House Bill 6004 Summary

• Establishes the Education Achievement Authority (EAA) as part of Michigan's public education system under Part 7c, with powers to operate, manage, and oversee public schools called "achievement schools" to improve educational outcomes for low-performing students.

• Creates an authority board initially composed of representatives from the Detroit school district and Eastern Michigan University, with governance transitioning to gubernatorial appointments starting January 1, 2014, and a chancellor serving as chief executive officer.

• Grants the EAA broad operational powers including property acquisition, personnel hiring, curriculum flexibility, bond issuance, and ability to employ non-certified teachers and university faculty as classroom instructors.

• Establishes a state reform district under the EAA's control for the lowest-achieving 5% of schools, requiring redesign plans and imposing intervention models (turnaround, restart, transformation, school closure) with reduced collective bargaining restrictions when needed.

• Creates a process for redeploying unused school buildings owned by districts in financial distress to eligible public schools (charter academies, EAA, university schools) through lease or sale at fair market value, with state reversion rights if buildings remain unused.