SB 350 — Education: examinations; opt-out option for the workforce readiness assessment portion of the Michigan merit examination; provide for. Amends sec. 104b of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1704b).

SB-350, As Passed Senate, August 13, 2025 SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO.

CRM S02692'25 (S-3)(S-3)_SB350_APS_1 ek94mcq5mon0 1 (2) For the purposes of this section, the department of technology, management, and budget shall contract with 1 or more providers to develop, supply, and score the Michigan merit examination.

The department shall consult with an individual who represents business CRM S02692'25 (S-3)(S-3)_SB350_APS_1 ek94mcq5mon0 1 in this state, an individual who represents manufacturing in this state, and an individual who represents skilled trades organizations in this state to develop an informational letter about the purpose and benefits of the workforce readiness assessment.

(b) The department of technology, management, and budget and the superintendent shall ensure that any contractor used for scoring, developing, or processing the Michigan merit examination meets quality management standards commonly used in the assessment CRM S02692'25 (S-3)(S-3)_SB350_APS_1 ek94mcq5mon0 1 industry, including at least meeting level 2 of the capability maturity model developed by the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University for the first year the Michigan merit examination is offered to all grade 11 pupils and at least meeting level 3 of the capability maturity model for subsequent years.

CRM S02692'25 (S-3)(S-3)_SB350_APS_1 ek94mcq5mon0 1 (a) For each high school graduate who has completed the Michigan merit examination under this section, the pupil's scaled score on each subject area component of the Michigan merit examination.

The returned scores shall must indicate at least the pupil's scaled score for each subject area component and the range of scaled scores for each CRM S02692'25 (S-3)(S-3)_SB350_APS_1 ek94mcq5mon0 1 subject area.

(8) The superintendent shall ensure that the length of the Michigan merit examination and the combined total time necessary to CRM S02692'25 (S-3)(S-3)_SB350_APS_1 ek94mcq5mon0 1 administer all of the components of the Michigan merit examination are the shortest possible that will still maintain the degree of reliability and validity of the Michigan merit examination results determined necessary by the superintendent.

The department may augment the college entrance and work skills components of the Michigan merit examination to develop the assessment, depending on the alignment of those components to this state's content CRM S02692'25 (S-3)(S-3)_SB350_APS_1 ek94mcq5mon0 1 standards.

The assessment under this section provides a common measure of data that will contribute to the improvement of Michigan schools' curriculum and instruction by encouraging alignment with Michigan's CRM S02692'25 (S-3)(S-3)_SB350_APS_1 ek94mcq5mon0 1 curriculum framework standards and promotes pupil participation in higher level mathematics, science, social studies, and English language arts courses.

(16) For each report made by the department that includes the statewide assessment results for a school building, the department CRM S02692'25 (S-3)(S-3)_SB350_APS_1 ek94mcq5mon0 1 shall include the scores for the statewide assessment and the graduation rate for consortium pupils with the scores for the school building in the participating district in which the consortium pupil is enrolled or would otherwise attend.

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