DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                         STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

              AUXILIARY SERVICES FOR NONPUBLIC SCHOOLCHILDREN


(By authority conferred on the state board of education by section 622  of
Act No. 269 of the Public Acts of 1955, as added by  Act  No. 343  of  the
Public Acts of 1965, being S340.622 of the Michigan Compiled Laws)


R  340.291   Definitions.
  Rule 1. As used in section 622 and these rules:
  (a)  "School  district"  means  both  local  and   intermediate   school
districts.
  (b) "Shall provide" means shall make available.
  (c) "Equal basis" means that the services shall be made available at the
nonpublic  school  to  nonpublic  schoolchildren  during  the  established
regular public school day. The proportionate share of services provided to
children attending nonpublic schools shall be based upon a  formula  which
considers the number of children attending nonpublic school  in  a  school
district that need such services in relation to  the  number  of  children
attending public school in such school district that  need  such  services
and are receiving them.
  (d) "In attendance in the elementary and high school grades at nonpublic
schools" means that a public school district providing any of the services
to its resident children in attendance within the district  shall  provide
the same and equal services to nonpublic children in attendance within the
school district boundaries.
  (e) "Nonpublic school" means a school not operated by the public  school
district which nonpublic school is providing instruction in the elementary
or secondary grades, or both, to pupils regularly enrolled  in  compliance
with compulsory education laws in this state.

  History:  1979 AC.


R  340.292   Auxiliary services description.
  Rule 2. Auxiliary services include the following:
  (a) Health and nursing services and examinations consist  of  all  those
activities in the field of physical and mental health which are not direct
instruction and consist of medical, dental, psychiatric and nurse services
in the nature of examination, evaluation, and  diagnosis  which  shall  be
provided for children enrolled in school and for children in  anticipation
of their enrollment for the first time.
  (b) Street crossing guard service consists of the employment of a person
whose responsibility is the safety of children at street crossings.
  (c)  National  defense  education  act  testing  services  shall  be  in
accordance with sections 270 and 272 of Act No. 269 of the Public Acts  of
1955, as amended, being SS340.270 and 340.272  of  the  Michigan  Compiled
Laws, and pursuant to section 503A, Title V, Public Law 85-864.
  (d) Speech correction services, visiting teacher services for delinquent
and disturbed children, school diagnostician  services  for  all  mentally
handicapped  children,   teacher   counselor   services   for   physically
handicapped  children,  and  teacher  consultant  services  for   mentally
handicapped or emotionally disturbed children shall be in accordance  with
Act No. 269 of the Public Acts of  1955,  as  amended,  being  SS340.1  to
340.984 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and Act No. 312 of the Public  Acts
of 1957, as amended, being SS388.611 to 388.652 of the  Michigan  Compiled
Laws, and pursuant to administrative rules.
  (e) Remedial reading services  consist  of  the  provision  of  remedial
reading instruction to small groups of pupils who have a demonstrated need
for such services in other than a  regular  class  and  the  provision  of
teacher consultant assistance services  to  classroom  teachers  who  have
pupils with reading problems.

  History:  1979 AC.


R  340.293   Notices.
  Rule 3. A school district providing  any  of  these  auxiliary  services
shall notify in writing, no later than April 1 of each school  year,  each
of the nonpublic schools within its district as to the nature  and  extent
of such services as contained in its proposed budget. Within 30 days after
receipt of such notice, nonpublic schools  shall  in  writing  notify  the
district  as  to  the  services  that  will  be   needed   for   nonpublic
schoolchildren. A school district shall confirm in writing no  later  than
August 1 of each school year to each of the nonpublic schools  within  its
district the nature and extent of such services as contained in its  final
budget as adopted by the school district board of education.  Notification
for the 1965-66 school year shall be made as soon as  possible  after  the
effective date of these rules.

  History:  1979 AC.


R  340.294   Advisory committee.
  Rule 4. The board of education of a school  district  providing  any  of
these auxiliary  services  may  appoint  an  auxiliary  services  advisory
committee.  The  membership   of   this   committee   shall   be   broadly
representative from public and nonpublic  schools  and  charged  with  the
responsibility for making recommendations relative  to  implementation  of
section 622 and to evaluate and suggest modifications as evidence  becomes
available.

  History:  1979 AC.


R  340.295   Modification of rules.
  Rule 5. Modification of these rules upon request in writing by a  school
district may be made by the state board of education, upon such terms  and
conditions as it shall specify, when in its judgment there is  a  case  of
hardship and the best interests of children are served.


  History:  1979 AC.