Bill Text: MI SB0147 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Appropriations; zero budget; department of education; provide for fiscal year 2017-2018. Creates appropriations act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-04 - Referred To Committee On Appropriations [SB0147 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0147-Engrossed.html
SB-0147, As Passed Senate, May 4, 2017
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 147
A bill to make appropriations for the department of education
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018; and to provide for
the expenditure of the appropriations.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. There is appropriated for the department of
education for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, from the
following funds:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 599.5
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 353,009,500
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 0
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 353,009,500
Federal revenues:
IMLS, library services and technology act.............. 5,611,400
Federal revenues....................................... 239,426,900
Federal indirect funds................................. 4,716,400
Total federal revenues................................. 255,554,700
Special revenue funds:
Local cost sharing (schools for deaf/blind)............ 5,805,500
Local school district service fees..................... 11,700
Total local revenues................................... 5,817,200
Gifts, bequests, and donations......................... 646,100
Private foundations.................................... 1,388,200
Total private revenues................................. 2,034,300
Total local and private revenues....................... 7,851,500
Certification fees..................................... 7,008,300
Commodity distribution fees............................ 71,700
Drinking water declaration of emergency reserve fund... 100
Library fees........................................... 300,000
Low incidence outreach fund............................ 450,000
Student insurance revenue.............................. 218,600
Teacher testing fees................................... 368,900
Training and orientation workshop fees................. 150,000
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 8,567,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 81,035,700
Sec. 102. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION/OFFICE OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........... 11.0
State board of education, per diem payments............ $ 24,400
Unclassified positions--6.0 FTE positions.............. 851,900
Education commission of the state...................... 120,800
State board/superintendent operations--11.0 FTE
positions............................................ 2,104,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 3,101,300
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues....................................... 234,800
Special revenue funds:
Private foundations.................................... 28,100
Certification fees..................................... 773,300
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 2,065,100
Sec. 103. DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT
Full-time equated classified positions........... 23.6
Central support--23.6 FTE positions.................... $ 3,712,000
Worker's compensation.................................. 25,100
Building occupancy charges............................. 3,181,700
Training and orientation workshops..................... 150,000
Terminal leave payments................................ 353,300
Grant.................................................. 3,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 10,422,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues....................................... 3,685,200
Federal indirect funds................................. 2,389,100
Special revenue funds:
Private foundation..................................... 1,000,000
Certification fees..................................... 400,000
Teacher testing fees................................... 4,000
Training and orientation workshop fees................. 150,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 2,793,800
Sec. 104. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Information technology operations...................... $ 4,225,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 4,225,200
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues....................................... 621,700
Federal indirect funds................................. 1,838,500
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees..................................... 400,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,364,400
Sec. 105. SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions........... 47.0
Special education operations--47.0 FTE positions....... $ 9,164,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 9,164,800
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues....................................... 8,584,200
Special revenue funds:
Private foundations.................................... 110,100
Certification fees..................................... 44,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 425,800
Sec. 106. MICHIGAN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND
Full-time equated classified positions........... 82.0
Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind
operations--81.0 FTE positions....................... $ 13,456,000
Camp Tuhsmeheta--1.0 FTE position...................... 296,100
Low incidence outreach program......................... 450,000
Private gifts - blind.................................. 200,000
Private gifts - deaf................................... 150,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 14,552,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues....................................... 7,431,900
Special revenue funds:
Local cost sharing (schools for deaf/blind)............ 5,805,500
Gifts, bequests, and donations......................... 646,100
Low incidence outreach fund............................ 450,000
Student insurance revenue.............................. 218,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 107. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions........... 33.0
Professional preparation operations--33.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 5,679,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 5,679,600
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues....................................... 1,465,900
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees..................................... 3,623,900
Teacher testing fees................................... 364,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 224,900
Sec. 108. MICHIGAN OFFICE OF GREAT START
Full-time equated classified positions............... $ 66.0
Michigan office of great start operations--65.0 FTE
positions............................................ 24,598,400
Head start collaboration office--1.0 FTE position...... 310,600
Child development and care external support............ 28,368,900
Child development care public assistance............... 163,566,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 216,844,000
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues....................................... 176,526,100
Special revenue funds:
Private foundations.................................... 250,000
Certification fees..................................... 64,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 40,003,300
Sec. 109. STATE AID AND SCHOOL FINANCE SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions........... 11.5
State aid and school finance operations--11.5 FTE
positions............................................ $ 1,648,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 1,648,600
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,648,600
Sec. 110. AUDIT SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions............ 4.5
Audit operations--4.5 FTE positions.................... $ 615,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 615,300
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal indirect funds................................. 488,800
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees..................................... 62,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 64,000
Sec. 111. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions............ 2.0
Administrative law operations--2.0 FTE positions....... $ 1,375,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 1,375,400
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues....................................... 568,000
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees..................................... 707,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 99,700
Sec. 112. ACCOUNTABILITY SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions........... 64.6
Accountability services operations--64.6 FTE positions. $ 14,666,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 14,666,300
