News from Thrun Law

As highlighted in the January 31, 2019 edition of School Law Notes, the PMLA becomes
effective March 29, 2019. This article will provide additional information
and clarification regarding the PMLA’s requirements. First, an eligible
employee begins to accrue paid medical leave under the PMLA upon beginning
employ­ment. An employer may, however, require (by policy or handbook language)
that the employee wait 90 calendar days...

This month’s article on OMA Basics focuses on the notice requirements for regular, special, and emergency meetings, as well as the enforcement mech­anisms and penalties that accompany these require­ments. Additionally, with the 2017-2018 lame duck session officially over, we address two new amend­ments to the OMA that could impact how your school board operates.

Notice of Meetings

Public school board meetings generally require two types of notice: (1) notice...

At the end of December, the Legislature enacted several laws aimed at making Michigan’s schools safer, including new sections of the Revised School Code (RSC) that require schools to work with the newly-created Office of School Safety and the School Safety Commission.

RSC Section 1308a

Section 1308a of the RSC, effective March 21, 2019, requires school districts, ISDs, and PSAs to report to the Michigan State Police (MSP) incidents or attempted in­cidents involving a...

While school board elections take place on the even-year November election date, a district may place millage and bond propositions on the ballot on any of the three regular election dates each year (four election dates in a presidential election year), as well as on certain petition initiative election dates.

May 7, 2019
August 6, 2019
November 5, 2019

A certified copy of the school board resolution approving ballot language for millage...