Bill Text: MI SB0138 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Appropriations; zero budget; higher education; provide for fiscal year 2017-2018. Amends secs. 236 & 236a of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1836 & 388.1836a).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-04 - Referred To Committee On Appropriations [SB0138 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0138-Engrossed.html
SB-0138, As Passed Senate, May 4, 2017
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 138
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled
"The state school aid act of 1979,"
by amending sections 236, 236a, 236b, 236c, 237b, 241, 244, 251,
252, 254, 256, 263, 263a, 264, 265, 265a, 267, 268, 269, 270, 274,
274c, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, and 284 (MCL
388.1836, 388.1836a, 388.1836b, 388.1836c, 388.1837b, 388.1841,
388.1844, 388.1851, 388.1852, 388.1854, 388.1856, 388.1863,
388.1863a, 388.1864, 388.1865, 388.1865a, 388.1867, 388.1868,
388.1869, 388.1870, 388.1874, 388.1874c, 388.1875, 388.1876,
388.1877, 388.1878, 388.1879, 388.1880, 388.1881, 388.1882,
388.1883, and 388.1884), sections 236, 236a, 236b, 236c, 237b, 241,
251, 252, 254, 256, 263, 263a, 264, 265, 265a, 267, 268, 269, 270,
274, 274c, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, and 284 as
amended by 2016 PA 249 and section 244 as amended by 2015 PA 85,
and by adding sections 236e, 249, and 275c; and to repeal acts and
parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 236. (1) Subject to the conditions set forth in this
article, the amounts listed in this section are appropriated for
higher
education 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 $1,582,640,400.00.
$1,630,224,400.00. After deducting total interdepartmental grants
and intradepartmental transfers in the amount of $0.00, the
adjusted gross appropriation is
$1,582,640,400.00.$1,630,224,400.00.
(b) The sources of the adjusted gross appropriation described
in subdivision (a) are as follows:
(i) Total federal revenues, $101,526,400.00.$111,526,400.00.
(ii) Total local revenues, $0.00.
(iii) Total private revenues, $0.00.
(iv) Total other state restricted revenues,
$237,209,500.00.$235,743,500.00.
(v) State general fund/general purpose money,
$1,243,904,500.00.$1,282,954,500.00.
(2) Amounts appropriated for public universities are as
follows:
(a) The appropriation for Central Michigan University is
$83,925,500.00,
$81,127,100.00 for operations and $2,798,400.00 for
performance
funding.$85,654,400.00, $83,925,500.00
for operations
and $1,728,900.00 for performance funding.
(b) The appropriation for Eastern Michigan University is
$73,593,800.00,
$71,782,500.00 for operations and $1,811,300.00 for
performance
funding.$75,169,900.00, $73,593,800.00
for operations
and $1,576,100.00 for performance funding.
(c) The appropriation for Ferris State University is
$52,259,900.00,
$50,369,800.00 for operations and $1,890,100.00 for
performance
funding.$53,595,500.00, $52,259,900.00
for operations
and $1,335,600.00 for performance funding.
(d) The appropriation for Grand Valley State University is
$68,227,900.00,
$65,275,700.00 for operations and $2,952,200.00 for
performance
funding.$70,100,100.00, $68,227,900.00
for operations
and $1,872,200.00 for performance funding.
(e) The appropriation for Lake Superior State University is
$13,567,400.00,
$13,207,400.00 for operations and $360,000.00 for
performance
funding.13,775,000.00, $13,567,400.00
for operations
and $207,600.00 for performance funding.
(f) The appropriation for Michigan State University is
$337,777,800.00,
$268,770,700.00 for operations, $7,091,400.00 for
performance
funding, $33,243,100.00 for MSU AgBioResearch, and
$28,672,600.00
for MSU Extension.$344,404,800.00,
$275,862,100.00
for operations, $5,377,000.00 for performance funding,
$33,913,100.00 for MSU AgBioResearch, and $29,252,600.00 for MSU
Extension.
(g) The appropriation for Michigan Technological University is
$48,097,500.00,
$46,754,700.00 for operations and $1,342,800.00 for
performance
funding.$49,052,200.00, $48,097,500.00
for operations
and $954,700.00 for performance funding.
(h) The appropriation for Northern Michigan University is
$46,279,200.00,
$45,107,700.00 for operations and $1,171,500.00 for
performance
funding.$47,137,400.00, $46,279,200.00
for operations
and $858,200.00 for performance funding.
(i) The appropriation for Oakland University is
$49,920,700.00,
$48,371,900.00 for operations and $1,548,800.00 for
performance
funding.$51,235,900.00, $49,920,700.00
for operations
and $1,315,200.00 for performance funding.
(j) The appropriation for Saginaw Valley State University is
$29,114,000.00,
$28,181,200.00 for operations and $932,800.00 for
performance
funding.$29,766,100.00, $29,114,000.00
for operations
and $652,100.00 for performance funding.
(k) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
is
$308,639,000.00, $299,975,000.00 for operations and
$8,664,000.00
for performance funding.$314,589,100.00,
$308,639,000.00 for operations and $5,950,100.00 for performance
funding.
(l) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Dearborn is
$24,803,300.00,
$24,033,100.00 for operations and $770,200.00 for
performance
funding.$25,421,900.00, $24,803,300.00
for operations
and $618,600.00 for performance funding.
(m) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Flint is
$22,549,300.00,
$21,815,400.00 for operations and $733,900.00 for
performance
funding.$23,061,800.00, $22,549,300.00
for operations
and $512,500.00 for performance funding.
(n) The appropriation for Wayne State University is
$196,064,500.00,
$191,451,300.00 for operations and $4,613,200.00
for
performance funding.$199,169,800.00,
$196,064,500.00 for
operations and $3,105,300.00 for performance funding.
(o) The appropriation for Western Michigan University is
$107,440,900.00,
$104,334,100.00 for operations and $3,106,800.00
for
performance funding.$109,376,800.00,
$107,440,900.00 for
operations and $1,935,900.00 for performance funding.
(3) The amount appropriated in subsection (2) for public
universities is appropriated from the following:
(a) State school aid fund, $231,219,500.00.
(b) State general fund/general purpose money,
$1,231,041,200.00.$1,260,291,200.00.
