MI HB6297

Superintendent of public instruction must publish by September 1 annually a list of the lowest-achieving 5% of public schools in Michigan, as defined under the federal "Race to the Top" grant program.

Each school on the list must be placed under supervision of a state school reform/redesign officer, who shall issue an order requiring the school board to submit a redesign plan within 90 days that implements one of four federal intervention models: turnaround, restart, school closure, or transformation.

If a redesign plan is not approved or results are unsatisfactory, the state school reform/redesign officer may place the school in a new state school reform/redesign school district and impose one of the four intervention models, with authority over school operations, budgets, and collective bargaining agreements.

For the restart model, no collective bargaining agreement applies at the time of imposition; for turnaround model, existing pay scales and benefits continue but seniority systems and certain work rules may be suspended through a collective bargaining agreement addendum.

The superintendent may hire a state school reform/redesign officer (exempt from civil service) to oversee implementation, and schools may be released from these measures if they demonstrate significant improvement in pupil achievement.