committee)
Labor Regulations
Andrews
Repeals local government labor regulatory limitation act, 2015 PA 105.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Labor Committee (6/22/2023)
School Safety
Carter, B.
Requires that each school building is equipped with at least 1 panic alarm.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (9/19/2023)
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (9/19/2023)
School Safety
Carter, B.
Provides funding for installation of panic alarms in school buildings.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (9/19/2023)
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (9/19/2023)
Animal Research Facilities
Paiz
Provides for reporting requirements and penalties for noncompliance.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Regulatory Reform Committee (5/16/2023)
Animal Research
Paiz
Requires certain research facilities to offer certain laboratory animals for adoption before euthanization.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Regulatory Reform Committee (5/16/2023)
Curriculum
Johnsen
Expand social studies curriculum.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/14/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Education
Koleszar
Removes certain provisions of the revised school code dealing with strikes and collective bargaining.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (4/13/2023)
Community Colleges Appropriations
Steckloff
Provides appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (6/28/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
Higher Education Appropriations
Steckloff
Provides appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (6/28/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
Public School Employees
Snyder
Modifies waiting period for employment of certain retired coaches.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/21/2023; To Education Committee)
Name, Image, Likeness
Witwer
Allows coaches and university officials to provide guidance and advice to athletes for name, image, or likeness collectives.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Higher Education Committee (6/21/2023)
Liquor Licenses
Filler
Allows issuance of liquor licenses to sporting venues on premises of public universities.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/23/2023; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
School Transportation
Coffia
Provides funding for pupil transportation.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/23/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
HB 4341
PA 154
Water Supply
Puri
Provides clean drinking water in schools and child care centers.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(10/19/2023; Signed: October 19, 2023, Effective: October 19, 2023)
HB 4354
PA 115
School Employment
Weiss
Removes performance evaluation standards, merit pay standards, and decisions on layoff, recall, hiring, position eliminations, classroom observation, teacher placement, evaluation, discipline, and discharge from prohibited subjects of bargaining for public school employers.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/27/2023; Signed: July 26, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024 )
Collective Bargaining
Weiss
Updates reference to reference to 1947 PA 336, the state school aid act of 1979.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in House (6/13/2023; With committee substitute H-1 adopted.)
HB 4356
PA 143
Collective Bargaining
Carter, B.
Removes a public school employer's decision to contract with a third party for noninstructional support services from prohibited subjects of bargaining.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(10/3/2023; Signed: October 3, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024)
HB 4357
PA 144
Collective Bargaining
Hood
Updates reference to the state school aid act of 1979
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(10/3/2023; Signed: October 3, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024)
Excused Absences
Arbit
Allows a certain number of excused mental health days.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/12/2023; To Education Committee)
Public Employees
Andrews
Creates ombudsman for public employees.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Labor Committee (4/13/2023)
Financial Aid
Paquette
Requires written disclosure from individuals who distributes FAFSA applications of potential payback situations for federal higher education tuition assistance that one might benefit from by filling out the FAFSA.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/13/2023; To Education Committee)
School Aid
Meerman
Provides supplemental appropriations in the school aid act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/13/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
School Aid
Wegela
Provides funding for the elimination of debt for certain districts.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/13/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Rheingans
Provides collective bargaining rights for graduate assistants and student athletes.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Labor Committee (6/22/2023)
Collective Bargaining
Bollin
Makes ending day of school year prohibited subject of bargaining.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/3/2023; To Labor Committee)
Public School Restrooms
Maddock
Modifies requirements concerning restrooms and other certain areas in public schools.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/4/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Andrews
Allows the commission to certify labor organizations an exclusive bargaining representative of public employees based on petition and hearing.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/9/2023; To Labor Committee)
High School Athletics
DeSana
Modifies criteria used to cancel high school interscholastic athletic activities.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/10/2023; To Education Committee)
Substitute Teachers
Shannon
Modifies sunset for certain requirements concerning eligibility to serve as a substitute teacher.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (5/23/2023; With substitute H-1; By Education Committee)
HB 4573
PA 186
Community Colleges
Glanville
Extends new jobs training program sunset.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(11/7/2023; Signed: November 7, 2023, Effective: November 7, 2023)
