Bill Text: MI HB4670 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Appropriations; supplemental; funding for early childhood programs; modify. Amends secs. 11 & 32p of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1611 & 388.1632p).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-24 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/28/2019 [HB4670 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4670-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4670
May 24, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Wittenberg, Camilleri, Manoogian, Pagan, Stone, Sowerby, Kennedy, Koleszar, Love, Brixie, Brenda Carter, Hope, Gay-Dagnogo, Hoadley and Sabo and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled
"The state school aid act of 1979,"
by amending sections 11 and 32p (MCL 388.1611 and 388.1632p),
section 11 as amended by 2018 PA 586 and section 32p as amended by
2018 PA 265.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 11. (1) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018,
there is appropriated for the public schools of this state and
certain other state purposes relating to education the sum of
$12,682,127,200.00 from the state school aid fund, the sum of
$78,500,000.00 from the general fund, an amount not to exceed
$72,000,000.00 from the community district education trust fund
created under section 12 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA
489, MCL 12.262, an amount not to exceed $23,100,000.00 from the
MPSERS retirement obligation reform reserve fund, and an amount not
to exceed $100.00 from the water emergency reserve fund. For the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, there is appropriated for
the public schools of this state and certain other state purposes
relating
to education the sum of $12,876,825,200.00
$12,879,825,200.00 from the state school aid fund, the sum of
$87,920,000.00 from the general fund, an amount not to exceed
$72,000,000.00 from the community district education trust fund
created under section 12 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA
489, MCL 12.262, an amount not to exceed $31,900,000.00 from the
MPSERS retirement obligation reform reserve fund, an amount not to
exceed $30,000,000.00 from the school mental health and support
services fund created under section 31m, and an amount not to
exceed $100.00 from the water emergency reserve fund. In addition,
all available federal funds are appropriated each fiscal year for
the fiscal years ending September 30, 2018 and September 30, 2019.
(2) The appropriations under this section shall be allocated
as provided in this article. Money appropriated under this section
from the general fund shall be expended to fund the purposes of
this article before the expenditure of money appropriated under
this section from the state school aid fund.
(3) Any general fund allocations under this article that are
not expended by the end of the state fiscal year are transferred to
the school aid stabilization fund created under section 11a.
Sec. 32p. (1) From the appropriation in section 11, there is
allocated
an amount not to exceed $13,400,000.00 $16,400,000.00 to
intermediate districts for 2018-2019 for the purpose of providing
early childhood funding to intermediate school districts to support
the activities under subsection (2) and subsection (4), and to
provide early childhood programs for children from birth through
age 8. The funding provided to each intermediate district under
this section shall be determined by the distribution formula
established by the department's office of great start to provide
equitable funding statewide. In order to receive funding under this
section, each intermediate district shall provide an application to
the office of great start not later than September 15 of the
immediately preceding fiscal year indicating the activities planned
to be provided.
(2) Each intermediate district or consortium of intermediate
districts that receives funding under this section shall convene a
local great start collaborative and a parent coalition. The goal of
each great start collaborative and parent coalition shall be to
ensure the coordination and expansion of local early childhood
infrastructure and programs that allow every child in the community
to achieve the following outcomes:
(a) Children born healthy.
(b) Children healthy, thriving, and developmentally on track
from birth to third grade.
(c) Children developmentally ready to succeed in school at the
time of school entry.
(d) Children prepared to succeed in fourth grade and beyond by
reading proficiently by the end of third grade.
(3) Each local great start collaborative and parent coalition
shall convene workgroups to make recommendations about community
services designed to achieve the outcomes described in subsection
(2) and to ensure that its local great start system includes the
following supports for children from birth through age 8:
(a) Physical health.
(b) Social-emotional health.
(c) Family supports and basic needs.
(d) Parent education.
(e) Early education, including the child's development of
skills linked to success in foundational literacy, and care.
(4) From the funds allocated in subsection (1), at least
$2,500,000.00
$5,500,000.00 shall be used for the purpose of
providing home visits to at-risk children and their families. The
home visits shall be conducted as part of a locally coordinated,
family-centered, evidence-based, data-driven home visit strategic
plan that is approved by the department. The goals of the home
visits funded under this subsection shall be to improve school
readiness using evidence-based methods, including a focus on
developmentally appropriate outcomes for early literacy, to reduce
the number of pupils retained in grade level, to reduce the number
of pupils requiring special education services, to improve positive
parenting practices, and to improve family economic self-
sufficiency while reducing the impact of high-risk factors through
community resources and referrals. The department shall coordinate
the goals of the home visit strategic plans approved under this
subsection with other state agency home visit programs in a way
that strengthens Michigan's home visiting infrastructure and
maximizes federal funds available for the purposes of at-risk
family home visits. The coordination among departments and agencies
is intended to avoid duplication of state services and spending,
and should emphasize efficient service delivery of home visiting
programs.
(5) Not later than December 1 of each year, each intermediate
district shall provide a report to the department detailing the
activities actually provided during the immediately preceding
school year and the families and children actually served. At a
minimum, the report shall include an evaluation of the services
provided with additional funding under subsection (4) for home
visits, using the goals identified in subsection (4) as the basis
for the evaluation, including the degree to which school readiness
was improved, any change in the number of pupils retained at grade
level, and any change in the number of pupils receiving special
education services. The department shall compile and summarize
these reports and submit its summary to the house and senate
appropriations subcommittees on school aid and to the house and
senate fiscal agencies not later than February 15 of each year.
(6) An intermediate district or consortium of intermediate
districts that receives funding under this section may carry over
any unexpended funds received under this section into the next
fiscal year and may expend those unused funds through June 30 of
the next fiscal year. A recipient of a grant shall return any
unexpended grant funds to the department in the manner prescribed
by the department not later than September 30 of the next fiscal
year after the fiscal year in which the funds are received.
