SB 1038 Summary

• Suspends the requirement for school districts to administer the Michigan merit examination during the 2020-2021 school year to receive state aid funding, subject to federal law compliance.

• Exempts districts from administering the exam to home school students in 2020-2021 if the district is not administering it to its own enrolled pupils in that year.

• Makes technical corrections to statute references, changing "shall" to "must" throughout the section and updating the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act citation from section 1769i to 1769j.

• Clarifies that the suspension applies to the complete Michigan merit examination administration timeline and retake requirements for the 2020-2021 school year only.

• Maintains all other existing requirements for the Michigan merit examination, including its components (college entrance test, work skills test, and M-STEP), scoring standards, and accommodations for students with disabilities.