Collective Bargaining
Thompson
Requires agreements between employers and unions that require employees to pay union due to include provision that makes payment of dues voluntary if certain union officers are convicted of certain felonies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Martin
Requires agreements between public employers and unions that require public employees to pay union dues to include provision that makes payment of dues voluntary if certain union officers are convicted of certain felonies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Right-To-Work Zones
BeGole
Allows local units of government to establish right-to-work zones.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Beson
Requires labor organizations to prepare quarterly report regarding expenditures.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Campaign Finances
Beeler
Prohibits exemption of a labor organization under certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Labor Organizations
Aragona
Prohibits labor organization's use of dues or fees for a political purpose unless authorized by the employee.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Public Service Employment
Aragona
Prohibits bargaining representative's use of dues or fees for a political purpose unless authorized by the public employee.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
School Buildings
Liberati
Allows use of design-build constructing for certain school buildings.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (3/14/2024; To Regulatory Affairs Committee)
School Aid
Johnsen
Provides funding for districts and intermediate districts that have certain student-to-teacher ratios.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/23/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
School Aid
Arbit
Modifies pupil membership count day and the supplemental pupil count to provide for an alternative day for the counting of pupils who are absent due to a religious observance or holiday.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in House (9/12/2023)
School Calendar
Koleszar
Eliminates restrictions on school start date.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in House (9/6/2023)
School Curriculum
Fox
Provides requirement for schools to offer instruction on Christian foundations of United States history.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/25/2023; To Education Committee)
HB 4676
PA 23
Foster Care
Young
Provides education requirements for children placed in foster care.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(3/28/2024; Signed: March 28, 2024, Effective: June 25, 2024)
HB 4677
PA 10
Foster Care
Young
Requires assessments of education facilities at child care institutions.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(2/27/2024; Signed: February 27, 2024, Effective: March 30, 2025)
HB 4678
PA 11
Child Care
Edwards
Requires assessments of education facilities at child care institutions.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(2/27/2024; Signed: February 27, 2024, Effective: March 30, 2025)
Collective Bargaining
Haadsma
Makes minimum staffing levels within a bargaining unit a mandatory subject of bargaining.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (11/2/2023; Substitute H-2 adopted; By Labor Committee)
School Aid
Meerman
Provides supplemental appropriations in the school aid act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/30/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
Opioid Antagonists
Prestin
Requires school districts to obtain opioid antagonists and distribute to certain employees and agents.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/13/2023; To Education Committee)
Opioid Antagonists
Fitzgerald
Requires school districts to obtain opioid antagonists and distributes to certain employees and agents.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/13/2023; To Education Committee)
Opioid Antagonist Training
Koleszar
Requires local health departments to provide to schools with opioid antagonist training.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/13/2023; To Education Committee)
Opioid Antagonists
Bezotte
Requires local health departments to provide opioid antagonists to schools.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/13/2023; To Education Committee)
HB 4752
PA 147
Public School Employees
Koleszar
Allows employment of retirant without forfeiting the retirant's retirement allowance for retirant earning less than a certain dollar amount.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(10/10/2023; Signed: October 10, 2023, Effective: October 10, 2023)
Retire State Employees
Kunse
Allows employment of retired state employee without forfeiting retirement benefits.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/15/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Name, Image, Likeness
Wilson
Prohibits preventing high school student athletes from receiving compensation for the use of their name, image, or likeness rights.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Oversight Committee (3/6/2024)
HB 4820
PA 116
Teachers and Administrators
Skaggs
Modifies factors for personnel decisions.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/27/2023; Signed: July 26, 2023, Effective: July 1, 2024)
Teachers and Administrators
O'Neal
Removes references to section 1250 of the revised school code.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/15/2023; To Education Committee)
Teachers and Administrators
Shannon
Removes references to section 1250 of the revised school code.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/15/2023; To Education Committee)
Names, Image, Likeness
Witwer
Modifies provisions relating to student athletes' name, image, and likeness rights.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Oversight Committee (3/6/2024)
Traditional Regalia
Steckloff
Prohibits discrimination against students for wearing traditional regalia.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Higher Education Committee (9/13/2023)
Traditional Regalia
Scott
Permits indigenous individuals to wear traditional regalia and bring traditional objects in a school building.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Higher Education Committee (9/13/2023)
School Vehicles
Shannon
Allows school bus stop-arm cameras and provides civil sanctions for violations.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (4/9/2024)
School Vehicles
Carter, T.
