Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1316 (2026)

Public school fraternity, sorority, or secret society prohibited; definition.

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THE REVISED SCHOOL CODE

Act 451 of 1976

380.1316 Public school fraternity, sorority, or secret society prohibited; definition.

Sec. 1316.

(1) A school official or a board of a school district shall not authorize, support, or permit the creation and existence of a public school fraternity, sorority, or secret society.

(2) A fraternity, sorority, or secret society is declared an obstruction to education and inimical to the public welfare.

(3) As used in this section, a "public school fraternity, sorority, or secret society" means an organization whose active membership is composed wholly or in part of pupils of the public schools of this state enrolled in 1 or more of the 12 grades and perpetuating itself by taking in additional members from the pupils enrolled in the public schools on the basis of the decision of its membership, rather than upon the right of a pupil who is qualified by the regulations of the school to be a member of and take part in class or group exercises, subjects required by the course of study, or program of school activities fostered and promoted by the board and superintendent of schools or by the board and intermediate superintendent for a school not employing a superintendent of schools.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1989–2005 · leading case: Scalise v. Boy Scouts of Am., 692 N.W.2d 858 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005).

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Scalise v. Boy Scouts of Am., 692 N.W.2d 858 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005). “Plaintiffs also alleged that Boy Scouts was acting as a fraternity as proscribed by the Michigan School Code, MCL 380.1316. Because plaintiffs failed to make this final allegation in their initial or amended complaint, this issue is not properly before this Court and will not be…”

Tomczik v. State Tenure Comm'n, 438 N.W.2d 642 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989). “That MCLA 380.1316 authorizes a teacher to use reasonable physical force on a pupil necessary to maintain discipline over pupils in attendance at school and said teacher is not liable for the use of physical force except in case of gross abuse and disregard for the health and…”

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