April 19, 2007, Introduced by Senators KUIPERS, JANSEN, BIRKHOLZ, BROWN, GILBERT, HARDIMAN, GEORGE, CROPSEY, VAN WOERKOM, GARCIA, PAPPAGEORGE and BISHOP and referred to the Committee on Local, Urban and State Affairs.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 632 (MCL 380.632) and by adding sections 506a,
527a, 633, 1255, and 1311m.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 506a. If the board of directors of a public school
academy provides medical, optical, or dental benefits to employees
and their dependents, the board of directors shall provide those
benefits in accordance with the public employees health benefit act
and shall comply with that act.
Sec. 527a. If the board of directors of an urban high school
academy provides medical, optical, or dental benefits to employees
and their dependents, the board of directors shall provide those
benefits in accordance with the public employees health benefit act
and shall comply with that act.
Sec. 632. (1) In the process of establishing salaries or
determining other working conditions, the intermediate school board
may provide other related benefits of an economic nature on a joint
participating or nonparticipating basis with intermediate school
district
employees. The Subject to
section 633, the benefits may
include health and accident insurance coverage, group life
insurance, annuity contracts, and reimbursement for credit hours
earned during employment for professional improvement.
(2) After a teacher has been employed at least 7 consecutive
years by the intermediate school board, and at the end of each
additional period of 7 or more consecutive years of employment, the
intermediate school board may grant the teacher a sabbatical leave
for professional improvement for not to exceed 2 semesters at 1
time, if the teacher holds a permanent, life, or continuing
certificate. During the sabbatical leave, the teacher shall be
considered to be in the employ of the intermediate school board,
shall have a contract, and may be paid compensation under the
regulations of the intermediate school board. The intermediate
school board shall not be held liable for death or injuries
sustained by a teacher while on sabbatical leave.
Sec. 633. If the intermediate school board of an intermediate
school district provides medical, optical, or dental benefits to
employees and their dependents, the intermediate school board shall
provide those benefits in accordance with the public employees
health benefit act and shall comply with that act.
Sec. 1255. If the board of a school district provides medical,
optical, or dental benefits to employees and their dependents, the
board shall provide those benefits in accordance with the public
employees health benefit act and shall comply with that act.
Sec. 1311m. If the board of directors of a strict discipline
academy provides medical, optical, or dental benefits to employees
and their dependents, the board of directors shall provide those
benefits in accordance with the public employees health benefit act
and shall comply with that act.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 94th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 418.
(b) Senate Bill No. 420.
(c) Senate Bill No. 421.