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Michigan OK's online courses for 12 school systems
Michigan OK's online courses for 12 school systems
Associated Press
4:48 PM CST, January 4, 2009
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - State education officials have given 11 school districts and one charter school permission to let some students take part or all of their required classes online and off campus.
The Michigan Department of Education has given the attendance law waivers to the Ann Arbor, Avondale, Chippewa Hills, Jackson, Marquette, Montrose, Traverse City, Waterford and Wyoming school districts.
Approval also has gone to the Genesee and Manistee intermediate school districts and to Northwest Academy, a charter school in Charlevoix.
Student Absence Allowed for Deploying or Returning Service Member
Effective May 28, 2008, Public Act 141 (the "Act")
amended the Revised School Code to allow a student to be
absent up to one full day because his or her parent, legal
guardian, or sibling is a service member being deployed to
or returning from active duty. MCL 380.1138. The Act
also allows a student to be absent from school for up to two
full school days if the location of the deployment or return
is more than 300 miles from the student's home. Under
these circumstances, school officials must consider the
Attendance Law, PA 141
STATE OF MICHIGAN
94TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2008
Introduced by Senators Garcia, Allen, Birkholz, Richardville, Pappageorge, Kahn, Jelinek, Van Woerkom, Cropsey, Hardiman, George, Gilbert, Patterson, McManus, Cassis, Kuipers, Olshove, Jansen, Switalski, Stamas, Jacobs, Brown, Cherry, Barcia, Gleason, Whitmer, Sanborn, Bishop, Basham, Anderson,
Schauer, Hunter, Scott, Clark-Coleman and Clarke
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 747
Student Attendance Law passes
Establishes a student's absence due to parent's being deployed or return from active duty as excused absence.
Public Act 141
View here or download pdf below.
Steps need to move to a "Credit" based system
In his closing presentation at the MASSP AP Fall Conference, Superintendent Flanagan shared his efforts to move away from a seat-time accounting system. Jon Petitto wrote Mr. Flanagan a response.
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Superintendent Flanagan,
18-Year-Old Students and the Law
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18-Year-Old Students and the Law
"Do Not Send My Report Card to My Parents…"
An 18-year-old student walks in your office and demands, “do not send my report cards or other records to my parents.” Meanwhile, the student lives with his or her parent/guardian, who claims the student as a “dependent” for federal income tax purposes, and wishes to continue receiving educational records regarding the student. School officials should be aware of the applicable legal standards which address such situations. Moreover, while it is not necessary to “advertise” the rights of the 18-year-old student, appropriate procedures and/or policy can provide consistent guidance.
