March 16, 2006, Introduced by Senators SWITALSKI, CHERRY, PRUSI, SCOTT, OLSHOVE, CLARK-COLEMAN, EMERSON and SCHAUER and referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Institutions.
A bill to amend 1966 PA 331, entitled
"Community college act of 1966,"
by amending section 121 (MCL 389.121), as amended by 1997 PA 135.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 121. (1) The board of trustees of the community college
district has the power to make plans for, to promote, or to
acquire, construct, own, develop, maintain, and operate a community
college and an area vocational-technical education program. The
board of trustees may do all of the following:
(a) Locate, acquire, purchase, or lease in the name of the
community college district a site or sites within or without the
territory of the community college district for college buildings,
libraries, agricultural farms, athletic fields, playgrounds,
stadiums, gymnasiums, auditoriums, parking areas, residence halls,
and supporting facilities as may be necessary; purchase, lease,
acquire, erect or build and equip buildings, structures, and other
improvements for college or area vocational-technical education
buildings, libraries, agricultural farms, athletic fields,
playgrounds, stadiums, gymnasiums, auditoriums, parking areas,
residence halls, and supporting facilities as may be necessary;
enter into installment purchase contracts for real or personal
property; pay for real or personal property out of the funds of the
community college district provided for that purpose; sell or
exchange any real or personal property of the community college
district that is no longer required for school purposes, and give
proper deeds, bills of sale, or other instruments passing title to
the real or personal property.
(b) Establish and carry on schools and departments or courses
of study and other educational programs as may be consistent with
the purposes of this act, and take over and succeed to the
operation of a community college or vocational-technical department
or departments previously operated by school districts within the
community college district.
(c) Establish, equip, and maintain agricultural, trade, and
other vocational-technical departments and have general control
over them for community college or area vocational-technical
program purposes.
(d) Establish admission criteria for educational programs
consistent with the purposes of this act. However, the admission
criteria shall not include a requirement that an individual
applying for admission to the community college has graduated from
high school or passed the general educational development (GED)
test or another graduate equivalency examination approved by the
state board if the individual meets all of the following at the
time of application:
(i) He or she has not attended a high school program, general
educational development (GED) program, or community college for at
least the 4 preceding years.
(ii) He or she is currently an outsourced worker or his or her
income is at or below 150% of the federal poverty guidelines
published by the United States department of health and human
services.
(2) As used in this section, "outsourced worker" means an
adversely affected worker, as that term is defined in 20 CFR 617.3.