Bill Text: MI SB0134 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Appropriations; zero budget; community colleges; provide for fiscal year 2017-2018. Amends secs. 201 & 201a of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1801 & 388.1801a).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-04 - Referred To Committee On Appropriations [SB0134 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0134-Engrossed.html

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SB-0134, As Passed Senate, May 4, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 134

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled

 

"The state school aid act of 1979,"

 

by amending sections 201, 201a, 206, 207a, 207b, 207c, 209, 210b,

 

210e, 217, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 229a, and 230 (MCL 388.1801,

 

388.1801a, 388.1806, 388.1807a, 388.1807b, 388.1807c, 388.1809,

 

388.1810b, 388.1810e, 388.1817, 388.1822, 388.1823, 388.1824,

 

388.1825, 388.1826, 388.1829a, and 388.1830), sections 201, 201a,

 

206, 207a, 207b, 207c, 209, 210b, 217, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226,

 

229a, and 230 as amended and section 210e as added by 2016 PA 249.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 201. (1) Subject to the conditions set forth in this

 

article, the amounts listed in this section are appropriated for

 

community colleges for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017,

 

2018, from the funds indicated in this section. The following is a

 

summary of the appropriations in this section:

 

     (a) The gross appropriation is $395,925,600.00.

 

$401,326,500.00. After deducting total interdepartmental grants and

 

intradepartmental transfers in the amount of $0.00, the adjusted

 

gross appropriation is $395,925,600.00.$401,326,500.00.

 

     (b) The sources of the adjusted gross appropriation described

 

in subdivision (a) are as follows:

 

     (i) Total federal revenues, $0.00.

 

     (ii) Total local revenues, $0.00.

 

     (iii) Total private revenues, $0.00.

 

     (iv) Total other state restricted revenues,

 

$260,414,800.00.$395,142,600.00.

 

     (v) State general fund/general purpose money,

 

$135,510,800.00.$6,183,900.00.

 

     (2) Subject to subsection (3), the amount appropriated for

 

community college operations is $315,892,000.00, $319,050,900.00,

 

allocated as follows:

 

     (a) The appropriation for Alpena Community College is

 

$5,544,700.00, $5,464,400.00 for operations and $80,300.00 for

 

performance funding.$5,627,500.00, $5,596,200.00 for operations and

 

$31,300.00 for performance funding.

 

     (b) The appropriation for Bay de Noc Community College is

 

$5,560,900.00, $5,490,200.00 for operations and $70,700.00 for

 

performance funding.$5,589,000.00, $5,560,900.00 for operations and

 

$28,100.00 for performance funding.

 

     (c) The appropriation for Delta College is $14,907,700.00,

$14,704,000.00 for operations and $203,700.00 for performance

 

funding.$14,990,700.00, $14,907,700.00 for operations and

 

$83,000.00 for performance funding.

 

     (d) The appropriation for Glen Oaks Community College is

 

$2,586,900.00, $2,551,100.00 for operations and $35,800.00 for

 

performance funding.$2,601,400.00, $2,586,900.00 for operations and

 

$14,500.00 for performance funding.

 

     (e) The appropriation for Gogebic Community College is

 

$4,577,800.00, $4,509,900.00 for operations and $67,900.00 for

 

performance funding.$4,715,400.00, $4,692,200.00 for operations and

 

$23,200.00 for performance funding.

 

     (f) The appropriation for Grand Rapids Community College is

 

$18,450,500.00, $18,187,300.00 for operations and $263,200.00 for

 

performance funding.$18,556,800.00, $18,450,500.00 for operations

 

and $106,300.00 for performance funding.

 

     (g) The appropriation for Henry Ford College is

 

$22,176,000.00, $21,893,300.00 for operations and $282,700.00 for

 

performance funding.$22,299,200.00, $22,176,000.00 for operations

 

and $123,200.00 for performance funding.

 

     (h) The appropriation for Jackson College is $12,397,600.00,

 

$12,245,300.00 for operations and $152,300.00 for performance

 

funding.$12,590,100.00, $12,527,400.00 for operations and

 

$62,700.00 for performance funding.

 

     (i) The appropriation for Kalamazoo Valley Community College

 

is $12,873,900.00, $12,689,400.00 for operations and $184,500.00

 

for performance funding.$12,948,700.00, $12,873,900.00 for

 

operations and $74,800.00 for performance funding.

     (j) The appropriation for Kellogg Community College is

 

$10,087,500.00, $9,950,100.00 for operations and $137,400.00 for

 

performance funding.$10,143,600.00, $10,087,500.00 for operations

 

and $56,100.00 for performance funding.

 

     (k) The appropriation for Kirtland Community College is

 

$3,270,000.00, $3,221,500.00 for operations and $48,500.00 for

 

performance funding.$3,289,400.00, $3,270,000.00 for operations and

 

$19,400.00 for performance funding.

