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MI HB6249

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/16/2022

Primary Sponsor

Andrew Fink

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Origin

House of Representatives

101st Legislature

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Adds "college or university" to the definition of eligible providers alongside community colleges, updating references throughout the section to reflect this broader category.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Education6/16/2022

Full Bill Text

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