HOUSE BILL No. 5812

 

 

April 17, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Runestad and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled

 

"The state school aid act of 1979,"

 

by amending section 6 (MCL 388.1606), as amended by 2017 PA 108.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 6. (1) "Center program" means a program operated by a

 

district or by an intermediate district for special education

 

pupils from several districts in programs for pupils with autism

 

spectrum disorder, pupils with severe cognitive impairment, pupils

 

with moderate cognitive impairment, pupils with severe multiple

 

impairments, pupils with hearing impairment, pupils with visual

 

impairment, and pupils with physical impairment or other health

 

impairment. Programs for pupils with emotional impairment housed in

 

buildings that do not serve regular education pupils also qualify.

 

Unless otherwise approved by the department, a center program

 

either shall serve all constituent districts within an intermediate


district or shall serve several districts with less than 50% of the

 

pupils residing in the operating district. In addition, special

 

education center program pupils placed part-time in noncenter

 

programs to comply with the least restrictive environment

 

provisions of section 612 of part B of the individuals with

 

disabilities education act, 20 USC 1412, may be considered center

 

program pupils for pupil accounting purposes for the time scheduled

 

in either a center program or a noncenter program.

 

     (2) "District and high school graduation rate" means the

 

annual completion and pupil dropout rate that is calculated by the

 

center pursuant to nationally recognized standards.

 

     (3) "District and high school graduation report" means a

 

report of the number of pupils, excluding adult education

 

participants, in the district for the immediately preceding school

 

year, adjusted for those pupils who have transferred into or out of

 

the district or high school, who leave high school with a diploma

 

or other credential of equal status.

 

     (4) "Membership", except as otherwise provided in this

 

article, means for a district, a public school academy, or an

 

intermediate district the sum of the product of .90 times the

 

number of full-time equated pupils in grades K to 12 actually

 

enrolled and in regular daily attendance on the pupil membership

 

count day for the current school year, plus the product of .10

 

times the final audited count from the supplemental count day for

 

the immediately preceding school year. A district's, public school

 

academy's, or intermediate district's membership shall be adjusted

 

as provided under section 25e for pupils who enroll after the pupil


membership count day in a strict discipline academy operating under

 

sections 1311b to 1311m of the revised school code, MCL 380.1311b

 

to 380.1311m. However, for a district that is a community district,

 

"membership" means the sum of the product of .90 times the number

 

of full-time equated pupils in grades K to 12 actually enrolled and

 

in regular daily attendance in the community district on the pupil

 

membership count day for the current school year, plus the product

 

of .10 times the sum of the final audited count from the

 

supplemental count day of pupils in grades K to 12 actually

 

enrolled and in regular daily attendance in the community district

 

for the immediately preceding school year plus the final audited

 

count from the supplemental count day of pupils in grades K to 12

 

actually enrolled and in regular daily attendance in the education

 

achievement system for the immediately preceding school year. All

 

pupil counts used in this subsection are as determined by the

 

department and calculated by adding the number of pupils registered

 

for attendance plus pupils received by transfer and minus pupils

 

lost as defined by rules promulgated by the superintendent, and as

 

corrected by a subsequent department audit. The amount of the

 

foundation allowance for a pupil in membership is determined under

 

section 20. In making the calculation of membership, all of the

 

following, as applicable, apply to determining the membership of a

 

district, a public school academy, or an intermediate district:

 

     (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, and

 

pursuant to subsection (6), a pupil shall be counted in membership

 

in the pupil's educating district or districts. An individual pupil

 

shall not be counted for more than a total of 1.0 full-time equated


membership.

 

     (b) If a pupil is educated in a district other than the

 

pupil's district of residence, if the pupil is not being educated

 

as part of a cooperative education program, if the pupil's district

 

of residence does not give the educating district its approval to

 

count the pupil in membership in the educating district, and if the

 

pupil is not covered by an exception specified in subsection (6) to

 

the requirement that the educating district must have the approval

 

of the pupil's district of residence to count the pupil in

 

membership, the pupil shall not be counted in membership in any

 

district.

