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Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.6 (2026)

Definitions; S, T; "department" defined.

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THE REVISED SCHOOL CODE


Act 451 of 1976


380.6 Definitions; S, T; "department" defined.

Sec. 6.

    (1) "School district" or "local school district" means a general powers school district organized under this act, regardless of previous classification, a community district, or a school district of the first class.

    (2) "School district filing official" means the school district election coordinator as defined in section 4 of the Michigan election law, MCL 168.4, or an authorized agent of the school district election coordinator.

    (3) "School elector" means a person qualified as an elector under section 492 of the Michigan election law, MCL 168.492, and resident of the school district or intermediate school district on or before the thirtieth day before the next ensuing regular or special school election.

    (4) "School month" means a 4-week period of 5 days each unless otherwise specified in the teacher's contract.

    (5) "School of excellence" means a school of excellence established under part 6e.

    (6) "Special education building and equipment" means a structure or portion of a structure or personal property accepted, leased, purchased, or otherwise acquired, prepared, or used for special education programs and services.

    (7) "Special education personnel" means persons engaged in and having professional responsibility for students with a disability in special education programs and services including, but not limited to, teachers, aides, school social workers, diagnostic personnel, physical therapists, occupational therapists, audiologists, teachers of speech and language, instructional media-curriculum specialists, mobility specialists, teacher consultants, supervisors, and directors.

    (8) "Special education programs and services" means educational and training services designed for students with a disability and operated by a school district, intermediate school district, the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind, the department of health and human services, or a combination of these, and ancillary professional services for students with a disability rendered by agencies approved by the superintendent of public instruction. The programs must include vocational training, but need not include academic programs of college or university level.

    (9) "School safety commission" means the following:

    (a) Before January 1, 2025, the school safety commission created under section 5 of the comprehensive school safety plan act, 2018 PA 548, MCL 28.805.

    (b) Beginning January 1, 2025, the school safety and mental health commission created under section 6 of the comprehensive school safety plan act, 2018 PA 548, MCL 28.806.

    (10) "Special school election" or "special election" means a school district election to fill a vacancy on the school board or submit a ballot question to the school electors that is held on a regular election date established under section 641 of the Michigan election law, MCL 168.641.

    (11) "State approved nonpublic school" means a nonpublic school that complies with 1921 PA 302, MCL 388.551 to 388.558.

    (12) "State board" means the state board of education created by section 3 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963 unless clearly otherwise stated.

    (13) "Student with a disability" means that term as defined in R 340.1702 of the Michigan administrative code.

    (14) "Department" means the department of education created under sections 300 to 305 of the executive organization act of 1965, 1965 PA 380, MCL 16.400 to 16.405.

    (15) "State school aid" means allotments from the general appropriating act for the purpose of aiding in the support of the public schools of the state, including, but not limited to, appropriations from the state school aid fund under the state school aid act of 1979.

    (16) "The state school aid act of 1979" means the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1601 to 388.1896.

    

    

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977 ;-- Am. 1981, Act 87, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1981 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 215, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1982 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 159, Eff. Mar. 13, 1990 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 289, Eff. July 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 299, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2008 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 205, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2010 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 192, Imd. Eff. June 21, 2016 ;-- Am. 2024, Act 264, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2026 · leading case: Penokie v. Michigan Technological Univ., 287 N.W.2d 304 (Mich. Ct. App. 1979).
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Penokie v. Michigan Technological Univ., 287 N.W.2d 304 (Mich. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “451 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 380.6 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; an intermediate school district as defined in section 4 of Act No.”
Michigan Prot. & Advocacy Serv., Inc. v. Caruso, 581 F. Supp. 2d 847 (W.D. Mich. 2008). · cites it 2× “Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.6 (7) (emphasis added).”
People v. Bennett, 501 N.W.2d 106 (Mich. 1993). · cites it 2× “" MCL 380.6(8); MSA 15.4006(8). The act to which this definition refers is the private and parochial schools act.”
St Clair Cnty. Educ. Ass'n v. St Clair Cnty. Intermediate Sch. Dist., 630 N.W.2d 909 (Mich. Ct. App. 2001). “~), MCL 380.6(1) (“ ‘School district’ . . . means a general powers school district organized under this act, regardless of previous classification, or a school district of the first class.”
Davis v. Johnson, 26 F. Supp. 3d 665 (E.D. Mich. 2014). · cites it 2× “If Davis chooses the petition option, by not later than July 22, 2014, he must submit to Clerk Green — the “school district filing official” with whom candidates for the Board must file their nominating peti *670 tions, MCL §§ 380.6, 168.4(e) — nominating petitions signed by “a…”
People v. DeJonge, 449 N.W.2d 899 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989). “MCL 380.6(8); MSA 15.4006(8). Even if there were an approval process, the DeJonges admit that they did not comply with the teacher certification requirement.”
Sch. Dist. v. Dep't of Educ., 204 Mich. App. 525 (Mich. Ct. App. 1994). “” MCL 380.6(11); MSA 15.4006(11). The terms "total state school aid” and "total state aid allocation” are not defined to include or exclude the payments at issue here.”
Detroit Pub. Schs. Cmty. Dist. v. Dept of Treasury (Mich. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 2× “See MCL 380.6(1), as amended by 2009 PA 205. Effective June 21, 2016, the Legislature amended the definition of “school district” to include general-powers school districts, first-class school districts, and community districts.”
Beverly Garvin v. Detroit Bd. of Educ. (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “3(3) and MCL 380.6(1). We shall refer to these defendants as the “entity defendants” for purposes of this opinion.”
Pontiac Sch Dist v. Dep't of Educ, 516 N.W.2d 516 (Mich. Ct. App. 1994). “" MCL 380.6(11); MSA 15.4006(11). The terms "total state school aid" and "total state aid allocation" are not defined to include or exclude the payments at issue here.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.6(1) — 3 cases
St Clair Cnty. Educ. Ass'n v. St Clair Cnty. Intermediate Sch. Dist., 630 N.W.2d 909 (Mich. Ct. App. 2001). “~), MCL 380.6(1) (“ ‘School district’ . . . means a general powers school district organized under this act, regardless of previous classification, or a school district of the first class.”
Detroit Pub. Schs. Cmty. Dist. v. Dept of Treasury (Mich. Ct. App. 2026). “See MCL 380.6(1), as amended by 2009 PA 205. Effective June 21, 2016, the Legislature amended the definition of “school district” to include general-powers school districts, first-class school districts, and community districts.”
Beverly Garvin v. Detroit Bd. of Educ. (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “3(3) and MCL 380.6(1). We shall refer to these defendants as the “entity defendants” for purposes of this opinion.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.6(11) — 2 cases
Sch. Dist. v. Dep't of Educ., 204 Mich. App. 525 (Mich. Ct. App. 1994). “” MCL 380.6(11); MSA 15.4006(11). The terms "total state school aid” and "total state aid allocation” are not defined to include or exclude the payments at issue here.”
Pontiac Sch Dist v. Dep't of Educ, 516 N.W.2d 516 (Mich. Ct. App. 1994). “" MCL 380.6(11); MSA 15.4006(11). The terms "total state school aid" and "total state aid allocation" are not defined to include or exclude the payments at issue here.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.6(8) — 2 cases
People v. Bennett, 501 N.W.2d 106 (Mich. 1993). “" MCL 380.6(8); MSA 15.4006(8). The act to which this definition refers is the private and parochial schools act.”
People v. DeJonge, 449 N.W.2d 899 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989). “MCL 380.6(8); MSA 15.4006(8). Even if there were an approval process, the DeJonges admit that they did not comply with the teacher certification requirement.”
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