 

     (l) The appropriation for Lake Michigan College is

 

$5,492,800.00, $5,417,700.00 for operations and $75,100.00 for

 

performance funding.$5,523,600.00, $5,492,800.00 for operations and

 

$30,800.00 for performance funding.

 

     (m) The appropriation for Lansing Community College is

 

$31,677,300.00, $31,288,200.00 for operations and $389,100.00 for

 

performance funding.$32,324,200.00, $32,165,600.00 for operations

 

and $158,600.00 for performance funding.

 

     (n) The appropriation for Macomb Community College is

 

$33,681,800.00, $33,239,500.00 for operations and $442,300.00 for

 

performance funding.$33,863,600.00, $33,681,800.00 for operations

 

and $181,800.00 for performance funding.

 

     (o) The appropriation for Mid Michigan Community College is

 

$4,834,100.00, $4,757,700.00 for operations and $76,400.00 for

 

performance funding.$4,968,900.00, $4,937,400.00 for operations and

 

$31,500.00 for performance funding.

 

     (p) The appropriation for Monroe County Community College is

 

$4,636,700.00, $4,565,600.00 for operations and $71,100.00 for

 

performance funding.$4,665,500.00, $4,636,700.00 for operations and

$28,800.00 for performance funding.

 

     (q) The appropriation for Montcalm Community College is

 

$3,343,100.00, $3,280,600.00 for operations and $62,500.00 for

 

performance funding.$3,446,300.00, $3,426,700.00 for operations and

 

$19,600.00 for performance funding.

 

     (r) The appropriation for C.S. Mott Community College is

 

$16,115,500.00, $15,901,700.00 for operations and $213,800.00 for

 

performance funding.$16,258,100.00, $16,167,200.00 for operations

 

and $90,900.00 for performance funding.

 

     (s) The appropriation for Muskegon Community College is

 

$9,150,600.00, $9,020,700.00 for operations and $129,900.00 for

 

performance funding.$9,203,000.00, $9,150,600.00 for operations and

 

$52,400.00 for performance funding.

 

     (t) The appropriation for North Central Michigan College is

 

$3,290,400.00, $3,224,800.00 for operations and $65,600.00 for

 

performance funding.$3,353,200.00, $3,330,200.00 for operations and

 

$23,000.00 for performance funding.

 

     (u) The appropriation for Northwestern Michigan College is

 

$9,318,000.00, $9,200,500.00 for operations and $117,500.00 for

 

performance funding.$9,508,900.00, $9,459,800.00 for operations and

 

$49,100.00 for performance funding.

 

     (v) The appropriation for Oakland Community College is

 

$21,770,900.00, $21,429,400.00 for operations and $341,500.00 for

 

performance funding.$21,905,700.00, $21,770,900.00 for operations

 

and $134,800.00 for performance funding.

 

     (w) The appropriation for Schoolcraft College is

 

$12,909,300.00, $12,706,400.00 for operations and $202,900.00 for

performance funding.$12,991,300.00, $12,909,300.00 for operations

 

and $82,000.00 for performance funding.

 

     (x) The appropriation for Southwestern Michigan College is

 

$6,732,500.00, $6,657,600.00 for operations and $74,900.00 for

 

performance funding.$6,860,700.00, $6,827,000.00 for operations and

 

$33,700.00 for performance funding.

 

     (y) The appropriation for St. Clair County Community College

 

is $7,259,300.00, $7,158,000.00 for operations and $101,300.00 for

 

performance funding.$7,300,100.00, $7,259,300.00 for operations and

 

$40,800.00 for performance funding.

 

     (z) The appropriation for Washtenaw Community College is

 

$13,534,000.00, $13,301,100.00 for operations and $232,900.00 for

 

performance funding.$13,631,400.00, $13,534,000.00 for operations

 

and $97,400.00 for performance funding.

 

     (aa) The appropriation for Wayne County Community College is

 

$17,234,200.00, $16,989,800.00 for operations and $244,400.00 for

 

performance funding.$17,338,300.00, $17,234,200.00 for operations

 

and $104,100.00 for performance funding.

 

     (bb) The appropriation for West Shore Community College is

 

$2,478,000.00, $2,446,200.00 for operations and $31,800.00 for

 

performance funding.$2,556,300.00, $2,540,000.00 for operations and

 

$16,300.00 for performance funding.

 

     (3) The amount appropriated in subsection (2) for community

 

college operations is appropriated from the following:

 

     (a) State school aid fund, $185,481,200.00.$315,892,000.00.

 

     (b) State general fund/general purpose money,

 

$130,410,800.00.$3,158,900.00.

     (4) From the appropriations described in subsection (1),

 

subject both of the following apply:

 

     (a) Subject to section 207a, the amount appropriated for

 

fiscal year 2016-2017 2017-2018 to offset certain fiscal year 2016-

 

2017 2017-2018 retirement contributions is $1,733,600.00,

 

appropriated from the state school aid fund.