 

     (c) A special education pupil educated by the intermediate

 

district shall be counted in membership in the intermediate

 

district.

 

     (d) A pupil placed by a court or state agency in an on-grounds

 

program of a juvenile detention facility, a child caring

 

institution, or a mental health institution, or a pupil funded

 

under section 53a, shall be counted in membership in the district

 

or intermediate district approved by the department to operate the

 

program.

 

     (e) A pupil enrolled in the Michigan Schools for the Deaf and

 

Blind shall be counted in membership in the pupil's intermediate

 

district of residence.

 

     (f) A pupil enrolled in a career and technical education

 

program supported by a millage levied over an area larger than a

 

single district or in an area vocational-technical education

 

program established pursuant to section 690 of the revised school


code, MCL 380.690, shall be counted only in the pupil's district of

 

residence.

 

     (g) A pupil enrolled in a public school academy shall be

 

counted in membership in the public school academy.

 

     (h) For the purposes of this section and section 6a, for a

 

cyber school, as defined in section 551 of the revised school code,

 

MCL 380.551, that is in compliance with section 553a of the revised

 

school code, MCL 380.553a, a pupil's participation in the cyber

 

school's educational program is considered regular daily

 

attendance, and for a district or public school academy, a pupil's

 

participation in a virtual course as defined in section 21f is

 

considered regular daily attendance.

 

     (i) For a new district or public school academy beginning its

 

operation after December 31, 1994, membership for the first 2 full

 

or partial fiscal years of operation shall be determined as

 

follows:

 

     (i) If operations begin before the pupil membership count day

 

for the fiscal year, membership is the average number of full-time

 

equated pupils in grades K to 12 actually enrolled and in regular

 

daily attendance on the pupil membership count day for the current

 

school year and on the supplemental count day for the current

 

school year, as determined by the department and calculated by

 

adding the number of pupils registered for attendance on the pupil

 

membership count day plus pupils received by transfer and minus

 

pupils lost as defined by rules promulgated by the superintendent,

 

and as corrected by a subsequent department audit, plus the final

 

audited count from the supplemental count day for the current


school year, and dividing that sum by 2.

 

     (ii) If operations begin after the pupil membership count day

 

for the fiscal year and not later than the supplemental count day

 

for the fiscal year, membership is the final audited count of the

 

number of full-time equated pupils in grades K to 12 actually

 

enrolled and in regular daily attendance on the supplemental count

 

day for the current school year.

 

     (j) If a district is the authorizing body for a public school

 

academy, then, in the first school year in which pupils are counted

 

in membership on the pupil membership count day in the public

 

school academy, the determination of the district's membership

 

shall exclude from the district's pupil count for the immediately

 

preceding supplemental count day any pupils who are counted in the

 

public school academy on that first pupil membership count day who

 

were also counted in the district on the immediately preceding

 

supplemental count day.

 

     (k) For an extended school year program approved by the

 

superintendent, a pupil enrolled, but not scheduled to be in

 

regular daily attendance, on a pupil membership count day, shall be

 

counted in membership.

 

     (l) To be counted in membership, a pupil shall meet the

 

minimum age requirement to be eligible to attend school under

 

section 1147 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1147, or shall be

 

enrolled under subsection (3) of that section, and shall be less

 

than 20 years of age on September 1 of the school year except as

 

follows:

 

     (i) A special education pupil who is enrolled and receiving


instruction in a special education program or service approved by

 

the department, who does not have a high school diploma, and who is

 

less than 26 years of age as of September 1 of the current school

 

year shall be counted in membership.

 

     (ii) A pupil who is determined by the department to meet all

 

of the following may be counted in membership:

 

     (A) Is enrolled in a public school academy or an alternative

 

education high school diploma program, that is primarily focused on

 

educating pupils with extreme barriers to education, such as being

 

homeless as defined under 42 USC 11302.

 

     (B) Had dropped out of school.

 

     (C) Is less than 22 years of age as of September 1 of the

 

current school year.

