S06552'04 (S-2)

SB-1153, As Passed Senate, November 10, 2004

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 1153

A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

"The revised school code,"

by amending sections 1278, 1279, 1279a, 1279c, 1279d, and 1525

(MCL 380.1278, 380.1279, 380.1279a, 380.1279c, 380.1279d, and

380.1525), sections 1278 and 1279c as amended by 1995 PA 289,

sections 1279 and 1279d as amended by 2004 PA 399, section 1279a

as added by 2002 PA 592, and section 1525 as amended by 2003 PA

202, and by adding section 1279g.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 Sec. 1278. (1) In addition to the requirements for

2 accreditation under section 1280 specified in that section, if

3 the board of a school district wants all of the schools of the

4 school district to be accredited under section 1280, the board

5 shall provide to all pupils attending public school in the

6 district a core academic curriculum in compliance with subsection

1 (3) in each of the curricular areas specified in the state board

2 recommended model core academic curriculum content standards

3 developed under subsection (2). The state board model core

4 academic curriculum content standards shall encompass academic

5 and cognitive instruction only. For purposes of this section,

6 the state board model core academic curriculum content standards

7 shall not include attitudes, beliefs, or value systems that are

8 not essential in the legal, economic, and social structure of our

9 society and to the personal and social responsibility of citizens

10 of our society.

11 (2) Recommended model core academic curriculum content

12 standards shall be developed and periodically updated by the

13 state board, shall be in the form of knowledge and skill content

14 standards that are recommended as state standards for adoption by

15 public schools in local curriculum formulation and adoption, and

16 shall be distributed to each school district in the state. The

17 recommended model core academic curriculum content standards

18 shall set forth desired learning objectives in math, science,

19 reading, history, geography, economics, American government, and

20 writing for all children at each stage of schooling and be based

21 upon the "Michigan K-12 program standards of quality" to ensure

22 that high academic standards, academic skills, and academic

23 subject matters are built into the instructional goals of all

24 school districts for all children. The state board also shall

25 ensure that the Michigan educational assessment program and the

26 ~~high school proficiency exam~~ Michigan merit examination are

27 based on the state recommended model core curriculum content

1 standards, are testing only for proficiency in basic and advanced

2 academic skills and academic subject matter, and are not used to

3 measure pupils' values or attitudes.

4 (3) The board of each school district, considering academic

5 curricular objectives defined and recommended pursuant to

6 subsection (2), shall do both of the following:

7 (a) Establish a core academic curriculum for its pupils at

8 the elementary, middle, and secondary school levels. The core

9 academic curriculum shall define academic objectives to be

10 achieved by all pupils and shall be based upon the school

11 district's educational mission, long-range pupil goals, and pupil

12 performance objectives. The core academic curriculum may vary

13 from the model core academic curriculum content standards

14 recommended by the state board pursuant to subsection (2).

15 (b) After consulting with teachers and school building

16 administrators, determine the aligned instructional program for

17 delivering the core academic curriculum and identify the courses

18 and programs in which the core academic curriculum will be

19 taught.

20 (4) The board may supplement the core academic curriculum by

21 providing instruction through additional classes and programs.

22 (5) For all pupils, the subjects or courses, and the delivery

23 of those including special assistance, that constitute the

24 curriculum the pupils engage in shall assure the pupils have a

25 realistic opportunity to learn all subjects and courses required

26 by the district's core academic curriculum. ~~in order to give all~~

27 ~~pupils a reasonable opportunity to attain a state-endorsed~~

1 ~~diploma.~~ A subject or course required by the core academic

2 curriculum pursuant to subsection (3) shall be provided to all

3 pupils in the school district by a school district, a consortium

4 of school districts, or a consortium of 1 or more school

5 districts and 1 or more intermediate school districts.

6 (6) To the extent practicable, the state board may adopt or

7 develop academic objective-oriented high standards for knowledge

8 and life skills, and a recommended core academic curriculum, for

9 special education pupils for whom it may not be realistic or

10 desirable to expect achievement of ~~novice level or~~ initial

11 mastery of the state board recommended model core academic

12 content standards objectives or of a high school diploma.