 

     (b) For fiscal year 2017-2018 only, there is allocated an

 

amount not to exceed $3,612,000.00 for payments to participating

 

community colleges, appropriated from the state school aid fund. A

 

community college that receives money under this subdivision shall

 

use that money solely for the purpose of offsetting the normal cost

 

contribution rate.

 

     (5) From the appropriations described in subsection (1),

 

subject to section 207b, the amount appropriated for payments to

 

community colleges that are participating entities of the

 

retirement system is $73,200,000.00, $70,805,000.00, appropriated

 

from the state school aid fund.

 

     (6) From the appropriations described in subsection (1),

 

subject to section 207c, the amount appropriated for renaissance

 

zone tax reimbursements is $5,100,000.00, $3,100,000.00,

 

appropriated from general fund/general purpose money.the state

 

school aid fund.

 

     (7) From the appropriations described in subsection (1),

 

subject to 1986 PA 102, MCL 390.1281 to 390.1288, the amount

 

appropriated for a pilot of independent part-time student grants is

 

$2,000,000.00, appropriated from general fund/general purpose

 

money. If the number of eligible applicants exceeds the money

available, priority shall be given to persons with the greatest

 

financial need as determined by each educational institution.

 

Beginning in fiscal year 2018-2019, a community college shall

 

report, in a form and manner directed by and satisfactory to the

 

department of treasury, by October 15 of each year, all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) The number of students in the most recently completed

 

academic year who received an independent part-time student grant

 

at the community college.

 

     (b) The number of students in the most recently completed

 

academic year who received an independent part-time student grant

 

at the community college and successfully completed a certificate

 

or degree program.

 

     (8) Beginning in fiscal year 2018-2019, if a community college

 

fails to report the information required in subsection (7), the

 

department of treasury shall not award independent part-time

 

student grants to otherwise eligible students enrolled at the

 

community college. The department of treasury shall report the

 

information required in subsection (7) to members of the senate and

 

house appropriations subcommittees on community colleges, the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director

 

before November 1 of each year.

 

     (9) From the appropriations described in subsection (1), there

 

is appropriated $1,025,000.00 from general fund/general purpose

 

money, for fiscal year 2017-2018 only, to the Michigan Community

 

College Association, for the purpose of enhancing the Michigan

 

Transfer Network website to improve the transfer of college credit

among Michigan's postsecondary institutions. The Michigan Community

 

College Association shall provide information on request to the

 

house and senate subcommittees on community colleges, the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on the use of

 

these funds until the project is completed.

 

     Sec. 201a. It is the intent of the legislature to provide

 

appropriations for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2018

 

2019 for the items listed in section 201. The fiscal year 2017-2018

 

2018-2019 appropriations are anticipated to be the same as those

 

for fiscal year 2016-2017, 2017-2018, except that the amounts will

 

be adjusted for changes in retirement costs, caseload and related

 

costs, federal fund match rates, economic factors, and available

 

revenue. These adjustments will be determined after the January

 

2017 2018 consensus revenue estimating conference.

 

     Sec. 206. (1) The funds appropriated in section 201 are

 

appropriated for community colleges with fiscal years ending June

 

30, 2017 2018 and shall be paid out of the state treasury and

 

distributed by the state treasurer to the respective community

 

colleges in 11 monthly installments on the sixteenth of each month,

 

or the next succeeding business day, beginning with October 16,

 

2016. 2017. Each community college shall accrue its July and August

 

2017 2018 payments to its institutional fiscal year ending June 30,

 

2017. However, if 2018.

 

     (2) If the state budget director determines that a community

 

college failed to submit all verified Michigan community colleges

 

activities classification structure data for school year 2015-2016

 

to the center by November 1, 2016, or failed to submit its

longitudinal data system data set for school year 2015-2016 to the

 

center under section 219, any of the information described in

 

subdivisions (a) to (f) in the form and manner specified by the

 

center, the state treasurer shall, subject to subdivision (g),

 

withhold the monthly installments from that community college until

 

those data are submitted:

 

     (a) All verified Michigan community colleges activities

 

classification structure data for the preceding academic year to

 

the center by November 1 of each year as specified in section 217.

 

     (b) The college credit opportunity data set as specified in

 

section 209.

 

     (c) The longitudinal data set for the preceding academic year

 

to the center as specified in section 219.

 

     (d) The annual independent audit as specified in section 222.

 

     (e) Tuition and mandatory fees information for the current

 

academic year as specified in section 225.

 

     (f) The number and type of associate degrees and other

 

certificates awarded during the previous academic year as specified

 

in section 226.

 

     (g) The state budget director shall notify the chairs of the

 

house and senate appropriations subcommittees on community colleges

 

at least 10 days before withholding funds from any community

 

college.

