SENATE BILL No. 1296

 

 

June 7, 2006, Introduced by Senators THOMAS, KUIPERS, SIKKEMA, SWITALSKI, CLARK-COLEMAN, EMERSON and LELAND and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

by amending section 1146 (MCL 380.1146).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1146. (1)  A  Except as otherwise provided under

 

subsection (2), a separate school or department shall not be kept

 

for a person on account of race, color, or  sex  gender. This

 

section shall not be construed to prevent the grading of schools

 

according to the intellectual progress of the pupil to be taught in

 

separate places as may be deemed expedient.

 

     (2) The board of a school district may establish and maintain

 

a school, class, or program within a school in which enrollment is

 

limited to pupils of a single gender if a comparable school, class,

 


or program is available to pupils of each gender.