SB-0944, As Passed Senate, April 27, 2004                                   

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 944

                                                                             A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled                                              

"The state school aid act of 1979,"                                         

by amending section 166a (MCL 388.1766a), as amended by 2003 PA             

158.                                                                        

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 166a.  (1) In order to avoid forfeiture of state aid                   

2   under subsection (2), the board of a district or intermediate               

3   district providing reproductive health or other sex education               

4   instruction under section 1169, 1506, or 1507 of the revised                

5   school code, MCL 380.1169, 380.1506, and 380.1507, or under any             

6   other provision of law, shall ensure that all of the following              

7   are met:                                                                    

8       (a) That the district or intermediate district does not                     

9   provide any of the instruction to a pupil who is less than 18               

10  years of age unless the district or intermediate district                   

1   notifies the pupil's parent or legal guardian in advance of the             

2   instruction and the content of the instruction, gives the pupil's           

3   parent or legal guardian a prior opportunity to review the                  

4   materials to be used in the instruction, allows the pupil's                 

5   parent or legal guardian to observe the instruction, and notifies           

6   the pupil's parent or legal guardian in advance of his or her               

7   rights to observe the instruction and to have the pupil excused             

8   from the instruction.                                                       

9       (b) That, upon the written request of a pupil's parent or                   

10  legal guardian or of a pupil if the pupil is at least age 18, the           

11  pupil shall be excused, without penalty or loss of academic                 

12  credit, from attending class sessions in which the instruction is           

13  provided.                                                                   

14      (c) That the sex education instruction includes                             

15  age-appropriate information clearly informing pupils at 1 or more           

16  age-appropriate grade levels that having sex or sexual contact              

17  with an individual under the age of 16 is a crime punishable by             

18  imprisonment, and that 1 of the other results of being convicted            

19  of this crime is to be listed on the sex offender registry on the           

20  internet for at least 25 years.                                             

21  (2) If a parent or legal guardian of a pupil enrolled in a                  

22  district or intermediate district believes that the district or             

23  intermediate district has violated this section or section 1169,            

24  1506, or 1507 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1169, 380.1506,           

25  and 380.1507, he or she may file a complaint with the                       

26  superintendent or chief administrator of the district or                    

27  intermediate district in which the pupil is enrolled.  Upon                 

1   receipt of the complaint, the superintendent or chief                       

2   administrator of the district or intermediate district shall                

3   investigate the complaint and, within 30 days after the date of             

4   the complaint, provide a written report of his or her findings to           

5   the parent or legal guardian who filed the complaint and to the             

6   superintendent of public instruction.  If the investigation                 

7   reveals that 1 or more violations have occurred, the written                

8   report shall contain a description of each violation and of                 

9   corrective action the district or intermediate district will take           

10  to correct the situation to ensure that there is no further                 

11  violation.  The district or intermediate district shall take the            

12  corrective action described in the written report within 30 days            

13  after the date of the written report.                                       

14      (3) If a parent who has filed a complaint with a district                   

15  under subsection (2) is not satisfied with the investigation or             

16  findings made by the superintendent or chief administrator of the           

17  district, the parent may appeal the findings to the intermediate            

18  district in which the district is located.  If there is an appeal           

19  to an intermediate district under this subsection, the                      

20  intermediate superintendent of the intermediate district shall              

21  investigate the complaint and, within 30 days after the date of             

22  the appeal, provide a written report of his or her findings to              

23  the parent or legal guardian who filed the appeal and to the                

24  superintendent of public instruction.  If the investigation by              

25  the intermediate superintendent reveals that 1 or more violations           

26  have occurred, the intermediate superintendent in consultation              

27  with the local district shall develop a plan for corrective                 

1   action for the district to take to correct the situation to                 

2   ensure that there is no further violation, and shall include this           

3   plan for corrective action with the written report provided to              

4   the parent or legal guardian and the superintendent of public               

5   instruction.  The district shall take the corrective action                 

6   described in the plan within 30 days after the date of the                  

7   written report.                                                             

8       (4) If a parent who has filed a complaint with an                           

9   intermediate district under subsection (2) or a parent who has              

10  filed an appeal with an intermediate district under subsection              

11  (3) is not satisfied with the investigation or findings made by             

12  the intermediate superintendent of the intermediate district, the           

13  parent may appeal the findings to the department.  If there is an           

14  appeal to the department under this subsection, the department              

15  shall investigate the complaint and, within 90 days after the               

16  date of the appeal, provide a written report of its findings to             

17  the parent or legal guardian who filed the appeal, to the                   

18  superintendent of public instruction, and to the district and               

19  intermediate district.  If the department finds 1 or more                   

20  violations as a result of its investigation, then all of the                

21  following apply:                                                            

22      (a) The department shall develop a plan for corrective action               

23  for the district or intermediate district to take to correct the            

24  situation to ensure that there is no further violation, and shall           

25  include this plan for corrective action with the written report             

26  provided to the parent or legal guardian, the superintendent of             

27  public instruction, and the district or intermediate district.              

1   The district or intermediate district shall take the corrective             

2   action described in the plan within 30 days after the date of the           

3   written report.                                                             

4   (b) In addition to withholding the percentage of state school               

5   aid forfeited by the district or intermediate district under                

6   subsection (5), the department may assess a fee to the district             

7   or intermediate district that committed the violation in an                 

8   amount not to exceed the actual cost to the department of                   

9   conducting the investigation and making the reports required                

10  under this subsection.                                                      

11      (5)  (2) A If an investigation conducted by the department                 

12  under subsection (4) reveals that a district or intermediate                

13  district  that does not comply with has committed 1 or more                

14  violations of this section or section 1169, 1506, or 1507 of the            

15  revised school code, MCL 380.1169, 380.1506, and 380.1507, the              

16  district or intermediate district shall forfeit  5% an amount              

17  equal to 1% of its total state school aid allocation under this             

18  act.                                                                        

19  (6) The department, with the approval of the superintendent                 

20  of public instruction, shall establish a reasonable process for a           

21  complainant to appeal to the department under subsection (4).               

22  The process shall not place an undue burden on the complainant,             

23  the district or intermediate district, or the department.                   

24      (7) The department shall track the number of complaints and                 

25  appeals it receives under this section for the 2004-2005 school             

26  year and, not later than the end of that school year, shall                 

27  submit a report to the standing committees and appropriations               

1   subcommittees of the legislature having jurisdiction over                   

2   education legislation and state school aid that details the                 

3   number and nature of those complaints and appeals and the cost to           

4   the department of handling them.

5       Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

6   effect unless Senate Bill No. 943 of the 92nd Legislature is                

7   enacted into law.