(4) The amount appropriated for Michigan public school
employees'
retirement system reimbursement is $5,890,000.00,
$4,005,000.00, appropriated from the state school aid fund.
(5) The amount appropriated for state and regional programs is
$315,000.00, appropriated from general fund/general purpose money
and allocated as follows:
(a) Higher education database modernization and conversion,
$200,000.00.
(b) Midwestern Higher Education Compact, $115,000.00.
(6) The amount appropriated for the Martin Luther King, Jr. -
Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks program is $2,691,500.00, appropriated
from general fund/general purpose money and allocated as follows:
(a) Select student support services, $1,956,100.00.
(b) Michigan college/university partnership program,
$586,800.00.
(c) Morris Hood, Jr. educator development program,
$148,600.00.
(7) Subject to subsection (8), the amount appropriated for
grants
and financial aid is $110,983,200.00, $127,583,200.00,
allocated as follows:
(a) State competitive scholarships,
$18,361,700.00.$26,361,700.00.
(b)
Tuition grants, $35,021,500.00.$38,021,500.00.
(c)
Tuition incentive program, $53,000,000.00.$58,300,000.00.
(d) Children of veterans and officer's survivor tuition grant
programs, $1,400,000.00.
(e) Project GEAR-UP, $3,200,000.00.
(f) North American Indian tuition waiver, $300,000.00.
(8) The money appropriated in subsection (7) for grants and
financial aid is appropriated from the following:
(a) Federal revenues under the United States Department of
Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, GEAR-UP
program, $3,200,000.00.
(b) Federal revenues under the social security act, temporary
assistance
for needy families, $98,326,400.00.$108,326,400.00.
(c) Contributions to children of veterans tuition grant
program, $100,000.00.
(d) State general fund/general purpose money,
$9,356,800.00.$15,956,800.00.
(9)
For fiscal year 2016-2017 only, $500,000.00 is
appropriated
for the Michigan State University Diagnostic Center
for
Population and Animal Health, appropriated from state general
fund/general
purpose money.
(9) For fiscal year 2017-2018 only, in addition to the
allocation under subsection (4), from the appropriations described
in subsection (1), there is allocated an amount not to exceed
$419,000.00 for payments to participating public universities,
appropriated from the state school aid fund. A university that
receives money under this subsection shall use that money solely
for the purpose of offsetting the normal cost contribution rate. As
used in this subsection, "participating public universities" means
public universities that are a reporting unit of the Michigan
public school employees' retirement system under the public school
employees retirement act of 1979, 1980 PA 300, MCL 38.1301 to
38.1437, and that pay contributions to the Michigan public school
employees' retirement system for the state fiscal year.
(10) For fiscal year 2017-2018 only, $2,500,000.00 is
appropriated for the Michigan State University animal agriculture
initiative, appropriated from general fund/general purpose money.
(11) For fiscal year 2017-2018 only, $1,200,000.00 is
appropriated for the Michigan State University agriculture
workforce initiative, appropriated from general fund/general
purpose money.
Sec. 236a. 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 236.
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 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. 236b. In addition to the funds appropriated in section
236, there is appropriated for grants and financial aid in fiscal
year
2016-2017 2017-2018 an amount not to exceed $6,000,000.00 for
federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred under section 393(2)
of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393, for
another purpose under this article.
Sec. 236c. In addition to the funds appropriated for fiscal
year
2016-2017 2017-2018 in section 236, appropriations to the
department of technology, management, and budget in the act
providing
general appropriations for fiscal year 2016-2017 2017-
2018 for state building authority rent, totaling an estimated
$144,995,300.00, provide funding for the state share of costs for
previously constructed capital projects for state universities.
These appropriations for state building authority rent represent
additional state general fund support provided to public
universities, and the following is an estimate of the amount of
that support to each university:
(a) Central Michigan University,
$11,819,500.00.$12,570,900.00.
(b)
Eastern Michigan University, $4,868,000.00.$5,177,500.00.
(c)
Ferris State University, $6,260,300.00.$6,658,300.00.
(d) Grand Valley State University,
$6,635,900.00.$7,057,800.00.
(e) Lake Superior State University,
$1,722,800.00.$1,832,400.00.
(f)
Michigan State University, $18,827,000.00.$15,500,500.00.
(g) Michigan Technological University,
$6,793,200.00.$7,225,100.00.
(h)
Northern Michigan University, $9,447,600.00.$7,786,500.00.
(i)
Oakland University, $12,685,900.00.$13,492,400.00.
(j) Saginaw Valley State University,
$10,331,000.00.$10,918,500.00.
(k) University of Michigan - Ann Arbor,
$11,875,600.00.$10,586,200.00.
(l) University of Michigan - Dearborn,
$9,008,800.00.$9,581,500.00.
(m) University of Michigan - Flint,
$4,357,600.00.$4,315,600.00.
(n)
Wayne State University, $15,399,400.00.$16,378,300.00.
(o) Western Michigan University,
$14,962,700.00.$15,913,800.00.
Sec. 236e. (1) Subject to the conditions set forth in this
article and in addition to the amounts appropriated in section 236,
there is appropriated $2,600,000.00 for higher education to
increase the allocation for the tuition incentive program for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2017. The summary of
appropriations in section 236(1)(a) and (b) for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2017 is accordingly revised as follows:
(a) The gross appropriation is $1,585,240,400.00. After
deducting total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers in the amount of $0.00, the adjusted gross appropriation
is $1,585,240,400.00.
(b) The sources of the adjusted gross appropriation described
in subdivision (a) are as follows:
(i) Total federal revenues, $104,126,400.00.
(ii) Total local revenues, $0.00.
(iii) Total private revenues, $0.00.
(iv) Total other state restricted revenues, $237,209,500.00.
(v) State general fund/general purpose money,
$1,243,904,500.00.
(2) As a result of the appropriation in subsection (1), the
amount appropriated for grants and financial aid for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2017 in section 236(7) is increased to
$113,583,200.00, and the allocation for the tuition incentive
program in section 236(7)(c) for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2017 is increased to $55,600,000.00.
(3) The money appropriated for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2017 in section 236(7) for grants and financial aid,
as revised in subsection (2), is appropriated by increasing the
appropriation from federal revenues under the social security act,
temporary assistance for needy families, to $100,926,400.00.
Sec.
