Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1146 (2026)

Single-gender school, class, or program.

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THE REVISED SCHOOL CODE

Act 451 of 1976

380.1146 Single-gender school, class, or program.

Sec. 1146.

(1) Except as otherwise provided under subsection (2) and section 475, a separate school or department shall not be kept for a person on account of race, color, or gender. This section shall not be construed to prevent the grading of schools according to the intellectual progress of the pupil to be taught in separate places as may be considered expedient.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the board of a school district or intermediate school district or board of directors of a public school academy may establish and maintain a school, class, or program within a school in which enrollment is limited to pupils of a single gender if the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy makes available to pupils a substantially equal coeducational school, class, or program and a substantially equal school, class, or program for pupils of the other gender.

(3) If the board of a school district or intermediate school district or board of directors of a public school academy establishes a single-gender school, class, or program described in subsection (1), the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy shall not require participation by any of its pupils in the single-gender school, class, or program. The board or board of directors shall ensure that participation by pupils in a single-gender school, class, or program is wholly voluntary. For the purposes of this subsection, participation by a pupil in a single-gender school, class, or program is not considered to be voluntary unless the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy also makes available to the pupil a substantially equal coeducational school, class, or program.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 303, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2006

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1978–1991 · leading case: Garrett v. Bd. of Educ. of Sch. D. of Detroit, 775 F. Supp. 1004 (E.D. Mich. 1991).

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Garrett v. Bd. of Educ. of Sch. D. of Detroit, 775 F. Supp. 1004 (E.D. Mich. 1991). · cites it 9× “Rather, they are designed to obtain information in an experimental setting and the knowledge generated from this experiment will be used to benefit all students, male and female. Defendant asserts that the purpose of the male academies is not to separate or ban female students,…”

Snyder v. Charlotte Pub. Sch. Dist., 365 N.W.2d 151 (Mich. 1985). · cites it 2× “" See also MCL 380.1146; MSA 15.41146. The statutory right of each school-age child to attend public school in the district in which he resides is set forth in § 1147 of the School Code of 1976: [1] "(1) A person, resident of a school district not maintaining a kindergarten and…”

Martin Luther King Junior Elementary Sch. Child. v. Michigan Bd. of Educ., 451 F. Supp. 1324 (E.D. Mich. 1978). · cites it 2× “§ 380.1146 which states: A separate school or department shall not be kept for a person on account of race, color, or sex.”

Berry v. Sch. Dist. of City of Benton Harbor, 467 F. Supp. 695 (W.D. Mich. 1978). “§ 380.1146. 8 . In construing this constitutional provision, this court recognizes that it is designed to guarantee fundamental rights and to protect disadvantaged minorities from the tyranny of the majority.”

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