13 (7) The state board shall make available to all nonpublic

14 schools in this state, as a resource for their consideration, the

15 model core academic curriculum content standards developed for

16 public schools pursuant to subsection (2) for the purpose of

17 assisting the governing body of a nonpublic school in developing

18 its core academic curriculum.

19 (8) Excluding special education pupils, pupils having a

20 learning disability, and pupils with extenuating circumstances as

21 determined by school officials, a pupil who does not score

22 satisfactorily on the 4th or 7th grade Michigan educational

23 assessment program reading test shall be provided special

24 assistance reasonably expected to enable the pupil to bring his

25 or her reading skills to grade level within 12 months.

26 (9) Any course that would have been considered a nonessential

27 elective course under Snyder v Charlotte School Dist, 421 Mich

1 517 (1984), on April 13, 1990 shall continue to be offered to

2 resident pupils of nonpublic schools on a shared time basis.

3 Sec. 1279. (1) ~~The~~ Subject to subsection (12) and section

4 1279g, until the end of the 2005-2006 school year, the board of a

5 school district or public school academy shall administer state

6 assessments to high school pupils in the subject areas of

7 ~~communications skills~~ English language arts, mathematics,

8 science, and social studies. The board shall include on the

9 pupil's high school transcript all of the following:

10 (a) For each high school graduate who has completed a subject

11 area assessment under this section, the pupil's scaled score on

12 the assessment.

13 (b) If the pupil's scaled score on a subject area assessment

14 falls within the range required under subsection (2) for a

15 category established under subsection (2), an indication that the

16 pupil has achieved state endorsement for that subject area.

17 (c) The number of school days the pupil was in attendance at

18 school each school year during high school and the total number

19 of school days in session for each of those school years.

20 (2) The ~~department~~ superintendent of public instruction

21 shall develop scaled scores for reporting subject area assessment

22 results for each of the subject areas under this section.

23 ~~Subject to approval by the state board, the department~~ The

24 superintendent of public instruction shall establish 3 categories

25 for each subject area indicating basic competency, above average,

26 and outstanding, and shall establish the scaled score range

27 required for each category. The ~~department~~ superintendent of

1 public instruction shall design and distribute to school

2 districts, intermediate school districts, public school

3 academies, and nonpublic schools a simple and concise document

4 that describes these categories in each subject area and

5 indicates the scaled score ranges for each category in each

6 subject area. A school district or public school academy may

7 award a high school diploma to a pupil who successfully completes

8 local school district or public school academy requirements

9 established in accordance with state law for high school

10 graduation, regardless of whether the pupil is eligible for any

11 state endorsement.

12 (3) The assessments administered for the purposes of this

13 section shall be administered to pupils during the last 90 school

14 days of grade 11. The ~~department~~ superintendent of public

15 instruction shall ensure that the assessments are scored and the

16 scores are returned to pupils, their parents or legal guardians,

17 and school districts or public school academies not later than

18 the beginning of the pupil's first semester of grade 12. The

19 ~~department~~ superintendent of public instruction shall arrange

20 for those portions of a pupil's assessment that cannot be scored

21 mechanically to be scored in Michigan by persons who are Michigan

22 teachers, retired Michigan teachers, or Michigan school

23 administrators and who have been trained in scoring the

24 assessments. The returned scores shall indicate the pupil's

25 scaled score for each subject area assessment, the range of

26 scaled scores for each subject area, and the range of scaled

27 scores required for each category established under subsection

1 (2). In reporting the scores to pupils, parents, and schools,

2 the ~~department~~ superintendent of public instruction shall

3 provide specific, meaningful, and timely feedback on the pupil's

4 performance on the assessment.