Allows school bus stop-arm cameras.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (4/9/2024)
Youth Employment
Skaggs
Modifies penalties for certain violations of youth employment standards act
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (10/19/2023; By Labor Committee)
Individual Income Tax
Skaggs
Creates make it in Michigan student loan credit for certain graduates of this state.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(8/23/2023; To Higher Education Committee)
Individual Income Tax Credit
Snyder
Creates make it in Michigan student loan credit for graduates who relocate to this state for employment.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(8/23/2023; To Higher Education Committee)
School Curriculum
Rogers
Provides environmental literacy task force to develop environmental literacy model curriculum and report on the curriculum.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (10/3/2023)
Employment of Minors
Scott
Provides sentencing guidelines for crimes related to the employment of minors
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (10/19/2023; By Labor Committee)
HB 4982
PA 127
Education Programs
Glanville
Extends authorization and distance education reciprocal exchange act sunset.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(9/29/2023)
Public School Employees
Rogers
Modifies unfunded actuarial accrued liability contribution amount for a university reporting unit.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (9/20/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
Teachers
Stone
Requires classroom management training for teaching certification.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/14/2023; To Education Committee)
Substitute Teachers
Weiss
Requires classroom management training for substitute teachers.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/14/2023; To Education Committee)
School Aid
O'Neal
Provides funding to implement a career development model.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/19/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Schriver
Requires a union to obtain authorization from a public employee to obtain before expending the public employee's union dues on a political purpose, and creates sorting requirements.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/20/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
HB 5021
PA 250
Public School Employees
Koleszar
Revises default option for newly hired employees.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(11/30/2023; Signed: November 29, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024 )
Educational Instruction Access
Arbit
Repeals educational instruction access act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (2/27/2024)
School Meals
Churches
Modifies free school lunch and breakfast program.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/26/2023; To Education Committee)
Student Loans
Schuette
Creates student loan credit for certain graduates of this state.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/26/2023; To Tax Policy Committee)
Education Curriculum
VanWoerkom
Modifies merit curriculum requirement.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/27/2023; To Education Committee)
Foreign Influence
Greene
Regulates certain programs and agreements between public schools and foreign countries of concern.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/28/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Foreign influence
Bruck
Prohibits foreign influence of state institutions of higher education.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/28/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
School Attendance
Filler
Allows time pupils spend at recess to be counted as pupil instruction time.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/3/2023; To Education Committee)
School Attendance
Breen
Allows time pupils spend at recess to be counted as pupil instruction time.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/3/2023; To Education Committee)
Dyslexia
Glanville
Creates dyslexia resource guide advisory committee within the department of education.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/5/2023; To Education Committee)
Special Education
Schmaltz
Requires at least 1 teacher trained in the Orton-Gillingham methodology at each public school to employ.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/12/2023; To Education Committee)
Anatomical Gifts
Brabec
Requires instruction in organ and tissue donation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (3/5/2024)
Financial Aid
Hope
Modifies Michigan tuition grant program to permit grants to be awarded to individuals incarcerated in correctional facilities.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Higher Education Committee (10/25/2023)
Public School Academies
Weiss
Requires certain authorizer and educational management organization information on school signage, advertising, and promotional materials.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (4/23/2024; With Substitute H-1; By Education Committee)
Public School Academies
Young
Requires certain authorizer and educational management organization information on school signage, advertising, and promotional materials.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (4/23/2024; With Substitute H-1; By Education Committee)
Public School Academies
Steckloff
Requires certain authorizer and educational management organization information on school signage, advertising, and promotional materials.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (4/23/2024; With Substitute H-1; By Education Committee)
Public School Academies
Scott
Requires certain authorizer and educational management organization information on school signage, advertising, and promotional materials.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (4/23/2024; With Substitute H-1; By Education Committee)
Public Official Financial Disclosure
Brabec
Requires members of the governing boards of certain state universities to file financial disclosure reports.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/25/2023; To Session)
Public Official Financial Disclosure
Coffia
Requires candidates for the governing boards of certain state universities to file financial disclosure reports.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/25/2023; To Session)
Public School Academies
Koleszar
Requires a public school academy to post salary information on its website.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (4/23/2024; By Education Committee)
School Zones
Bierlein
Modifies definition of school zone.
