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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-10 - Part 10 Annexation (380.901...380.933) › Section 380.908 - Annexation of School Districts Both Having Bonded Indebtedness; Resolution; Approval.

380.908 Annexation of school districts both having bonded indebtedness; resolution; approval.
Sec. 908.
If a school district which has bonded indebtedness proposes to annex a school district which has bonded indebtedness, the resolution of the annexing board prescribed by section 901 may provide that the annexation shall become effective only if the school electors of the district to be annexed approve both the assumption of the bonded indebtedness of the annexing school district and annexation at the same election.
History:
1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-10 - Part 10 Annexation (380.901...380.933) › Section 380.911 - Assumption and Payment of Bonded Indebtedness by Combined School District; Final Responsibility; Election to Issue New Bonds; Refunding Bonds; Vote by School Electors.

380.911 Assumption and payment of bonded indebtedness by combined school district; final responsibility; election to issue new bonds; refunding bonds; vote by school electors.
Sec. 911.
(1) Beginning 3 years after the effective date of an annexation in which 1 or more of the school districts forming the combined school district have outstanding bonded indebtedness, the combined school district may assume the obligation of the bonded indebtedness and pay the same by levying debt retirement tax levies uniformly over the territory of the combined school district if the school electors of the combined school district approve the assumption of the bonded indebtedness. The assumption of the indebtedness shall not release the territory of the district originally incurring the bonded indebtedness from the final responsibility of paying the bonded obligation.
(2) After the effective date of annexation, the election may be held when a proposal to issue new bonds of the combined school district is submitted to the school electors. The assumption of indebtedness, if approved, shall become effective immediately.
(3) At an election to issue new bonds of the combined school district, outstanding bond issues of 1 or more of the original school districts may be refunded as a part of the new bond issue. It shall not be necessary to present the question of assumption of the indebtedness as a separate proposition.
(4) If a school district is attached to another school district under section 921, the vote by the school electors of the combined school district may be held at any time after the effective date of annexation.
History:
1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-10 - Part 10 Annexation (380.901...380.933) › Section 380.912 - Annexation of School District; Increase in Tax Limitation.

380.912 Annexation of school district; increase in tax limitation.
Sec. 912.
If a school district which has voted to increase the constitutional limitation on taxes for either building and site or general fund purposes and the term of years for which the millage was voted has not expired proposes to annex a school district, the resolution of the annexing board prescribed by section 901 may provide that the annexation shall become effective only if the school electors of the district to be annexed approve an increase in the constitutional limitation on taxes for the same amounts, for the same purposes, and for the same years as are in effect in the annexing school district.
History:
1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-10 - Part 10 Annexation (380.901...380.933) › Section 380.921 - Constituent Districts Not Operating Schools; List; Compliance; Duties.

380.921 Constituent districts not operating schools; list; compliance; duties.
Sec. 921.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), annually on June 1 each intermediate superintendent shall compile a list of constituent districts that did not operate school within the constituent district during the preceding 2 or more years. Before June 10, the intermediate superintendent shall direct in writing the board of each constituent district on this list to comply with this section and section 922. Within 1 year after issuance of this directive by the intermediate superintendent, the constituent district shall do 1 of the following:
(a) Attach itself either totally or in part to 1 or more operating school districts, including, but not limited to, a reorganization under section 12 or 12b.
(b) Transfer the functions and responsibilities of the constituent district relating to operating public schools to 1 or more other public entities authorized to operate public schools, including, but not limited to, another school district or an intermediate school district.
(c) Reopen and operate its own school.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a constituent district shall be considered to have operated a school within the school district if the constituent district did either or both of the following:
(a) Directly operated 1 or more schools on its own.
(b) Caused public education services to be provided within the school district to residents of the school district through an agreement, contract, or other cooperative agreement with another public entity, including, but not limited to, another school district or an intermediate school district.
History:
1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 192, Imd. Eff. June 21, 2016
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-10 - Part 10 Annexation (380.901...380.933) › Section 380.931 - Division of District; Resolution; Petition; Election; Certifying Number of Registered School Electors; Effective Date of Division; Description of Division.