5 (4) For each pupil who does not achieve ~~state endorsement~~

6 proficiency in 1 or more subject areas, the board of the school

7 district or public school academy in which the pupil is enrolled

8 shall provide that there be at least 1 meeting attended by at

9 least the pupil and a member of the school district's or public

10 school academy's staff or a local or intermediate school district

11 consultant who is proficient in the measurement and evaluation of

12 pupils. The school district or public school academy may provide

13 the meeting as a group meeting for pupils in similar

14 circumstances. If the pupil is a minor, the school district or

15 public school academy shall invite and encourage the pupil's

16 parent, legal guardian, or person in loco parentis to attend the

17 meeting and shall mail a notice of the meeting to the pupil's

18 parent, legal guardian, or person in loco parentis. The purpose

19 of this meeting and any subsequent meeting under this subsection

20 shall be to determine an educational program for the pupil

21 designed to have the pupil achieve state endorsement in each

22 subject area in which he or she did not achieve state

23 endorsement. In addition, a school district or public school

24 academy may provide for subsequent meetings with the pupil

25 conducted by a high school counselor or teacher designated by the

26 pupil's high school principal, and shall invite and encourage the

27 pupil's parent, legal guardian, or person in loco parentis to

1 attend the subsequent meetings. The school district or public

2 school academy shall provide special programs for the pupil or

3 develop a program using the educational programs regularly

4 provided by the district unless the board of the school district

5 or public school academy decides otherwise and publishes and

6 explains its decision in a public justification report.

7 (5) A pupil who wants to repeat an assessment administered

8 under this section may repeat the assessment, without charge to

9 the pupil, in the next school year or after graduation. An

10 individual may repeat an assessment at any time the school

11 district or public school academy administers an applicable

12 assessment instrument or during a retesting period under

13 subsection (7).

14 (6) The ~~department~~ superintendent of public instruction

15 shall ensure that the length of the assessments used for the

16 purposes of this section and the combined total time necessary to

17 administer all of the assessments, including social studies, are

18 the shortest possible that will still maintain the degree of

19 reliability and validity of the assessment results determined

20 necessary by the ~~department~~ superintendent of public

21 instruction. The ~~department~~ superintendent of public

22 instruction shall ensure that the maximum total combined length

23 of time that schools are required to set aside for administration

24 of all of the assessments used for the purposes of this section,

25 including social studies, does not exceed 8 hours. However, this

26 subsection does not limit the amount of time that individuals may

27 have to complete the assessments.

1 (7) The ~~department~~ superintendent of public instruction

2 shall establish, schedule, and arrange periodic retesting periods

3 throughout the year until the end of the 2006-2007 school year

4 for individuals who desire to repeat an assessment under this

5 section. The ~~department~~ superintendent of public instruction

6 shall coordinate the arrangements for administering the repeat

7 assessments and shall ensure that the retesting is made available

8 at least within each intermediate school district and, to the

9 extent possible, within each school district.

10 (8) A school district or public school academy shall provide

11 accommodations to a pupil with disabilities for the assessments

12 required under this section, as provided under section 504 of

13 title V of the rehabilitation act of 1973, 29 USC 794; subtitle A

14 of title II of the Americans with disabilities act of 1990, 42

15 USC 12131 to 12134; and the implementing regulations for those

16 statutes.

17 (9) For the purposes of this section, the ~~department~~

18 superintendent of public instruction shall develop or select and

19 approve assessment instruments to measure pupil performance in

20 ~~communications skills~~ English language arts, mathematics,

21 social studies, and science. The assessment instruments shall be

22 based on the model core academic content standards objectives

23 under section 1278.

24 (10) All assessment instruments developed or selected and

25 approved by the state under any statute or rule for a purpose

26 related to K to 12 education shall be objective-oriented and

27 consistent with the ~~state board~~ model core academic content

1 standards objectives under section 1278.

