HB 4157 — Education: examinations; pilot programs for a state-administered assessment system; create. Amends secs. 11, 104, 104b & 104c of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1611 et seq.) & adds sec. 104d. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4158'25

HB-4157, As Passed House, April 17, 2025 SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.

(1) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, there is appropriated for the public schools of this state and certain other state purposes relating to education the sum of $17,769,551,300.00 from the state school aid fund, the sum of $78,830,600.00 from the general fund, an amount not to exceed CRM H00056'25 (H-1)(H-1)_HB4157_APH_1 rdsgojin9h6s 1 $41,000,000.00 from the community district education trust fund created under section 12 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.262, an amount not to exceed $125,000,000.00 from the school transportation fund created under section 22k, an amount not to exceed $71,000,000.00 from the enrollment stabilization fund created under section 29, an amount not to exceed $30,000,000.00 from the school meals reserve fund created under section 30e, an amount not to exceed $18,000,000.00 from the great start readiness program reserve fund created under section 32e, an amount not to exceed $334,100,000.00 from the MPSERS retirement obligation reform reserve fund created under section 147b, and an amount not to exceed $30,000,000.00 from the educator fellowship public provider fund created in section 27d.

Subject to subsection (2), from the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2024- CRM H00056'25 (H-1)(H-1)_HB4157_APH_1 rdsgojin9h6s 1 2025 an amount not to exceed $37,509,400.00 for payments on behalf of districts for costs associated with complying with those provisions of law.

(4) The department may recommend, but may not require, CRM H00056'25 (H-1)(H-1)_HB4157_APH_1 rdsgojin9h6s 1 districts to allow pupils to use an external keyboard with tablet devices for online M-STEP testing , or for online testing for a state-administered assessment system described in section 104d, including, but not limited to, open-ended test items such as constructed response or equation builder items.

The Michigan merit examination consists of a college CRM H00056'25 (H-1)(H-1)_HB4157_APH_1 rdsgojin9h6s 1 entrance test, work skills test, and the either of the following:

(d) Any other component that is necessary to obtain the CRM H00056'25 (H-1)(H-1)_HB4157_APH_1 rdsgojin9h6s 1 approval of the United States Department of Education to use the Michigan merit examination for the purposes of the no child left behind act of 2001, Public Law 107-110, or the every student succeeds act, Public Law 114-95.

(c) The department of technology, management, and budget and the superintendent shall ensure that any contract for scoring, administering, or developing the Michigan merit examination includes specific deadlines for all steps of the assessment process, including, but not limited to, deadlines for the correct testing materials to be supplied to schools and for the correct CRM H00056'25 (H-1)(H-1)_HB4157_APH_1 rdsgojin9h6s 1 results to be returned to schools, and includes penalties for noncompliance with these deadlines.

To the extent that the CRM H00056'25 (H-1)(H-1)_HB4157_APH_1 rdsgojin9h6s 1 department determines that additional test items beyond those included in the college entrance component of the Michigan merit examination are required in a particular subject area, the department shall ensure that all test items in that subject area are scaled and merged for the purposes of producing a Michigan merit examination subject area score.

If a pupil chooses to retake the college entrance examination component of the CRM H00056'25 (H-1)(H-1)_HB4157_APH_1 rdsgojin9h6s 1 Michigan merit examination, as described in subsection (2)(a), the pupil may do so through the provider of the college entrance examination component and the cost of the retake is the responsibility of the pupil unless all of the following are met:

(9) A district shall provide accommodations to a pupil with CRM H00056'25 (H-1)(H-1)_HB4157_APH_1 rdsgojin9h6s 1 disabilities for the Michigan merit examination, as provided under section 504 of title V of the rehabilitation act of 1973, 29 USC 794;

Upon request from a nonpublic school, the superintendent shall direct CRM H00056'25 (H-1)(H-1)_HB4157_APH_1 rdsgojin9h6s 1 the provider or providers to supply the Michigan merit examination to the nonpublic school and the nonpublic school may administer the Michigan merit examination.

(14) For a pupil enrolled in a middle college program, other than a middle college operated as a shared educational entity or a specialized shared educational entity, if the pupil receives at least 50% of his or her the pupil's instruction at the high school while in grade 11, the Michigan merit examination shall must be administered to the pupil at the high school at which the pupil CRM H00056'25 (H-1)(H-1)_HB4157_APH_1 rdsgojin9h6s 1 receives high school instruction, and the department shall include the pupil's scores on the Michigan merit examination in the scores for that high school for all purposes for which a school's or district's results are reported.

For the purposes of this subsection, a consortium pupil is a pupil who is enrolled or participating in a participating district in a school or program operated as a consortium or under a cooperative arrangement formed by 2 or more CRM H00056'25 (H-1)(H-1)_HB4157_APH_1 rdsgojin9h6s 1 districts or intermediate districts, including, but not limited to, a consortium or cooperative arrangement operated as a program, a shared educational entity, a specialized educational entity, or a special education center program.

(b) The summative assessments for English language arts and mathematics must be administered to all public school pupils in grades 3 to 11, including those pupils as required by the federal individuals with disabilities education act, Public Law 108-446, CRM H00056'25 (H-1)(H-1)_HB4157_APH_1 rdsgojin9h6s 1 and by title I of the federal every student succeeds act, (ESSA), Public Law 114-95.

(h) The summative assessment system must be capable of providing, and the department shall ensure that students, parents, teachers, administrators, and community members are provided with, CRM H00056'25 (H-1)(H-1)_HB4157_APH_1 rdsgojin9h6s 1 reports that convey aggregate student proficiency and growth data by teacher, grade, school, and district.

CRM H00056'25 (H-1)(H-1)_HB4157_APH_1 rdsgojin9h6s 1 (n) The total cost of executing the summative assessment system statewide each year, including, but not limited to, the cost of contracts for administration, scoring, and reporting, must not exceed an amount equal to 2 times the cost of executing the previous statewide assessment after adjustment for inflation.

(b) Administer a pilot program for a state-administered assessment system that consists of 3 interim assessments that have CRM H00056'25 (H-1)(H-1)_HB4157_APH_1 rdsgojin9h6s 1 a cumulative, summative score and are used to track growth and progress toward state learning standards.

(d) The state-administered assessment system must ensure that students, parents, and teachers are provided with reports that convey individual student proficiency and growth on the assessment CRM H00056'25 (H-1)(H-1)_HB4157_APH_1 rdsgojin9h6s 1 and that convey individual student domain-level performance in each subject area, including representative questions, and individual student performance in meeting state standards.

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