380.931 Division of district; resolution; petition; election; certifying number of registered school electors; effective date of division; description of division.
Sec. 931.
(1) An intermediate school board may divide a constituent district that has no bonded indebtedness and attach the parts thereof to 2 or more operating school districts if requested to do so by resolution of the board of the school district to be divided, or if petitioned by not less than 5% of the registered school electors residing in the district on the date the petition is received, and if the school electors of the school district, voting on the question at a regular or special school election, approve the division.
(2) The school district filing official shall certify the number of registered school electors residing in a school district as needed for voting on the ballot question.
(3) The resolution of the board of the school district to be divided or the petition of the registered school electors residing in the district may specify the effective date of the division of the school district, which date shall not be later than the end of the fiscal year in which the election takes place.
(4) The resolution of the intermediate school board to which the school district to be divided is constituent shall clearly describe the division. The description of the division shall be based on the resolution of the board of the school district to be divided or on the petition of the school electors.
History:
1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 299, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-10 - Part 10 Annexation (380.901...380.933) › Section 380.932 - Division of District; Election; Submission of Question; Ballot; Approval; Ratification; Territory; Taxes; Certified Statement of Vote; Declaration of Division; Attachment to Operating District; Distribution of Money and Property; Effective Date.

380.932 Division of district; election; submission of question; ballot; approval; ratification; territory; taxes; certified statement of vote; declaration of division; attachment to operating district; distribution of money and property; effective date.
Sec. 932.
(1) The board of the school district to be divided shall call an election at which the question of the division of the school district shall be submitted to the school electors. Vote on the ballot question shall be by ballot in the form determined by the school district filing official and shall clearly describe the division. Before an election is held, the superintendent of public instruction shall approve the proposed division and the attachment of the parts to existing operating school districts. The election in the school district to be divided shall be held not later than the next available day for a regular school election or special school election following the date of approval by the superintendent of public instruction.
(2) The affirmative vote of a majority of the school electors voting on the question is necessary to ratify the action of the intermediate school board.
(3) Territory attached to an existing operating school district shall be a part of that school district for all purposes, including the levy of all taxes the school district to which the territory is attached is authorized to levy.
(4) Within 5 days after the election, the school district filing official shall file a certified statement of the vote for division with the intermediate superintendent.
(5) Within 30 days after the filing of the certified statement of the vote approving the division, the intermediate school board, by resolution, shall declare the school district divided, attach the territory to the specified operating school districts, and make an equitable distribution of the money, property, and other material belonging to the school district among the school districts to which the territory is attached.
(6) If the effective date is determined by the resolution of the board or by the petition of the school electors under section 931, the intermediate school board shall declare the school district divided on that date.
History:
1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 299, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-10 - Part 10 Annexation (380.901...380.933) › Section 380.933 - Notice of Boundary Change; Map.

380.933 Notice of boundary change; map.
Sec. 933.
The intermediate superintendent shall notify the secretaries of the school districts whose boundaries are changed, the affected township supervisors or city assessors, and the state board of the division of the school district. The notification shall contain a map clearly indicating in detail the boundaries of the affected school districts before the alteration in boundaries and the boundaries of the affected school districts as altered by the division of the school district.
History:
1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-10A - Part 10a Annexation and Transfer (380.941...380.949) › Section 380.941 - Division of School District by Annexation and Transfer; Resolution; Approval; Election; Ballot; Majority Required.