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues....................................... 12,517,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 2,149,100
Sec. 113. SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions........... 83.6
School support services operations--83.6 FTE positions. $ 15,571,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 15,571,200
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues....................................... 14,522,300
Special revenue funds:
Local school district service fees..................... 11,700
Commodity distribution fees............................ 71,700
Certification fees..................................... 87,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 877,900
Sec. 114. FIELD SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions........... 47.0
Field services operations--47.0 FTE positions.......... $ 9,400,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 9,400,800
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues....................................... 8,636,300
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees..................................... 37,300
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 727,200
Sec. 115. EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT AND INNOVATION
SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions........... 44.7
Educational improvement and innovation
operations--44.7 FTE positions....................... $ 9,010,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 9,010,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues....................................... 5,898,200
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees..................................... 565,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 2,546,800
Sec. 116. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Full-time equated classified positions........... 29.0
Career and technical education operations--29.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 5,252,700
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 5,252,700
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues....................................... 3,904,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,347,800
Sec. 117. LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN
Full-time equated classified positions........... 33.0
Library of Michigan operations--31.0 FTE positions..... $ 4,826,400
Library services and technology program--1.0 FTE
position............................................. 5,611,400
State aid to libraries................................. 12,726,000
Michigan eLibrary--1.0 FTE position.................... 1,753,100
Renaissance zone reimbursements........................ 3,300,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 28,216,900
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
IMLS, library services and technology act.............. 5,611,400
Special revenue funds:
Library fees........................................... 300,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 22,305,500
Sec. 118. EDUCATOR TALENT AND POLICY COORDINATION
Full-time equated classified positions........... 17.0
School reform office operations--17.0 FTE positions.... $ 2,621,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 2,621,200
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues....................................... 630,200
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees..................................... 241,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,750,000
Sec. 119. PARTNERSHIP DISTRICT SUPPORT
Full-time equated classified positions............ 4.0
Partnership district support operations--4.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 100
Academic early warning and intervention................ 641,700
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 641,800
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 641,800
Sec. 120. ONE-TIME BASIS ONLY APPROPRIATIONS
Drinking water declaration of emergency................ $ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 100
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Drinking water declaration of emergency reserve fund... 100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state
constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources
under part 1 for fiscal year 2017-2018 is $89,603,300.00 and state
spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2017-2018 is $16,026,000.00. The
itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which
spending to local units of government will occur:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State aid to libraries................................. $ 12,726,000
Renaissance zone reimbursements........................ 3,300,000
Total department of education.......................... $ 16,026,000
Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this part and
part 1 are subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.
Sec. 203. As used in this part and part 1:
(a) "ACT" means the American College Testing Corporation.
(b) "Department" means the Michigan department of education.
(c) "District" means a local school district as defined in
section 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.6, or a
public school academy as defined in section 5 of the revised school
code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5.
(d) "FTE" means full-time equated.
Sec. 204. The departments and agencies receiving
appropriations in part 1 shall use the Internet to fulfill the
reporting requirements of this part. This requirement may include
transmission of reports via electronic mail to the recipients
identified for each reporting requirement, or it may include
placement of reports on an internet or intranet site.
Sec. 205. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for
the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if
competitively priced and of comparable quality American goods or
services, or both, are available. Preference shall be given to
goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses, if they are competitively priced and of comparable
quality. In addition, preference should be given to goods or
services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses owned and operated by veterans, if they are
competitively priced and of comparable quality.
Sec. 206. The state superintendent of public instruction shall
take all reasonable steps to ensure businesses in deprived and
depressed communities compete for and perform contracts to provide
services or supplies, or both. The state superintendent of public
instruction shall strongly encourage firms with which the
department contracts to subcontract with certified businesses in
depressed and deprived communities for services, supplies, or both.
Sec. 207. The departments and agencies receiving
appropriations in part 1 shall prepare a report on out-of-state
travel expenses not later than January 1 of each year. The travel
report shall be a listing of all travel by classified and
unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately
preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with
funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be
submitted to the senate and house appropriations committees, the
house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.
The report shall include the following information:
(a) The dates of each travel occurrence.
(b) The transportation and related costs of each travel
occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general
fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state
restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,
and the proportion funded with other revenues.
Sec. 208. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used by a
principal executive department, state agency, or authority to hire
a person to provide legal services that are the responsibility of
the attorney general. This prohibition does not apply to legal
services for bonding activities and for those outside services that
the attorney general authorizes.
Sec. 209. Not later than November 30, the state budget office
shall prepare and transmit a report that provides for estimates of
the total general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses at the
close of the prior fiscal year. This report shall summarize the
projected year-end general fund/general purpose appropriation
lapses by major departmental program or program areas. The report
shall be transmitted to the chairpersons of the senate and house
appropriations committees and the senate and house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 210. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $10,000,000.00 for
federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in part 1 under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,
1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
(2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $700,000.00 for state
restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in part 1 under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,
1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
(3) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $250,000.00 for local
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1
under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1393.
