2023 House Bill 5051

Education: curriculum; merit curriculum requirement; modify.

A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “The revised school code,” by amending section 1278a (MCL 380.1278a), as amended by 2022 PA 105.

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Updates Michigan's high school graduation requirements under the merit standard. The bill proposes updates including a minimum of four credits in mathematics (with flexibility for career and technical education programs to fulfill the algebra II requirement), three credits in social science, at least one credit in health and physical education (eligible through extracurricular activities), and one credit in visual, performing, or applied arts.

Introduced in the House

Sept. 27, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Greg VanWoerkom (R-88)

Referred to the Committee on Education