HOUSE BILL No. 4782

May 12, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Hopgood, Miller, Kehrl, Vagnozzi, Polidori, Gonzales, Accavitti, Byrnes, Clack, Donigan, Kathleen Law, Angerer, Meisner, Zelenko, Williams, Alma Smith, Spade, Bieda, Phillips, Hunter, Plakas, Sheltrown, Bennett, Wojno, McDowell, Virgil Smith and Gleason 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 503d.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 503d. If the board of directors of a public school

 

academy enters into or renews or extends an agreement with an

 

educational management company or any other entity to provide

 

educational, administrative, management, or instructional services

 

or staff to the public school academy, the board of directors shall

 

ensure that the agreement requires the educational management

 

company or other entity to comply with the freedom of information


 

act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246, to the same extent as if

 

the educational management company or other entity were a public

 

body under that act.