2 (11) A Until the end of the 2006-2007 school year, a person

3 who has graduated from high school after 1996 and who has not

4 previously taken an assessment under this section may take an

5 assessment used for the purposes of this section, without charge

6 to the person, at the school district from which he or she

7 graduated from high school at any time that school district

8 administers the assessment or during a retesting period scheduled

9 under subsection (7) and have his or her scaled score on the

10 assessment included on his or her high school transcript. If the

11 person's scaled score on a subject area assessment falls within

12 the range required under subsection (2) for a category

13 established under subsection (2), the school district shall also

14 indicate on the person's high school transcript that the person

15 has achieved state endorsement for that subject area.

16 (12) Until the end of the 2006-2007 school year, a person who

17 has previously taken an assessment under this section may take a

18 retest on the assessment for the purposes of qualifying for a

19 Michigan merit award under the Michigan merit award scholarship

20 act, 1999 PA 94, MCL 390.1451 to 390.1459. The person may take

21 the retest, without charge to the person, at the school district

22 in which he or she is enrolled or resides or, if it is not

23 available in that school district, at another location within the

24 intermediate school district in which he or she resides, at a

25 regular testing time scheduled for the assessment or during a

26 retesting period scheduled under subsection (7).

27 (13) ~~(12)~~ A child who is a student in a nonpublic school or

1 home school may take an assessment under this section. To take

2 an assessment, a child who is a student in a home school shall

3 contact the school district in which the child resides, and that

4 school district shall administer the assessment, or the child may

5 take the assessment at a nonpublic school if allowed by the

6 nonpublic school. Upon request from a nonpublic school, the

7 ~~department~~ superintendent of public instruction shall supply

8 assessments and the nonpublic school may administer the

9 assessment.

10 (14) ~~(13)~~ The purpose of the assessment under this section

11 is to assess pupil performance in mathematics, science, social

12 studies, and ~~communication~~ English language arts for the

13 purpose of improving academic achievement and establishing a

14 statewide standard of competency. The assessment under this

15 section provides a common measure of data that will contribute to

16 the improvement of Michigan schools' curriculum and instruction

17 by encouraging alignment with Michigan's curriculum framework

18 standards. These standards are based upon the expectations of

19 what pupils should know and be able to do by the end of grade

20 11.

21 (15) ~~(14)~~ The ~~department~~ superintendent of public

22 instruction shall appoint an 11-member assessment administration

23 advisory committee to advise the ~~state board~~ superintendent of

24 public instruction on Michigan education assessment program

25 (MEAP) tests and, until the end of the 2005-2006 school year, on

26 the assessments used for state endorsements under this section.

27 This advisory committee shall be composed of representatives of

1 school districts, intermediate school districts, school

2 administrators, teachers, and parents, with the appointments

3 reflecting the geographic and population diversity of school

4 districts in this state. The representatives of school districts

5 and intermediate school districts shall be persons who are expert

6 in testing or test administration. This advisory committee shall

7 evaluate these tests and assessments and make recommendations to

8 the department on issues related to administration, scoring, and

9 reporting and use of results of these tests and assessments,

10 including, but not limited to, length of the tests and

11 assessments; the time of the testing period during the school

12 year; feedback provided to pupils, parents, and schools; accurate

13 and relevant reporting of results to the general public; the

14 selection of a retesting period and procedures and arrangements

15 for repeating tests or assessments; local scoring and other

16 general issues regarding scoring of tests and assessments;

17 categories of scoring on the MEAP tests and categories of state

18 endorsement under this section; and professional development for

19 teachers to assist in preparing pupils to have the necessary

20 skills and knowledge to succeed on the tests and assessments.

21 (16) ~~(15)~~ As used in this section:

22 (a) ~~"Communications skills"~~ "English language arts" means

23 reading and writing.

24 (b) "Social studies" means geography, history, economics, and

25 American government.

26 Sec. 1279a. If the ~~department of treasury~~ superintendent

27 of public instruction has reason to suspect that there are

1 irregularities in a school district's or public school academy's

2 administration of, or preparation of pupils for, a Michigan

3 educational assessment program (MEAP) test or the Michigan merit

4 examination, the ~~department of treasury~~ superintendent of

5 public instruction shall not report the suspected irregularities

6 to any person or entity not involved in the scoring or

7 administration of the test before notifying the school district

8 or public school academy of the suspected irregularities and

9 allowing at least 5 business days for school officials to

10 respond.