 

     Sec. 207a. All of the following apply to the allocation of the

 

fiscal year 2016-2017 2017-2018 appropriations described in section

 

201(4):

 

     (a) A community college that receives money under section

201(4) shall use that money solely for the purpose of offsetting a

 

portion of the retirement contributions owed by the college for

 

that fiscal year.

 

     (b) The amount allocated to each participating community

 

college under section 201(4) shall be based on each college's

 

percentage of the total covered payroll for all community colleges

 

that are participating colleges in the immediately preceding fiscal

 

year.

 

     Sec. 207b. All of the following apply to the allocation of the

 

fiscal year 2016-2017 2017-2018 appropriations described in section

 

201(5) for payments to community colleges that are participating

 

entities of the retirement system:

 

     (a) The amount of a payment under section 201(5) shall be the

 

difference between the unfunded actuarial accrued liability

 

contribution rate as calculated under section 41 of the public

 

school employees retirement act of 1979, 1980 PA 300, MCL 38.1341,

 

as calculated without taking into account the maximum employer rate

 

of 20.96% included in section 41 of the public school employees

 

retirement act of 1979, 1980 PA 300, MCL 38.1341, and the maximum

 

employer rate of 20.96% under section 41 of the public school

 

employees retirement act of 1979, 1980 PA 300, MCL 38.1341.

 

     (b) The amount allocated to each community college under

 

section 201(5) shall be based on each community college's

 

percentage of the total covered payroll for all community colleges

 

that are participating colleges in the immediately preceding fiscal

 

year. A community college that receives funds under this

 

subdivision shall use the funds solely for the purpose of

retirement contributions under section 201(5).

 

     (c) Each participating college that receives funds under

 

section 201(5) shall forward an amount equal to the amount

 

allocated under subdivision (b) to the retirement system in a form

 

and manner determined by the retirement system.

 

     Sec. 207c. All of the following apply to the allocation of the

 

appropriations described in section 201(6) to community colleges

 

described in section 12(3) of the Michigan renaissance zone act,

 

1996 PA 376, MCL 125.2692:

 

     (a) The amount allocated to each community college under

 

section 201(6) for fiscal year 2016-2017 2017-2018 shall be based

 

on that community college's proportion of total revenue lost by

 

community colleges as a result of the exemption of property taxes

 

levied in 2016 2017 under the Michigan renaissance zone act, 1996

 

PA 376, MCL 125.2681 to 125.2696.

 

     (b) The appropriations described in section 201(6) shall be

 

made to each eligible community college within 60 days after the

 

department of treasury certifies to the state budget director that

 

it has received all necessary information to properly determine the

 

amounts payable to each eligible community college under section 12

 

of the Michigan renaissance zone act, 1996 PA 376, MCL 125.2692.

 

     Sec. 209. (1) Within 30 days after the board of a community

 

college adopts its annual operating budget for the following fiscal

 

year, or after the board adopts a subsequent revision to that

 

budget, the community college shall make all of the following

 

available through a link on its website homepage:

 

     (a) The annual operating budget and subsequent budget

revisions.

 

     (b) A link to the most recent "Activities Classification

 

Structure Data Book and Companion".

 

     (c) General fund revenue and expenditure projections for the

 

current fiscal year 2016-2017 and the next fiscal year. 2017-2018.

 

     (d) A listing of all debt service obligations, detailed by

 

project, anticipated fiscal year 2016-2017 payment of each project,

 

and total outstanding debt for the current fiscal year.

 

     (e) The estimated cost to the community college resulting from

 

the patient protection and affordable care act, Public Law 111-148,

 

as amended by the health care and education reconciliation act of

 

2010, Public Law 111-152.

 

     (e) (f) Links to all of the following for the community

 

college:

 

     (i) The current collective bargaining agreement for each

 

bargaining unit.

 

     (ii) Each health care benefits plan, including, but not

 

limited to, medical, dental, vision, disability, long-term care, or

 

any other type of benefits that would constitute health care

 

services, offered to any bargaining unit or employee of the

 

community college.

 

     (iii) Audits and financial reports for the most recent fiscal

 

year for which they are available.

 

     (iv) A copy of the board of trustees resolution regarding

 

compliance with best practices for the local strategic value

 

component described in section 230(2).

 

     (2) For statewide consistency and public visibility, community

colleges must use the icon badge provided by the department of

 

technology, management, and budget consistent with the icon badge

 

developed by the department of education for K-12 school districts.

 

It must appear on the front of each community college's homepage.

 

The size of the icon may be reduced to 150 x 150 pixels.

 

     (3) The state budget director shall determine whether a

 

community college has complied with this section. The state budget

 

director may withhold a community college's monthly installments

 

described in section 206 until the community college complies with

 

this section. The state budget director shall notify the chairs of

 

the house and senate appropriations subcommittee on community

 

colleges at least 10 days before withholding funds from any

 

community college.