380.941 Division of school district by annexation and transfer; resolution; approval; election; ballot; majority required.
Sec. 941.
A school district shall be divided by annexation of a part of its area consisting of not less than 50% of its assessed value to another school district and the transfer of the remaining area of the school district to 1 or more school districts contiguous to the dividing school district if the boards of the school district to be divided, the annexing school district, and the school district or districts to which territory will be transferred each adopt a resolution approving the annexation and transfer and, except as provided in this section, a majority of the school electors of the school district to be divided approve the annexation and transfer at a regular or special election to be called by the board of the dividing school district. The vote on the question shall be by ballot. Before the election is held, the boards of the school district to be divided and the annexing school district shall obtain the approval of the state superintendent of public instruction pursuant to section 944. The election shall be held not more than 180 days after the last date of passage of a resolution by the board of either the dividing school district or the annexing school district. Effective January 1, 1986, a school district shall not be divided by annexation and transfer unless a majority of the school electors of each school district which receives 25% or more of the state equalized value of the school district being annexed and transferred approve the annexation and transfer at a regular or special election to be called by the board of the appropriate school district.
History:
Add. 1984, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1984
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-10A - Part 10a Annexation and Transfer (380.941...380.949) › Section 380.942 - Resolution; Minimum Specifications.

380.942 Resolution; minimum specifications.
Sec. 942.
The resolution adopted by the boards of the school district being divided and the annexing school district pursuant to section 941 shall specify at a minimum all of the following:
(a) The effective date of the division, annexation, and transfer.
(b) The territory that is to be annexed to the annexing school district.
(c) The territory or territories that are to be transferred and the school districts to which they are to be transferred.
(d) A finding that the division, annexation, and transfer are in the best interests of the education of the pupils within the affected school districts.
(e) The manner in which the annexing and dividing school districts propose to assign employees of the dividing school district to bargaining units pursuant to section 948.
History:
Add. 1984, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1984
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-10A - Part 10a Annexation and Transfer (380.941...380.949) › Section 380.943 - Filing Resolution; Hearing; Notice; Designation of Representative.

380.943 Filing resolution; hearing; notice; designation of representative.
Sec. 943.
Upon adoption, a copy of the resolutions adopted by the annexing and the dividing school districts pursuant to section 941 promptly shall be filed with the superintendent of public instruction. Upon receipt of the resolutions, the superintendent of public instruction shall schedule and hold or cause to be held a hearing concerning the division of the school district by annexation and transfer. The hearing shall be held within 30 days after receipt by the superintendent of public instruction of the resolutions from the boards of the annexing and dividing school districts. The superintendent of public instruction shall give 10 days' notice of the time and place of the hearing and of the proposed division and alterations in school district boundaries to be considered by posting notice in at least 5 public places in each of the school districts whose territory will be affected, by publication at least once before the meeting in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory of the affected school districts, and by mailing a copy of the notice to the secretary of the board of each school district whose territory will be affected. The board of each school district whose territory will be affected by the proposed division and transfer shall designate a representative to attend the hearing.
History:
Add. 1984, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1984
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-10A - Part 10a Annexation and Transfer (380.941...380.949) › Section 380.944 - Written Order Approving or Disapproving Division; Transmittal.

380.944 Written order approving or disapproving division; transmittal.
Sec. 944.
If, within 30 days after the hearing, the superintendent of public instruction determines that the division would be in the best interest of the education of the pupils in the school districts affected by the division, including but not limited to consideration of such matters as class size, certified and noncertified staff, physical plants, transportation, curriculum, administration, labor relations, racial makeup, and cost effectiveness, he or she shall issue a written order approving the division of the school district. If the superintendent of public instruction determines that the division would not be in the best interest of the education of the pupils in the school districts affected by the division, he or she shall issue a written order disapproving the division. A copy of the order shall be transmitted to the secretary of the board of education of each school district whose boundaries are to be affected by the division.
History:
Add. 1984, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1984
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-10A - Part 10a Annexation and Transfer (380.941...380.949) › Section 380.945 - Election; Resolution; Conduct; Canvass; Question.