237b. As used in this article: , the term "workforce
development
agency" means the workforce development agency within
the
department of talent and economic development--talent
investment
agency.
(a) "Center" means the center for educational performance and
information created in section 94a.
(b) "Workforce development agency" means the workforce
development agency within the department of talent and economic
development--talent investment agency.
Sec. 241. (1) Subject to sections 244 and 265a, the funds
appropriated in section 236 to public universities shall be paid
out of the state treasury and distributed by the state treasurer to
the respective institutions in 11 equal monthly installments on the
sixteenth of each month, or the next succeeding business day,
beginning
with October 16, 2016. 2017.
Except for Wayne State
University,
each institution shall accrue its July and August 2017
2018 payments to its institutional fiscal year ending June 30,
2017.2018.
(2) All public universities shall submit higher education
institutional data inventory (HEIDI) data and associated financial
and program information requested by and in a manner prescribed by
the state budget director. For public universities with fiscal
years
ending June 30, 2016, 2017,
these data shall be submitted to
the
state budget director by October 15, 2016. 2017. Public
universities
with a fiscal year ending September 30, 2016 2017
shall
submit preliminary HEIDI data by November 15, 2016 2017 and
final
data by December 15, 2016. 2017.
If a public university fails
to submit HEIDI data and associated financial aid program
information in accordance with this reporting schedule, the state
treasurer may withhold the monthly installments under subsection
(1) to the public university until those data are submitted.
Sec.
244. A By October 15 of
each year, a public university
receiving
funds in section 236 shall cooperate with all measures
taken
by the state to develop, operate, and maintain provide its
longitudinal data system data set for the preceding academic year
to the center for inclusion in the statewide P-20 longitudinal data
system described in section 94a. If the state budget director finds
that a university has not complied with this section, the state
budget director is authorized to withhold the monthly installments
provided to that university under section 241 until he or she finds
the university has complied with this section.
Sec. 249. (1) The funds appropriated in section 236 for the
children of veterans and officer's survivor tuition grant programs
shall be supported with revenue from the restricted account created
in section 5 of the children of veterans tuition grant act, 2005 PA
248, MCL 390.1345. As provided in section 5 of the children of
veterans tuition grant act, 2005 PA 248, MCL 390.1345, unexpended
funds remaining in the restricted account at the end of the fiscal
year shall not lapse to the general fund.
(2) The general fund/general purpose funds appropriated in
section 236 for the children of veterans and officer's survivor
tuition grant programs shall be deposited into the restricted
account described in subsection (1), as required in section 5 of
the children of veterans tuition grant act, 2005 PA 248, MCL
390.1345.
(3) Funds deposited into the restricted account under
subsection (2) for the children of veterans and officer's survivor
tuition grant programs are appropriated and available for
allocation as required in the children of veterans tuition grant
act, 2005 PA 248, MCL 390.1341 to 390.1346.
Sec. 251. (1) Payments of the amounts included in section 236
for the state competitive scholarship program shall be distributed
pursuant to 1964 PA 208, MCL 390.971 to 390.981.
(2) Pursuant to section 6 of 1964 PA 208, MCL 390.976, the
department of treasury shall determine an actual maximum state
competitive scholarship award per student, which shall be not less
than
$575.00, $1,000.00, that ensures that the aggregate payments
for the state competitive scholarship program do not exceed the
appropriation contained in section 236 for the state competitive
scholarship program. If the department determines that insufficient
funds are available to establish a maximum award amount equal to at
least
$575.00, $1,000.00, the department shall immediately report
to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher
education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state
budget director regarding the estimated amount of additional funds
necessary
to establish a $575.00 $1,000.00
maximum award amount.
(3) The department of treasury shall implement a proportional
competitive scholarship maximum award level for recipients enrolled
less than full-time in a given semester or term.
(4) If a student who receives an award under this section has
his or her tuition and fees paid under the Michigan educational
trust program, pursuant to the Michigan education trust act, 1986
PA 316, MCL 390.1421 to 390.1442, and still has financial need, the
funds awarded under this section may be used for educational
expenses other than tuition and fees.
(5) If the department of treasury increases the maximum award
per eligible student from that provided in the previous fiscal
year, it shall not have the effect of reducing the number of
eligible students receiving awards in relation to the total number
of eligible applicants. Any increase in the maximum grant shall be
proportional for all eligible students receiving awards.
(6) Veterans Administration benefits shall not be considered
in determining eligibility for the award of scholarships under 1964
PA 208, MCL 390.971 to 390.981.
(7) Any unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining on
September 30, 2018 from the amounts appropriated in section 236 for
the competitive scholarship program for fiscal year 2017-2018 do
not lapse on September 30, 2018, but continue to be available for
expenditure for competitive scholarship grants provided in the
2018-2019 fiscal year under a work project account. The use of
these unexpended fiscal year 2017-2018 funds terminates at the end
of the 2018-2019 fiscal year.
Sec. 252. (1) The amounts appropriated in section 236 for the
state tuition grant program shall be distributed pursuant to 1966
PA 313, MCL 390.991 to 390.997a.
(2) Tuition grant awards shall be made to all eligible
Michigan residents enrolled in undergraduate degree programs who
are
qualified and who apply before July 1, of each year for the
next
academic year.2017 for the
2017-2018 academic year. Beginning
with the 2018-2019 academic year, tuition grant awards shall be
made to all eligible Michigan residents enrolled in undergraduate
degree programs who are qualified and who apply before March 1 of
each year for the next academic year.
(3) Beginning with the 2018-2019 academic year, a tuition
grant may be renewed for not more than 10 semesters or its
equivalent in trimesters or quarters of undergraduate education, or
if an eligible applicant has not completed using the grant within
10 years after his or her eligibility is determined, whichever
occurs first. The department shall determine an equivalent to 10
semesters or its equivalent in trimesters or quarters of
undergraduate education for less than full-time but more than half-
time students.