 

     (iii) If a child does not meet the minimum age requirement to

 

be eligible to attend school for that school year under section

 

1147 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1147, but will be 5 years

 

of age not later than December 1 of that school year, the district

 

may count the child in membership for that school year if the

 

parent or legal guardian has notified the district in writing that

 

he or she intends to enroll the child in kindergarten for that

 

school year.

 

     (m) An individual who has achieved a high school diploma shall

 

not be counted in membership. An individual who has achieved a high

 

school equivalency certificate shall not be counted in membership

 

unless the individual is a student with a disability as defined in

 

R 340.1702 of the Michigan Administrative Code. An individual

 

participating in a job training program funded under former section


107a or a jobs program funded under former section 107b,

 

administered by the department of talent and economic development,

 

or participating in any successor of either of those 2 programs,

 

shall not be counted in membership.

 

     (n) If a pupil counted in membership in a public school

 

academy is also educated by a district or intermediate district as

 

part of a cooperative education program, the pupil shall be counted

 

in membership only in the public school academy unless a written

 

agreement signed by all parties designates the party or parties in

 

which the pupil shall be counted in membership, and the

 

instructional time scheduled for the pupil in the district or

 

intermediate district shall be included in the full-time equated

 

membership determination under subdivision (q) and section 101.

 

However, for pupils receiving instruction in both a public school

 

academy and in a district or intermediate district but not as a

 

part of a cooperative education program, the following apply:

 

     (i) If the public school academy provides instruction for at

 

least 1/2 of the class hours required under section 101, the public

 

school academy shall receive as its prorated share of the full-time

 

equated membership for each of those pupils an amount equal to 1

 

times the product of the hours of instruction the public school

 

academy provides divided by the number of hours required under

 

section 101 for full-time equivalency, and the remainder of the

 

full-time membership for each of those pupils shall be allocated to

 

the district or intermediate district providing the remainder of

 

the hours of instruction.

 

     (ii) If the public school academy provides instruction for


less than 1/2 of the class hours required under section 101, the

 

district or intermediate district providing the remainder of the

 

hours of instruction shall receive as its prorated share of the

 

full-time equated membership for each of those pupils an amount

 

equal to 1 times the product of the hours of instruction the

 

district or intermediate district provides divided by the number of

 

hours required under section 101 for full-time equivalency, and the

 

remainder of the full-time membership for each of those pupils

 

shall be allocated to the public school academy.

 

     (o) An individual less than 16 years of age as of September 1

 

of the current school year who is being educated in an alternative

 

education program shall not be counted in membership if there are

 

also adult education participants being educated in the same

 

program or classroom.

 

     (p) The department shall give a uniform interpretation of

 

full-time and part-time memberships.

 

     (q) The number of class hours used to calculate full-time

 

equated memberships shall be consistent with section 101. In

 

determining full-time equated memberships for pupils who are

 

enrolled in a postsecondary institution, a pupil shall not be

 

considered to be less than a full-time equated pupil solely because

 

of the effect of his or her postsecondary enrollment, including

 

necessary travel time, on the number of class hours provided by the

 

district to the pupil.

 

     (r) Full-time equated memberships for pupils in kindergarten

 

shall be determined by dividing the number of instructional hours

 

scheduled and provided per year per kindergarten pupil by the same


number used for determining full-time equated memberships for

 

pupils in grades 1 to 12. However, to the extent allowable under

 

federal law, for a district or public school academy that provides

 

evidence satisfactory to the department that it used federal title

 

I money in the 2 immediately preceding school fiscal years to fund

 

full-time kindergarten, full-time equated memberships for pupils in

 

kindergarten shall be determined by dividing the number of class

 

hours scheduled and provided per year per kindergarten pupil by a

 

number equal to 1/2 the number used for determining full-time

 

equated memberships for pupils in grades 1 to 12. The change in the

 

counting of full-time equated memberships for pupils in

 

kindergarten that took effect for 2012-2013 is not a mandate.

