{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-380.1229a","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1229a","heading":"Removal of person as superintendent of public instruction; settlement prohibited; limitations.","body":"Sec. 1229a.\n\nIf a person employed by this state as superintendent of public instruction is removed from that position, the state board, or another state agency, shall not enter into a settlement agreement concerning that removal unless the agreement is in settlement of a lawsuit filed against this state.\n\nThe state board shall not grant administrative leave for more than a total of 6 months to a person employed, or previously employed, as state superintendent of public instruction.\n\nThe state board shall not offer a contract for a person to be employed by this state as superintendent of public instruction, or extend the contract of a superintendent of public instruction, within 6 months before a general election at which state board members are elected or within 2 months after a general election at which state board members are elected. The state board shall not offer a contract for employment of a superintendent of public instruction in excess of 3 years and shall not extend a contract in increments of more than 1 year. This subsection does not prohibit the state board from employing an interim superintendent of public instruction at any time there is a vacancy.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 380","Act Act-451-of-1976"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-380-1229a","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"2d438e623900ca9cd2aba48a2d95a241ab80410056fca59452bd54bef507b0d8","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-380.1229","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-380.1230"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}