Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.555 (2026)

School investigation and examination; failure to permit, cause for suspension.

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PRIVATE, DENOMINATIONAL, AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS

Act 302 of 1921

388.555 School investigation and examination; failure to permit, cause for suspension.

Sec. 5.

The superintendent of public instruction by himself, his assistants, or any duly authorized agent, shall have authority at any time to investigate and examine into the conditions of any school operating under this act as to the matters hereinbefore set forth and it shall be the duty of such school to admit such superintendent, his assistants or authorized agents and to submit for examination its sanitary condition, the records of enrollment of pupils, its courses of studies as set forth in section 1 of this act and the qualifications of its teachers. Any refusal to comply with provisions herein on the part of such school or teacher shall be considered sufficient cause to suspend the operation of said school after proceedings taken as stated in section 4 of this act.

History: 1921, Act 302, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 8155 ;-- CL 1948, 388.555

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1971–1991 · leading case: Sheridan Road Baptist Church v. Dep't of Educ., 348 N.W.2d 263 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984).

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Sheridan Road Baptist Church v. Dep't of Educ., 348 N.W.2d 263 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 4× “MCL 388.555; MSA 15.1925, MCL 388.554; MSA 15.”

Advisory Opinion Re Constitutionality of Pa 1970, No 100, 180 N.W.2d 265 (Mich. 1971). · cites it 4× “[32] MCLA § 388.555 (Stat Ann 1968 Rev § 15.1925).”

Clonlara, Inc v. State Bd. of Educ., 469 N.W.2d 66 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991). “” MCL 388.555; MSA 15.1925. However, the nonpublic school act neither implicitly nor explicitly provides the superintendent of public instruction the authority to promulgate new requirements not specifically set forth in the nonpublic school act or the School Code.”

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