11 Sec. 1279c. The state board, the superintendent of public

12 instruction, the board of each school district, and each public

13 school academy shall ensure that the Michigan educational

14 assessment program (MEAP) tests and the Michigan merit

15 examination are not used to measure pupils' values or attitudes.

16 Sec. 1279d. If the ~~department of treasury,~~ superintendent

17 of public instruction , or any other state agency has reason to

18 suspect that there are irregularities in a school district's or

19 public school academy's administration of, or preparation of

20 pupils for, a Michigan educational assessment program (MEAP) test

21 or the Michigan merit examination, the ~~department of treasury,~~

22 superintendent of public instruction , or other state agency

23 shall not report the suspected irregularities to any person or

24 entity not involved in the scoring or administration of the test

25 before notifying the school district or public school academy of

26 the suspected irregularities and allowing at least 5 business

27 days for school officials to respond.

1 Sec. 1279g. (1) Beginning in the 2006 calendar year, the

2 board of a school district or board of directors of a public

3 school academy shall comply with this section and shall

4 administer the state assessments under section 1279 or the

5 Michigan merit examination to pupils in grade 11 as provided in

6 this section, as follows:

7 (a) For pupils in grade 11 in the 2005-2006 school year, the

8 state assessments under section 1279 shall be administered to all

9 pupils in grade 11 and the Michigan merit examination shall be

10 administered to a sample of pupils in grade 11 statewide, as

11 identified by the department. The pupils to be included in this

12 sample shall be determined by the department as the department

13 determines necessary to seek the approval of the United States

14 department of education to use the Michigan merit examination for

15 the purposes of the federal no child left behind act of 2001,

16 Public Law 107-110.

17 (b) Subject to subdivision (c), for pupils in grade 11 in the

18 2006-2007 school year and subsequent school years, the Michigan

19 merit examination shall be administered to all pupils in grade

20 11.

21 (c) If the United States department of education has not

22 approved the use of the Michigan merit examination for the

23 purposes of the federal no child left behind act of 2001, Public

24 Law 107-110, by December 31, 2006, all of the following apply:

25 (i) The state assessments under section 1279 shall continue

26 to be administered to all pupils in grade 11 until the next

27 calendar year that begins after that approval occurs.

1 (ii) The Michigan merit examination shall be administered to

2 all pupils in grade 11 beginning in the next calendar year that

3 begins after that approval occurs.

4 (iii) If it is necessary as part of the process of continuing

5 to seek the approval of the United States department of education

6 to use the Michigan merit examination for the purposes of the

7 federal no child left behind act of 2001, Public Law 107-110, the

8 department may again provide for the administration of both the

9 state assessments under section 1279 and the Michigan merit

10 examination to a sample of pupils in grade 11 statewide as

11 described in subdivision (a).

12 (2) The department shall take all steps necessary to obtain

13 the approval of the United States department of education to use

14 the Michigan merit examination for the purposes of the federal no

15 child left behind act of 2001, Public Law 107-110, by not later

16 than December 31, 2006 or as soon thereafter as possible.

17 (3) For the purposes of this section, the department of

18 management and budget shall contract with 1 or more providers to

19 develop, supply, and score the Michigan merit examination. The

20 Michigan merit examination shall consist of all of the

21 following:

22 (a) Assessment instruments that measure English language

23 arts, mathematics, reading, and science and are used by colleges

24 and universities in this state for entrance or placement

25 purposes.

26 (b) One or more tests from 1 or more test developers that

27 assess a pupil's ability to apply reading and mathematics skills

1 in a manner that is intended to allow employers to use the

2 results in making employment decisions.

3 (c) A social studies component.

4 (d) Any other component that is necessary to obtain the

5 approval of the United States department of education to use the

6 Michigan merit examination for the purposes of the federal no

7 child left behind act of 2001, Public Law 107-110.

