SB-1157, As Passed Senate, November 10, 2004                                

    SUBSTITUTE FOR

    SENATE BILL NO. 1157

                                                                             A bill to amend 2000 PA 258, entitled                                             

"Career and technical preparation act,"                                     

by amending sections 3 and 9 (MCL 388.1903 and 388.1909) and by             

adding section 3a.                                                          

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 3.  As used in this act:                                               

2       (a) "Career and technical preparation program" means a                      

3   program that teaches a trade, occupation, or vocation and that is           

4   operated by an eligible postsecondary educational institution               

5   located in this state.                                                      

6       (b) "Community college" means a community college established               

7   under the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.1             

8   to 389.195, or under part 25 of the revised school code, 1976 PA            

9   451, MCL 380.1601 to 380.1607, or a federal tribally controlled             

10  community college located in this state that is recognized under            

1   the tribally controlled community college assistance act of 1978,           

2   Public Law 95-471 25 USC 1801 to 1852, and is determined by the           

3   department to meet the requirements for accreditation by a                  

4   recognized regional accrediting body.                                       

5       (c) "Department" means the department of  career development

6   labor and economic growth.                                                  

7       (d) "Eligible charges" means tuition and mandatory course                   

8   fees, material fees, and registration fees required by a career             

9   and technical preparation program for enrollment in an eligible             

10  course.  Eligible charges also include any late fees charged by a           

11  career and technical preparation program due to the school                  

12  district's failure to make a required payment according to the              

13  timetable prescribed under this act.  Eligible charges do not               

14  include transportation or parking costs or activity fees.                   

15      (e) "Eligible course" means a course offered by a career and                

16  technical preparation program that is not offered through the               

17  school district, intermediate school district, or area                      

18  vocational-technical education program in which the eligible                

19  student is enrolled, or that is offered through the school                  

20  district, intermediate school district, or area                             

21  vocational-technical education program but is determined by its             

22  governing board to not be available to the eligible student                 

23  because of a scheduling conflict beyond the eligible student's              

24  control; that is a career and technical preparation course not              

25  ordinarily taken as an activity course; that is a course that the           

26  career and technical preparation program normally applies toward            

27  satisfaction of certificate, degree, or program completion                  

1   requirements; and that is not a hobby craft or recreational                 

2   course.                                                                     

3       (f) "Eligible postsecondary educational institution" means a                

4   state university, community college, or independent nonprofit               

5   degree-granting college or university that is located in this               

6   state and that chooses to comply with this act.                             

7       (g) "Eligible student" means a student enrolled in at least 1               

8   high school class in at least grade 11 in a school district in              

9   this state, except a foreign exchange pupil enrolled in a school            

10  district under a cultural exchange program.  , who has Until the           

11  2006-2007 school year, to be an eligible student a student must             

12  have achieved state endorsement in all subject areas under                  

13  section 1279 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL                   

14  380.1279.  However, if the student has not achieved state                   

15  endorsement in all subject areas under that section, the student            

16  is an eligible student if the student achieves state endorsement            

17  in mathematics and a qualifying score on a nationally or industry           

18  recognized job skills assessment test as determined by the                  

19  department.  Beginning with eligibility to participate under this           

20  act during the 2006-2007 school year, to be an eligible student a           

21  student must have achieved a qualifying score in all subject                

22  areas on a readiness assessment.  However, if the student has not           

23  achieved a qualifying score in all subject areas on a readiness             

24  assessment, the student is an eligible student if the student               

25  achieves a qualifying score in mathematics and a qualifying score           

26  on a nationally or industry recognized job skills assessment test           

27  as determined by the superintendent of public instruction.

Senate Bill No. 1157 as amended November 10, 2004                           

1       (h) "Intermediate school district" means that term as defined               

2   in section 4 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.4.            

3   (i) "Qualifying score" means a score on a readiness                         

4   assessment or on a nationally or industry recognized job skills             

5   assessment test that has been determined by the superintendent of           

6   public instruction to indicate readiness to enroll in a course              

7   under this act.                                                             

8       (j) "Readiness assessment" means assessment instruments that                

9   are aligned with state learning standards; that are used                    

10  nationally to provide high school students with an early                    

11  indication of <<college readiness>> proficiency in English, mathematics, reading, and                                                                    

12  science and contain a comprehensive career planning program; and            

13  that are approved by the superintendent of public instruction for           

14  the purposes of this act.