(4) (3)
Pursuant to section 5 of 1966 PA
313, MCL 390.995, and
subject
to subsections (7) (8) and (8), (9), the department of
treasury shall determine an actual maximum tuition grant award per
student,
which shall be no less than $1,512.00, $2,000.00, that
ensures that the aggregate payments for the tuition grant program
do not exceed the appropriation contained in section 236 for the
state tuition grant program. If the department determines that
insufficient funds are available to establish a maximum award
amount
equal to at least $1,512.00, $2,000.00,
the department shall
immediately report to the house and senate appropriations
subcommittees on higher education, the house and senate fiscal
agencies, and the state budget director regarding the estimated
amount
of additional funds necessary to establish a $1,512.00
$2,000.00 maximum award amount. If the department determines that
sufficient funds are available to establish a maximum award amount
equal
to at least $1,512.00, $2,000.00,
the department shall
immediately report to the house and senate appropriations
subcommittees on higher education, the house and senate fiscal
agencies, and the state budget director regarding the maximum award
amount established and the projected amount of any projected year-
end appropriation balance based on that maximum award amount. By
February 18 of each fiscal year, the department shall analyze the
status of award commitments, shall make any necessary adjustments,
and shall confirm that those award commitments will not exceed the
appropriation contained in section 236 for the tuition grant
program. The determination and actions shall be reported to the
state budget director and the house and senate fiscal agencies no
later than the final day of February of each year. If award
adjustments are necessary, the students shall be notified of the
adjustment by March 4 of each year.
(5) (4)
Any unexpended and unencumbered
funds remaining on
September
30, 2017 2018 from the amounts appropriated in section
236
for the tuition grant program for fiscal year 2016-2017 shall
2017-2018
do not lapse on September 30, 2017, 2018, but
shall
continue to be available for expenditure for tuition grants
provided
in the 2017-2018 2018-2019
fiscal year under a work
project
account. The use of these unexpended fiscal year 2016-2017
2017-2018
funds shall terminate terminates at the end of the 2017-
2018
2018-2019 fiscal year.
(6) (5)
The department of treasury shall
continue a
proportional tuition grant maximum award level for recipients
enrolled less than full-time in a given semester or term.
(7) (6)
If the department of treasury
increases the maximum
award per eligible student from that provided in the previous
fiscal year, it shall not have the effect of reducing the number of
eligible students receiving awards in relation to the total number
of eligible applicants. Any increase in the maximum grant shall be
proportional for all eligible students receiving awards for that
fiscal year.
(8) (7)
Except as provided in subsection (4),
(5), the
department
of treasury shall not award more than $3,200,000.00
$3,500,000.00 in tuition grants to eligible students enrolled in
the same independent nonprofit college or university in this state.
Any decrease in the maximum grant shall be proportional for all
eligible students enrolled in that college or university, as
determined by the department.
(9) (8)
The department of treasury shall
not award tuition
grants to otherwise eligible students enrolled in an independent
college or university that does not report, in a form and manner
directed by and satisfactory to the department of treasury, by
September 30 of each year, all of the following:
(a) The number of students in the most recently completed
academic year who in any academic year received a state tuition
grant at the reporting institution and successfully completed a
program or graduated.
(b) The number of students in the most recently completed
academic year who in any academic year received a state tuition
grant at the reporting institution and took a remedial education
class.
(c) The number of students in the most recently completed
academic year who in any academic year received a Pell grant at the
reporting institution and successfully completed a program or
graduated.
(10) (9)
By February 1, 2017, 2018, each
independent college
and university participating in the tuition grant program shall
report to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
higher education, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the
state budget director on its efforts to develop and implement
sexual assault response training for the institution's title IX
coordinator, campus law enforcement personnel, campus public safety
personnel, and any other campus personnel charged with responding
to on-campus incidents, including information on sexual assault
response training materials and the status of implementing sexual
assault response training for institutional personnel.
Sec. 254. The sums appropriated in section 236 for the state
competitive scholarship, tuition incentive, and tuition grant
programs shall be paid out of the state treasury and shall be
distributed to the respective institutions under a quarterly
payment system as follows:
(a) For the state competitive scholarship and tuition grant
programs, 50% shall be paid at the beginning of the state's first
fiscal quarter, 30% during the state's second fiscal quarter, 10%
during the state's third fiscal quarter, and 10% during the state's
fourth fiscal quarter.
(b)
For the tuition incentive program, 55% 65% shall be paid
at
the beginning of the state's first fiscal quarter , 40% and 35%
during
the state's second fiscal quarter.
, and 5% during the
state's
third fiscal quarter.
Sec. 256. (1) The funds appropriated in section 236 for the
tuition incentive program shall be distributed as provided in this
section and pursuant to the administrative procedures for the
tuition incentive program of the department of treasury.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Phase I" means the first part of the tuition incentive
assistance
program defined as the academic
period of 80 semester or
120 term credits, or less, leading to an associate degree or
certificate. Students must be enrolled in a certificate or
associate degree program and taking classes within the program of
study for a certificate or associate degree. Tuition will not be
covered for courses outside of a certificate or associate degree
program.
(b) "Phase II" means the second part of the tuition incentive
assistance
program which provides assistance
in the third and
fourth year of 4-year degree programs.
(c) "Department" means the department of treasury.
(d) "High school equivalency certificate" means that term as
defined in section 4.
(3) An individual shall meet the following basic criteria and
financial thresholds to be eligible for tuition incentive program
benefits:
(a) To be eligible for phase I, an individual shall meet all
of the following criteria:
(i) Apply for certification to the department any time after
he or she begins the sixth grade but before August 31 of the school
year in which he or she graduates from high school or before
achieving a high school equivalency certificate.
(ii) Be less than 20 years of age at the time he or she
graduates from high school with a diploma or certificate of
completion or achieves a high school equivalency certificate or,
for students attending a 5-year middle college approved by the
Michigan department of education, be less than 21 years of age when
he or she graduates from high school.
(iii) Be a United States citizen and a resident of Michigan
this state according to institutional criteria.
(iv) Be at least a half-time student, earning less than 80
semester or 120 term credits at a participating educational
institution within 4 years of high school graduation or achievement
of a high school equivalency certificate. All program eligibility
expires 6 years from high school graduation or achievement of a
high school equivalency certificate.
(v) Request information on filing a FAFSA.
(v) (vi) Meet
the satisfactory academic progress policy of the
educational institution he or she attends.
(b) To be eligible for phase II, an individual shall meet
either of the following criteria in addition to the criteria in
subdivision (a):
(i) Complete at least 56 transferable semester or 84
transferable term credits.
(ii) Obtain an associate degree or certificate at a
participating institution.
