MI SB0115

Removes the "beginning in 2010" language and requires the superintendent of public instruction to publish by September 1 each year a list of the lowest achieving 5% of public schools in Michigan based on federal "Race to the Top" grant program criteria.

Requires the superintendent to publish a summary with each list identifying school districts operating lowest-achieving schools, the number of such schools per district, pupil enrollment in those schools, and total schools and pupils in each district.

Establishes a state school reform/redesign officer position to oversee failing schools and require school boards to submit redesign plans within 90 days, implementing one of four federal intervention models: turnaround, restart, school closure, or transformation.

Grants the state school reform/redesign officer authority to place schools in a state reform/redesign school district, control budgets and personnel decisions, and impose addendums to collective bargaining agreements including suspension of seniority systems and work rules as needed for school improvement.

Allows the superintendent to appoint a chief executive officer to manage multiple failing schools with the same powers as the reform/redesign officer, and permits schools showing significant improvement to be released from state intervention measures upon recommendation.