Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1282 (2026)

Grades, schools, and departments; courses of study; opportunity to achieve state endorsement; special assistance.

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THE REVISED SCHOOL CODE


Act 451 of 1976


380.1282 Grades, schools, and departments; courses of study; opportunity to achieve state endorsement; special assistance.

Sec. 1282.

    (1) The board of a school district shall establish and carry on the grades, schools, and departments it considers necessary or desirable for the maintenance and improvement of its schools and determine the courses of study to be pursued.

    (2) The board of a school district shall provide a core academic curriculum, learning processes, special assistance particularly for students with reading disorders or who have demonstrated marked difficulty in achieving success on standardized tests, and sufficient access to each of these so that all pupils have a fair opportunity to achieve a state endorsement under section 1279. The board shall use Michigan education assessment program (MEAP) test results as an indicator of which pupils need special assistance to have a fair opportunity to achieve state endorsement under section 1279 and of whether the school district's curriculum is adequately aligned to prepare pupils to achieve that state endorsement. This special assistance may include at least 1 meeting attended by at least the pupil and a member of the school district's staff or a local or intermediate school district consultant who is knowledgeable in the measurement and evaluation of pupils. The school district may provide the meeting as a group meeting for pupils in similar circumstances. If the pupil is a minor, the school district shall invite and encourage the pupil's parent, legal guardian, or person in loco parentis to attend the meeting and shall mail a notice of the meeting to the pupil's parent, legal guardian, or person in loco parentis. The purpose of this meeting and any subsequent meeting under this subsection should be to determine an educational program for the pupil designed to assist the pupil to be prepared to achieve state endorsement under section 1279. In addition, the school district may provide for subsequent meetings with the pupil conducted by a counselor or teacher designated by the pupil's principal, and shall invite and encourage the pupil's parent, legal guardian, or person in loco parentis to attend the subsequent meetings. The school district may provide special programs for the pupil or develop a program using the educational programs regularly provided by the school district.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 335, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1993 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1997

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19 cases, 1978–2020 · leading case: Adair v. State, 680 N.W.2d 386 (Mich. 2004).
Adair v. State, 680 N.W.2d 386 (Mich. 2004). · cites it 22× “§ 380.1282, last amended by 1997 P.A. 181.”
Durant v. State Bd. of Educ., 381 N.W.2d 662 (Mich. 1986). · cites it 4× “[MCL 380.1282; MSA 15.41282.] The board of a school district shall make reasonable regulations relative to anything necessary for the proper establishment, maintenance, management, and carrying on of the public schools of the district, including regulations relative to the…”
Granger v. Klein, 197 F. Supp. 2d 851 (E.D. Mich. 2002). · cites it 6× “MCL § 380.1282 states that "[t]he board of a school district shall establish and carry on the grades, schools, and departments it considers necessary or desirable for the maintenance and improvement of its schools and determine the courses of study to be pursued.”
Snyder v. Charlotte Pub. Sch. Dist., 365 N.W.2d 151 (Mich. 1985). · cites it 2× “" MCL 380.1282; MSA 15.41282. "The board of a school district shall make reasonable regulations relative to anything necessary for the proper establishment, maintenance, management, and carrying on of the public schools of the district, including regulations relative to the…”
Sheridan Road Baptist Church v. Dep't of Educ., 348 N.W.2d 263 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “MCL 380.1282; MSA 15.41282. The only nonpublic school courses specifically mandated by the state are Federal and State Constitution and Government and high school Civics.”
Chester v. Harper Woods Sch. Dist., 273 N.W.2d 916 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 2× “Moreover, MCL 380.1282; MSA 15.41282 (formerly MCL 340.”
Lm v. State of Michigan, 307 Mich. App. 685 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). “In turn, MCL 380.1282 provides in relevant part: (1) The board of a school district shall establish and carry on the grades, schools, and departments it considers necessary or desirable for the maintenance and improvement of its schools and determine the courses of study to be…”
Sharp v. Huron Valley Bd. of Educ., 314 N.W.2d 785 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 3× “Defendant contends, however, that if the Michigan Vehicle Code is construed as requiring that school districts must offer driver education courses, it conflicts with MCL 380.1282; MSA 15.41282, a provision of the School Code giving local boards of education discretion to…”
Eichhorn v. Lamphere Sch. Dist., 421 N.W.2d 230 (Mich. Ct. App. 1988). “MCL 380.1282; MSA 15.41282 states that the board of a school district shall establish and administer "the grades, schools, and departments it deems necessary or desirable for the maintenance and improvement of the schools.”
Durant v. Dep't of Educ., 342 N.W.2d 591 (Mich. Ct. App. 1983). “MCL 380.1282; MSA 15.41282 provides: "The board of a school district shall establish and carry on the grades, schools, and departments it deems necessary or desirable for the maintenance and improvement of the schools, determine the courses of study to be pursued, and cause the…”
Snyder v. Charlotte Pub. Sch. Dist., 333 N.W.2d 542 (Mich. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “This statutory mandate is reiterated in MCL 380.1282; MSA 15.41282. Review of a school district's actions pursuant to this grant of authority utilizes the arbitrary and capricious or abuse-of-discretion standard appropriate to administrative bodies.”
Gary B. v. Snyder, 329 F. Supp. 3d 344 (E.D. Mich. 2018). “§ 380.1282(1). See also id. § 380.1278 (requiring local school boards to establish certain curricula).”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1282(1) — 2 cases
Gary B. v. Snyder, 329 F. Supp. 3d 344 (E.D. Mich. 2018). “§ 380.1282(1). See also id. § 380.1278 (requiring local school boards to establish certain curricula).”
Gary B. v. Snyder, 313 F. Supp. 3d 852 (E.D. Mich. 2018).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1282(2) — 1 case
Adair v. State, 680 N.W.2d 386 (Mich. 2004). “§ 380.1282, last amended by 1997 P.A. 181.”
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