Text & Analysis
Seizures
Hope
Provides for certain school requirements related to seizure awareness.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(11/14/2023; To Education Committee)
Parental Rights
Tisdel
Requires notification to parents and legal guardians of any long-term impact decision made by or on behalf of child.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(11/14/2023; To Families, Children and Seniors Committee)
Firearms
VanderWall
Provides firearm safety instruction.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(11/14/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
School Curriculum
Markkanen
Limits sex education, instruction in reproductive health, and instruction concerning communicable diseases to grades 4 and above and allow for the provision of certain educational materials to parents and legal guardians.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(11/14/2023; To Education Committee)
ISD Board Members
Meerman
Requires popular election of intermediate school district board members.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(11/14/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Parent Rights
Cavitt
Creates Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(11/14/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
School Curriculum
Beeler
Modifies requirements concerning state board recommended model core academic curriculum content standards.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/23/2024; To Education Committee)
School Athletics
Bruck
Provides requirement that the board of a school district or intermediate school district permit children who are homeschooled to participate in extracurricular activities at the school district or intermediate school district under certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/23/2024; To Education Committee)
School Code
Conlin
Provides inclusion of incidents involving possession or dissemination of sexually explicit or abusive material in required incident reporting.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/20/2024; To Education Committee)
Lifelong Education Appropriations
Snyder
Provides appropriations for department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential for fiscal year 2024-2025.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (5/8/2024; 56-50; immediate effect)
School Aid
Weiss
Provides appropriations for K-12 school aid for fiscal year 2024-2025.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (5/8/2024; 56-50; immediate effect)
Community Colleges Appropriations
Steckloff
Provides appropriations for community colleges for fiscal year 2024-2025.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (5/8/2024; 56-47; immediate effect)
Higher Education Appropriations
Steckloff
Provides higher education appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (5/8/2024; 56-50; immediate effect)
Education Appropriations
Weiss
Provides department of education appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (5/8/2024; 56-49, immediate effect)
School Aid
Weiss
Provides omnibus appropriations for K-12 school aid, higher education, and community colleges for fiscal year 2024-2025.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (5/8/2024; 56-50; immediate effect)
Higher Education
Glanville
Modifies nonvoting members of this state’s delegation to the midwestern higher education commission.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (5/9/2024; 69-38; immediate effect)
School Safety
Breen
Requires schools to create behavioral threat assessment and management teams.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (3/19/2024)
School Curriculum
Glanville
Requires public high schools to offer a computer science course.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/23/2024; To Education Committee)
Religious Accomodations
Puri
Provides religious accommodation policy for certain postsecondary educational institutions.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/24/2024; To Education Committee)
School Safety Commission
Meerman
Revises school safety commission membership.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/24/2024; To Education Committee)
School Safety Commission
De Boer
Updates reference to school safety commission.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/24/2024; To Education Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Bierlein
restores collective bargaining; right to work.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/25/2024; To Government Operations Committee)
Retirement/Pension Benefits
Hertel, K.
