Sec. 8b.
(1) The department shall assign a district code to each public school academy that is authorized under the revised school code and is eligible to receive funding under this article within 30 days after a contract is submitted to the department by the authorizing body of a public school academy.
(2) If the department does not assign a district code to a public school academy within the 30-day period described in subsection (1), the district code the department shall use to make payments under this article to the newly authorized public school academy shall be a number that is equivalent to the sum of the last district code assigned to a public school academy located in the same county as the newly authorized public school academy plus 1. However, if there is not an existing public school academy located in the same county as the newly authorized public school academy, then the district code the department shall use to make payments under this article to the newly authorized public school academy shall be a 5-digit number that has the county code in which the public school academy is located as its first 2 digits, 9 as its third digit, 0 as its fourth digit, and 1 as its fifth digit. If the number of public school academies in a county grows to exceed 100, the third digit in this 5-digit number shall then be 7 for the public school academies in excess of 100.
(3) For each school of excellence that is a cyber school and is authorized under part 6e of the revised school code, MCL 380.551 to 380.561, by a school district, intermediate school district, community college other than a federal tribally controlled community college, or other authorizing body that is not empowered to authorize a school of excellence to operate statewide and is eligible to receive funding under this article, the department shall assign a district code that includes as the first 2 digits the county code in which the authorizing body is located.
History: Add. 2002, Act 191, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2002 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 158, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003 ;-- Am. 2007, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 2007 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 196, Eff. Oct. 1, 2014 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 85, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015
Last modified: October 10, 2016