(c) To be eligible for phase I or phase II, an individual must
not be incarcerated and must be financially eligible as determined
by the department. An individual is financially eligible for the
tuition incentive program if he or she was eligible for Medicaid
from
the this state of Michigan for 24 months within the 36
consecutive months before application. The department shall accept
certification of Medicaid eligibility only from the department of
health and human services for the purposes of verifying if a person
is Medicaid eligible for 24 months within the 36 consecutive months
before application. Certification of eligibility may begin in the
sixth grade. As used in this subdivision, "incarcerated" does not
include detention of a juvenile in a state-operated or privately
operated juvenile detention facility.
(4) Beginning in fiscal year 2017-2018, the department shall
not award more than $8,500,000.00 annually in tuition incentive
program funds to eligible students enrolled in the same college or
university in this state.
(5) For phase I, the department shall provide payment on
behalf of a person eligible under subsection (3). The department
shall only accept standard per credit hour tuition billings and
shall reject billings that are excessive or outside the guidelines
for the type of educational institution.
(6) For phase I, all of the following apply:
(a) Payments for associate degree or certificate programs
shall not be made for more than 80 semester or 120 term credits for
any individual student at any participating institution.
(b) For persons enrolled at a Michigan community college, the
department shall pay the current in-district tuition and mandatory
fees. For persons residing in an area that is not included in any
community college district, the out-of-district tuition rate may be
authorized.
(c) For persons enrolled at a Michigan public university, the
department shall pay lower division resident tuition and mandatory
fees for the current year.
(d) For persons enrolled at a Michigan independent, nonprofit
degree-granting college or university, or a Michigan federal
tribally controlled community college, or Focus: HOPE, the
department shall pay mandatory fees for the current year and a per-
credit payment that does not exceed the average community college
in-district per-credit tuition rate as reported on August 1, for
the immediately preceding academic year.
(7) A person participating in phase II may be eligible for
additional funds not to exceed $500.00 per semester or $400.00 per
term up to a maximum of $2,000.00 subject to the following
conditions:
(a) Credits are earned in a 4-year program at a Michigan
degree-granting 4-year college or university.
(b) The tuition reimbursement is for coursework completed
within 30 months of completion of the phase I requirements.
(8) The department shall work closely with participating
institutions to develop an application and eligibility
determination process that will provide the highest level of
participation and ensure that all requirements of the program are
met.
(9) Applications for the tuition incentive program may be
approved at any time after the student begins the sixth grade. If a
determination of financial eligibility is made, that determination
is valid as long as the student meets all other program
requirements and conditions.
(10) Each institution shall ensure that all known available
restricted grants for tuition and fees are used prior to billing
the tuition incentive program for any portion of a student's
tuition and fees.
(11) The department shall ensure that the tuition incentive
program is well publicized and that eligible Medicaid clients are
provided information on the program. The department shall provide
the necessary funding and staff to fully operate the program.
(12) The department of treasury shall collaborate with the
center to use the P-20 longitudinal data system to report the
following information for each qualified postsecondary institution:
(a) The number of phase I students in the most recently
completed academic year who in any academic year received a tuition
incentive program award and who successfully completed a degree or
certificate program. Cohort graduation rates for phase I students
shall be calculated using the established success rate methodology
developed by the center in collaboration with the postsecondary
institutions.
(b) The number of students in the most recently completed
academic year who in any academic year received a Pell grant at the
reporting institution and who successfully completed a degree or
certificate program. Cohort graduation rates for students who
received Pell grants shall be calculated using the established
success rate methodology developed by the center in collaboration
with the postsecondary institutions.
(13) If a qualified postsecondary institution does not report
the data necessary to comply with subsection (12) to the P-20
longitudinal data system, the institution shall report, in a form
and manner satisfactory to the department of treasury and the
center, all of the information needed to comply with subsection
(12) by December 1, 2017.
(14) Beginning in fiscal year 2018-2019, if a qualified
postsecondary institution does not report the data necessary to
complete the reporting in subsection (12) to the P-20 longitudinal
data system by October 15 for the prior academic year, the
department of treasury shall not award phase I tuition incentive
program funding to otherwise eligible students enrolled in that
institution until the data are submitted.
(15) Any unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining on
September 30, 2018 from the amounts appropriated in section 236 for
the tuition incentive program for fiscal year 2017-2018 do not
lapse on September 30, 2018, but continue to be available for
expenditure for tuition incentive program grants provided in the
2018-2019 fiscal year under a work project account. The use of
these unexpended fiscal year 2017-2018 funds terminates at the end
of the 2018-2019 fiscal year.
Sec. 263. (1) Included in the appropriation in section 236 for
fiscal
year 2016-2017 2017-2018 for MSU AgBioResearch is
$2,982,900.00 and included in the appropriation in section 236 for
MSU Extension is $2,645,200.00 for Project GREEEN. Project GREEEN
is intended to address critical regulatory, food safety, economic,
and environmental problems faced by this state's plant-based
agriculture, forestry, and processing industries. "GREEEN" is an
acronym for Generating Research and Extension to Meet Environmental
and Economic Needs.
(2) The department of agriculture and rural development and
Michigan State University, in consultation with agricultural
commodity groups and other interested parties, shall develop
Project GREEEN and its program priorities.
Sec. 263a. (1) Not later than September 30 of each year,
Michigan State University shall submit a report on MSU
AgBioResearch and MSU Extension to the house and senate
appropriations subcommittees on agriculture and on higher
education, the house and senate standing committees on agriculture,
the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director
for the preceding academic fiscal year.
(2) The report required under subsection (1) shall include all
of the following:
(a) Total funds expended by MSU AgBioResearch and by MSU
Extension identified by state, local, private, federal, and
university fund sources.
(b) The metric goals that were used to evaluate the impacts of
programs operated by MSU Extension and MSU AgBioResearch. The
following metric goals will be used to evaluate the impacts of
those programs:
(i) Increasing the number of agriculture and food-related
firms collaborating with and using services of research and
extension faculty and staff by 3% per year.
(ii) Increasing the number of individuals utilizing MSU
Extension's educational services by 5% per year.
(iii) Increasing external funds generated in support of
research and extension, beyond state appropriations, by 10% over
the amounts generated in the past 3 state fiscal years.
(iv) Increasing the sector's total economic impact to at least
$100,000,000,000.00.$125,000,000,000.00.