 

     (4) Each community college shall report the following

 

information to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on

 

community colleges, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the

 

state budget office by November 15 of each fiscal year and post

 

that information on its website as required under subsection (1):

 

     (a) Budgeted current fiscal year 2016-2017 general fund

 

revenue from tuition and fees.

 

     (b) Budgeted current fiscal year 2016-2017 general fund

 

revenue from state appropriations.

 

     (c) Budgeted current fiscal year 2016-2017 general fund

 

revenue from property taxes.

 

     (d) Budgeted current fiscal year 2016-2017 total general fund

 

revenue.

 

     (e) Budgeted current fiscal year 2016-2017 total general fund

expenditures.

 

     (5) By November 15 of each year, a community college shall

 

report the following information to the center and post the

 

information on its website under the budget transparency icon

 

badge:

 

     (a) Opportunities for earning college credit through the

 

following programs:

 

     (i) State approved career and technical education or a tech

 

prep articulated program of study.

 

     (ii) Direct college credit or concurrent enrollment.

 

     (iii) Dual enrollment.

 

     (iv) An early college/middle college program.

 

     (b) For each program described in subdivision (a) that the

 

community college offers, all of the following information:

 

     (i) The number of high school students participating in the

 

program.

 

     (ii) The number of school districts that participate in the

 

program with the community college.

 

     (iii) Whether a college professor, qualified local school

 

district employee, or other individual teaches the course or

 

courses in the program.

 

     (iv) The total cost to the community college to operate the

 

program.

 

     (v) The cost per credit hour for the course or courses in the

 

program.

 

     (vi) The location where the course or courses in the program

 

are held.

     (vii) Instructional resources offered to the program

 

instructors.

 

     (viii) Resources offered to the student in the program.

 

     (ix) Transportation services provided to students in the

 

program.

 

     Sec. 210b. By March 1, 2017, 2018, the Michigan Community

 

College Association and the Michigan Association of State

 

Universities shall submit a report to the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on community colleges, the senate and

 

house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director that includes

 

on the activities and programs of the transfer steering committee

 

since the March 1, 2017 report required under this section,

 

including all of the following:

 

     (a) A progress report on the implementation of the Michigan

 

transfer agreement developed by the study committee created under

 

former section 210a, including an update on progress made on

 

outstanding concerns identified in the March 1, 2016 implementation

 

update.

 

     (b) A report on improvements to articulation and credit

 

transfer policies among and between all sectors of postsecondary

 

education in this state. The report shall identify areas of

 

progress since the March 1, 2016 report required by former section

 

210c, including all of the following:

 

     (i) Identifying effective policies and practices developed by

 

other states.

 

     (ii) Developing specific pathways, where advisable, that meet

 

program requirements for both associate's and bachelor's degree

programs.

 

     (a) The alignment of learning outcomes in gateway mathematics

 

courses in the quantitative reasoning, college algebra, and

 

statistics pathways and the transferability of mathematics gateway

 

courses between and among community colleges and universities.

 

     (b) The development of program-specific, statewide transfer

 

pathways that meet program requirements for both associate and

 

bachelor's degree programs.

 

     (c) (iii) Creating The development of an enhanced online

 

communication tool to share information about postsecondary options

 

in Michigan, particularly clearly articulating course

 

equivalencies, and transfer pathways that are clearly articulated.

 

     (d) (iv) Establishing The establishment of clear timelines for

 

finalizing developing and implementing transfer pathways.

 

     (e) A progress report of the implementation of the Michigan

 

transfer agreement.

 

     Sec. 210e. By February 1, 2017, 2018, the Michigan Community

 

College Association, the Michigan Association of State

 

Universities, and the Michigan Independent Colleges and

 

Universities, on behalf of their member colleges and universities,

 

shall submit to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees

 

on higher education, the senate and house appropriations

 

subcommittees on community colleges, the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director a comprehensive report

 

detailing the number of academic program partnerships between

 

public community colleges, public universities, and private

 

colleges and universities, including, but not limited to, the

following information:

 

     (a) The names of the baccalaureate degree programs of study

 

offered by public and private universities on community college

 

campuses.

 

     (b) The names of the articulation agreements for baccalaureate

 

degree programs of study between public community colleges, public

 

universities, and private colleges and universities.

 

     (c) The number of students enrolled and number of degrees

 

awarded through articulation agreements, and the number of courses

 

offered, number of students enrolled, and number of degrees awarded

 

through on-campus programs named in subdivision (a) from July 1,

 

2015 2016 through June 30, 2016.2017.

 

     Sec. 217. (1) The center shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) Establish, maintain, and coordinate the state community

 

college database commonly known as the "activities classification

 

structure" or "ACS" database.

 

     (b) Collect data concerning community colleges and community

 

college programs in this state, including data required by law.

 

     (c) Establish procedures to ensure the validity and

 

reliability of the data and the collection process.

