SENATE BILL No. 746

 

 

January 11, 2018, Introduced by Senators PAVLOV and ROBERTSON and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1290.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1290. (1) Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, a

 

school district, intermediate school district, or public school

 

academy shall not prohibit a pupil from participating in

 

interscholastic athletic activities because that pupil transferred

 

to the school district, intermediate school district, or public

 

school academy, regardless of the reason for the transfer.

 

     (2) The board of a school district or intermediate school

 

district or board of directors of a public school academy shall not

 

adopt a resolution or enter into an agreement that prevents

 

compliance with subsection (1).

 

     (3) If, before the effective date of the amendatory act that

 

added this section, the board of a school district or intermediate

 

school district or board of directors of a public school academy

 

adopted a resolution or entered into an agreement that prevents

 

compliance with subsection (1), all provisions of the resolution or

 

agreement that prevent compliance with subsection (1) are void.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.