(v) Increasing Michigan's agricultural exports to at least
$3,500,000,000.00.$4,250,000,000.00.
(vi) Increasing jobs in the food and agriculture sector
by
10%.
(vi) (vii) Improving
access by Michigan consumers to healthy
foods by 20%.
(c) A review of major programs within both MSU AgBioResearch
and MSU Extension with specific reference to accomplishments,
impacts, and the metrics described in subdivision (b), including a
specific accounting of Project GREEEN expenditures and the impact
of those expenditures.
Sec. 264. Included in the appropriation in section 236 for
fiscal
year 2016-2017 2017-2018 for Michigan State University is
$80,000.00 for the Michigan Future Farmers of America Association.
This $80,000.00 allocation shall not supplant any existing support
that Michigan State University provides to the Michigan Future
Farmers of America Association.
Sec. 265. (1) Payments under section 265a for performance
funding shall only be made to a public university that certifies to
the
state budget director by August 31, 2016 2017 that its board
did not adopt an increase in tuition and fee rates for resident
undergraduate
students after September 1, 2015 2016 for the 2015-
2016
2016-2017 academic year and that its board will not adopt an
increase in tuition and fee rates for resident undergraduate
students
for the 2016-2017 2017-2018
academic year that is greater
than
4.2%. 3.8% or $475.00,
whichever is greater. As used in this
subsection:
(a) "Fee" means any board-authorized fee that will be paid by
more than 1/2 of all resident undergraduate students at least once
during their enrollment at a public university, as described in the
higher education institutional data inventory (HEIDI) user manual.
A university increasing a fee that applies to a specific subset of
students or courses shall provide sufficient information to prove
that the increase applied to that subset will not cause the
increase in the average amount of board-authorized total tuition
and
fees paid by resident undergraduate students in the 2016-2017
2017-2018 academic year to exceed the limit established in this
subsection.
(b) "Tuition and fee rate" means the average of full-time
rates paid by a majority of students in each undergraduate class,
based on an unweighted average of the rates authorized by the
university board and actually charged to students, deducting any
uniformly rebated or refunded amounts, for the 2 semesters with the
highest levels of full-time equated resident undergraduate
enrollment during the academic year, as described in the higher
education institutional data inventory (HEIDI) user manual.
(c) For purposes of subdivision (a), for a public university
that compels resident undergraduate students to be covered by
health insurance as a condition to enroll at the university, "fee"
includes the annual amount a student is charged for coverage by the
university-affiliated group health insurance policy if he or she
does not provide proof that he or she is otherwise covered by
health insurance. This subdivision does not apply to limited
subsets of resident undergraduate students to be covered by health
insurance for specific reasons other than general enrollment at the
university.
(2) The state budget director shall implement uniform
reporting requirements to ensure that a public university receiving
a payment under section 265a for performance funding has satisfied
the tuition restraint requirements of this section. The state
budget director shall have the sole authority to determine if a
public university has met the requirements of this section.
Information reported by a public university to the state budget
director under this subsection shall also be reported to the house
and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education and the
house and senate fiscal agencies.
(3) Universities that exceed the tuition and fee rate cap
described in subsection (1) shall not receive a planning or
construction authorization for a state-funded capital outlay
project
in fiscal year 2017-2018 2018-2019
or fiscal year 2018-
2019.2019-2020.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the
legislature may at any time adjust appropriations for a university
that adopts an increase in tuition and fee rates for resident
undergraduate students that exceeds the rate cap established in
subsection (1).
Sec. 265a. (1) Appropriations to public universities in
section
236 for fiscal year 2016-2017 2017-2018
for performance
funding shall be paid only to a public university that complies
with section 265 and certifies to the state budget director, the
house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education,
and
the house and senate fiscal agencies by August 31, 2016 2017
that it complies with all of the following requirements:
(a) The university participates in reverse transfer agreements
described in section 286 with at least 3 Michigan community
colleges.
(b) The university does not and will not consider whether dual
enrollment credits earned by an incoming student were utilized
towards his or her high school graduation requirements when making
a determination as to whether those credits may be used by the
student toward completion of a university degree or certificate
program.
(c) The university actively participates in and submits timely
updates to the Michigan Transfer Network created as part of the
Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions
Officers transfer agreement.
(2) Any performance funding amounts under section 236 that are
not paid to a public university because it did not comply with 1 or
more requirements under subsection (1) are unappropriated and
reappropriated for performance funding to those public universities
that meet the requirements under subsection (1), distributed in
proportion to their performance funding appropriation amounts under
section 236.
(3) The state budget director shall report to the house and
senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education and the
house
and senate fiscal agencies by September 30, 2016, 2017,
regarding any performance funding amounts that are not paid to a
public university because it did not comply with 1 or more
requirements under subsection (1) and any reappropriation of funds
under subsection (2).
(4) Performance funding amounts described in section 236 are
distributed based on the following formula:
(a) Proportional to each university's share of total
operations funding appropriated in fiscal year 2010-2011, 50%.
(b) Based on weighted undergraduate completions in critical
skills areas, 11.1%.
(c) Based on research and development expenditures, for
universities classified in Carnegie classifications as
doctoral/research
universities, research universities (high
research
activity), or research universities (very high research
activity)
doctoral universities:
moderate research activity,
doctoral universities: higher research activity, or doctoral
universities: highest research activity only, 5.6%.
(d) Based on 6-year graduation rate, total degree completions,
and institutional support as a percentage of core expenditures, and
the percentage of students receiving Pell grants, scored against
national Carnegie classification peers and weighted by total
undergraduate fiscal year equated students, 33.3%.
(5) For purposes of determining the score of a university
under subsection (4)(d), each university is assigned 1 of the
following scores:
(a) A university classified as in the top 20%, a score of 3.
(b) A university classified as above national median, a score
of 2.
(c) A university classified as improving, a score of 2. It is
the
intent of the legislature that, beginning in the 2017-2018
2018-2019 state fiscal year, a university classified as improving
is assigned a score of 1.
(d) A university that is not included in subdivision (a), (b),
or (c), a score of 0.
(6) As used in this section, "Carnegie classification" means
the basic classification of the university according to the most
recent
version prior to February 1, 2016 of the Carnegie
classification of institutions of higher education, published by
the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
(7) It is the intent of the legislature to allocate more
funding based on performance metrics in future years.
