House Introduced Bill 5840

HOUSE BILL No. 5840


     May 24, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Scott, Price, DeHart, Scranton, Hale, Daniels, Quarles, Brewer, Stallworth, Rison,
Hardman, Reeves, Basham, Clark, Garza, DeWeese, Martinez, Jacobs, Brater, Schermesser, Kelly, Cherry, Godchaux, Hanley, Baird,
Lockwood, Callahan, Clarke, Gieleghem, Minore, Jamnick, Frank, Sheltrown, Bovin, Wojno, Woodward, O'Neil, Dennis, Mans,
Tesanovich, Kilpatrick, Stamas and Thomas and referred to the Committee on Constitutional Law and Ethics.


        A bill to amend 1966 PA 331, entitled

   "Community college act of 1966,"

   by amending sections 31 and 32 (MCL 389.31 and 389.32).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 31.  (1) A school district or 2 or more contiguous

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      school districts  which  THAT operate grades kindergarten through

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      12 may form a community college district UNDER THIS CHAPTER.

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       When resolutions of 

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           (2) IF the boards of education of contiguous school dis-

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      tricts EACH ADOPT A RESOLUTION requesting the organization of the

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      community college district  are filed  AND FILE THE RESOLUTIONS

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      with the secretary of the board of education of the intermediate

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      school district having the highest valuation in the proposed

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      community college district area, he OR SHE shall refer the

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      questions of organizing the community college district and the


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      proposed annual tax rate to the state board of education for

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      approval.  When 

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           (3) IF the board of education of a single school district

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      adopts a resolution OR RECEIVES A PETITION SIGNED BY NOT LESS

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      THAN 500 SCHOOL ELECTORS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT requesting the

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      organization of a community college district, the secretary of

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      the board of education of  that  THE district shall refer  such
   

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      THE questions OF ORGANIZING THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT AND

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      THE PROPOSED ANNUAL TAX RATE to the state board of education for

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      approval.

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           (4)  (2)  For the purpose of this chapter, a school district

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      operating grades kindergarten through 12  shall be  IS eligible

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      for the formation of a community college district even though a

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      part of the district is within an existing community college

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      district.  Except as provided in section 46, the part  shall not

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      be  WITHIN AN EXISTING COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT IS NOT included

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      in the area of the community college district  nor shall  AND a

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      person residing in  the  THAT part  be  IS NOT eligible to
   vote

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      at the organizational election or at any community college dis-

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      trict election.

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           Sec. 32.  (1)  In the case  IF THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY COL-

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      LEGE DISTRICT IS COMPRISED of 2 or more CONTIGUOUS school

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      districts, AND IF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION GRANTS ITS

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      APPROVAL AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 31(2), the secretary of the

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      board of education of the intermediate school district shall file

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      a copy of the approval  specified in section 31  with the

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      secretary of the board of education of each component school



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      district.  When  IF the filing  or receipt of approval from the

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      state board of education by the secretary of the board of educa-

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      tion of a single school district  occurs at least 60 days but not

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      more than 6 months prior to the next annual school election, the

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       secretaries  SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF EACH COMPO-

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      NENT SCHOOL DISTRICT shall include the necessary community col-

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      lege propositions in the proceedings for the annual election.

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       (2) When the approval is filed with the secretaries of the com-

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      ponent school districts or approval is received by the secretary

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      of the board of education of a single school district  IF THE

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      FILING OCCURS more than 6 months  prior to  BEFORE the date of

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      the NEXT annual school election,  each  THE board of education OF

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      EACH COMPONENT SCHOOL DISTRICT shall call a special election to

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      be held on a date designated by the secretary of the intermediate

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      board of education of the school district having the highest val-

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      uation within the proposed community college district  ,  for the

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      purpose of submitting the propositions relating to the establish-

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      ment of a community college district.  , or in the case of a

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      single school district the board of education shall call a spe-

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      cial election on a date it determines.  A majority of the elec-

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      tors of  the  EACH COMPONENT school district voting  thereon

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      shall  ON THE PROPOSITIONS MUST approve the organization of the

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      community college district.

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           (2) IF THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT IS COMPRISED

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      OF 1 SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND IF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION GRANTS

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      ITS APPROVAL AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 31(3), THE SECRETARY OF THE

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      BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL INCLUDE THE



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      NECESSARY COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROPOSITIONS IN THE PROCEEDINGS FOR

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      THE NEXT ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION IF THE SECRETARY RECEIVES THE

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      APPROVAL AT LEAST 60 DAYS BUT NOT MORE THAN 6 MONTHS BEFORE THE

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      ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION.  IF THE SECRETARY RECEIVES THE APPROVAL

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      MORE THAN 6 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE NEXT ANNUAL SCHOOL

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      ELECTION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL

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      CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION ON A DATE IT DETERMINES, BUT NOT MORE

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      THAN 90 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE APPROVAL.  A MAJORITY OF THE

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      ELECTORS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTING ON THE PROPOSITIONS MUST

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      APPROVE THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT.




































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