15  (k)  (i)  "School district" means that term as defined in                   

16  section 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.6, a             

17  local act school district as defined in section 5 of the revised            

18  school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5, or a public school academy             

19  organized under the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1             

20  to 380.1852.                                                                

21  (l)  (j)  "State university" means a state institution of                            

22  higher education described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII            

23  of the state constitution of 1963.                                          

24  Sec. 3a.  Not later than July 1, 2005, the superintendent of                

25  public instruction shall do both of the following:                          

26      (a) Approve 1 or more readiness assessments that may be used                

27  for the purposes of determining eligible students beginning with            

1   participation in the 2006-2007 school year.  Readiness                      

2   assessments shall be aligned with state learning standards and              

3   shall provide high school students with an early indication of              

4   proficiency in the subject areas of English, mathematics,                   

5   reading, and science and contain a comprehensive career planning            

6   program.                                                                    

7       (b) Determine qualifying scores for each subject area                       

8   component of a readiness assessment and for a nationally or                 

9   industry recognized job skills assessment test that indicate                

10  readiness to enroll in a course under this act.

11      Sec. 9.  (1) Each school district shall provide information                 

12  to all high school students on the career and technical                     

13  preparation enrollment options under this act, including                    

14  enrollment eligibility; the programs and types of courses that              

15  are eligible for participation; the decision-making process for             

16  granting academic credits; an explanation of eligible charges               

17  that will be paid by the school district and of financial                   

18  arrangements for eligible charges and for paying costs not paid             

19  for by the school district; eligibility for payment of all or               

20  part of eligible charges by the school district under this act;             

21  an explanation that, if the student qualifies for payment of all            

22  or part of eligible charges by the school district under this               

23  act, the school district will pay that support directly to the              

24  career and technical preparation program upon being billed by the           

25  career and technical preparation program and that the student is            

26  not responsible for that payment but is responsible for payment             

27  of costs not paid for under this act; available support services;           

1   the need to arrange an appropriate schedule; consequences of                

2   failing or not completing a vocational education course in which            

3   the eligible student enrolls; the effect of enrolling in a career           

4   and technical preparation course on the eligible student's                  

5   ability to complete the required high school graduation                     

6   requirements;  an explanation of how the parent or legal guardian           

7   of a student in at least grade 10 may request that the student be           

8   allowed to take a test or assessment used for state endorsement             

9   early in order to qualify to be an eligible student;  and the               

10  academic and social responsibilities that must be assumed by the            

11  eligible student and his or her parent or guardian.                         

12      (2) To the extent possible, a school district shall provide                 

13  counseling services to an eligible student and his or her parent            

14  or guardian before the eligible student enrolls in a career and             

15  technical preparation course under this act to ensure that the              

16  eligible student and his or her parent or guardian are fully                

17  aware of the benefits, risks, and possible consequences of                  

18  enrolling in the course.  The person providing the counseling               

19  shall encourage the eligible student and his or her parent or               

20  guardian to also use available counseling services at the career            

21  and technical preparation program before the quarter or semester            

22  of enrollment to ensure that anticipated plans are appropriate.             

23  A school district may provide the counseling required under this            

24  section in a group meeting if additional personalized counseling            

25  is also made available.                                                     

26      (3) Before enrolling in an eligible course at a career and                  

27  technical preparation program under this act, an eligible student           

1   and his or her parent or guardian shall file with the career and            

2   technical preparation program a signed form provided by the                 

3   eligible student's school district stating that the student is an           

4   eligible student and has received the information and counseling            

5   specified in subsections (1) and (2) and that the student                   

6   understands the responsibilities that must be assumed in                    

7   enrolling in the course.  Upon request, the department shall                

8   provide technical assistance to a school district and to a career           

9   and technical preparation program in developing appropriate forms           

10  and counseling guidelines for purposes of this section.                     

11      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

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

13  are enacted into law:                                                       

14      (a) Senate Bill No. 1153.                                                   

15      (b) Senate Bill No. 1154.                                                   

16      (c) Senate Bill No. 1155.                                                   

17      (d) Senate Bill No. 1156.