380.945 Election; resolution; conduct; canvass; question.
Sec. 945.
Upon receipt of an order transmitted as prescribed by section 944 and approving the division of the school district, the board of the school district to be annexed, divided, and transferred shall provide by resolution for the election on the question of annexing, dividing, and transferring the school district. The election shall be conducted and canvassed in the dividing district as provided in the Michigan election law. The question to be submitted to the electors shall be whether the territory of the dividing school district shall be annexed and transferred in the manner specified in the resolution of the dividing school district.
History:
Add. 1984, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1984 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 299, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-10A - Part 10a Annexation and Transfer (380.941...380.949) › Section 380.946 - Filing Certified Statement of Vote.

380.946 Filing certified statement of vote.
Sec. 946.
Within 10 days after the election required by section 945, the secretary of the board of the school district in which the election was held shall file a certified statement of the vote for annexation and transfer with the secretary of the board of the annexing school district and with the secretary of the board of each school district to which some portion of the dividing school district is to be transferred.
History:
Add. 1984, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1984
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-10A - Part 10a Annexation and Transfer (380.941...380.949) › Section 380.947 - Bonded Indebtedness; Taxation; Recertification of Taxes by Resolution; Filing Certified Copy of Resolution; Effect of Reduction in Taxes.

380.947 Bonded indebtedness; taxation; recertification of taxes by resolution; filing certified copy of resolution; effect of reduction in taxes.
Sec. 947.
(1) If the dividing school district has bonded indebtedness at the time of annexation and transfer, the identity of the school district shall not be lost by virtue of annexation or transfer. The territory of the dividing school district shall remain as a separate assessing unit for purposes of bonded indebtedness until the indebtedness has been retired or the outstanding bonds refunded by the annexing school district. The board of the annexing school district shall constitute the board of trustees for the divided school district having bonded indebtedness. The officers of the annexing school district shall be the officers for the divided district for the purpose of bonded indebtedness.
(2) The board of the annexing school district shall certify and order the levy of taxes for bonded indebtedness in the name of the dividing school district, shall not commingle the debt retirement funds of the dividing school district with those of the annexing school district, and shall do all things relating to the indebtedness required by law and by the terms under which the issuance and sale of the bonds originally were authorized.
(3) Other taxes of any nature levied for the purposes of any of the combined school districts formed by annexation or transfer shall be spread uniformly over the entire area of the combined school district levying the tax.
(4) If the electors of the dividing school district approve the annexation and transfer after September 15 but before December 1 of any year, the boards of the newly formed school districts by resolution shall recertify the taxes to be levied on the taxable property within the newly formed district to reflect any resulting reduction or increase in millage caused or authorized by the division, annexation, and transfer. The secretary of the board shall file a certified copy of the resolution with the county clerk and each city and township clerk in which the newly formed district is situated. If a dividing school district, an annexing school district, or a transferee school district has collected a portion of the taxes for the year in which the reduction occurs, the amount of the reduction shall be applied in whole to the second levy for that year in that affected school district.
History:
Add. 1984, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1984
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-10A - Part 10a Annexation and Transfer (380.941...380.949) › Section 380.948 - Assets and Liabilities; Employment Contracts and Agreements; Applicability of Subsection (2); Rights and Benefits.