 

     (s) For a district or a public school academy that has pupils

 

enrolled in a grade level that was not offered by the district or

 

public school academy in the immediately preceding school year, the

 

number of pupils enrolled in that grade level to be counted in

 

membership is the average of the number of those pupils enrolled

 

and in regular daily attendance on the pupil membership count day

 

and the supplemental count day of the current school year, as

 

determined by the department. Membership shall be calculated by

 

adding the number of pupils registered for attendance in that grade

 

level on the pupil membership count day plus pupils received by

 

transfer and minus pupils lost as defined by rules promulgated by

 

the superintendent, and as corrected by subsequent department

 

audit, plus the final audited count from the supplemental count day

 

for the current school year, and dividing that sum by 2.

 

     (t) A pupil enrolled in a cooperative education program may be


counted in membership in the pupil's district of residence with the

 

written approval of all parties to the cooperative agreement.

 

     (u) If, as a result of a disciplinary action, a district

 

determines through the district's alternative or disciplinary

 

education program that the best instructional placement for a pupil

 

is in the pupil's home or otherwise apart from the general school

 

population, if that placement is authorized in writing by the

 

district superintendent and district alternative or disciplinary

 

education supervisor, and if the district provides appropriate

 

instruction as described in this subdivision to the pupil at the

 

pupil's home or otherwise apart from the general school population,

 

the district may count the pupil in membership on a pro rata basis,

 

with the proration based on the number of hours of instruction the

 

district actually provides to the pupil divided by the number of

 

hours required under section 101 for full-time equivalency. For the

 

purposes of this subdivision, a district shall be considered to be

 

providing appropriate instruction if all of the following are met:

 

     (i) The district provides at least 2 nonconsecutive hours of

 

instruction per week to the pupil at the pupil's home or otherwise

 

apart from the general school population under the supervision of a

 

certificated teacher.

 

     (ii) The district provides instructional materials, resources,

 

and supplies that are comparable to those otherwise provided in the

 

district's alternative education program.

 

     (iii) Course content is comparable to that in the district's

 

alternative education program.

 

     (iv) Credit earned is awarded to the pupil and placed on the


pupil's transcript.

 

     (v) If a pupil was enrolled in a public school academy on the

 

pupil membership count day, if the public school academy's contract

 

with its authorizing body is revoked or the public school academy

 

otherwise ceases to operate, and if the pupil enrolls in a district

 

within 45 days after the pupil membership count day, the department

 

shall adjust the district's pupil count for the pupil membership

 

count day to include the pupil in the count.

 

     (w) For a public school academy that has been in operation for

 

at least 2 years and that suspended operations for at least 1

 

semester and is resuming operations, membership is the sum of the

 

product of .90 times the number of full-time equated pupils in

 

grades K to 12 actually enrolled and in regular daily attendance on

 

the first pupil membership count day or supplemental count day,

 

whichever is first, occurring after operations resume, plus the

 

product of .10 times the final audited count from the most recent

 

pupil membership count day or supplemental count day that occurred

 

before suspending operations, as determined by the superintendent.

 

     (x) If a district's membership for a particular fiscal year,

 

as otherwise calculated under this subsection, would be less than

 

1,550 pupils and the district has 4.5 or fewer pupils per square

 

mile, as determined by the department, and if the district does not

 

receive funding under section 22d(2), the district's membership

 

shall be considered to be the membership figure calculated under

 

this subdivision. If a district educates and counts in its

 

membership pupils in grades 9 to 12 who reside in a contiguous

 

district that does not operate grades 9 to 12 and if 1 or both of


the affected districts request the department to use the

 

determination allowed under this sentence, the department shall

 

include the square mileage of both districts in determining the

 

number of pupils per square mile for each of the districts for the

 

purposes of this subdivision. The membership figure calculated

 

under this subdivision is the greater of the following:

 

     (i) The average of the district's membership for the 3-fiscal-

 

year period ending with that fiscal year, calculated by adding the

 

district's actual membership for each of those 3 fiscal years, as

 

otherwise calculated under this subsection, and dividing the sum of

 

those 3 membership figures by 3.

