Michigan Compiled Laws — THE REVISED SCHOOL CODE (Act 451 of 1976)

Short title.

This act shall be known and may be cited as "the revised school code".

Meanings of words and phrases.

For the purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 3 to 7 shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in those sections.

Definitions; A to C.

(1) "Area" as used in the phrase "area vocational-technical education program" or "area career and technical education program" means the geographical territory, within the boundaries of a K to 12 school district, an intermediate school district, or a community college district, that is designated by the department as…

Definitions; E to I.

(1) "Educational media center" means a program operated by an intermediate school district and approved by the state board that provides services to local school districts or constituent districts under section 671. (2) "Intermediate school board" means the board of an intermediate school district. (3) "Intermediate sc…

Definitions; L to R.

(1) "Local act school district" means a district governed by a local act or chapter of a local act. "Local school district" and "local school district board" as used in article 3 include a local act school district and a local act school district board. (2) "Membership" means the number of full-time equivalent pupils i…

Definitions; S, T; "department" defined.

(1) "School district" or "local school district" means a general powers school district organized under this act, regardless of previous classification, a community district, or a school district of the first class. (2) "School district filing official" means the school district election coordinator as defined in secti…

Definitions; V.

(1) "Valuation of a fractional school district" means the sum of the valuations of the fractions thereof, each of which shall be computed in the same manner as the valuation of a whole school district. (2) "Valuation of the state" means the equalized value as determined by the state board of equalization. (3) "Valuatio…

Rights of parents and legal guardians; duties of public schools.

It is the natural, fundamental right of parents and legal guardians to determine and direct the care, teaching, and education of their children. The public schools of this state serve the needs of the pupils by cooperating with the pupil's parents and legal guardians to develop the pupil's intellectual capabilities and…

Posting requirements of certain constitutional and statutory provisions in public school.

(1) Beginning January 1, 2023, the board of a school district or intermediate school district or board of directors of a public school academy shall ensure that the text of section 1 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963 and section 10, as added by 1995 PA 289, is prominently posted and maintained in all of…

Organization of school district.

Each school district, except a school district of the first class or a community district, shall be organized and conducted as a general powers school district regardless of previous classification.

General powers school district.

(1) Beginning on July 1, 1996, each school district formerly organized as a primary school district or as a school district of the fourth class, third class, or second class shall be a general powers school district under this act. (2) Beginning on July 1, 1996, a school district operating under a special or local act…

Report to legislature.

Not later than 180 days after the effective date of this section, the state board shall prepare and submit to the committees of the legislature with responsibility for education legislation a report that does all of the following: (a) Details the mandates imposed on school districts, intermediate school districts, and…

(1) A school district shall lose its organization and shall be declared dissolved if any of the following conditions are met: (a) There are not enough persons residing in the school district and qualified under law to hold all of the offices of the school district or who will accept the offices of the school district.…

Grant allocations; "receiving school district" defined.

(1) As permitted under federal law, if a school district is dissolved under section 12 or if the functions and responsibilities of a school district for operating a public school are transferred to another public entity, the superintendent of public instruction shall grant each receiving school district or other public…

(1) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, if a school district is or becomes a qualifying school district, the school district shall lose its organization and be dissolved as provided in this section. (2) If a school district loses its organization under subsection (1), except a…

Assumption of bonded indebtedness by combined school districts; payment; election.

(1) Beginning 3 years after the effective date of the disorganization of a school district which has outstanding bonded indebtedness, the combined school district may assume and pay the obligation of the bonded indebtedness by spreading a debt retirement tax levy uniformly over the territory of the combined school dist…

Petitions; violation.

A petition under, or that is necessary to meet a requirement of, section 11a, 411a, 412a, 503, 614, 617, 690, 701, 853, 860, 931, or 1311e, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan electi…

School district organized as community district; political subdivision and public body corporate; name; jurisdiction; definitions.

(1) A school district organized as a community district shall be governed by this part, by the provisions of article 2 not inconsistent with this part, and by articles 3 and 4. (2) A community district is a political subdivision and public body corporate separate and distinct from this state and other school districts…

Community district; organization and conduct in manner of general powers school district.

Except as otherwise provided in this part, a community district shall be organized and conducted in the same manner as a general powers school district. Except as otherwise provided by law, a community district has all of the powers of a general powers school district under section 11a and has all additional powers gra…

Creation of community district.

Effective on the date a school district becomes a qualifying school district, a community district is created for the same geographic area of that qualifying school district to provide public education services for residents of that geographic area and to otherwise exercise the powers of a community district for that g…

Initial school board for community district; membership; election; terms; bylaws; meetings; limitation; "school district election coordinator" defined.

(1) Until an initial school board for a community district is elected under this section, the transition manager designated under section 12b shall exercise the powers and duties with respect to governance of the community district as provided under that section. (2) The initial school board for a community district sh…

(1) The school board of a community district shall employ a superintendent of schools. Within 90 days after the initial school board of a community district takes office, the school board of the community district shall appoint an initial superintendent of schools for the community district. The initial superintendent…

Another school district authorized to levy school operating tax within geographic boundaries of community district; levy of school operating tax by community district prohibited.

If another school district is authorized to levy a school operating tax under section 1211 within the geographic boundaries of the community district during a tax year, the community district shall not levy a school operating tax under section 1211 during that tax year.

Financial oversight by financial review committee.

A community district is subject to financial oversight by a financial review commission to the extent provided under the Michigan financial review commission act, 2014 PA 181, MCL 141.1631 to 141.1643. If a financial review commission is in place for a community district, all of the following apply: (a) The appointment…

Public library; effect of general or local law.

This part does not repeal or affect a general law or local law governing the management and control of a public library established in a community district under this part or a first class school district under part 6. Any powers and duties of a qualifying school district under section 12b relating to the management an…