Section 388.1698a - Allocation from 2009-2010 for 21st century learning environment initiative; intent.
THE STATE SCHOOL AID ACT OF 1979 (EXCERPT)
Act 94 of 1979
***** 388.1698a THIS SECTION IS REPEALED BY ACT 110 OF 2010 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2010 *****
388.1698a Allocation from 2009-2010 for 21st century learning environment initiative; intent.
Sec. 98a.
(1) It is the intent of the legislature that for 2009-2010 there will be allocated an amount not to exceed $11,500,000.00 from the competitive education technology grant funds awarded under title VIII of the American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, to be used for the 21st century learning environment initiative described in this section.
(2) The department shall use the allocations in subsection (1) to make competitive grants to local education agencies and eligible partnerships for the 21st century learning environment initiative in accordance with section 2412(A)(2)(B) of the enhancing education through technology part of the no child left behind act of 2001, Public Law 107-110, 20 USC 6762(A)(2)(B).
(3) The program funded under this section shall focus on ways to use 21st century learning environments that include high access to mobile technology to enable innovative teaching and learning strategies that help accelerate achievement in core academic subject areas, close achievement gaps, and prepare Michigan students for 21st century jobs.
(4) The department shall fund at least 1 grant in each of the following areas:
(a) Research-based dropout prevention and reengagement initiatives that utilize digital environments to enable project-based learning, nontraditional instructional methods, cyberlearning, and other methods aimed at engaging students who have dropped out or who are at-risk of dropping out. Wherever possible, the department shall take the necessary steps to remove regulatory barriers to allow local education agencies or eligible partnerships to receive grants under this subsection.
(b) Research-based ubiquitous digital learning environment programs acting as a school improvement or intervention technique to enable learning transformations and proven strategies for accelerating achievement for schools not meeting adequate yearly progress or with high concentrations of at-risk students. These strategies may include project-based learning or individualized and student-centered instruction enabled by using laptops and other mobile technology.
(c) Programs aimed at preparing high school students for Michigan's 21st century jobs in the digital media arts, film production, or creative arts fields. These projects shall include programs that combine instruction in core subject areas with instruction and industry certification in digital media production technologies.
(d) Full-time online learning opportunity sponsored by a consortium or partnership that is established by an organization dedicated to online learning and at least 1 intermediate district. These programs shall use strategies that use multiple education delivery systems including internet-based online approaches. All of the following apply to an online education program receiving a grant under this subdivision:
(i) Notwithstanding any rule to the contrary, an online education program receiving a grant under this subdivision is not required to comply with any rule that would require a pupil's physical presence or attendance in a classroom or that is otherwise inconsistent with a pupil's participation in an online, remote education program, including, but not limited to, R 340.10 and R 340.11 of the Michigan administrative code, the pupil instruction time requirements of section 101, and section 109. Further, the superintendent may waive any other provision of this act, of the revised school code, or of the Michigan administrative code that would otherwise interfere with the operation or funding of an online education program receiving a grant under this subdivision.
(ii) Program goals shall include increasing the number of online enrollments and completions by at-risk students.
(iii) An online education program receiving a grant under this subdivision shall ensure all of the following:
(A) That a teacher who holds appropriate certification according to state board rule, who is employed by a district participating in the consortium or partnership, and who is a member of a collective bargaining unit of a district participating in the consortium or partnership will be responsible for improving learning by planned instruction, diagnosing learning needs, assessing learning, and reporting outcomes to administrators and parents or legal guardians for each course in which a pupil is enrolled. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any rule, if these requirements are met, any other adult assisting with the oversight of a pupil during the pupil's participation in the online education program is not required to be a certificated teacher or an employee of a participating district.
(B) That the online education program will make educational services available to pupils for a minimum of 1,098 hours during a school year and will ensure that each pupil participates in the educational program for at least 1,098 hours during a school year.
(5) A grant recipient shall use 25% of grant funds for professional development that focuses on utilizing digital environments to enable new teaching and learning methods such as individualizing instruction and project-based learning.
(6) The department shall limit the number of grants awarded under this section to not more than 10 so that each grant recipient receives an amount that is sufficient to create large-scale learning environment changes that facilitate the goals of this section.
(7) The department shall assist grant recipients and other districts that do not receive awards but that want to achieve the goals of this section in ways to utilize other state, local, and federal funds to purchase or lease technology that creates 21st century learning environments that enable the goals and types of projects described in this section.
History: Add. 2009, Act 73, Imd. Eff. July 9, 2009
Compiler's Notes: Former MCL 388.1698a, which pertained to collaborative efforts to provide curricular support to teachers, was repealed by Act 121 of 2001, Eff. Oct. 1, 2001.Enacting section 1 of Act 73 of 2009 provides:"Enacting section 1. In accordance with section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending in this amendatory act and in 2008 PA 268 from state sources for fiscal year 2008-2009 is estimated at $11,097,798,200.00 and state appropriations to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2008-2009 are estimated at $10,890,765,900.00."