 

     (ii) The district's actual membership for that fiscal year as

 

otherwise calculated under this subsection.

 

     (y) Full-time equated memberships for special education pupils

 

who are not enrolled in kindergarten but are enrolled in a

 

classroom program under R 340.1754 of the Michigan Administrative

 

Code shall be determined by dividing the number of class hours

 

scheduled and provided per year by 450. Full-time equated

 

memberships for special education pupils who are not enrolled in

 

kindergarten but are receiving early childhood special education

 

services under R 340.1755 or R 340.1862 of the Michigan

 

Administrative Code shall be determined by dividing the number of

 

hours of service scheduled and provided per year per-pupil by 180.

 

     (z) A pupil of a district that begins its school year after

 

Labor Day who is enrolled in an intermediate district program that

 

begins before Labor Day shall not be considered to be less than a

 

full-time pupil solely due to instructional time scheduled but not


attended by the pupil before Labor Day.

 

     (aa) For the first year in which a pupil is counted in

 

membership on the pupil membership count day in a middle college

 

program, the membership is the average of the full-time equated

 

membership on the pupil membership count day and on the

 

supplemental count day for the current school year, as determined

 

by the department. If a pupil described in this subdivision was

 

counted in membership by the operating district on the immediately

 

preceding supplemental count day, the pupil shall be excluded from

 

the district's immediately preceding supplemental count for the

 

purposes of determining the district's membership.

 

     (bb) A district or public school academy that educates a pupil

 

who attends a United States Olympic Education Center may count the

 

pupil in membership regardless of whether or not the pupil is a

 

resident of this state.

 

     (cc) A pupil enrolled in a district other than the pupil's

 

district of residence pursuant to section 1148(2) of the revised

 

school code, MCL 380.1148, shall be counted in the educating

 

district.

 

     (dd) For a pupil enrolled in a dropout recovery program that

 

meets the requirements of section 23a, the pupil shall be counted

 

as 1/12 of a full-time equated membership for each month that the

 

district operating the program reports that the pupil was enrolled

 

in the program and was in full attendance. However, if the special

 

membership counting provisions under this subdivision and the

 

operation of the other membership counting provisions under this

 

subsection result in a pupil being counted as more than 1.0 FTE in


a fiscal year, the payment made for the pupil under sections 22a

 

and 22b shall not be based on more than 1.0 FTE for that pupil, and

 

any portion of an FTE for that pupil that exceeds 1.0 shall instead

 

be paid under section 25g. The district operating the program shall

 

report to the center the number of pupils who were enrolled in the

 

program and were in full attendance for a month not later than 30

 

days after the end of the month. A district shall not report a

 

pupil as being in full attendance for a month unless both of the

 

following are met:

 

     (i) A personalized learning plan is in place on or before the

 

first school day of the month for the first month the pupil

 

participates in the program.

 

     (ii) The pupil meets the district's definition under section

 

23a of satisfactory monthly progress for that month or, if the

 

pupil does not meet that definition of satisfactory monthly

 

progress for that month, the pupil did meet that definition of

 

satisfactory monthly progress in the immediately preceding month

 

and appropriate interventions are implemented within 10 school days

 

after it is determined that the pupil does not meet that definition

 

of satisfactory monthly progress.

 

     (ee) A pupil participating in a virtual course under section

 

21f shall be counted in membership in the district enrolling the

 

pupil.

 

     (ff) If a public school academy that is not in its first or

 

second year of operation closes at the end of a school year and

 

does not reopen for the next school year, the department shall

 

adjust the membership count of the district or other public school


academy in which a former pupil of the closed public school academy

 

enrolls and is in regular daily attendance for the next school year

 

to ensure that the district or other public school academy receives

 

the same amount of membership aid for the pupil as if the pupil

 

were counted in the district or other public school academy on the

 

supplemental count day of the preceding school year.