380.948 Assets and liabilities; employment contracts and agreements; applicability of subsection (2); rights and benefits.
Sec. 948.
(1) Upon the effective date of the division of the school district, all assets and liabilities of the divided school district, with the exception of its bonded indebtedness, shall become the assets and liabilities of the annexing school district except as provided in subsection (2).
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), all employment contracts and agreements with authorized bargaining agents in effect at the time of the annexation-transfer election with the annexing school district, the annexed school district, and the school district or districts to which portions of the territory of the dividing school district are to be transferred shall remain in full force and effect for the duration of those contracts for the employees covered by them even after division of the district until representatives of employees, for the purposes of collective bargaining, have been certified by the Michigan employment relations commission and a successor agreement has been ratified by the bargaining agent of each bargaining unit and the boards of education of the annexing school district or the district or districts to which portions of the territory of the dividing school district have been transferred, as the case may be.
(3) In the event of an agreement of the authorized bargaining agents and the board of a district in which employees are to be employed, not less than 60 days prior to the annexation-transfer election, the provisions of subsection (2) shall not apply. All personnel employed under the provisions of this act shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits to which they otherwise would be entitled had they been employed by the newly formed school district originally.
(4) Employees of the dividing school district employed by the annexing school district or any district to which a portion of the territory of the dividing school district has been transferred shall be entitled to all rights provided by Act No. 4 of the Public Acts of the Extra Session of 1937, being sections 38.71 to 38.191 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, to which they would have been entitled if they had been employed originally by the annexing school district or any school district to which a portion of the territory of the dividing school has been transferred, as the case may be, including tenure status.
History:
Add. 1984, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1984
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-10A - Part 10a Annexation and Transfer (380.941...380.949) › Section 380.949 - Division Effective When School in Session; Pupils; Tuition; Closing Schools.

380.949 Division effective when school in session; pupils; tuition; closing schools.
Sec. 949.
If the division of a school district becomes effective at a time when school is in session, each pupil may complete the school year at the school the pupil was attending before the division occurred without payment of tuition, regardless of the school district to which that school may have been annexed or transferred. The boards of the newly formed school districts may agree to permit nonresident pupils who attended school in the dividing school district to attend school in the newly formed school districts without payment of tuition for the 2 school fiscal years after the effective date of the division. This section shall not prevent the annexing school district from closing any schools included in the annexation the fiscal year immediately following the effective date of the division.
History:
Add. 1984, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1984
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-11 - Part 11 Transfer of Territory (380.951...380.976) › Section 380.951 - Transfer of Territory Between School Districts; Resolution or Petition; Final Action; Territory Being Detached to Be Contiguous; Approval of Electors; Request by Board of Condominium Association.

380.951 Transfer of territory between school districts; resolution or petition; final action; territory being detached to be contiguous; approval of electors; request by board of condominium association.
Sec. 951.
(1) An intermediate school board may detach territory from 1 school district and attach the territory to another school district if requested to do so by resolution of the board of a school district whose boundaries would be changed by the action; subject to subsection (2), by resolution of the board of a condominium association acting pursuant to a petition signed by not less than 2/3 of the co-owners of the condominium association who reside on the land to be transferred; or if petitioned by not less than 2/3 of the persons who own and reside on the land to be transferred. The intermediate school board shall take final action within 60 days after the receipt of the resolution or petition. The territory to be detached shall be contiguous to the school district to which it is attached. If the latest assessed valuation of the territory to be detached is more than 10% of the latest assessed valuation of the entire school district from which the territory is to be detached, the action of the intermediate school board shall not be effective unless approved by an affirmative vote of a majority of the school electors of the school district from which the territory is to be detached.
(2) The board of a condominium association may request that an intermediate school board detach territory from 1 school district and attach the territory to another school district as described in subsection (1) only if the board of the condominium association represents the co-owners of a condominium project that is completed and not less than 75% of the units are sold and occupied.
History:
1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 508, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1988 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 147, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1990
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-11 - Part 11 Transfer of Territory (380.951...380.976) › Section 380.952 - Notice of Meeting and of Proposed Alterations in School District Boundaries.

380.952 Notice of meeting and of proposed alterations in school district boundaries.
Sec. 952.
The intermediate superintendent shall give 10 days' notice of the time and place of the meeting of the intermediate school board and of the proposed alterations in school district boundaries to be considered by publication once before the meeting in newspapers of general circulation in the territory of the affected school districts.
History:
1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 370, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-11 - Part 11 Transfer of Territory (380.951...380.976) › Section 380.953 - Territory Extending Into 2 or More School Districts; Joint Meeting of Boards; Filing Resolution or Petition; Notice of Meeting; Action on Resolution or Petition; Quorum; Election of Chairperson and Secretary.

