Public Acts
Student Absence Allowed for Deploying or Returning Service Member
Effective May 28, 2008, Public Act 141 (the "Act")
amended the Revised School Code to allow a student to be
absent up to one full day because his or her parent, legal
guardian, or sibling is a service member being deployed to
or returning from active duty. MCL 380.1138. The Act
also allows a student to be absent from school for up to two
full school days if the location of the deployment or return
is more than 300 miles from the student's home. Under
these circumstances, school officials must consider the
Attendance Law, PA 141
STATE OF MICHIGAN
94TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2008
Introduced by Senators Garcia, Allen, Birkholz, Richardville, Pappageorge, Kahn, Jelinek, Van Woerkom, Cropsey, Hardiman, George, Gilbert, Patterson, McManus, Cassis, Kuipers, Olshove, Jansen, Switalski, Stamas, Jacobs, Brown, Cherry, Barcia, Gleason, Whitmer, Sanborn, Bishop, Basham, Anderson,
Schauer, Hunter, Scott, Clark-Coleman and Clarke
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 747
Common Calendar
Act No. 101
Public Acts of 2007
Approved by the Governor
October 1, 2007
Filed with the Secretary of State
October 1, 2007
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2007
STATE OF MICHIGAN
94TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2007
Introduced by Senators Jelinek, Cropsey, Garcia, Kuipers and Bishop
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 549