Sec. 267. All public universities shall submit the amount of
tuition and fees actually charged to a full-time resident
undergraduate
student for academic year 2016-2017 2017-2018 as part
of their higher education institutional data inventory (HEIDI) data
by August 31 of each year. A public university shall report any
revisions
for any semester of the reported academic year 2016-2017
2017-2018 tuition and fee charges to HEIDI within 15 days of being
adopted.
Sec.
268. (1) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017,
2018, it is the intent of the legislature that funds be allocated
for unfunded North American Indian tuition waiver costs incurred by
public universities under 1976 PA 174, MCL 390.1251 to 390.1253,
from the general fund.
(2) Appropriations in section 236(7)(f) for North American
Indian tuition waivers shall be paid to universities under section
2a of 1976 PA 174, MCL 390.1252a. Allocations shall be adjusted for
amounts included in university operations appropriations. If funds
are insufficient to support the entire cost of waivers, amounts
shall be prorated proportionate to each institution's shortfall as
a percentage of its fiscal year 2017-2018 state appropriation for
operations.
(3) (2)
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 higher education,
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 university submitting information under
subsection (3), all of the following:
(i) The number of graduate and undergraduate 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 graduate and undergraduate students
attending under a North American Indian tuition waiver who withdrew
from
the university 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 graduate and undergraduate 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 graduate
and undergraduate 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.
(4) (3)
A public university that receives
funds under section
236 shall provide to the department of civil rights any information
necessary
for preparing the report detailed in subsection (2), (3),
using guidelines and procedures developed by the department of
civil rights.
(5) (4)
The department of civil rights may
consolidate the
report required under this section with the report required under
section 223, but a consolidated report must separately identify
data for universities and data for community colleges.
Sec.
269. For fiscal year 2016-2017, 2017-2018,
from the
amount appropriated in section 236 to Central Michigan University
for operations, $29,700.00 shall be paid to Saginaw Chippewa Tribal
College for the costs of waiving tuition for North American Indians
under 1976 PA 174, MCL 390.1251 to 390.1253.
Sec.
270. For fiscal year 2016-2017, 2017-2018,
from the
amount appropriated in section 236 to Lake Superior State
University for operations, $100,000.00 shall be paid to Bay Mills
Community College for the costs of waiving tuition for North
American Indians under 1976 PA 174, MCL 390.1251 to 390.1253.
Sec. 274. It is the intent of the legislature that public and
private organizations that conduct human embryonic stem cell
derivation subject to section 27 of article I of the state
constitution of 1963 will provide information to the director of
the
department of health and human services by December 1, 2016
2017 that includes all of the following:
(a) Documentation that the organization conducting human
embryonic stem cell derivation is conducting its activities in
compliance with the requirements of section 27 of article I of the
state constitution of 1963 and all relevant National Institutes of
Health guidelines pertaining to embryonic stem cell derivation.
(b) A list of all human embryonic stem cell lines submitted by
the organization to the National Institutes of Health for inclusion
in the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry before and during fiscal
year
2015-2016, 2016-2017, and the status of each submission as
approved, pending approval, or review completed but not yet
accepted.
(c) Number of human embryonic stem cell lines derived and not
submitted for inclusion in the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry,
before
and during fiscal year 2015-2016.2016-2017.
Sec.
274c. By February 1, 2017, 2018,
each university
receiving funds under section 236 shall report to the senate and
house appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the senate
and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on its
efforts to develop and implement sexual assault response training
for the university's title IX coordinator, campus law enforcement
personnel, campus public safety personnel, and any other campus
personnel charged with responding to on-campus incidents, including
information on sexual assault response training materials and the
status of implementing sexual assault response training for campus
personnel.
Sec. 275. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that each
public university that receives an appropriation in section 236 do
all of the following:
(a) Meet the provisions of section 5003 of the post-911
veterans
educational assistance act of 2008, 38 USC 3301 to 3325,
3327, including voluntary participation in the Yellow Ribbon GI
Education Enhancement Program established in that act in 38 USC
3317. By October 1 of each year, each public university shall
report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on
higher education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the
Michigan Association of State Universities on whether or not it has
chosen to participate in the Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement
Program. If at any time during the fiscal year a university
participating in the Yellow Ribbon Program chooses to leave the
Yellow Ribbon Program, it shall notify the house and senate
appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the house and
senate fiscal agencies, and the Michigan Association of State
Universities.
(b) Establish an on-campus veterans' liaison to provide
information and assistance to all student veterans.
(c) Provide flexible enrollment application deadlines for all
veterans.
(d) Include in its admission application process a specific
question as to whether an applicant for admission is a veteran, an
active member of the military, a member of the National Guard or
military reserves, or the spouse or dependent of a veteran, active
member of the military, or member of the National Guard or military
reserves, in order to more quickly identify potential educational
assistance available to that applicant.
(e) Consider all veterans residents of this state for
determining their tuition rates and fees.
(f) Waive enrollment fees for all veterans.
(2) By October 1 of each year, each public university shall
report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on
higher education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the
department of military and veterans affairs regarding services
provided specifically to veterans and active military duty
personnel, including, but not limited to, the services described in
subsection (1).
(3) As used in this section, "veteran" means an honorably
discharged veteran entitled to educational assistance under the
provisions of section 5003 of the post-911 veterans educational
assistance
act of 2008, 38 USC 3301 to 3325.3327.
Sec. 275c. Each university receiving funds under section 236
shall provide students with materials containing information about
meningococcal meningitis and the vaccine for meningococcal
meningitis, as provided by the department of health and human
services pursuant to section 9205a of the public health code, 1978
PA 368, MCL 333.9205a. The materials shall contain information
about, at a minimum, the causes and symptoms of meningococcal
meningitis, how it is spread, and sources where students may obtain
additional information about meningococcal meningitis and where
they may obtain vaccination against meningococcal meningitis.
Sec. 276. (1) Included in the appropriation for fiscal year
2016-2017
2017-2018 for each public university in section 236 is
funding for the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks
future faculty program that is intended to increase the pool of
academically or economically disadvantaged candidates pursuing
faculty teaching careers in postsecondary education. Preference may
not be given to applicants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity,
gender, or national origin. Institutions should encourage
applications from applicants who would otherwise not adequately be
represented in the graduate student and faculty populations. Each
public university shall apply the percentage change applicable to
every public university in the calculation of appropriations in
section 236 to the amount of funds allocated to the future faculty
program.
