HOUSE BILL No. 4407


     March 6, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Clark, Dennis, Hale, Stewart, Clarke, McConico, Bogardus, Garza, Schauer, Thomas, DeWeese, Jacobs,
Callahan, Lipsey, Neumann, Reeves, Hardman, Kolb, Williams, Woodward, Adamini, Rich Brown, Phillips, Anderson, Bovin, Kilpatrick, Rison, Minore,
Plakas, Waters, Murphy, Lockwood, O'Neil, Basham and Lemmons 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 1290.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 1290.  (1) FOR THE 2001-2002 SCHOOL YEAR, IF A SCHOOL

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      DISTRICT, LOCAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY

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      OPERATES A SCHOOL BUILDING IN WHICH SOME OR ALL OF GRADES K-3 ARE

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      OFFERED AND IN WHICH AT LEAST 50% OF THE PUPILS ACTUALLY ENROLLED

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      IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SCHOOL YEAR

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      WERE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE LUNCH, THE BOARD OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT,

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      LOCAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY SHALL ENSURE

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      THAT THE AVERAGE CLASS SIZE IN GRADES K-3 IN THAT SCHOOL BUILDING

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      IS NOT MORE THAN 17 PUPILS PER CLASS, WITH NOT MORE THAN 19

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      PUPILS IN ANY PARTICULAR CLASS.




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           (2) FOR THE 2002-2003 SCHOOL YEAR, IF A SCHOOL DISTRICT,

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      LOCAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY OPERATES A

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      SCHOOL BUILDING IN WHICH SOME OR ALL OF GRADES K-3 ARE OFFERED

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      AND IN WHICH AT LEAST 35% OF THE PUPILS ACTUALLY ENROLLED IN THE

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      SCHOOL BUILDING IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SCHOOL YEAR WERE

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      ELIGIBLE FOR FREE LUNCH, THE BOARD OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, LOCAL

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      ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY SHALL ENSURE THAT

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      THE AVERAGE CLASS SIZE IN GRADES K-3 IN THAT SCHOOL BUILDING IS

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      NOT MORE THAN 17 PUPILS PER CLASS, WITH NOT MORE THAN 19 PUPILS

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      IN ANY PARTICULAR CLASS.

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           (3) FOR THE 2003-2004 SCHOOL YEAR, IF A SCHOOL DISTRICT,

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      LOCAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY OPERATES A

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      SCHOOL BUILDING IN WHICH SOME OR ALL OF GRADES K-3 ARE OFFERED

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      AND IN WHICH AT LEAST 20% OF THE PUPILS ACTUALLY ENROLLED IN THE

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      SCHOOL BUILDING IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SCHOOL YEAR WERE

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      ELIGIBLE FOR FREE LUNCH, THE BOARD OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, LOCAL

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      ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY SHALL ENSURE THAT

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      THE AVERAGE CLASS SIZE IN GRADES K-3 IN THAT SCHOOL BUILDING IS

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      NOT MORE THAN 17 PUPILS PER CLASS, WITH NOT MORE THAN 19 PUPILS

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      IN ANY PARTICULAR CLASS.

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           (4) FOR THE 2004-2005 SCHOOL YEAR, IF A SCHOOL DISTRICT,

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      LOCAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY OPERATES A

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      SCHOOL BUILDING IN WHICH SOME OR ALL OF GRADES K-3 ARE OFFERED

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      AND IN WHICH AT LEAST 10% OF THE PUPILS ACTUALLY ENROLLED IN THE

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      SCHOOL BUILDING IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SCHOOL YEAR WERE

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      ELIGIBLE FOR FREE LUNCH, THE BOARD OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, LOCAL

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      ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY SHALL ENSURE THAT



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      THE AVERAGE CLASS SIZE IN GRADES K-3 IN THAT SCHOOL BUILDING IS

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      NOT MORE THAN 17 PUPILS PER CLASS, WITH NOT MORE THAN 19 PUPILS

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      IN ANY PARTICULAR CLASS.

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           (5) BEGINNING IN THE 2005-2006 SCHOOL YEAR, AND FOR EACH

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      SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER, THE BOARD OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, LOCAL ACT

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      SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY THAT OPERATES SOME OR

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      ALL OF GRADES K-3 SHALL ENSURE THAT THE AVERAGE CLASS SIZE IN

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      GRADES K-3 IS NOT MORE THAN 17 PUPILS PER CLASS, WITH NOT MORE

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      THAN 19 PUPILS IN ANY PARTICULAR CLASS.

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           (6) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, FREE LUNCH ELIGIBILITY

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      SHALL BE AS DETERMINED UNDER THE RICHARD B. RUSSELL NATIONAL

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      SCHOOL LUNCH ACT, CHAPTER 281, 60 STAT. 230, 42 U.S.C. 1751 TO

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      1753, 1755 TO 1761, 1762a, 1765 TO 1766a, 1769, 1769b TO 1769c,

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      AND 1769f TO 1769h, AND REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT NOT LATER THAN

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      OCTOBER 31 OF THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SCHOOL YEAR AND ADJUSTED

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      NOT LATER THAN DECEMBER 31 OF THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SCHOOL

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      YEAR.























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