380.953 Territory extending into 2 or more school districts; joint meeting of boards; filing resolution or petition; notice of meeting; action on resolution or petition; quorum; election of chairperson and secretary.
Sec. 953.
If the territory of school districts the boundaries of which are affected by the proposed alteration extends into 2 or more intermediate school districts, the intermediate school board of each intermediate school district shall meet jointly and sit as a single board to act upon the request for the transfer of territory. The resolution or petition for the transfer of territory may be filed with the intermediate school board of 1 of the intermediate school districts. The intermediate superintendent shall call the joint meeting of the affected intermediate school boards and give the notice of the intermediate school districts' meeting under section 952. Action on the resolution or petition for transfer of territory shall be taken only at a meeting attended by at least a quorum of each of the intermediate school boards. The intermediate school boards meeting jointly shall elect 1 of their members chairperson and another secretary of the meeting.
History:
1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-11 - Part 11 Transfer of Territory (380.951...380.976) › Section 380.953a - Transfer of Territory; Basis for Decision.

380.953a Transfer of territory; basis for decision.
Sec. 953a.
In making a decision on a proposed transfer of territory under this part, the intermediate school board, or the intermediate school boards meeting jointly, shall consider the welfare of the affected pupil, including, but not limited to, the length of the pupil's commute to and from school, on a school bus or otherwise.
History:
Add. 1995, Act 289, Eff. July 1, 1996
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-11 - Part 11 Transfer of Territory (380.951...380.976) › Section 380.954 - Map; Preparation; Contents; Filing Certified Copy.

380.954 Map; preparation; contents; filing certified copy.
Sec. 954.
If the intermediate school board or the joint intermediate school boards approve alterations in the boundaries of school districts, the board or joint boards shall cause a map to be prepared showing in detail the boundaries of the affected school districts before alteration and the boundaries of territory attached or detached. A copy of the map bearing the certification of the intermediate superintendent or the chairperson of the joint boards shall be filed with the secretary of each affected school district and with each affected township supervisor or city assessor.
History:
1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-11 - Part 11 Transfer of Territory (380.951...380.976) › Section 380.955 - Effective Date of Transfer; Transfer of Personal Property; Payment for Loss of Property; Accounting; Adjournment.

380.955 Effective date of transfer; transfer of personal property; payment for loss of property; accounting; adjournment.
Sec. 955.
The intermediate school board or joint intermediate school boards shall determine the effective date of the transfer, which shall not be less than 10 days after the date of the determination, and shall determine whether personal property of a school district is to be transferred. If real property owned by a school district is transferred to another school district, the intermediate school board shall determine an equitable payment for the loss of the property. The intermediate school board or joint intermediate school boards may require an accounting from the affected boards of education and, for the purpose of making the determination, may adjourn subject to the call of the president of the intermediate school board or chairperson of the joint intermediate school boards.
History:
1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-11 - Part 11 Transfer of Territory (380.951...380.976) › Section 380.966 - Levy of School Operational Millage; Certification.

380.966 Levy of school operational millage; certification.
Sec. 966.
If territory is attached to a school district effective before September 1 of a year, school operational millage for that year shall be levied on property in the territory by the attaching school district. If territory is attached to a school district effective on or after September 1 of a year, school operational millage for that year shall be levied on property in the territory by the school district from which the territory is detached. The school officials of the district entitled to levy school operational millage upon the transferred territory shall certify the school operational millage, and the territory over which it is to be spread, to the proper taxing officials when certifying the taxes to be levied by the school district.
History:
1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-11 - Part 11 Transfer of Territory (380.951...380.976) › Section 380.971 - Appeal to State Board of Education.

