May 12, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Miller, Hopgood, 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 503c.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 503c. (1) Not later than 60 days after the effective date
of this section, an authorizing body of a public school academy
shall amend the contract authorizing the public school academy to
require the board of directors of the public school academy to
adopt and implement a conflict of interest policy for the board of
directors, officials, and employees of the public school academy.
At a minimum, the conflict of interest policy shall meet both of
the following:
(a) Shall require compliance with the requirements of 1968 PA
317, MCL 15.231 to 15.330, and with any other conflict of interest
law generally applicable to public bodies in this state.
(b) Shall prohibit specifically identified family
relationships between members of the board of directors, persons
who have an ownership interest in or are officers or employees of
an educational management company involved in the operation of the
public school academy, and employees of the public school academy.
The contract shall identify the specific prohibited relationships.
(2) An authorizing body that issues a contract for a public
school academy after the effective date of this section shall
include in the contract a requirement that the board of directors
of the public school academy shall adopt and implement a conflict
of interest policy for the board of directors, officials, and
employees of the public school academy that meets the requirements
of subsection (1).