Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Boarding School Licenses
Section R. 340.484 - Educational requirements

(i) North Central Association.

(ii) An accrediting organization that is a member of the commission on accreditation of the National Association of Independent Schools, including the Independent Schools Association of the Central States.

(i) The educational program of a boarding school shall be consistent with state standards for content, teaching, and learning. The appraisal of the educational program shall be made by professional staff members of the department of education or by other professional educators as the superintendent of public instruction may designate. Appraisal of the program shall include factors such as the broad curriculum goals, courses of study, course content, instructional materials, and library resources. In determining whether the program is consistent with state standards, recognition may be given to the special purpose, function, or objectives of the boarding school.

(ii) A boarding school shall provide a program for students with disabilities that meets the requirements of federal and state law.

(iii) A teacher in a boarding school shall be qualified to teach in the same manner as a teacher in a nonpublic day school. Other boarding school staff whose function is the determination or execution of educational policy shall meet such legal requirements as are required of similar personnel in a public school.

(iv) A boarding school shall provide a staff that is appropriate to the needs of the student body. The staff shall be of sufficient size to provide adequate supervision of the student body on a 24-hour-a-day basis.

(v) A boarding school shall maintain records of educational progress of its students as are normally provided by public schools. These records shall be maintained and retained as required by the retention schedule prescribed for like records in public schools. Disclosure of such records is subject to section 2165 of 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2165. Upon dissolution of a boarding school, a copy of the pupil records shall be forwarded to the department of education.