 

     (gg) If a special education pupil is expelled under section

 

1311 or 1311a of the revised school code, MCL 380.1311 and

 

380.1311a, and is not in attendance on the pupil membership count

 

day because of the expulsion, and if the pupil remains enrolled in

 

the district and resumes regular daily attendance during that

 

school year, the district's membership shall be adjusted to count

 

the pupil in membership as if he or she had been in attendance on

 

the pupil membership count day.

 

     (hh) A pupil enrolled in a community district shall be counted

 

in membership in the community district.

 

     (ii) A part-time pupil enrolled in a nonpublic school in

 

grades K to 12 in accordance with section 166b shall not be counted

 

as more than 0.75 of a full-time equated membership.

 

     (jj) A district that borders another state or a public school

 

academy that operates at least grades 9 to 12 and is located within

 

20 miles of a border with another state may count in membership a

 

pupil who is enrolled in a course at a college or university that

 

is located in the bordering state and within 20 miles of the border

 

with this state if all of the following are met:

 

     (i) The pupil would meet the definition of an eligible student

 

under the postsecondary enrollment options act, 1996 PA 160, MCL


388.511 to 388.524, if the course were an eligible course under

 

that act.

 

     (ii) The course in which the pupil is enrolled would meet the

 

definition of an eligible course under the postsecondary enrollment

 

options act, 1996 PA 160, MCL 388.511 to 388.524, if the course

 

were provided by an eligible postsecondary institution under that

 

act.

 

     (iii) The department determines that the college or university

 

is an institution that, in the other state, fulfills a function

 

comparable to a state university or community college, as those

 

terms are defined in section 3 of the postsecondary enrollment

 

options act, 1996 PA 160, MCL 388.513, or is an independent

 

nonprofit degree-granting college or university.

 

     (iv) The district or public school academy pays for a portion

 

of the pupil's tuition at the college or university in an amount

 

equal to the eligible charges that the district or public school

 

academy would pay to an eligible postsecondary institution under

 

the postsecondary enrollment options act, 1996 PA 160, MCL 388.511

 

to 388.524, as if the course were an eligible course under that

 

act.

 

     (v) The district or public school academy awards high school

 

credit to a pupil who successfully completes a course as described

 

in this subdivision.

 

     (kk) A pupil enrolled in a middle college program may be

 

counted for more than a total of 1.0 full-time equated membership

 

if the pupil is enrolled in more than the minimum number of

 

instructional days and hours required under section 101 and the


pupil is expected to complete the 5-year program with both a high

 

school diploma and at least 60 transferable college credits or is

 

expected to earn an associate's degree in fewer than 5 years.

 

     (ll) If a district, intermediate district, or public school

 

academy charges tuition for a pupil to enroll in the district,

 

intermediate district, or public school academy, the pupil shall

 

not be counted in membership in the district, intermediate

 

district, or public school academy.

 

     (mm) If a district, intermediate district, or public school

 

academy expends funds to recruit a pupil from out of state, the

 

pupil shall not be counted in membership in the district,

 

intermediate district, or public school academy.

 

     (5) "Public school academy" means that term as defined in

 

section 5 of the revised school code, MCL 380.5.

 

     (6) "Pupil" means an individual in membership in a public

 

school. A district must have the approval of the pupil's district

 

of residence to count the pupil in membership, except approval by

 

the pupil's district of residence is not required for any of the

 

following:

 

     (a) A nonpublic part-time pupil enrolled in grades K to 12 in

 

accordance with section 166b.

 

     (b) A pupil receiving 1/2 or less of his or her instruction in

 

a district other than the pupil's district of residence.

 

     (c) A pupil enrolled in a public school academy.

 

     (d) A pupil enrolled in a district other than the pupil's

 

district of residence under an intermediate district schools of

 

choice pilot program as described in section 91a or former section


91 if the intermediate district and its constituent districts have

 

been exempted from section 105.

 

     (e) A pupil enrolled in a district other than the pupil's

 

district of residence if the pupil is enrolled in accordance with

 

section 105 or 105c.

