380.1316 Public school fraternity, sorority, or secret society prohibited; definition.

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Sec. 1316.

(1)A school official or a board of a school district shall not authorize, support, or permit the creation and existence of a public school fraternity, sorority, or secret society.

(2)A fraternity, sorority, or secret society is declared an obstruction to education and inimical to the public welfare.

(3)As used in this section, a "public school fraternity, sorority, or secret society" means an organization whose active membership is composed wholly or in part of pupils of the public schools of this state enrolled in 1 or more of the 12 grades and perpetuating itself by taking in additional members from the pupils enrolled in the public schools on the basis of the decision of its membership, rather than upon the right of a pupil who is qualified by the regulations of the school to be a member of and take part in class or group exercises, subjects required by the course of study, or program of school activities fostered and promoted by the board and superintendent of schools or by the board and intermediate superintendent for a school not employing a superintendent of schools.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977

Popular Name: Act 451