 

     (d) Develop model data collection policies, including, but not

 

limited to, policies that ensure the privacy of any individual

 

student data. Privacy policies shall ensure that student social

 

security numbers are not released to the public for any purpose.

 

     (e) Provide data in a useful manner to allow state

 

policymakers and community college officials to make informed

 

policy decisions.

     (f) Assist community colleges in complying with audits under

 

this section or federal law.

 

     (2) There is created within the center the activities

 

classification structure advisory committee. The committee shall

 

provide advice to the director of the center regarding the

 

management of the state community college database, including, but

 

not limited to:

 

     (a) Determining what data are necessary to collect and

 

maintain to enable state and community college officials to make

 

informed policy decisions.

 

     (b) Defining the roles of all stakeholders in the data

 

collection system.

 

     (c) Recommending timelines for the implementation and ongoing

 

collection of data.

 

     (d) Establishing and maintaining data definitions, data

 

transmission protocols, and system specifications and procedures

 

for the efficient and accurate transmission and collection of data.

 

     (e) Establishing and maintaining a process for ensuring the

 

accuracy of the data.

 

     (f) Establishing and maintaining policies related to data

 

collection, including, but not limited to, privacy policies related

 

to individual student data.

 

     (g) Ensuring that the data are made available to state

 

policymakers and citizens of this state in the most useful format

 

possible.

 

     (h) Addressing other matters as determined by the director of

 

the center or as required by law.

     (3) The activities classification structure advisory committee

 

created in subsection (2) shall consist of the following members:

 

     (a) One representative from the house fiscal agency, appointed

 

by the director of the house fiscal agency.

 

     (b) One representative from the senate fiscal agency,

 

appointed by the director of the senate fiscal agency.

 

     (c) One representative from the workforce development agency,

 

appointed by the director of the workforce development agency.

 

     (d) One representative from the center appointed by the

 

director of the center.

 

     (e) One representative from the state budget office, appointed

 

by the state budget director.

 

     (f) One representative from the governor's policy office,

 

appointed by that office.

 

     (g) Four representatives of the Michigan Community College

 

Association, appointed by the president of the association. From

 

the groupings of community colleges given in table 17 of the

 

activities classification structure database described in

 

subsection (1), the association shall appoint 1 representative each

 

from group 1, group 2, and group 3, and 1 representative from

 

either group 3 or 4.

 

     Sec. 222. Each community college shall have an annual audit of

 

all income and expenditures performed by an independent auditor and

 

shall furnish the independent auditor's management letter and an

 

annual audited accounting of all general and current funds income

 

and expenditures including audits of college foundations to the

 

center before November 15 of each year. The center shall make this

information available to members of the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on community colleges, the senate and

 

house fiscal agencies, the auditor general, the workforce

 

development agency, the center, and the state budget director.

 

before November 15 of each year. If a community college fails to

 

furnish the audit materials, the monthly state aid installments

 

shall be withheld from that college until the information is

 

submitted. All reporting shall conform to the requirements set

 

forth in the "2001 Manual for Uniform Financial Reporting, Michigan

 

Public Community Colleges". A community college shall make the

 

information the community college is required to provide under this

 

section available to the public on its website.

 

     Sec. 223. (1) By February 15 of each year, the department of

 

civil rights shall annually submit to the state budget director,

 

the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on community

 

colleges, and the house and senate fiscal agencies a report on

 

North American Indian tuition waivers for the preceding fiscal

 

academic year that includes, but is not limited to, all of the

 

following information:

 

     (a) The number of waiver applications received and the number

 

of waiver applications approved.

 

     (b) For each community college submitting information under

 

subsection (2), all of the following:

 

     (i) The number of North American Indian students enrolled each

 

term for the previous fiscal academic year.

 

     (ii) The number of North American Indian waivers granted each

 

term, including continuing education students, and the monetary

value of the waivers for the previous fiscal academic year.

 

     (iii) The number of students attending under a North American

 

Indian tuition waiver who withdrew from the college each term

 

during the previous fiscal academic year. For purposes of this

 

subparagraph, a withdrawal occurs when a student who has been

 

awarded the waiver withdraws from the institution at any point

 

during the term, regardless of enrollment in subsequent terms.

 

     (iv) The number of students attending under a North American

 

Indian tuition waiver who successfully complete a degree or

 

certificate program, separated by degree or certificate level, and

 

the graduation rate for students attending under a North American

 

Indian tuition waiver who complete a degree or certificate within

 

150% of the normal time to complete, separated by the level of the

 

degree or certificate.

 

     (2) A community college that receives funds under section 201

 

shall provide to the department of civil rights any information

 

necessary for preparing the report described in subsection (1),

 

using guidelines and procedures developed by the department of

 

civil rights.

 

     (3) The department of civil rights may consolidate the report

 

required under this section with the report required under section

 

268, but a consolidated report must separately identify data for

 

universities and data for community colleges.

