2010 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 141 - MUNICIPAL FINANCING
Act 72 of 1990 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT (141.1201 - 141.1291)
72-1990-3 - ARTICLE 3 SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVISIONS (141.1231...141.1244)
Section 141.1235 - Determination by superintendent of public instruction; notice; findings of fact; statement; hearing; confirmation or revocation of determination; report.

Sec. 35.

(1) Within 30 days after the state board receives the review team's report required by section 34(3), the superintendent of public instruction shall make 1 of the following determinations:

(a) The school district does not have a serious financial problem.

(b) The school district does have a serious financial problem, but a consent agreement containing a plan to resolve the problem has been adopted pursuant to section 34(2)(c).

(c) The school district has a financial emergency because a consent agreement containing a plan to resolve a serious financial problem within the school district has not been adopted.

(2) If the superintendent of public instruction determines pursuant to subsection (1) that a financial emergency exists, the superintendent of public instruction shall provide the school board of the school district with written notification of the determination, findings of fact utilized as the basis upon which this determination was made, a concise and explicit statement of the underlying facts supporting the findings of fact, and notice that the school board of the school district has 10 days after the date of this notification to request a hearing conducted by the superintendent of public instruction or his or her designee to contest the superintendent's determination. After the hearing, or if no hearing is requested, after the expiration of the deadline by which a hearing may be requested, the superintendent of public instruction shall either confirm or revoke, in writing, the determination that the school district has a financial emergency. If the determination is confirmed, the superintendent of public instruction shall provide a written report to the school board of the school district of the findings of fact of the continuing or newly developed conditions or events that provide the basis for the confirmation of the determination, and a concise and explicit statement of the underlying facts supporting these findings of fact.

History: 1990, Act 72, Imd. Eff. May 15, 1990