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MI HB6249
Bill
Status
6/16/2022
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Fink
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AI Summary
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Expands eligible virtual course sources to include catalogs maintained by colleges or universities, in addition to the Michigan Virtual University statewide catalog and district board-approved course catalogs.
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Allows colleges and universities to maintain catalogs of virtual courses and requires primary districts to provide website links to all college/university catalogs and the statewide catalog.
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Clarifies that colleges and universities providing virtual courses must ensure courses generate postsecondary credit and must be taught by instructors employed by or contracted through the providing institution.
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Adds "college or university" to the definition of eligible providers alongside community colleges, updating references throughout the section to reflect this broader category.
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Requires providers offering courses to multiple districts to either submit course syllabuses to the Michigan Virtual University or to colleges/universities maintaining catalogs, and mandates annual enrollment reporting to the Michigan Virtual University.
Legislative Description
Education: other; enrollment in virtual courses published in a catalog of virtual courses maintained by a college or university; allow. Amends sec. 21f of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1621f).
Education: other
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/21/2022
6/21/2022