HB 5919 — Education: other; learner-first district; create. Amends secs. 4 & 5 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.4 & 380.5) & adds (See bill).

SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.

5919 AprilA 29,bill 2026,to Introducedamend 1976 PA 451, entitled "The revised school code," by Reps.amending sections 4 and 5 (MCL 380.4 and 380.5), section 4 as amended by 2011 PA 232 and section 5 as amended by 2019 PA 38, and by adding sections 562, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, and 1701b.

Paquette, Markkanen, Wortz, Outman, Kelly, Woolford, Kunse, Cavitt and Alexander and referred to Committee on Education and Workforce.

A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled "The revised school code," by amending sections 4 and 5 (MCL 380.4 and 380.5), section 4 as amended by 2011 PA 232 and section 5 as amended by 2019 PA 38, and by adding sections 562, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, and 1701b.

(2) "Educational provider" means any person or entity, CRM H01429'25_HB5919_INTR_1 srip72 1 including an individual teacher acting as an independent contractor selected and hired directly by a parent or legal guardian, that CRM H01429'25 (H-1) pug7hr 1 provides a program, course, or service under a direct contract with the learner-first district or under a parent-directed direct- instruction agreement facilitated and funded by the learner-first district (3) (2) "Intermediate school board" means the board of an intermediate school district.

(2) "Membership" means the number of full-time equivalent pupils in a public school as determined by the number of pupils CRM H01429'25_HB5919_INTR_1 srip72 1 registered for attendance plus pupils received by transfer and minus pupils lost as defined by rules promulgated by the CRM H01429'25 (H-1) pug7hr 1 superintendent of public instruction.

(8) "Pupil membership count day" of a school district means that term as defined in section 6 of the state school aid act of CRM H01429'25_HB5919_INTR_1 srip72 1 1979, MCL 388.1606.

(9) "Qualifying school district" means a school district that CRM H01429'25 (H-1) pug7hr 1 was previously organized and operated as a first class school district governed by part 6 that has a pupil membership of less than 100,000 enrolled on its most recent pupil membership count day, including, but not limited to, a school district that was previously organized and operated as a first class school district before June 21, 2016.

(b) To provide parents and legal guardians with greater public educational choices and an increased ability to determine and CRM H01429'25_HB5919_INTR_1 srip72 1 direct the care, teaching, and education of their children.

(c) To advance new flexible and adaptable educational models, CRM H01429'25 (H-1) pug7hr 1 including the expanded use of technology in education, online learning, and the provision of mastery-based learning.

CRM H01429'25_HB5919_INTR_1 srip72 1 (a) Pupils are empowered daily to make important decisions about their learning experiences, how they will create and apply CRM H01429'25 (H-1) pug7hr 1 knowledge, and how they will demonstrate their learning.

The learner- CRM H01429'25_HB5919_INTR_1 srip72 1 first district may provide education services for pupils enrolled in the learner-first district through an agreement, contract, or CRM H01429'25 (H-1) pug7hr 1 other cooperative agreement with any public or private entity, including, but not limited to, another school district, an intermediate school district, a public school academy, a community college district, a state public university, or a library.

(2) The learner-first district may enter into agreements, contracts, concurrent enrollment agreements, or other cooperative arrangements with other entities, public or private, including, but CRM H01429'25_HB5919_INTR_1 srip72 1 not limited to, another school district, an intermediate school district, a public school academy, a community college district, a CRM H01429'25 (H-1) pug7hr 1 state public university, or a library.

(4) A pupil who is enrolled in the learner-first district on less than a full-time equated basis must not be excluded from any course or learning pathway offered by the pupil's school district, including, but not limited to, core or essential academic coursework required under the Michigan merit curriculum sections 1278a and 1278b.

The terms for members first appointed must be staggered so that 2 expire in 2 years, 2 expire in 4 years, 2 expire in 6 years, and 2 expire in 8 CRM H01429'25 (H-1) pug7hr 1 years.

(3) Before beginning the duties of the office, a member of the learner-first district board shall take and subscribe to the CRM H01429'25_HB5919_INTR_1 srip72 1 constitutional oath of office as provided under section 1 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963.

(b) The proposed program, course, or service to be offered by the educational provider is consistent with the model core academic content standards under section 1278, the requirements for a high CRM H01429'25 (H-1) pug7hr 1 school diploma under section 1278a and 1278b, and other applicable provisions of this act.

(c) The educational provider has sufficient operational capacity to deliver the proposed program, course, or service as CRM H01429'25_HB5919_INTR_1 srip72 1 described in the educational provider's contract with the learner- first district board.

CRM H01429'25 (H-1) pug7hr 1 (6) The learner-first district board shall establish and maintain a process through which parents or legal guardians may select and directly hire an individual certificated teacher or a faculty member of a community college or state public university to CRM H01429'25_HB5919_INTR_1 srip72 1 provide direct, one-to-one, or small-group instruction to the parent's or legal guardian's child.

(d) Require each individual providing direct instruction under this subsection to administer or participate in all state CRM H01429'25 (H-1) pug7hr 1 assessments required under this act and to provide regular progress reports to the learner-first district board, parents, and legal guardians.

(7) The learner-first district board shall develop a system CRM H01429'25_HB5919_INTR_1 srip72 1 through which educational providers are evaluated and information on educational providers is provided to parents and legal guardians who wish to enroll their child in the learner-first district.

CRM H01429'25 (H-1) pug7hr 1 (b) An individual teacher for direct instruction under section 566.

The parent or legal guardian has the right to negotiate the specific instructional plan with the selected teacher subject to learner-first district board approval of the resulting direct- CRM H01429'25_HB5919_INTR_1 srip72 1 instruction agreement.

CRM H01429'25 (H-1) pug7hr 1 (6) The learner-first district shall award a high school diploma to a pupil who satisfies the state graduation requirements established in sections 1278a and 1278b.

(1) The learner-first district is subject to all CRM H01429'25_HB5919_INTR_1 srip72 1 operational transparency requirements and fiscal controls that exist for other state educational agencies, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) The learner-first district board created under section 565 shall, subject to the approval of the state board of CRM H01429'25 (H-1) pug7hr 1 education, develop and implement a plan for the delivery of special education services to eligible pupils enrolled in the learner-first district.

(2) For the purposes of ensuring that a student with a CRM H01429'25_HB5919_INTR_1 srip72 1 disability enrolled in the learner-first district is provided with special education programs and services, the learner-first district is considered to be an intermediate school district under this article.

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