 

     (f) A pupil who has made an official written complaint or

 

whose parent or legal guardian has made an official written

 

complaint to law enforcement officials and to school officials of

 

the pupil's district of residence that the pupil has been the

 

victim of a criminal sexual assault or other serious assault, if

 

the official complaint either indicates that the assault occurred

 

at school or that the assault was committed by 1 or more other

 

pupils enrolled in the school the pupil would otherwise attend in

 

the district of residence or by an employee of the district of

 

residence. A person who intentionally makes a false report of a

 

crime to law enforcement officials for the purposes of this

 

subdivision is subject to section 411a of the Michigan penal code,

 

1931 PA 328, MCL 750.411a, which provides criminal penalties for

 

that conduct. As used in this subdivision:

 

     (i) "At school" means in a classroom, elsewhere on school

 

premises, on a school bus or other school-related vehicle, or at a

 

school-sponsored activity or event whether or not it is held on

 

school premises.

 

     (ii) "Serious assault" means an act that constitutes a felony

 

violation of chapter XI of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328,

 

MCL 750.81 to 750.90h, or that constitutes an assault and

 

infliction of serious or aggravated injury under section 81a of the


Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.81a.

 

     (g) A pupil whose district of residence changed after the

 

pupil membership count day and before the supplemental count day

 

and who continues to be enrolled on the supplemental count day as a

 

nonresident in the district in which he or she was enrolled as a

 

resident on the pupil membership count day of the same school year.

 

     (h) A pupil enrolled in an alternative education program

 

operated by a district other than his or her district of residence

 

who meets 1 or more of the following:

 

     (i) The pupil has been suspended or expelled from his or her

 

district of residence for any reason, including, but not limited

 

to, a suspension or expulsion under section 1310, 1311, or 1311a of

 

the revised school code, MCL 380.1310, 380.1311, and 380.1311a.

 

     (ii) The pupil had previously dropped out of school.

 

     (iii) The pupil is pregnant or is a parent.

 

     (iv) The pupil has been referred to the program by a court.

 

     (i) A pupil enrolled in the Michigan Virtual School, for the

 

pupil's enrollment in the Michigan Virtual School.

 

     (j) A pupil who is the child of a person who works at the

 

district or who is the child of a person who worked at the district

 

as of the time the pupil first enrolled in the district but who no

 

longer works at the district due to a workforce reduction. As used

 

in this subdivision, "child" includes an adopted child, stepchild,

 

or legal ward.

 

     (k) An expelled pupil who has been denied reinstatement by the

 

expelling district and is reinstated by another school board under

 

section 1311 or 1311a of the revised school code, MCL 380.1311 and


380.1311a.

 

     (l) A pupil enrolled in a district other than the pupil's

 

district of residence in a middle college program if the pupil's

 

district of residence and the enrolling district are both

 

constituent districts of the same intermediate district.

 

     (m) A pupil enrolled in a district other than the pupil's

 

district of residence who attends a United States Olympic Education

 

Center.

 

     (n) A pupil enrolled in a district other than the pupil's

 

district of residence pursuant to section 1148(2) of the revised

 

school code, MCL 380.1148.

 

     (o) A pupil who enrolls in a district other than the pupil's

 

district of residence as a result of the pupil's school not making

 

adequate yearly progress under the no child left behind act of

 

2001, Public Law 107-110, or the every student succeeds act, Public

 

Law 114-95.

 

     However, except for pupils enrolled in the youth challenge

 

program at the site at which the youth challenge program operated

 

for 2015-2016, if a district educates pupils who reside in another

 

district and if the primary instructional site for those pupils is

 

established by the educating district after 2009-2010 and is

 

located within the boundaries of that other district, the educating

 

district must have the approval of that other district to count

 

those pupils in membership.

 

     (7) "Pupil membership count day" of a district or intermediate

 

district means:

 

     (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the first Wednesday


in October each school year or, for a district or building in which

 

school is not in session on that Wednesday due to conditions not

 

within the control of school authorities, with the approval of the

 

superintendent, the immediately following day on which school is in

 

session in the district or building.