8 (4) Beginning with pupils completing grade 11 in 2006, a

9 school district or public school academy that operates a high

10 school shall include on each pupil's high school transcript all

11 of the following:

12 (a) For each high school graduate who has completed the

13 Michigan merit examination under this section, the pupil's scaled

14 score on each subject area component of the Michigan merit

15 examination.

16 (b) The number of school days the pupil was in attendance at

17 school each school year during high school and the total number

18 of school days in session for each of those school years.

19 (5) The superintendent of public instruction shall work with

20 the provider or providers of the Michigan merit examination to

21 produce Michigan merit examination subject area scores for each

22 pupil participating in the Michigan merit examination, including

23 scaling and merging of test items for the different subject area

24 components. The superintendent of public instruction shall

25 design and distribute to school districts, public school

26 academies, intermediate school districts, and nonpublic schools a

27 simple and concise document that describes the scoring for each

1 subject area and indicates the scaled score ranges for each

2 subject area.

3 (6) The Michigan merit examination shall be administered each

4 year after March 1 and before June 1 to pupils in grade 11. The

5 superintendent of public instruction shall ensure that the

6 Michigan merit examination is scored and the scores are returned

7 to pupils, their parents or legal guardians, and schools not

8 later than the beginning of the pupil's first semester of grade

9 12. The returned scores shall indicate at least the pupil's

10 scaled score for each subject area component and the range of

11 scaled scores for each subject area. In reporting the scores to

12 pupils, parents, and schools, the superintendent of public

13 instruction shall provide specific, meaningful, and timely

14 feedback on the pupil's performance on the Michigan merit

15 examination.

16 (7) A pupil who does not qualify for a Michigan merit award

17 scholarship under the Michigan merit award scholarship act, 1999

18 PA 94, MCL 390.1451 to 390.1459, and who wants to repeat the

19 Michigan merit examination may repeat the Michigan merit

20 examination, without charge to the pupil, in the next school year

21 on a designated testing date.

22 (8) The superintendent of public instruction shall ensure

23 that the length of the Michigan merit examination and the

24 combined total time necessary to administer all of the components

25 of the Michigan merit examination are the shortest possible that

26 will still maintain the degree of reliability and validity of the

27 Michigan merit examination results determined necessary by the

1 superintendent of public instruction. The superintendent of

2 public instruction shall ensure that the maximum total combined

3 length of time that schools are required to set aside for

4 administration of all of the components of the Michigan merit

5 examination does not exceed 8 hours.

6 (9) A school district or public school academy shall provide

7 accommodations approved by the provider or providers of the

8 Michigan merit examination to a pupil with disabilities for the

9 Michigan merit examination, as provided under section 504 of

10 title V of the rehabilitation act of 1973, 29 USC 794; subtitle A

11 of title II of the Americans with disabilities act of 1990, 42

12 USC 12131 to 12134; and the implementing regulations for those

13 statutes.

14 (10) To the greatest extent possible, the Michigan merit

15 examination shall be based on the model core academic content

16 standards objectives under section 1278.

17 (11) A child who is a student in a nonpublic school or home

18 school may take the Michigan merit examination under this

19 section. To take the Michigan merit examination, a child who is

20 a student in a home school shall contact the school district in

21 which the child resides, and that school district shall

22 administer the Michigan merit examination, or the child may take

23 the Michigan merit examination at a nonpublic school if allowed

24 by the nonpublic school. Upon request from a nonpublic school,

25 the superintendent of public instruction shall direct the

26 provider or providers to supply the Michigan merit examination to

27 the nonpublic school and the nonpublic school may administer the

1 Michigan merit examination.

2 (12) In contracting under subsection (3), the department of

3 management and budget shall consider a contractor that provides

4 electronically-scored essays with the ability to score

5 constructed response feedback in multiple languages and provide

6 ongoing instruction and feedback.

7 (13) The purpose of the Michigan merit examination is to

8 assess pupil performance in mathematics, science, social studies,

9 and English language arts for the purpose of improving academic

10 achievement and establishing a statewide standard of competency.