(2) The program shall be administered by each public
university in a manner prescribed by the workforce development
agency. The workforce development agency shall use a good faith
effort standard to evaluate whether a fellowship is in default.
Sec. 277. (1) Included in the appropriation for fiscal year
2016-2017
2017-2018 for each public university in section 236 is
funding for the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks
college day program that is intended to introduce academically or
economically disadvantaged schoolchildren to the potential of a
college education. Preference may not be given to participants on
the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or national origin.
Public universities should encourage participation from those who
would otherwise not adequately be represented in the student
population.
(2) Individual program plans of each public university shall
include a budget of equal contributions from this program, the
participating public university, the participating school district,
and the participating independent degree-granting college. College
day funds shall not be expended to cover indirect costs. Not more
than 20% of the university match shall be attributable to indirect
costs. Each public university shall apply the percentage change
applicable to every public university in the calculation of
appropriations in section 236 to the amount of funds allocated to
the college day program.
(3) The program described in this section shall be
administered by each public university in a manner prescribed by
the workforce development agency.
Sec.
278. (1) Included in section 236 for fiscal year 2016-
2017
2017-2018 is funding for the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar
Chavez - Rosa Parks select student support services program for
developing academically or economically disadvantaged student
retention programs for 4-year public and independent educational
institutions in this state. Preference may not be given to
participants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or
national origin. Institutions should encourage participation from
those who would otherwise not adequately be represented in the
student population.
(2) An award made under this program to any 1 institution
shall not be greater than $150,000.00, and the amount awarded shall
be matched on a 70% state, 30% college or university basis.
(3) The program described in this section shall be
administered by the workforce development agency.
Sec.
279. (1) Included in section 236 for fiscal year 2016-
2017
2017-2018 is funding for the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar
Chavez - Rosa Parks college/university partnership program between
4-year public and independent colleges and universities and public
community colleges, which is intended to increase the number of
academically or economically disadvantaged students who transfer
from community colleges into baccalaureate programs. Preference may
not be given to participants on the basis of race, color,
ethnicity, gender, or national origin. Institutions should
encourage participation from those who would otherwise not
adequately be represented in the transfer student population.
(2) The grants shall be made under the program described in
this section to Michigan public and independent colleges and
universities. An award to any 1 institution shall not be greater
than $150,000.00, and the amount awarded shall be matched on a 70%
state, 30% college or university basis.
(3) The program described in this section shall be
administered by the workforce development agency.
Sec. 280. (1) Included in the appropriation for fiscal year
2016-2017
2017-2018 for each public university in section 236 is
funding for the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks
visiting professors program which is intended to increase the
number of instructors in the classroom to provide role models for
academically or economically disadvantaged students. Preference may
not be given to participants on the basis of race, color,
ethnicity, gender, or national origin. Public universities should
encourage participation from those who would otherwise not
adequately be represented in the student population.
(2) The program described in this section shall be
administered by the workforce development agency.
Sec. 281. (1) Included in the appropriation for fiscal year
2016-2017
2017-2018 in section 236 is funding under the Martin
Luther King, Jr. - Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks initiative for the
Morris Hood, Jr. educator development program which is intended to
increase the number of academically or economically disadvantaged
students who enroll in and complete K-12 teacher education programs
at the baccalaureate level. Preference may not be given to
participants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or
national origin. Institutions should encourage participation from
those who would otherwise not adequately be represented in the
teacher education student population.
(2) The program described in this section shall be
administered by each state-approved teacher education institution
in a manner prescribed by the workforce development agency.
(3) Approved teacher education institutions may and are
encouraged to use student support services funding in coordination
with the Morris Hood, Jr. funding to achieve the goals of the
program described in this section.
Sec. 282. Each institution receiving funds for fiscal year
2016-2017
2017-2018 under section 278, 279, or 281 shall notify
provide
to the workforce development agency by
April 15, 2017 as to
whether
it will expend by the end of its fiscal year the funds
received
under section 278, 279, or 281. 2018
the unobligated and
unexpended funds as of March 31, 2018 and a plan to expend the
remaining funds by the end of the fiscal year. Notwithstanding the
award limitations in sections 278 and 279, the amount of funding
reported as not being expended will be reallocated to the
institutions that intend to expend all funding received under
section 278, 279, or 281.
Sec.
283. (1) From the amount appropriated in section 236, the
public
universities shall systematically Using
the data provided to
the center as required by section 244 of this act, the center shall
use the P-20 longitudinal data system to inform interested Michigan
high schools and the public regarding the aggregate academic status
of
its students. from each high school in a manner prescribed by
The center shall work with universities and the Michigan
Association of State Universities and in cooperation with the
Michigan
Association of Secondary School Principals. Public
universities
shall also work with the center for educational
performance
and information to maintain a systematic approach for
accomplishing
this task.
(2) Michigan high schools shall systematically inform the
public universities about the use of information received under
this section in a manner prescribed by the Michigan Association of
Secondary School Principals in cooperation with the Michigan
Association of State Universities.
Sec.
284. From the amount appropriated in section 236, the
public
universities shall Using the
data provided to the center as
required by section 244 of this act, the center shall use the P-20
longitudinal data system to inform Michigan community colleges
regarding the academic status of community college transfer
students. in
a manner prescribed by The
center shall work with the
universities and the Michigan Association of State Universities in
cooperation
with the Michigan Community College Association. Public
universities
shall also work with the center for educational
performance
and information to maintain a systematic approach for
accomplishing
this task.
Enacting section 1. In accordance with section 30 of article
IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending from
state sources for higher education for fiscal year 2017-2018 under
article III of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL
388.1836 to 388.1894, is estimated at $1,518,698,000.00 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
$0.00.
Enacting section 2. Sections 236e and 286a of the state school
aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1836e and 388.1886a, are
repealed effective October 1, 2017.
Enacting section 3. (1) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (2), this amendatory act takes effect October 1, 2017.
(2) Section 236e of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA
94, MCL 388.1836e, as added by this amendatory act, takes effect
upon enactment of this amendatory act.