2023 House Bill 4678 / 2024 Public Act 11

Children: child care; assessments of education facilities at child care institutions; require.

An act to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “An act to provide a system of public instruction and elementary and secondary schools; to revise, consolidate, and clarify the laws relating to elementary and secondary education; to provide for the organization, regulation, and maintenance of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to prescribe rights, powers, duties, and privileges of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to provide for the regulation of school teachers and certain other school employees; to provide for school elections and to prescribe powers and duties with respect thereto; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes; to provide for the borrowing of money and issuance of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness; to establish a fund and provide for expenditures from that fund; to make appropriations for certain purposes; to provide for and prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, the state board of education, and certain other boards and officials; to provide for licensure of boarding schools; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1281c.

Senate Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bill 4678 would amend the Revised School Code to require the MDE to regularly review educational programs provided in child caring institutions to ensure compliance with the Code and rules promulgated under the Code.

Introduced in the House

May 25, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Kimberly Edwards (D-12) and 15 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Stephanie Young (D-16), Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Sharon MacDonell (D-56), Cynthia Neeley (D-70), Amos O’Neal (D-94), Phil Green (R-67), Brenda Carter (D-53), Ranjeev Puri (D-24), Helena Scott (D-7), Tyrone Carter (D-1), Kristian Grant (D-82), Donavan McKinney (D-14), Abraham Aiyash (D-9) and Karen Whitsett (D-4)

Referred to the Committee on Families, Children and Seniors

June 13, 2023

Reported without amendment

Nov. 9, 2023

Passed in the House 104 to 3 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Nov. 14, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services

Feb. 13, 2024

Reported without amendment

Feb. 14, 2024

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Feb. 20, 2024

Reported without amendment

Feb. 21, 2024

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Feb. 27, 2024