 

     Sec. 224. A community college Using the data provided by the

 

community colleges as required under section 219, the center shall

 

use the P-20 longitudinal data system to inform interested Michigan

 

high schools and the public of the aggregate academic status of its

students for the previous academic year. , in a manner prescribed

 

by The center shall work with the Michigan Community College

 

Association and in cooperation with the Michigan Association of

 

Secondary School Principals. Community colleges shall cooperate

 

with the center to maintain a systematic approach for accomplishing

 

this work.

 

     Sec. 225. Each community college shall report to the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies, the state budget director, and the center

 

by August 31 , 2016, of each year the tuition and mandatory fees

 

paid by a full-time in-district student and a full-time out-of-

 

district student as established by the college governing board for

 

the 2016-2017 current academic year. This report should also

 

include the annual cost of attendance based on a full-time course

 

load of 30 credits. Each community college shall also report any

 

revisions to the reported 2016-2017 current academic year tuition

 

and mandatory fees adopted by the college governing board to the

 

house and senate fiscal agencies, the state budget director, and

 

the center within 15 days of being adopted. The center shall make

 

this information and any revisions available to the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies and the state budget director.

 

     Sec. 226. Each community college shall report to the center

 

the numbers and type of associate degrees and other certificates

 

awarded by the community college during the previous fiscal year.

 

The report shall be made not later than November 15 of each year.

 

Community colleges shall work with the center to develop a

 

systematic approach for meeting this requirement using the P-20

 

longitudinal data system.

     Sec. 229a. Included in the fiscal year 2016-2017 2017-2018

 

appropriations for the department of technology, management, and

 

budget are appropriations totaling $30,879,600.00 to provide

 

funding for the state share of costs for previously constructed

 

capital projects for community colleges. Those appropriations for

 

state building authority rent represent additional state general

 

fund support for community colleges, and the following is an

 

estimate of the amount of that support to each community college:

 

     (a) Alpena Community College, $632,500.00.$630,000.00.

 

     (b) Bay de Noc Community College,$685,100.00.$682,400.00.

 

     (c) Delta College, $3,360,600.00.$3,347,300.00.

 

     (d) Glen Oaks Community College, $124,500.00.$124,000.00.

 

     (e) Gogebic Community College, $56,700.00.$56,400.00.

 

     (f) Grand Rapids Community College,

 

$2,083,500.00.$2,075,300.00.

 

     (g) Henry Ford College, $1,040,300.00.$1,036,200.00.

 

     (h) Jackson College, $2,273,800.00.$2,264,800.00.

 

     (i) Kalamazoo Valley Community College,

 

$2,030,900.00.$1,957,400.00.

 

     (j) Kellogg Community College, $526,200.00.$524,100.00.

 

     (k) Kirtland Community College, $367,300.00.$365,900.00.

 

     (l) Lake Michigan College, $344,100.00.$342,700.00.

 

     (m) Lansing Community College, $1,154,600.00.$1,150,000.00.

 

     (n) Macomb Community College, $1,715,700.00.$1,662,100.00.

 

     (o) Mid Michigan Community College,

 

$1,634,300.00.$1,627,800.00.

 

     (p) Monroe County Community College,

$1,278,100.00.$1,273,000.00.

 

     (q) Montcalm Community College, $982,600.00.$978,700.00.

 

     (r) C.S. Mott Community College, $1,497,600.00.$1,817,300.00.

 

     (s) Muskegon Community College, $623,500.00.$570,500.00.

 

     (t) North Central Michigan College, $417,900.00.$416,300.00.

 

     (u) Northwestern Michigan College,

 

$1,320,600.00.$1,315,400.00.

 

     (v) Oakland Community College, $470,500.00.$468,700.00.

 

     (w) Schoolcraft College, $1,564,400.00.$1,558,300.00.

 

     (x) Southwestern Michigan College, $574,800.00.$531,700.00.

 

     (y) St. Clair County Community College,

 

$360,200.00.$358,800.00.

 

     (z) Washtenaw Community College, $1,696,000.00.$1,689,300.00.

 

     (aa) Wayne County Community College,

 

$1,479,400.00.$1,473,600.00.

 

     (bb) West Shore Community College, $583,900.00.$581,600.00.

 

     Sec. 230. (1) Money included in the appropriations for

 

community college operations under section 201(2) in fiscal year

 

2016-2017 2017-2018 for performance funding is distributed based on

 

the following formula:

 

     (a) Allocated proportionate to fiscal year 2015-2016 2016-2017

 

base appropriations, 30%.

 

     (b) Based on a weighted student contact hour formula as

 

provided for in the 2016 recommendations of the performance

 

indicators task force, 30%.

 

     (c) Based on the performance improvement as provided for in

 

the 2016 recommendations of the performance indicators task force,

10%.

 

     (d) Based on the performance completion number as provided for

 

in the 2016 recommendations of the performance indicators task

 

force, 10%.

