Eliminates the requirement for payment of the prevailing wage on public school construction projects. Requires school districts to make available records concerning motor vehicles. Requires a school improvement plan to describe the strategy to be used to meet adequate yearly progress in English language arts. Provides for reporting requirements for teachers convicted of certain crimes. Revises ability of school districts to invest inn certificates of deposit. Creates alternative provisions for funding students enrolled in strict discipline academies. Requires school curriculum to provide for African American history instruction. Amends time frame to certify ballot wording for local, school district, or county ballot questions. Creates a model policy for coach's conduct and ethics policy.

Urges the Congress of the United States to fully fund education mandates. Meadows teacher, the librarian or the Instructional Technology Department. Provides technical amendments regarding school board elections. Prohibit operating a school or any educational program outside district boundaries without written consent.

Requires return of unused Michigan Merit Award Scholarship funds if a student leaves school. Allows alternative education students to attend high school career days. Expands the definition of state employees to include school district and community college employees for purposes of health care insurance. The committee will meet on a monthly or as-needed basis. Establishes student loan repayment grant program for math and science teachers. Creates option for state employees to choose a defined benefit pension or defined contributions system for retirement. Allows early retirement for certain state employees. Provides funding for fingerprinting teachers and administrators. Requires local clerks or secretaries of a school board to maintain a list of permanent absentee voters.

Revises provisions concerning the criminal history background checks and revocation of teaching certificates. Provides general fund appropriations to match a portion of lottery money for school aid. Requires criminal background checks for licensees, employees, and certain contract workers at child care centers and day care centers. Instead, parents view home and family factors as more likely reasons for academic difficulties. It features professional journals published for teachers and administrators. Provides for the family division of the circuit court to notify the secretary of state of truancy disposition. Urges the Department of Education to develop fair and unbiased social science curriculum standards. Dedicate the book to a beloved teacher, parent or friend. Provides for an 80-and-out benefits plan for state employees. Provides for voluntary certification for school administrators. Provides for grant funding for international baccalaureate programs.