HB 4149 — Summary (proposed MCL 380.1280h)
Status and sponsors
- Primary sponsor: Rep. Thomas Kuhn. Co-sponsor added later: Rep. Martha Deuter.
- Introduced in 2025; passed the Michigan House (March 20, 2025) and was referred to the next committee on education (status: referred to committee).
- Companion: SB 2322.
Purpose
- To increase parent and community access to standardized school performance information by requiring public posting of, and (subject to appropriation) annual direct notification about, Michigan’s MI School Data “Parent Transparency Dashboard” and associated education-dashboard data for each public school.
Key provisions
1. New statutory section: adds MCL 380.1280h to the Revised School Code.
2. Website posting (deadline: July 1, 2026): the board of each school district, intermediate school district (ISD), or public school academy (PSA/charter) must post a link on its public website to the MI School Data parent dashboard for each school it operates.
3. Annual parent notification (subject to appropriation; first due July 1, 2027, and each July 1 thereafter): districts/ISDs/PSAs shall annually notify the parent or legal guardian of each enrolled student. The notification must include:
- Data for the student’s school from the MI School Data education dashboard.
- The school’s state-assessment performance by subject area from the MI School Data parent dashboard.
4. CEPI duties: the Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) must expand the education dashboard to include the parent-dashboard data and must ensure the education dashboard has a comparison function allowing comparisons among public schools in the state.
Who is affected
- Directly: school districts, intermediate school districts, and public school academies (boards and communications staff); CEPI (for website/data changes); parents and legal guardians (recipients of required notices).
- Indirectly: students, local taxpayers (if additional funding required), and community stakeholders who use MI School Data.
Timeline and procedural notes
- Posting: by July 1, 2026.
- Annual notifications: beginning July 1, 2027, and each July 1 after — but only if the Legislature provides an appropriation to fund this requirement.
- CEPI is required to modify MI School Data to include parent-dashboard information within the education dashboard and to add a school-comparison function (no specific CEPI deadline specified beyond the general statutory requirement).
Fiscal impact and implementation
- State costs: CEPI will incur costs to redesign/expand MI School Data and add comparison functionality; an implementation cost estimate was in progress.
- Local costs: posting a link likely absorbable within existing staff time; providing individualized annual notifications could create additional costs for districts/PSAs/ISDs if the Legislature does not fully appropriate funds to cover them.
Context and intent
- Sponsor testimony indicates the bill aims to consolidate key school transparency information in a single, accessible place and to make it easier for parents and community members to review and compare school performance. Much of the data exists on MI School Data presently, but the bill focuses on easier access and standardized distribution.
