2023 House Bill 4541

Education: athletics; criteria used to cancel high school interscholastic athletic activities; modify.

A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “The revised school code,” (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1290.

AI Analysis – Experimental

Proposes an amendment to the 1976 PA 451, known as "The Revised School Code," by adding section 1290. The amendment stipulates that the cancellation of a high school interscholastic athletic activity, or any season or part of it, can only be authorized by the legislature through the enactment of a bill, except under specific circumstances. These exceptions include weather conditions, road conditions, power loss, water main bursts, flooding, threats of violence, or a death within the community, under which a public school may cancel such activities.

Introduced in the House

May 10, 2023

Introduced by Rep. James DeSana (R-29) and five co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Jay DeBoyer (R-63), Matt Maddock (R-51), Steve Carra (R-36), Joseph Fox (R-101) and Neil Friske (R-107)

Referred to the Committee on Education