Revises limitations and restrictions on deductions of certain retirement or pension benefits and revenue distribution to state school aid fund.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (1/26/2023; To Tax Policy Committee)
Passed
in Senate (1/26/2023; 23-15; earlier advanced to Third Reading with floor substitute S-2 adopted)
Collective Bargaining
Camilleri
Allows requirement for agency fee for nonunion members in bargaining agreements and as condition of employment in public sector.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Labor Committee (3/14/2023)
SB 8
PA 3
School Aid
Anthony
Provides supplemental appropriations in the school aid act for fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(2/14/2023; Signed: February 14, 2023, Effective: February 14, 2023)
SB 12
PA 7
Education
Polehanki
Modifies requirements related to the retention of certain grade 3 pupils.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(3/24/2023; Signed: March 24, 2023, Effective: March 17, 2024)
School Aid
McBroom
Modifies requirements concerning counting pupils in membership for pupils enrolled in certain work-based learning experiences.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (10/18/2023; With substitute S-1; By Appropriations Committee)
School Attendance
Anthony
Allows a certain number of excused mental health days.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/18/2023; To Education Committee)
SB 34
PA 8
Collective Bargaining
Camilleri
Revises collective bargaining rights to restore former provisions.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(3/24/2023; Signed: March 24, 2023, Effective: March 17, 2024)
School Aid
Hoitenga
Provides appropriation of certain funds for rural district transportation.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/25/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
School Curriculum
Bellino
Includes instructions on the risks associated with gambling in curriculum.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/7/2023; To Education Committee)
SB 63
PA 26
School Aid
Polehanki
Allows use of school sinking fund for school transportation.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(5/8/2023; Signed: May 8, 2023, Effective: August 5, 2023)
SB 66
PA 57
Sexual Assault
Chang
Requires schools to provide information regarding sexual assault and harassment to students and encourages related professional development.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/12/2023; Signed: July 11, 2023, Effective: October 9, 2023)
Firearms and Weapons
Hertel, K.
Requires license or background check for purchase of firearms.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (3/22/2023)
Firearms
Moss
Updates references to pistol in penal code.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (3/22/2023)
Firearms
Cavanagh
Updates references in sentencing guidelines.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (3/22/2023)
SB 88
PA 173
Child Care
Santana
Requires installations of filtration systems in child care centers.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(10/24/2023; Signed: October 24, 2023, Effective: October 24, 2023; (Earlier Presented))
Child Care
Cherry
Provides clean drinking water in schools and child care centers.
Text & Analysis
School Supplemental
Anthony
Provides supplemental appropriations in the school aid act for fiscal year 2022-2023.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/21/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
School Athletics
Bellino
Allows for cash as accepted form of payment for admission fee for high school interscholastic athletic activities.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/1/2023; To Education Committee)
Omnibus Appropriations - School Aid
Outman, R.
Provides fiscal year 2022-2023 omnibus appropriations for K-12 school aid, higher education, and community colleges.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/1/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
SB 161
PA 110
Teaching Certification
Geiss
Modifies certain requirements concerning teacher certification.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/27/2023; Signed: July 26, 2023, Effective: July 27, 2023)
SB 162
PA 111
School Counselors
McCann
Expands reciprocity for out-of-state school counselors.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/27/2023; Signed: July 26, 2023, Effective: July 27, 2023)
SB 169
PA 236
Collective Bargaining
Cherry
Requires public employers to provide public employee contact information to bargaining representatives.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(11/30/2023; Signed: November 29, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024 )
SB 173
PA 103
Education Omnibus Budget
Camilleri
Provides fiscal year 2023-2024 appropriations for K-12 school aid.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/21/2023; Signed: July 20, 2023, Effective: July 21, 2023)
SB 174
PA 320
K-12 School Aid Supplemental Appropriations
Camilleri
Provides for supplemental appropriations for K-12 school aid in the 2023-24 fiscal year.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(12/18/2023; Signed: December 18, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024 )
University and Colleges Safety
Webber
Provides supplemental 2022-23 fiscal year appropriations for universities and community colleges safety grants.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/15/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
SB 185
PA 237
Graduate Assistant Unions
Irwin
Removes exclusion of certain graduate assistants from definition of public employee.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(11/30/2023; Signed: November 29, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024 )
2023-2024 MDE Appropriations
Bayer
Provides for 2023-24 fiscal year appropriations to the Department of Education.
