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State and Federal Legislative Update STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BRIAN J. WHISTON RICK SNYDER LANSING GOVERNOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT MEMORANDUM DATE: February 3, 2017 TO: State Board of Education FROM: Martin Ackley, Office of Public and Governmental Affairs SUBJECT: State and Federal Legislative Update ACTION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 11, 2017 HB 4014 Individual Income Tax (Lucido) - A bill to provide for an individual income tax credit for pay-to-play fees for students to participate in extracurricular activities at school was introduced and referred to the House Tax Policy Committee. January 12, 2017 HB 4020 Child Abuse or Neglect (Faris) - A bill to expand mandatory reporting requirements for child abuse or child neglect to include K-12 coaches and volunteers was introduced and referred to the House Families, Children, and Seniors Committee. HB 4023 School Shootings (Kosowski) - A bill to create a task force to review school policies and recommend improvements to policy and response efforts to school shootings was introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee. HB 4027 Preventive Security Planning (Kosowski) - A bill to provide an exemption in the open meetings act for school board preventive security planning was introduced and referred to the House Oversight Committee. January 18, 2017 HB 4045 School Vehicles (Kosowski) - A bill to require seat belts on new school buses was introduced and referred to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION CASANDRA E. ULBRICH – CO-PRESIDENT • RICHARD ZEILE – CO-PRESIDENT MICHELLE FECTEAU – SECRETARY • TOM MCMILLIN – TREASURER NIKKI SNYDER – NASBE DELEGATE • PAMELA PUGH LUPE RAMOS-MONTIGNY • EILEEN LAPPIN WEISER 608 WEST ALLEGAN STREET • P.O. BOX 30008 • LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909 www.michigan.gov/mde • 517-373-3324 Page 2 February 3, 2017 HB 4046 Sinking Funds (Kosowski) - A bill to expand the permissible use of sinking funds to include school bus purchasing was introduced and referred to the House Tax Policy Committee. HB 4054 School Vehicles (Hughes) - A bill to mandate enhanced rear lighting for school buses was introduced and referred to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. HB 4061 Weapons (Kosowski) - A bill to require the reporting of school lockdown drills was introduced and referred to the House Education Reform Committee. January 24, 2017 HB 4069 Substitute Teaching (Tedder) - A bill to revise the college credit requirements from 90 to 60 for individuals to serve as substitute teachers was introduced and referred to the House Education Reform Committee. HB 4080 Energy Improvement (Griffin) - A bill to provide for certain forms of energy improvement financing for certain school districts was introduced and referred to the House Local Government Committee. HR 8 School Choice Week (Kelly) - A resolution to declare January 22-28, 2017 as School Choice Week in the State of Michigan was adopted. January 25, 2017 HB 4084 Professional Certification (Tedder) - A bill to eliminate the reading disability diagnostics course requirement for teacher professional certification was introduced and referred to the House Education Reform Committee. HB 4085 Professional Development (Tedder) - A bill to allow qualifying professional development days or hours for teachers to be counted as pupil instructional time was introduced and referred to the House Education Reform Committee. HB 4090 School Building Closure (Chang) - A bill to require policy and procedures regarding closure of a school building was introduced and referred to the House Education Reform Committee. HR 9 Catholic Schools Week (Kelly) - A resolution to declare January 29- February 4, 2017 as Catholic Schools Week in the State of Michigan was introduced. January 26, 2017 HB 4106 Graduation Requirements (LaFave) - A bill to require the granting of academic credit for an internship under certain circumstances was introduced and referred to the House Workforce and Development Committee. Page 3 February 3, 2017 January 31, 2017 HB 4114 Computer Coding (Kelly) - A bill to replace the 1 credit requirement in visual arts, performing arts, or applied arts with 3 credits in 21st Century Skills and allow computer science or coding to satisfy a portion of the requirement was introduced and referred to the House Education Reform Committee. HB 4120 Water Testing (Zemke) - A bill to require testing for levels of lead and other contaminants in water supplied to public schools was introduced and referred to the House Natural Resources Committee. HB 4124 Water Testing (Neeley) - A bill to provide for a program for testing and removing lead in drinking water used by schools and child care centers was introduced and referred to the House Natural Resources