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    Issue Papers

    • Compulsory School Attendance - Attendance Policies and Grades PDF icon

    • Corporal Punishment PDF icon

    • Corporal Punishment - Alternatives PDF icon

    • Enrollment PDF icon

    • Expulsions - Petition for Reinstatement PDF icon

    • Expulsion Due to Weapons, Arson, and Criminal Sexual Conduct PDF icon

    • Grade Promotion and Retention PDF icon

    • Graduation Requirements

    • Home Schools PDF icon

    • Kindergarten Enrollment and Alternative Kindergarten Programs PDF icon

    • Parental Rights (FERPA) PDF icon

    • FERPA - Elementary and Secondary Schools PDF icon

    • FERPA - Colleges and Universities PDF icon

    • FERPA - Parents' Guide PDF icon

    • FERPA Fact Sheet PDF icon

    • Parent/Student Problem Solving PDF icon

    • Residency PDF icon

    • School District Reorganization PDF icon

    • Schools of Choice PDF icon

    • Suspensions and Expulsions PDF icon


    Fees & Supplies

    • Guidance Regarding School District Student Fees and Costs, September 2011 PDF icon

    • Free Textbooks, Materials and Charging Fees PDF icon


    Resources & Related Information

    • Foreign Students Enrolled in Public School Districts PDF icon

    • Positive Behavior Support Policy PDF icon

    • Nonpublic and Home Schools

    • Pupil Transportation

    • Religious Expression in Public Schools

    • Safe Schools

    • School Data

    • School Law

    • Special Education


    Parental involvement

    • Parental Engagement


    School Safety

    • Seclusion and Restraint PDF icon

    • Model Anti-Bullying Policy PDF icon

    • Safe Routes to School Resolution PDF icon

    • Model Code of Student Conduct PDF icon

    • Model Policy on Searches of Pupil's Lockers and Locker Contents PDF icon

    • Policies on Bullying PDF icon

    • Policies on Safe Schools PDF icon

    • Statewide Safe School Choice Policy PDF icon


    School Records and Privacy

    • FERPA Guidance for Elementary and Secondary Schools PDF icon

    • Parents' Guide to FERPA PDF icon

    • FERPA Guidance for Colleges and Universities PDF icon

    • Schedule for the Retention and Disposal of Public School Records

    • Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) PDF icon

    • Family Policy Compliance Office, U.S. Department of Education

    • Protecting the Privacy of Student Education Records PDF icon

    • Model Notice for Directory Information

    • Frequently Asked Questions About FERPA


    Homebound & Hospitalized

    • Homebound and Hospitalized Service for Michigan Public School Students PDF icon

    • Coordinated Services [MCL 380.627a] PDF icon

    • State School Aid Act Requirements [MCL 388.1709] PDF icon

    • Administrative Rules PDF icon




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