Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1603 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1603
Definitions; A to D.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) "Average daily attendance", for the purposes of complying with federal law, means 92% of the pupils counted in membership on the pupil membership count day, as defined in section 6(7).

(2) "Board" means the governing body of a district or public school academy.

(3) "Center" means the center for educational performance and information created in section 94a.

(4) "Community district" means a school district organized under part 5b of the revised school code, MCL 380.381 to 380.396.

(5) "Cooperative education program" means a written voluntary agreement between and among districts to provide certain educational programs for pupils in certain groups of districts. The written agreement must be approved by all affected districts at least annually and must specify the educational programs to be provided and the estimated number of pupils from each district who will participate in the educational programs.

(6) "Department", except as otherwise provided in this article, means the department of education.

(7) "District" means, except as otherwise specifically provided in this act, a local school district established under the revised school code or, except in sections 6(4), 6(6), 11x, 11y, 11aa, 12c, 13, 20, 22a, 22p, 31a, 51a(14), 105, 105c, and 166b, a public school academy. Except in section 20, district also includes a community district.

(8) "District of residence", except as otherwise provided in this subsection, means the district in which a pupil's custodial parent or parents or legal guardian resides. For a pupil described in section 24b, the pupil's district of residence is the district in which the pupil enrolls under that section. For a pupil described in section 6(4)(d), the pupil's district of residence is considered to be the district or intermediate district in which the pupil is counted in membership under that section. For a pupil under court jurisdiction who is placed outside the district in which the pupil's custodial parent or parents or legal guardian resides, the pupil's district of residence is considered to be the educating district or educating intermediate district.

(9) "District superintendent" means the superintendent of a district or the chief administrator of a public school academy.

History: 1979, Act 94, Eff. Oct. 1, 1979; Am. 1988, Act 509, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1988; Am. 1989, Act 235, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1989; Am. 1991, Act 118, Imd. Eff. Oct. 11, 1991; Am. 1991, Act 200, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1992; Am. 1992, Act 148, Eff. Oct. 1, 1992; Am. 1993, Act 175, Eff. Oct. 1, 1993; Am. 1993, Act 336, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994; Am. 1994, Act 283, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994; Am. 1994, Act 360, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1994; Am. 1995, Act 130, Eff. Oct. 1, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 180, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1996; Am. 1996, Act 300, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996; Am. 1997, Act 93, Eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Am. 2000, Act 297, Imd. Eff. July 26, 2000; Am. 2003, Act 158, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003; Am. 2004, Act 351, Eff. Oct. 1, 2004; Am. 2005, Act 155, Eff. Oct. 1, 2005; Am. 2006, Act 342, Eff. Oct. 1, 2006; Am. 2007, Act 6, Imd. Eff. Apr. 30, 2007; Am. 2007, Act 137, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 2007; Am. 2008, Act 268, Eff. Oct. 1, 2008; Am. 2009, Act 121, Imd. Eff. Oct. 19, 2009; Am. 2010, Act 110, Eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Am. 2012, Act 201, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Am. 2016, Act 249, Eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Am. 2017, Act 108, Eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Am. 2020, Act 165, Eff. Oct. 1, 2020; Am. 2022, Act 144, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2022; Am. 2023, Act 103, Imd. Eff. July 21, 2023; Am. 2025, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 2025