The following is a list of bills we are watching during this Lame Duck session. We will send action alerts on bills that are especially critical to school districts. Please watch for those opportunities to respond and share them with your fellow board members, staff, family and friends.
Senate Bill 23 (McBroom)
Modify how pupils who participate in a work-based learning experience are counted in pupil count.
Status: Senate Floor
MASB Position: Support
Senate Bill 285 (Polehanki)
Require Kindergarten.
Status: House Education Committee
MASB Position: Support
Senate Bill 354 (Geiss)
Allow teachers from other states to use a national certification test to receive a Michigan teaching certificate.
Status: House Education Committee
MASB Position: Oppose
Senate Bill 463 (Camilleri)
Mandate FAFSA completion as a graduation requirement.
Status: House Education Committee
MASB Position: Oppose
Senate Bill 500 (Polehanki)
Codify the free school lunch and breakfast program in the School Code.
Status: Senate Floor
MASB Position: Support
Senate Bill 651-652, and 653-654, / House Bills 6002-6003, and 6004-6005 and 6022
A comprehensive package regarding vape store regulations and licensing.
Status: Senate Bills: House
House Bills: House Families, Children, & Seniors Committee
MASB Position: Support
Senate Bill 870 (McCann)
Allow remote meeting participation for members of a public body with a disability.
Status: House Government Operations Committee
MASB Position: Support
Senate Bill 875-877 (Hertel, Wojno, Geiss)
Update vaccinations to CDC recommendations and require those entering 12th grade to be fully immunized.
Status: Senate Health Policy Committee
MASB Position: Oppose
Senate Bills 943-944 and 946-947 (Polehanki, Bayer, Camilleri)
Expand budget transparency requirements to Education Management Organizations that oversee charter schools.
Status: Senate Floor
MASB Position: Support
Senate Bill 964 and House Bill 5594 (Cavanagh and Skaggs)
Update work permit requirements and move administration to the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth.
Status: House Floor
MASB Position: Support
Senate Bill 995 (Chang)
Allow student teachers in publicly funded pre-schools to qualify for the student teacher stipend same as K-12 student teachers.
Status: Senate Floor
MASB Position: Support
Senate Bill 1023 (Klinefelt)
Amend the Open Meetings Act to expand the reasons that a public body could hold a closed session.
Status: House Government Operations Committee
MASB Position: Support
Senate Bills 1079-1080 (Cherry, Cavanagh)
Make changes to Worker’s Disability Compensation Act including expanding coverage and increasing benefits
Status: Senate Labor
MASB Position: Working on concerns
Senate Bills 1129-1130 (Hertel)
Makes changes to Public Act 152 by raising the hard cap for insurance costs as well as incrementally increasing the 80/20 option.
Status: Senate Labor Committee
MASB Position: Working with stakeholders on concerns
Senate Bill 1186 (Cherry)
Technical fix to the prevailing wage law to make clear that bond projects approved before Feb 13, 2024 are not subject to the state prevailing wage requirements.
Status: Senate Labor Committee
MASB Position: Support
Senate Bills 1187-1189 (McMorrow, McDonald Rivet, Hertel)
Extends statute of limitations for criminal sexual conduct, makes the law retroactive to 2021, removes local government immunity for “should have known” offenses.
Status: Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety Committee
MASB Position: Oppose
House Bill 4095-4096 (Young, Puri)
Require MI State Police to establish standardized response terminology for emergency situations and require schools to adopt it.
Status: House Floor
MASB Position: Support
House Bill 4279 (Vanderwall)
Allow CTE millages to be used to contract with another ISD to offer services.
Status: Senate Education Committee
MASB Position: Support
House Bill 4291 (Brabec)
Require all coaches, paid and volunteer, to be trained in cardiac emergency response, and if a student shows signs of cardiac arrest, require a doctor’s sign-off before they can return to the sport.
Status: House Health Policy Committee
MASB Position: Oppose
House Bills 4485 and 4486 (Miller, Whitsett)
Extends the statute of limitations for criminal sexual conduct violations and apply it retroactively and limit governmental immunity for public schools, universities and others.
Status: Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee
MASB Position: Oppose
House Bill 4671 (Koleszar)
Allow school districts to start before Labor Day without a waiver.
Status: House Floor
MASB Position: Support
House Bill 4854 (Scott)
Allow Native American students to wear traditional regalia at ceremonies of honor at school.
Status: House Floor
MASB Position: Support (H-2) substitute
House Bill 5174 (Brabec)
Requires one hour of instruction on organ donation for all 9th graders.
Status: House Floor
MASB Position: Neutral as reported from committee
House Bill 5269 (Koleszar)
Require the salaries of all employees of a charter school to be posted on their website.
Status: Senate Floor
MASB Position: Support
House Bill 5329 (Hope)
Require all school employees to be trained in seizure awareness and at least two per building in seizure medication administration.
Status: House Committee on Education
MASB Position: Oppose
House Bill 5450-5451 (MacDonell, Brixie)
Require school districts to distribute information created by the MI Department of Health and Human Services on the laws regarding firearm storage and not allowing access for minors.
Status: Senate Committee on Education
MASB Position: Support
House Bill 5549 (Breen)
Require school districts to have behavioral threat assessment and management teams in each school building.
Status: House Floor
MASB Position: Support
House Bill 5659 (Meerman)
Codify the school safety commission and sunset the current commission.
Status: House Floor
MASB Position: Support
House Bill 5741 (Harris)
Adds “Stop the Bleed” instruction to the health education content standards.
Status: House Floor
MASB Position: Support
House Bills 5865-5867 (Hill, Brixie, Xiong)
Amend tax tribunal determinations to stop the use of “dark stores” in the assessment of comparable properties.
Status: House Tax Policy Committee
MASB Position: Support
House Bill 5889 (Hill)
Require school districts to distribute information on “sextortion” and related laws to students, parents and staff.
Status: House Committee on Criminal Justice
MASB Position: Support with grade levels specified
House Bill 6058 (Xiong)
Makes changes to Public Act 152 by raising the hard cap for insurance costs as well as requiring any district using the 80/20 option to make that the minimum amount covered.
Status: House Floor
MASB Position: Working with stakeholders on concerns
House Bill 6068 (Hood)
Updates the sex education law to require medically accurate information and expands issues to include.
Status: House Committee on Education
MASB Position: Support
House Bill 6191 (Skaggs)
Expand the list of mandatory child abuse reporters to include contract employees in a school
Status: House Families, Children and Seniors Committee
MASB Position: Support