380.971 Appeal to state board of education.
Sec. 971.
(1) One or more resident owners of land considered for transfer from 1 school district to another, or the board of a school district whose territory is affected, may appeal the action of the intermediate school board or joint intermediate school boards in transferring the land, the failure to transfer the land, or action relative to the accounting determination to the state board within 10 days after the action or determination by the intermediate school board or the joint intermediate school boards. If the intermediate school board or the joint intermediate school boards fail to take action within the time limit under section 951, the appeal may be made to the state board within 10 days following the termination of the period. The pendency of an appeal shall suspend the action or determination of the intermediate school board or joint intermediate school boards.
(2) The state board may confirm, modify, or set aside the order of the intermediate school board or the joint intermediate school boards. In considering an appeal, the state board shall consider the welfare of the affected pupil, including, but not limited to, the length of the pupil's commute to and from school, on a school bus or otherwise. The action of the state board on the appeal is final.
History:
1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 289, Eff. July 1, 1996
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-11 - Part 11 Transfer of Territory (380.951...380.976) › Section 380.976 - Change in Boundaries; Continued Attendance of Twelfth Grade Pupils Without Payment of Tuition.

380.976 Change in boundaries; continued attendance of twelfth grade pupils without payment of tuition.
Sec. 976.
If the boundaries of a school district are changed pursuant to this part, a pupil in the twelfth grade at the time of the change or entering twelfth grade at the beginning of the school year immediately following the change shall be allowed to continue attending school in the school district which the pupil attended before the change without payment of tuition.
History:
1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-12 - Part 12 School Elections (380.1001...380.1032) › Section 380.1001-380.1032 - Repealed. 1992, Act 263, Eff. Jan. 1, 1993;—2003, Act 299, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005.

380.1001-380.1032 Repealed. 1992, Act 263, Eff. Jan. 1, 1993;—2003, Act 299, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-13 - Part 13 School Elections; Registration School Districts (380.1051...380.1071) › Section 380.1051-380.1071 - Repealed. 1992, Act 263, Eff. Jan. 1, 1993;—2003, Act 299, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005.

380.1051-380.1071 Repealed. 1992, Act 263, Eff. Jan. 1, 1993;—2003, Act 299, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-14 - Part 14 Boards of Education; Membership (380.1101...380.1107) › Section 380.1101-380.1106 - Repealed. 2003, Act 299, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005.

380.1101-380.1106 Repealed. 2003, Act 299, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to election or appointment of board members, vacancies, and recall.
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-14 - Part 14 Boards of Education; Membership (380.1101...380.1107) › Section 380.1107 - Removal of Board Member; Procedures; Eligibility for Election or Appointment; Restriction.

380.1107 Removal of board member; procedures; eligibility for election or appointment; restriction.
Sec. 1107.
(1) The governor may remove a member of a school board from office under this section if the governor is satisfied from the evidence submitted to the governor that the member is guilty of gross neglect of duty, corrupt conduct in office, or any other misfeasance or malfeasance in office.
(2) Before the governor removes a school board member under this section, all of the following procedures shall be followed:
(a) Charges shall be submitted to the governor in writing specifying the grounds for removal. The charges shall be accompanied by any supporting evidence and by the affidavit of the person making the charges verifying that the person believes the charges to be true.
(b) A copy of the charges shall be served on the school board member. Service shall be made as follows:
(i) If the school board member can be found, by handing the school board member a copy of the charges and of any affidavits or exhibits accompanying the charges.
(ii) If the school board member cannot be found, by leaving a copy of the charges and of any affidavits or exhibits accompanying the charges with a person of suitable age at the school board member's last known place of residence or, if a person of suitable age is not available, by posting the copy or copies in a conspicuous place at the school board member's last known place of residence.
(c) The school board member shall be given an opportunity to respond to the charges.
(3) A person removed from office under this section is not eligible for election or appointment to a school board or intermediate school board for a period of 3 years from the date of removal.
History:
Add. 2004, Act 234, Imd. Eff. July 21, 2004
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-15 - Part 15 School Districts; Powers and Duties Generally (380.1131...380.1186) › Section 380.1131 - Provisions Governing School Districts.

