PRIVATE, DENOMINATIONAL, AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
Act 302 of 1921
388.551 Private, denominational, and parochial schools; supervision by superintendent of public instruction; assistants; compensation; removal; intent of act.
Sec. 1.
The superintendent of public instruction has supervision of all the private, denominational, and parochial schools of this state in such matters and manner as provided in this act. The superintendent of public instruction shall employ assistants and employees as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of this act. The number of assistants and employees is subject to the approval of the state administrative board. The salaries and expenses shall be paid by the state treasurer from the fund designated in this act at the time and in the manner as other state officers and employees are paid. The superintendent of public instruction may remove any appointee under this act at any time that the superintendent of public instruction considers advisable. It is the intent of this act that the sanitary conditions of the schools subject to this act, the courses of study in those schools, and the qualifications of the teachers in those schools shall be of the same standard as provided by the general school laws of this state.
History: 1921, Act 302, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 8151 ;-- CL 1948, 388.551 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 701, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2002
Constitutionality Notes:
Requiring all teachers in the state to be certified is not unconstitutional. Sheridan Road Baptist Church v Department of Education, 426 Mich 462; 396 NW2d 373 (1986).
Notes of Decisions
Clonlara, Inc v. State Board of Education (1993)
mich · cites it 8×
“[1] I On October 8, 1986, defendant State Board of Education adopted guidelines entitled "Nonpublic School and Home School Compliance Procedures" *254 by which to enforce the nonpublic school act, MCL 388.551 et seq.; MSA 15.1921 et seq. The procedures were not promulgated…”
Sheridan Road Baptist Church v. Department of Education (1986)
mich · cites it 8×
“FACTS In September, 1979, the Department of Education, acting under the authority of the state's nonpublic school statute, 1921 PA 302 , MCL 388.551 et seq.; MSA 15.1921 et seq., [4] sought to *469 *470 obtain information about student enrollment and teacher qualifications from…”
People v. DeJonge (1993)
mich · cites it 2×
“41233(3), provides an exception for vocational instructors. Through June 30, 1995, the local school board may renew an annual vocational authorization of a noncertified vocational instructor, provided that the instructor is enrolled and completing credit in an approved…”
People v. Bennett (1993)
mich · cites it 4×
“41561[3][a]); (3) children schooled at home must be provided with a minimum of 180 days and 900 hours of instruction, with adjustments allowed to provide adequate supervision of work; schools with six or more students must comply with school fire safety standards; attendance…”
Sheridan Road Baptist Church v. Department of Education (1984)
michctapp · cites it 2×
“” MCL 388.551; MSA 15.1921. A person employed as a teacher in such a school is required to hold "a certificate such as would qualify him or her to teach in like grades of the public schools of the state”.”
Falk v. State Bar of Mich. (1981)
mich
“Falk’s pleading stated a claim in First Amendment terms which *106 required development of an appropriate factual record.”
Clonlara, Inc v. State Board of Education (1991)
michctapp · cites it 3×
“The present action revolves around the State Board of Education’s publication of procedures which set forth the manner by which the Department of Education and its agents are to collect and process information necessary to the department’s enforcement of the private,…”
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