{"id":5890,"date":"2020-08-12T18:01:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T18:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/bayer\/?p=5890"},"modified":"2020-08-12T18:01:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T18:01:09","slug":"bayer-bill-creates-flexible-school-counting-standards-for-new-school-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/bayer\/2020\/08\/12\/bayer-bill-creates-flexible-school-counting-standards-for-new-school-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayer bill creates flexible school counting standards for new school year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LANSING, Mich. \u2014 Sen.<strong>\u202fRosemary Bayer<\/strong>\u202f(D\u2013Beverly Hills) has introduced legislation to relax traditional requirements and help make it easier for school districts to count students for the upcoming 2020-2021 school year during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under Senate Bill 1062, school districts, public school academies and intermediate districts would be able to use counting amounts equal to their 2019-2020 pupil counts. For the 2020-2021 school year only, school districts would also be allowed to waive the 1,098 hours of instruction currently required by Michigan law, although they will still be required to provide instruction for the mandated 180 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis coming school year is unlike any we\u2019ve seen in the last 100 years,\u201d Sen. Bayer said. \u201cSchool districts, teachers and families are balancing the health and safety of students and staff while still working to provide a well-rounded education, and we need to provide them with the maximum amount of necessary flexibility and funding to operate safely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michigan has two Count Days every school year \u2014 the first Wednesday in October and the second Wednesday in February \u2014 that are used to determine how much state aid each school district will receive. Currently, intermediate school districts are relying on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/documents\/whitmer\/MI_Safe_Schools_Roadmap_FINAL_695392_7.pdf\">MI Safe Schools Roadmap<\/a>, which provides safety protocols for students and staff in light of the pandemic, rather than Count Day guidance and instruction time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhether schools offer in-person instruction, a hybrid of face-to-face and remote instruction, or complete remote schooling, we owe it to Michigan\u2019s students \u2014 and our future \u2014 to make sure school districts receive the funding they deserve without putting anyone in harm\u2019s way,\u201d Sen. Bayer said. \u201cMy bill aims to do just that and take away one worry in what is an incredibly stressful time for school administrators.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANSING, Mich. \u2014 Sen.\u202fRosemary Bayer\u202f(D\u2013Beverly Hills) has introduced legislation to relax traditional requirements and help make it easier for school districts to count students for the upcoming 2020-2021 school year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pr"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bayer bill creates flexible school counting standards for new school year - 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