Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.75 (2026)

School year; definition.

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TEACHERS' TENURE

Act 4 of 1937 (Ex. Sess.)

38.75 School year; definition.

Sec. 5.

The "school year" shall be defined as the legal school year at the time and place where service was rendered.

History: 1937, Ex. Sess., Act 4, Eff. Sept. 1, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 38.75

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1984–2022 · leading case: Kola Hasanaj v. Detroit Pub. Schs. Cmty. Dist., 35 F.4th 437 (6th Cir. 2022).

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Kola Hasanaj v. Detroit Pub. Schs. Cmty. Dist., 35 F.4th 437 (6th Cir. 2022). “1986); see Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 38.75 . This rule “neither benefits nor penalizes teachers employed after the school year has begun” because each teacher “must simply serve the same probationary period” based upon their anniversary date of employment.”

Breuhan v. Plymouth-Canton Cmty. Schs., 389 N.W.2d 85 (Mich. 1986). · cites it 2× “” MCL 38.75; MSA 15.1975. 3 We are not persuaded that sufficient reasons exist in the instant case which would justify discarding the commission’s approach in favor of those proposed by either our colleague or the Court of Appeals majority.”

Ajluni v. West Bloomfield Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ., 245 N.W.2d 49 (Mich. 2011). · cites it 2× “4 MCLA 38.75; MSA 15.1975. 5 1955 PA 269 , § 353; MCLA 340.”

Breuhan v. Plymouth-Canton Cmty. Schs., 359 N.W.2d 566 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “What constitutes a school year is defined in MCL 38.75; MSA 15.1975 as "the legal school year at the time and place where service was rendered".”

Kellerman v. Bd. of Educ. of the Bay City Pub. Schs., 141 Mich. App. 276 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 4× “) MCL 38.75; MSA 15.1975. The School Code of 1976 provides: "The board of a school district shall determine the length of the school term.”

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