Senate Bill 945 Summary

• Transfers oversight of Michigan's educational assessment programs from the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the Department of Treasury.

• Establishes that core academic curriculum content standards shall encompass only academic and cognitive instruction, excluding attitudes, beliefs, or value systems not essential to society's legal, economic, and social structure.

• Creates section 1279f establishing the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) under Department of Treasury supervision, assessing basic skills in reading, mathematics, language arts, science, and other subjects for grades 3-10.

• Requires the Michigan Merit Examination to be administered to grade 11 pupils (and grade 12 if not taken in grade 11), measuring performance in English language arts, mathematics, reading, science, and social studies; limits combined test time to maximum of 8 hours if sufficient curriculum alignment can be achieved.

• Repeals 1970 PA 38 and sections 1279 and 1279d of the Revised School Code, consolidating assessment program authority within the Department of Treasury.