Text & Analysis
Conferees Named
in House (6/6/2023; Rep. Regina Weiss, Rep. Jason Morgan, and Rep. Nancy DeBoer)
2023-24 Higher Education Appropriations
McCann
Provides for 2023-24 fiscal year appropriations to higher education.
Text & Analysis
Referred to Conference Committee
in Senate (6/7/2023)
2023-24 Community College Appropriations
McCann
Provides for 2023-24 fiscal year appropriations to community colleges.
Text & Analysis
Referred to Conference Committee
in Senate (6/7/2023)
2023-24 Education Supplemental Appropriations
McCann
Provides for supplemental 2023-24 fiscal year appropriations to K-12 school aid, higher education and community colleges.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/15/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
SB 247
PA 96
Liquor Licenses
McCann
Allows issuance of liquor licenses to sporting venues on premises of public universities.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/19/2023; Signed: July 18, 2023, Effective: July 19, 2023)
School Employees
Wojno
Modifies waiting period for employment of certain retired coaches.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/11/2023; To Education Committee)
School Aid
Polehanki
Provides allocation to certain school districts to pay down debt.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/12/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
School Attendance
Polehanki
Modifies attendance requirements for kindergarten.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (4/17/2024; To Education Committee)
Higher Education
Albert
Provides for higher education appropriations for the 2023-24 fiscal year.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/27/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
Department of Education Appropriations
Albert
Provides for appropriations for fiscal year 2023-24.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/27/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
Teacher Licensing
Geiss
Modifies teacher licensing examination.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (4/30/2024)
SB 359
PA 112
Collective Bargaining
Chang
Modifies method of compensation for teachers and school administrators.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/27/2023; Signed: July 26, 2023, Effective: July 27, 2023)
School Aid
Bellino
Modifies day and hour requirements.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/8/2023; To Education Committee)
SB 395
PA 224
Teachers and Administrators
Polehanki
Modifies performance evaluation systems for public school teachers and school administrators.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(11/22/2023; Presented 11/22/2023; Signed: November 22, 2023, Effective: July 1, 2024; earlier Presented)
SB 396
PA 225
Teachers and Administrators
McDonald Rivet
Modifies references regarding teacher performance evaluations.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(11/22/2023; Presented 11/22/2023; Signed: November 22, 2023, Effective: July 1, 2024; earlier Presented)
FAFSA
Camilleri
Requires completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by pupils as condition of graduation.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (11/2/2023; To Education Committee)
Passed
in Senate (11/2/2023; 20-18; Earlier advanced to Third Reading with floor substitute S-3.)
Meal Programs
Polehanki
Creates free school lunch and breakfast program.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (9/26/2023; By Education Committee)
SB 511
PA 198
Public School Employees
McCann
Modifies unfunded actuarial accrued liability contribution amount for a university reporting unit.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(11/7/2023; Signed: November 7, 2023, Effective: November 7, 2023)
School Aid Penalties
Daley
Modifies school aid penalties for districts and intermediate districts.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/19/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
Interim Teaching Certifications
Camilleri
Modifies interim teaching certification process.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (5/9/2024; 107-0; immediate effect)
School Attendance
Bellino
Allows time pupils spend at recess to be counted as pupil instruction time.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/27/2023; To Education Committee)
School Attendance
McDonald Rivet
Allows time pupils spend at recess to be counted as pupil instruction time.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/27/2023; To Education Committee)
In-State Tuition
Bellino
Requires in-state tuition rates for students registered to vote in this state.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/3/2023; To Elections and Ethics Committee)
Dyslexia
Irwin
Provides prescreening for dyslexia in public schools.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (3/12/2024; To Education Committee)
Passed
in Senate (3/12/2024; 37-1; With committee substitute S-3 adopted.)