380.1131 Provisions governing school districts.
Sec. 1131.
Each school district is subject to and governed by this article except as to those matters which are specifically or by necessary implication provided for a first class school district under part 6, and by articles 3 and 4. An intermediate school district is governed by the provisions of this article that relate specifically to intermediate school districts and by articles 3 and 4.
History:
1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 289, Eff. July 1, 1996
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-15 - Part 15 School Districts; Powers and Duties Generally (380.1131...380.1186) › Section 380.1132 - Repealed. 1995, Act 289, Eff. July 1, 1996.

380.1132 Repealed. 1995, Act 289, Eff. July 1, 1996.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to powers, duties, obligations, and liabilities of a school district as body corporate.
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-15 - Part 15 School Districts; Powers and Duties Generally (380.1131...380.1186) › Section 380.1133 - Commencement of Fiscal School Year.

380.1133 Commencement of fiscal school year.
Sec. 1133.
The fiscal school year of a local school district or an intermediate school district commences on July 1.
History:
1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-15 - Part 15 School Districts; Powers and Duties Generally (380.1131...380.1186) › Section 380.1134 - Definitions; Tagging Record of Missing Student; Removal of Tag.

380.1134 Definitions; tagging record of missing student; removal of tag.
Sec. 1134.
(1) As used in this section and section 1135:
(a) "Local school district" means a local school district or local act school district that requires records to be compiled for each student in the district.
(b) "Intermediate school district" means an intermediate school district that serves a student who does not have a record at the local school district, but does have a record at the intermediate school district.
(2) Upon notification by a law enforcement agency pursuant to section 8 of Act No. 319 of the Public Acts of 1968, being section 28.258 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that a student less than 17 years of age is missing, a local school district or intermediate school district shall tag the record of the missing student in a manner that will alert the local or intermediate school district to the fact that the record is that of a missing person.
(3) Upon notification by a law enforcement agency pursuant to section 8 of Act No. 319 of the Public Acts of 1968 that the information entered into the law enforcement information network regarding a missing student has been canceled, the local or intermediate school district shall remove the tag from the student's school record not later than 7 days after receiving the notice from the law enforcement agency.
(4) The local or intermediate school district shall remove the tag on a missing student's school record as soon as possible after the student becomes 18 years of age.
History:
Add. 1987, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1987
Popular Name:
Act 451
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code › Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853) › Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644) › 451-1976-2-15 - Part 15 School Districts; Powers and Duties Generally (380.1131...380.1186) › Section 380.1137 - Powers of Parents and Legal Guardians; Policies or Guidelines.

380.1137 Powers of parents and legal guardians; policies or guidelines.
Sec. 1137.
(1) In recognition of the rights of parents and legal guardians, the board of a school district, public school academy, university school, or intermediate school district shall ensure that a parent or legal guardian responsible for the care and custody of a pupil enrolled in the school district, public school academy, university school, or intermediate school district may do all of the following:
(a) Review the curriculum, textbooks, and teaching materials of the school in which the pupil is enrolled at a reasonable time and place and in a reasonable manner.
(b) Be present, to a reasonable degree, and at reasonable times and subject to reasonable restrictions, controls, and limits, to observe instructional activity in a class or course in which the pupil is enrolled and present. As used in this subdivision, "instructional activity" does not include testing.
(2) The board of a school district, public school academy, university school, or intermediate school district may adopt reasonable policies or guidelines under this section. Those policies or guidelines shall not unreasonably prevent the exercise of the rights set forth in subsection (1) and shall not create an unreasonable obstacle to teaching or learning, or to administering or maintaining proper discipline, in a school or school program. If a board adopts policies or guidelines under this subsection, the board shall make the policies or guidelines available to the public.
History:
Add. 1995, Act 289, Eff. July 1, 1996
Popular Name:
Act 451