Bill Text: MI SB0138 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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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

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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.