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House committee hears bill to let intermediate school districts use CTE millage to contract with other ISDs
Summary
Lawmakers heard testimony on HB 4,060, which would allow intermediate school districts to use career and technical education (CTE) millage dollars to contract with other ISDs for CTE services, a change sponsors say would ease costs for rural districts that must currently pay out-of-district tuition.
The Michigan House Education and Workforce Committee on Wednesday heard testimony on HB 4,060, a bill that would allow intermediate school districts (ISDs) to use career and technical education (CTE) millage revenue to enter contracts with other ISDs for CTE services, Representative Vanderwall told the committee.
The measure, a reintroduction of last session’s HB 4,279 (which passed the full House 100-6), is intended to remove a statutory ‘‘glitch’’ that prevents ISDs from using millage revenue to reimburse themselves when students attend CTE programs outside their home ISD, Vanderwall said. "The current rules make it difficult for the ISDs and I want to encourage their students to participate in career oriented education and put a financial burden on them," Vanderwall said.
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