11 The assessment under this section provides a common measure of

12 data that will contribute to the improvement of Michigan schools'

13 curriculum and instruction by encouraging alignment with

14 Michigan's curriculum framework standards and promotes pupil

15 participation in higher level mathematics, science, social

16 studies, and English language arts courses. These standards are

17 based upon the expectations of what pupils should learn through

18 high school and are aligned with national standards.

19 (14) As used in this section:

20 (a) "English language arts" means reading and writing.

21 (b) "Social studies" means geography, history, economics, and

22 American government.

23 Sec. 1525. (1) State and federal funds appropriated by the

24 legislature to support professional development and education may

25 be used for the following:

26 (a) Professional development programs for administrators and

27 teachers. These programs shall emphasize the improvement of

1 teaching and pupils' learning of academic core curriculum

2 objectives, as measured by Michigan educational assessment

3 program, the Michigan merit examination, and other criterion -

4 reference assessments; collaborative decision-making; site-based

5 management; the process of school improvement; instructional

6 leadership; and the use of data and assessment instruments to

7 improve teaching and learning for all pupils.

8 (b) A biennial education policy leadership institute. The

9 state board shall organize and convene a biennial education

10 policy leadership institute for the governor, the lieutenant

11 governor, the state board, the state superintendent, the

12 legislature, and the presidents of the state board approved

13 teacher education institutions, and the staff of each as may be

14 considered appropriate, to examine the most current public

15 education policy issues and initiatives and the appropriate role

16 of policy leaders.

17 (c) A statewide academy for school leadership established by

18 the state board.

19 (d) A principal leadership academy. The department, in

20 collaboration with statewide associations of school principals,

21 shall establish the principal leadership academy. The principal

22 leadership academy shall consist of training for school

23 principals that is conducted by other school principals who have

24 a record of demonstrated success in improving pupil performance.

25 The department shall solicit input from school district

26 superintendents and intermediate superintendents to compile a

27 list of successful school principals who would likely be

1 effective in conducting the training at the principal leadership

2 academy and shall select school principals to conduct the

3 training from this list. The training shall include all aspects

4 of successful school leadership, including at least all of the

5 following:

6 (i) Strategies for increasing parental involvement.

7 (ii) Strategies for engaging community support and

8 involvement.

9 (iii) Creative problem-solving.

10 (iv) Financial decision-making.

11 (v) Management rights and techniques.

12 (vi) Other strategies for improving school leadership to

13 achieve better pupil performance.

14 (e) Community leadership development. The state board, in

15 conjunction with intermediate school districts, shall conduct a

16 leadership development training program in each school district

17 for members of the community.

18 (f) Promotion of high educational standards. The state

19 board, in collaboration with the business community and

20 educators, shall coordinate and assist in the promotion of a

21 statewide public education and information program concerning the

22 need to achieve world class educational standards in the public

23 schools of this state.

24 (g) Sabbatical leaves. School districts shall provide

25 sabbatical leaves for up to 1 academic year for selected master

26 teachers who aid in professional development.

27 (h) Any other purpose authorized in the appropriation for

1 professional development in the state school aid act of 1979.

2 (2) In order to receive professional development funding

3 described in subsection (1), each school district and

4 intermediate school district shall prepare and submit to the

5 state board for approval an annual professional development

6 plan.

7 (3) The state board may disapprove for state funding proposed

8 professional development that the state board finds to be 1 or

9 more of the following:

10 (a) Not in furtherance of core academic curriculum needs.

11 (b) Not constituting serious, informed innovation.

12 (c) Of generally inferior overall quality or depth regardless

13 of who sponsors or conducts the education or training.

14 (d) Not in compliance with the requirements of section 1526.

15 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take

16 effect unless all of the following bills of the 92nd Legislature

17 are enacted into law:

18 (a) Senate Bill No. 1154.

19 (b) Senate Bill No. 1155.

20 (c) Senate Bill No. 1156.

21 (d) Senate Bill No. 1157.