School aid: penalties; exception to minimum days of pupil instruction requirement for inclement weather; revise. Amends sec. 101 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1701).

Removed a duplicate line containing the bill title at the top of the document.

Replaced the internal tracking identifier '3xzwq7' with '28trcg' in the document header, indicating a revision in the legislative drafting process.

Establishes a mandatory minimum of 1,098 hours and 180 days of pupil instruction for all districts, with specific exceptions for existing collective bargaining agreements.

Adds specific rules for counting lost instructional days due to strikes, severe weather, or health emergencies, including a special list of rural counties eligible for extra credit days.

Adjusts attendance thresholds for funding calculations, requiring 75% attendance for standard days and 60% for days added to the end of the school year due to emergencies.

Introduces immediate withholding of state aid and forfeiture of funds for districts that fail to meet attendance or instruction day requirements.

Creates a new waiver process allowing districts to operate on alternative schedules, such as 4-day school weeks or blended learning models, without penalty if approved by the superintendent.

Exempts cyber schools of excellence and dropout recovery programs from standard instructional hour and day requirements.

Defines how professional development hours can be counted toward instructional requirements, subject to strict limits and approval processes.

Extended the deadline for districts to submit enrollment data from the fifth Wednesday to the sixth Wednesday after count days, and added a new requirement for districts to resolve membership conflicts and recertify data by these new dates.

Added a new requirement for intermediate districts to submit audited enrollment and attendance data to the state center, with corresponding penalties for non-compliance.

Added new rules allowing districts to count up to 38 hours of teacher professional development as instructional time, subject to strict criteria regarding alignment with improvement plans and attendance.

Clarified that districts failing to meet minimum instructional hours will forfeit state aid based on a ratio of non-compliant hours to required hours, rather than a flat penalty.

Created a temporary exemption for the 2024-2025 school year allowing districts in counties under a state of emergency to reduce instructional hours to match only the days missed due to the emergency.

Added a temporary provision for the 2025-2026 school year allowing specific northern Michigan counties to count up to 4-5 additional days of missed instruction due to severe weather as instructional time.

Updated the definition of instructional time to explicitly include JROTC programs and cooperative education programs when certain conditions are met.

Added specific language regarding the calculation of forfeitures for districts that fail to meet instructional requirements, ensuring deductions occur in the following fiscal year.