HOUSE BILL No. 5352


     February 15, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Garcia, Bishop, Martinez, Mans, Vander Roest and Gosselin and referred to the
Committee on Education.


        A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

   "The revised school code,"

   (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1165.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC.  1165.  (1) BEGINNING IN THE 2000-2001 SCHOOL YEAR, THE

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      BOARD OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR LOCAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BOARD

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      OF DIRECTORS OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY SHALL ENSURE THAT THE

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      SCHOOL DISTRICT'S OR PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY'S CURRICULUM FOR

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      GRADES K TO 12 INCLUDES A PROGRAM IN CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.  THE

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      PROGRAM SHALL BE THE SAME AS OR SIMILAR TO THE CHARACTER COUNTS

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      PROGRAM OR THE CHARACTER FIRST! EDUCATION SERIES, SHALL BE SECU-

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      LAR IN NATURE, AND SHALL STRESS SUCH CHARACTER QUALITIES AS

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      ATTENTIVENESS, PATIENCE, AND INITIATIVE.

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           (2) NOT LATER THAN JULY 1, 2000, THE STATE BOARD SHALL

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      DEVELOP AND DISTRIBUTE TO EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, LOCAL ACT SCHOOL


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      DISTRICT, AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY 1 OR MORE MODEL PROGRAMS

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      MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION (1) THAT MAY BE ADOPTED

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      AND IMPLEMENTED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.


















































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