Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation Tuesday eliminating the cap on university-authorized charter schools. Senate Bill 618, sponsored by Senator Phil Pavlov (R-St. Clair) is now Public Act 277 of 2011.
As reported by PAAdvisory last week, the new statute phases out the cap elimination over four years, rather than completely eliminating the current 150 charter school cap immediately. The cap will increase to 300 by the end of 2012, 500 at the end of 2014 and be completely gone by the beginning of 2015.
The legislation was not given immediate effect so it will take effect 90 days following the Legislature’s late December sine die adjournment. In addition to Senator Pavlov, new House Education Committee Chairman Representative Tom McMillin (R-Rochester), Representative Deb Shaughnessy (R-Charlotte) and Lt. Governor Brian Calley were present at the bill signing.