 

     (e) Based on the performance completion rate as provided for

 

in the 2016 recommendations of the performance indicators task

 

force, 10%.

 

     (f) Based on administrative costs, 5%.

 

     (g) Based on the local strategic value component, as developed

 

in cooperation with the Michigan Community College Association and

 

described in subsection (2), 5%.

 

     (2) Money included in the appropriations for community college

 

operations under section 201(2) for local strategic value shall be

 

allocated to each community college that certifies to the state

 

budget director, through a board of trustees resolution on or

 

before October 15, 2016, 2017, that the college has met 4 out of 5

 

best practices listed in each category described in subsection (3).

 

The resolution shall provide specifics as to how the community

 

college meets each best practice measure within each category. One-

 

third of funding available under the strategic value component

 

shall be allocated to each category described in subsection (3).

 

Amounts distributed under local strategic value shall be on a

 

proportionate basis to each college's fiscal year 2015-2016 2016-

 

2017 operations funding. Payments to community colleges that

 

qualify for local strategic value funding shall be distributed with

 

the November installment payment described in section 206.

 

     (3) For purposes of subsection (2), the following categories

of best practices reflect functional activities of community

 

colleges that have strategic value to the local communities and

 

regional economies:

 

     (a) For Category A, economic development and business or

 

industry partnerships, the following:

 

     (i) The community college has active partnerships with local

 

employers including hospitals and health care providers.

 

     (ii) The community college provides customized on-site

 

training for area companies, employees, or both.

 

     (iii) The community college supports entrepreneurship through

 

a small business assistance center or other training or consulting

 

activities targeted toward small businesses.

 

     (iv) The community college supports technological advancement

 

through industry partnerships, incubation activities, or operation

 

of a Michigan technical education center or other advanced

 

technology center.

 

     (v) The community college has active partnerships with local

 

or regional workforce and economic development agencies.

 

     (b) For Category B, educational partnerships, the following:

 

     (i) The community college has active partnerships with

 

regional high schools, intermediate school districts, and career-

 

tech centers to provide instruction through dual enrollment,

 

concurrent enrollment, direct credit, middle college, or academy

 

programs.

 

     (ii) The community college hosts, sponsors, or participates in

 

enrichment programs for area K-12 students, such as college days,

 

summer or after-school programming, or Science Olympiad.

     (iii) The community college provides, supports, or

 

participates in programming to promote successful transitions to

 

college for traditional age students, including grant programs such

 

as talent search, upward bound, or other activities to promote

 

college readiness in area high schools and community centers.

 

     (iv) The community college provides, supports, or participates

 

in programming to promote successful transitions to college for new

 

or reentering adult students, such as adult basic education, a high

 

school equivalency test preparation program and testing, or

 

recruiting, advising, or orientation activities specific to adults.

 

As used in this subparagraph, "high school equivalency test

 

preparation program" means that term as defined in section 4.

 

     (v) The community college has active partnerships with

 

regional 4-year colleges and universities to promote successful

 

transfer, such as articulation, 2+2, or reverse transfer agreements

 

or operation of a university center.

 

     (c) For Category C, community services, the following:

 

     (i) The community college provides continuing education

 

programming for leisure, wellness, personal enrichment, or

 

professional development.

 

     (ii) The community college operates or sponsors opportunities

 

for community members to engage in activities that promote leisure,

 

wellness, cultural or personal enrichment such as community sports

 

teams, theater or musical ensembles, or artist guilds.

 

     (iii) The community college operates public facilities to

 

promote cultural, educational, or personal enrichment for community

 

members, such as libraries, computer labs, performing arts centers,

museums, art galleries, or television or radio stations.

 

     (iv) The community college operates public facilities to

 

promote leisure or wellness activities for community members,

 

including gymnasiums, athletic fields, tennis courts, fitness

 

centers, hiking or biking trails, or natural areas.

 

     (v) The community college promotes, sponsors, or hosts

 

community service activities for students, staff, or community

 

members.

 

     (4) Payments for performance funding under section 201(2)

 

shall be made to a community college only if that community college

 

actively participates in the Michigan Transfer Network sponsored by

 

the Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions

 

Officers and submits timely updates, including updated course

 

equivalencies at least every 6 months, to the Michigan transfer

 

network. The state budget director shall determine if a community

 

college has not satisfied this requirement. The state budget

 

director may withhold payments for performance funding until a

 

community college is in compliance with this section.

 

     Enacting section 1. In accordance with section 30 of article

 

IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending from

 

state sources for community colleges for fiscal year 2017-2018

 

under article II of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94,

 

MCL 388.1801 to 388.1830a, is estimated at $401,326,500.00 and the

 

amount of that state spending from state sources to be paid to

 

local units of government for fiscal year 2017-2018 is estimated at

 

$401,326,500.00.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect October

1, 2017.