HOUSE BILL NO. 6535

December 17, 2020, Introduced by Reps. Gay-Dagnogo, Jones, Sneller, Cherry, Yancey, Guerra, Hood, Camilleri, Anthony, Brenda Carter, Garrett, Kuppa, Cynthia Neeley and Stone and referred to the Committee on Education.

"An act to promote the safety, welfare, and educational interests of the people of this state by regulating the construction, reconstruction, and remodeling of, and the installation of certain security devices at, certain public or private school buildings or additions to those buildings and by regulating the construction, reconstruction, and remodeling of, and the installation of certain security devices at, buildings leased or acquired for school purposes; to define the class of buildings affected by this act; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state agencies and officials; to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,"

(MCL 388.851 to 388.855a) by adding section 1e.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 1e. (1) Within 1 year after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the departments shall do all of the following:

(a) Inspect all public and private school buildings in this state in order to ensure that those school buildings are in compliance with the requirements of this act and the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531.

(b) Compile a report of the findings under subdivision (a), including a list of all public and private school buildings that are not in compliance with the requirements of this act and the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531, and the proposed cost of bringing those school buildings into compliance with this act and the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531.

(c) Submit the report compiled under subdivision (b) to the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees.

(2) As used in this section, "departments" means the departments of education, licensing and regulatory affairs, and treasury.