Retirement: public school employees; employment of retirant without forfeiting the retirant's retirement allowance for retirant earning less than a certain dollar amount; allow.
Health: local health departments; opioid antagonist training; require local health departments to provide to schools.
Elections: absent voter ballot drop boxes; requirements for absent voter ballot drop boxes; modify.
Education: calendar; restrictions on school start date; eliminate.
Insurance: health insurers; minimum required coverage; provide for.
Health facilities: other; health facilities or agencies providing certain care and services; require written documentation for denying admittance.
Education: other; certain provisions of 1947 PA 336; modify to remove certain provisions of the revised school code.
Traffic control: violations; penalties for operating a vehicle while sending or receiving a message on an electronic wireless device; enhance.
Use tax: exemptions; use tax holiday for back-to-school clothing and school supplies; provide for.
Exempts select items from sales and use taxes on a single weekend in August.
Education: school districts; letter grade system for ranking public schools; eliminate.
Repeals section 1280g (MCL 380.1280g) of the revised school code which includes provisions for holding schools accountable for academic performance. Section 1280g includes the A-F school ranking system known as Michigan School Grades. Michigan School Grades is a standardized system that uses several performance indicators to assess a school’s progress each year. A letter grade is assigned to the school based on its annual performance and reported on the Michigan Department of Education’s website. The purpose of the letter grade system is to report a school’s progress in a manner that is simple and easily understood by the public.
Section 1280g also includes provisions for identifying underperforming schools to be targeted for improvement and monitoring. As part of the improvement process, accountability measures must be developed and implemented for the lowest achieving schools. Charter schools that receive a failing grade for three years in a row are subject to closure based on this provision. In addition, it includes provisions for recognizing schools that are consistently among the highest achieving schools in the state. Removing section 1280g would eliminate a transparent, consistent and reliable system of school accountability and decrease incentives for schools to improve or maintain their level of performance.