 

     (b) For a district or intermediate district maintaining school

 

during the entire school year, the following days:

 

     (i) Fourth Wednesday in July.

 

     (ii) First Wednesday in October.

 

     (iii) Second Wednesday in February.

 

     (iv) Fourth Wednesday in April.

 

     (8) "Pupils in grades K to 12 actually enrolled and in regular

 

daily attendance" means pupils in grades K to 12 in attendance and

 

receiving instruction in all classes for which they are enrolled on

 

the pupil membership count day or the supplemental count day, as

 

applicable. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a

 

pupil who is absent from any of the classes in which the pupil is

 

enrolled on the pupil membership count day or supplemental count

 

day and who does not attend each of those classes during the 10

 

consecutive school days immediately following the pupil membership

 

count day or supplemental count day, except for a pupil who has

 

been excused by the district, shall not be counted as 1.0 full-time

 

equated membership. A pupil who is excused from attendance on the

 

pupil membership count day or supplemental count day and who fails

 

to attend each of the classes in which the pupil is enrolled within

 

30 calendar days after the pupil membership count day or

 

supplemental count day shall not be counted as 1.0 full-time


equated membership. In addition, a pupil who was enrolled and in

 

attendance in a district, intermediate district, or public school

 

academy before the pupil membership count day or supplemental count

 

day of a particular year but was expelled or suspended on the pupil

 

membership count day or supplemental count day shall only be

 

counted as 1.0 full-time equated membership if the pupil resumed

 

attendance in the district, intermediate district, or public school

 

academy within 45 days after the pupil membership count day or

 

supplemental count day of that particular year. Pupils not counted

 

as 1.0 full-time equated membership due to an absence from a class

 

shall be counted as a prorated membership for the classes the pupil

 

attended. For purposes of this subsection, "class" means a period

 

of time in 1 day when pupils and a certificated teacher or legally

 

qualified substitute teacher are together and instruction is taking

 

place.

 

     (9) "Rule" means a rule promulgated pursuant to the

 

administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to

 

24.328.

 

     (10) "The revised school code" means 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 to

 

380.1852.

 

     (11) "School district of the first class", "first class school

 

district", and "district of the first class" mean, for the purposes

 

of this article only, a district that had at least 40,000 pupils in

 

membership for the immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

     (12) "School fiscal year" means a fiscal year that commences

 

July 1 and continues through June 30.

 

     (13) "State board" means the state board of education.


     (14) "Superintendent", unless the context clearly refers to a

 

district or intermediate district superintendent, means the

 

superintendent of public instruction described in section 3 of

 

article VIII of the state constitution of 1963.

 

     (15) "Supplemental count day" means the day on which the

 

supplemental pupil count is conducted under section 6a.

 

     (16) "Tuition pupil" means a pupil of school age attending

 

school in a district other than the pupil's district of residence

 

for whom tuition may be charged to the district of residence.

 

Tuition pupil does not include a pupil who is a special education

 

pupil, a pupil described in subsection (6)(c) to (o), or a pupil

 

whose parent or guardian voluntarily enrolls the pupil in a

 

district that is not the pupil's district of residence. A pupil's

 

district of residence shall not require a high school tuition

 

pupil, as provided under section 111, to attend another school

 

district after the pupil has been assigned to a school district.

 

     (17) "State school aid fund" means the state school aid fund

 

established in section 11 of article IX of the state constitution

 

of 1963.

 

     (18) "Taxable value" means the taxable value of property as

 

determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893

 

PA 206, MCL 211.27a.

 

     (19) "Textbook" means a book, electronic book, or other

 

instructional print or electronic resource that is selected and

 

approved by the governing board of a district and that contains a

 

presentation of principles of a subject, or that is a literary work

 

relevant to the study of a subject required for the use of


classroom pupils, or another type of course material that forms the

 

basis of classroom instruction.

 

     (20) "Total state aid" or "total state school aid" means the

 

total combined amount of all funds due to a district, intermediate

 

district, or other entity under this article.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.