Public Innovative Programs

Current understanding

Michigan HB5983 (passed chamber) proposes amending the Revised School Code (1976 PA 451) — modifying secs. 1278a, 1278b, and 1284a and adding a new sec. 1278e — to establish a framework for ‘public innovative programs’ within traditional public schools. The bill is tie-barred to HB5984’26. Specific eligibility criteria, curricular flexibility, and accountability details for these programs would be defined by the amended sections; the concrete scope for students, teachers, and districts is not yet visible from the referral summary.

Evidence log

• 2026-06-23 — Education: other; virtual instruction days; allow. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1482.: 2026 — SB1058 (introduced) adds sec. 1482 to the Revised School Code to authorize virtual instruction days, a separate flexibility mechanism from the public innovative programs framework but touching the same instructional-delivery statute. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-17 — Education: other; public innovative programs; provide for. Amends secs. 6, 18 & 101 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1606 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5983’26: 2026 — HB5984 (passed chamber) amends secs. 6, 18 & 101 of the School Aid Act (1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1606 et seq.) to provide the funding-side provisions for public innovative programs; tie-barred to HB5983’26. (novelty: 2)

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