Education: examinations; references to M-STEP to include a state-administered assessment system under section 104d of the state school aid act of 1979; modify. Amends secs. 502, 503, 522, 552 & 1279g of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.502 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4157'25

New application requirements for public school academies now include educational goals, curricula, assessment methods, admission policies, school calendars, and physical plant descriptions.

New restrictions prevent public school academies from operating at locations where public schools are among the lowest achieving 5% or where academies with revoked contracts previously operated.

Contracts must now include requirements for financial audits, public information disclosure, and prohibition of family relationships between board members and educational management organization staff.

Signage, promotional materials, websites, and school applications must display names of authorizing bodies and educational management organizations.

Urban high school academy contracts are now limited to 10-year terms with automatic renewal if educational goals are met.

Schools of excellence that are cyber schools face membership caps (2,500 in year 1, 5,000 in year 2, 10,000 in year 3) and must provide computers and internet subsidies to students.

Michigan merit examination must include genocide education content related to the Holocaust and Armenian Genocide.

Superintendent of Public Instruction gains authority to suspend authorizing bodies that fail to provide appropriate continuing oversight of public school academies.

Public school academies cannot be located in community districts unless the authorizing body is accredited by a nationally recognized accreditation body.

Authorizing bodies are limited to charging fees that do not exceed 3% of total state school aid received by the academy.