House Bills 4095-4096 – Require MI State Police to establish standardized response terminology for emergency situations and requires schools to adopt it. (MASB supports)
House Bill 4485 – Extends statute of limitations for criminal sexual conduct. (MASB opposes)
House Bills 5231-5234 – Require certain information about a charter school’s authorizer and Education Management Organizations to be printed on school signage and promotional materials. (MASB neutral)
House Bill 5269 -- Requires the salaries of all employees of a charter school to be posted on their website. (MASB supports)
House Bills 5450-5451 – Require information on the new laws regarding the safe storage of firearms be provided to all parents annually. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services would create the document, and districts would be required to share it by October 1 of each year, beginning in 2025. (MASB supports)
House Bill 5549 -- Requires school districts to have behavioral threat assessment and management teams in each school building. (MASB supports)
House Bill 5594 – Updates work permit requirements and moves administration to the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth. (MASB supports)
House Bill 5659 – Codifies the school safety commission and sunsets the current commission. (MASB supports)
Bills related to education that passed but have not yet been sent to the Governor:
House Bill 6058 – 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. (MASB has concerns, read more here)
Bills related to education that we were watching but did not make it to the Governor include:
Senate Bill 285 -- Require Kindergarten.
Senate Bill 354 – Require acceptance of a national certification test for out of state teachers to be certified.
Senate Bill 463 -- Mandate FAFSA completion as a graduation requirement.
Senate Bill 651-652, and 653-654, / House Bills 6002-6003, and 6004-6005 -- A comprehensive package regarding vape store regulations and licensing.
Senate Bill 870 -- Allow remote meeting participation for members of a public body with a disability.
Senate Bills 943-944 and 946-947 -- Expand budget transparency requirements to Education Management Organizations that oversee charter schools.
Senate Bills 1079-1080 – Broad changes to the Workers Compensation Act.
Senate Bill 1186 -- 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.
Senate Bills 1190-1191 /House Bill 4486 -- Extends statute of limitations for criminal sexual conduct, makes the law retroactive to 2021, removes local government immunity for “should have known” offenses.
House Bill 4671 -- Allow school districts to start before Labor Day without a waiver.
House Bill 5174 -- Requires one hour of instruction on organ donation for all 9th graders.
House Bill 5735 – Remove course titles in the Michigan Merit Curriculum requirements.
House Bill 5741 -- Adds “Stop the Bleed” instruction to the health education content standards.
House Bills 5865-5867 – End “dark store” theory of property valuation
House Bill 5889 -- Require school districts to distribute information on “sextortion” and related laws to students, parents and staff.
These bills will have to be reintroduced in the new session in order to be considered again. The 103rd Legislature regular session starts today at noon with the ceremonial swearing in of the House of Representatives.