Committee. February 1, 2017 HB 4137 Fingerprinting (Frederick) - A bill to allow the fingerprinting and photographing of a child or youth with special health care needs to be taken and submitted to the automated identification system (AFIS) and the statewide network of agency photos upon request of a parent or guardian was introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee. HB 4142 Teacher Shortage Prevention Act (Kosowski) - A bill to create the Teacher Shortage Prevention Act within the Department of Treasury to award grants to eligible teachers and require the State Superintendent to report on the state’s teacher shortage was introduced and referred to the House Education Reform Committee. February 2, 2017 HB 4143 Volunteers (Kosowski) - A bill to require the Department of State Police to maintain a list of qualified volunteers authorized to patrol school premises was introduced and referred to the House Education Reform Committee. HB 4144 Volunteers (Iden) - A bill to provide for an individual income tax credit for qualified volunteers who provide safety and security services in a school without receiving compensation was introduced and referred to the House Education Reform Committee. HB 4145 Volunteers (Sheppard) - A bill to allow qualified volunteer patrol officers on school premises was introduced and referred to the House Education Reform Committee. HJR D Per Pupil Funding (Barrett) - A joint resolution ensuring an equal amount of funding for all local school districts by a certain date was introduced and referred to the House Appropriations Committee. Page 4 February 3, 2017 HJR E School Aid Funds (Barrett) - A joint resolution to amend the state constitution to remove higher education from the permissible uses of school aid funds was introduced and referred to the House Appropriations Committee. Upcoming House Education Reform Committees House Education Reform Committee Members: Representatives Tim Kelly (C), Pamela Hornberger (VC), Julie Alexander, Kathy Crawford, Daniela Garcia, Beth Griffin, Jim Lilly, Jeff Noble, John Reilly, Brett Roberts, Adam Zemke (MVC), Winnie Brinks, Darrin Camilleri, Stephanie Chang, and Bill Sowerby House School Aid & Department of Education Appropriation Subcommittee Members: Representatives Tim Kelly (C), Shane Hernandez (VC), Chris Afendoulis, Sue Allor, Edward Canfield, Larry Inman, Aaron Miller, Robert Kosowski (MVC), Tom Cochran, Pam Faris, and Kristy Pagan The House Education Reform Committee has no scheduled meetings at this time. ACTION IN THE SENATE January 18, 2017 SB 1 Hours and Wages (Meekhof) - A bill to eliminate reference to repealed hour and wages law in school code was introduced and referred to the Senate Michigan Competitiveness Committee. SB 25 Individual Income Tax (Knezek) - A bill to provide for an individual income tax credit for expenditures by certain school teachers for certain supplies was introduced and referred to the Senate Finance Committee. SB 27 State School Reform/Redesign Office (Pavlov) - A bill to repeal the section creating and prescribing duties of the State School Reform/Redesign Office was introduced and referred to the Senate Education Committee. January 24, 2017 SB 61 Disorganization (Booher) - A bill to modify the disorganization process for ISDs was introduced and referred to the Senate Education Committee. January 25, 2017 SB 36 Fingerprinting (Jones) - A bill to allow the fingerprinting and photographing of a child or youth with special health care needs to be taken and submitted to the automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) and the statewide network of agency photos upon request of a parent or guardian. Page 5 February 3, 2017 SB 38 Fingerprinting (Jones) - A bill to allow and establish a procedure for the fingerprinting and photographing of an individual with special health care needs to be taken and submitted to the automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) and the statewide network of agency photos upon the request of a parent or guardian. SR 4 Michigan School Choice Week (Colbeck) - A resolution recognizing January 22- January 28, 2017 as Michigan School Choice Week was adopted. January 26, 2017 SR 6 Catholic Schools Week (Pavlov) - A resolution to recognize January 29- February 4, 2017 as Catholic Schools Week was adopted. SJR A School Aid Funds (Jones) - A joint resolution to strike higher education from the permissible uses of school aid funds from the state constitution was introduced and referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. SJR B Per Pupil Funding (Jones) - A joint resolution to ensure an equal amount of per pupil funding for all local school districts not later than the 2022-2023 state fiscal year was introduced and referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. January 31, 2017 SB 79 Teaching Certificates
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