Teacher Preparation Institutions
Polehanki
Creates certain requirements for the approval of teacher preparation institutions.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (3/12/2024; To Education Committee)
Passed
in Senate (3/12/2024; 38-0)
School Curriculum
Bumstead
Provides firearm safety instruction.
Text & Analysis
Educational Scholarships
Nesbitt
Creates student opportunity scholarship accounts.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/7/2024; To Education Committee)
Income Tax Deductions
Theis
Provides credit for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations and deduction of funds distributed to student opportunity scholarship accounts.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/7/2024; To Education Committee)
Reading Deficiencies
Huizenga
Modifies requirements for addressing reading deficiencies and informing parents and legal guardians.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/7/2024; To Education Committee)
Student Retention
Hoitenga
Allows parent or legal guardian to request that the parent’s or legal guardian’s child be retained in a grade level for a specified school year.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/7/2024; To Education Committee)
Tutors
Johnson, R.
Requires science of reading training for tutors.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/7/2024; To Education Committee)
School Aid
Huizenga
Provides supplemental appropriations in the state school aid act of 1979 for bonus payments to certain teachers.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/7/2024; To Education Committee)
School Curriculum
Victory
Requires instruction in water safety.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/29/2024; To Education Committee)
State Universities
McCann
Provides creation of a coordinated cybersecurity defense organization and security operations center for this state’s public universities.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/29/2024; To Appropriations Committee)
School Libraries
Camilleri
Requires school library and participation in interlibrary loan system in all public schools.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (4/16/2024)
School Librarians
Camilleri
Requires certified school librarian in certain public schools.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (4/16/2024)
School Libraries
Bayer
Provides designated individual to supervise pupils in a school library under certain conditions.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (4/16/2024)
Probationary Periods
McDonald Rivet
Modifies requirements for a teacher to successfully complete a probationary period.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (3/19/2024; To Education Committee)
Passed
in Senate Education Committee (3/19/2024; 20-17; Given Immediate Effect; Earlier advanced to Third Reading with committee substitute S-1 adopted and reported by the Education Committee.)
School Aid Omnibus
Anthony
Provides appropriations for K-12 school aid, higher education, and community colleges for fiscal year 2024-2025.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/7/2024; To Appropriations Committee)
School Aid
Camilleri
Provides appropriations in the school aid act for fiscal year 2024-2025.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in Senate (5/7/2024; S-1 substitute adopted with floor amendment)
Higher Education Appropriations
McCann
Provides appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in Senate (5/9/2024; 20-16)
Community Colleges Appropriations
McCann
Provides appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in Senate (5/7/2024; S-2 substitute adopted with floor amendment)
Department of Education Appropriations
Bayer
Provides appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in Senate (5/9/2024; 20-16)
School Aid
Theis
Provides certain reading scholarships for certain eligible children.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/14/2024; To Education Committee)
School Districts
Damoose
Provides letter grade system for ranking public schools.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/14/2024; To Education Committee)
Teachers and Administrators
Damoose
Modifies performance evaluation systems for public school teachers and school administrators.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/14/2024; To Education Committee)
Performance Evaluations
Johnson, R.
Modifies references regarding teacher performance evaluations.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/14/2024; To Education Committee)
Textbook Tax Credit
Chang
Provides for income tax credit for sales and use tax paid for textbooks purchased by eligible students.
Text & Analysis
Computer Science Education
Geiss
Requires public high schools to offer a computer science course.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/2/2024; To Education Committee)
SNAP
Anthony
A resolution to urge the United States federal government to amend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to simplify the college student exemptions to make aid more accessible for prospective and enrolled students who come from low-income families.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in Senate (11/9/2023; Voice Vote)
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