(4) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $3,000,000.00 for private
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1
under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1393.
Sec. 211. The department shall cooperate with the department
of technology, management, and budget to maintain a searchable
website accessible by the public at no cost that includes, but is
not limited to, all of the following for each department or agency:
(a) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by category.
(b) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by appropriation unit.
(c) Fiscal year-to-date payments to a selected vendor,
including the vendor name, payment date, payment amount, and
payment description.
(d) The number of active department employees by job
classification.
(e) Job specifications and wage rates.
Sec. 212. Within 14 days after the release of the executive
budget recommendation, the department shall cooperate with the
state budget office to provide the senate and house appropriations
chairpersons, the chairpersons of the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees responsible for the department budget,
and the senate and house fiscal agencies with an annual report on
estimated state restricted fund balances, state restricted fund
projected revenues, and state restricted fund expenditures for the
fiscal years ending September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2018.
Sec. 213. The department shall maintain, on a publicly
accessible website, a department scorecard that identifies, tracks,
and regularly updates key metrics that are used to monitor and
improve the agency's performance.
Sec. 214. Total authorized appropriations from all sources
under part 1 for legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2018 are estimated at $15,429,100.00. From this amount, total
agency appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are
estimated at $7,939,900.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree
health care legacy costs are estimated at $7,489,200.00.
Sec. 215. The department shall provide through the internet
the state board of education agenda and all supporting documents,
and shall notify the state budget director and the senate and house
fiscal agencies that the agenda and supporting documents are
available on the internet, at the time the agenda and supporting
documents are provided to state board of education members.
Sec. 216. To the extent that the state continues to identify
schools as meeting proficiency targets, before publishing a list of
schools or districts determined to have failed to make adequate
yearly progress as required by the no child left behind act of
2001, Public Law 107-110, the department shall allow a school or
district to appeal that determination. Those appeals shall be
addressed before designations may be published.
Sec. 217. The department may assist the department of health
and human services, other departments, and local school districts
to secure reimbursement for eligible services provided in Michigan
schools from the federal Medicaid program. The department may
submit reports of direct expenses related to this effort to the
department of health and human services for reimbursement.
Sec. 219. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department shall ensure that kindergarten benchmark data include a
method for information to be provided regarding a child's
participation in the great start readiness program.
Sec. 220. The department shall post on its website a link to
the federal Institute of Education Sciences' What Works
Clearinghouse. The department also shall work to disseminate
knowledge about the What Works Clearinghouse to districts and
intermediate districts so that it may be used to improve reading
proficiency for pupils in grades K to 3.
Sec. 221. The department shall require all districts and
intermediate school districts to maintain complete records within
the personnel file of a teacher or school employee of any
disciplinary actions taken by the governing board against the
teacher or employee for sexual misconduct. The records shall not be
destroyed or removed from the teacher's or employee's personnel
file except as required by a court order.
Sec. 222. The department shall not take disciplinary action
against an employee who communicates truthfully and factually with
a member of the legislature or his or her staff.
Sec. 223. The department and agencies receiving appropriations
in part 1 shall receive and retain copies of all reports funded
from appropriations in part 1. Federal and state guidelines for
short-term and long-term retention of records shall be followed.
The department may electronically retain copies of reports unless
otherwise required by federal and state guidelines.
Sec. 226. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department shall coordinate with the other departments to
streamline state services and resources, reduce duplication, and
increase efficiency. This includes, but is not limited to, working
with the department of technology, management, and budget to
coordinate with the school reform office, working with the
department of treasury to coordinate with the financial
independence team and overseeing deficit districts, and working
with the department of health and human services and department of
licensing and regulatory affairs to coordinate with early childhood
programs and overseeing child care providers.
Sec. 227. (1) The department shall provide data requested by a
member of the legislature, his or her staff, or the house and
senate fiscal agencies in a timely manner. If the department fails
to provide reasonably requested data within 30 days after the
request, the state money appropriated in part 1 for state
board/superintendent operations shall be reduced by 1%.
(2) If the department fails to provide to the legislature
reports and other data required by boilerplate or statute within 30
days after the date the information is due, the state money
appropriated in part 1 for state board/superintendent operations
shall be reduced by 1%.
Sec. 229. The department shall not enter into a contract
funded under part 1 that exceeds $1,000,000.00, submit federal
accountability plans, or request amendments to federal
accountability plans until after notification of the content to
both the house and senate appropriations committees and the state
budget director.
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION/OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
Sec. 301. (1) The appropriations in part 1 may be used for per
diem payments to the state board for meetings at which a quorum is
present or for performing official business authorized by the state
board. The per diem payments shall be at a rate as follows:
(a) State board of education - president - $110.00 per day.
(b) State board of education - member other than president -
$100.00 per day.
(2) A state board of education member shall not be paid a per
diem for more than 30 days per year.
Sec. 302. From the amount appropriated in part 1 to the state
board of education, not more than $35,000.00 shall be expended in
the current fiscal year for in-state travel and out-of-state travel
directly related to the duties of the state board of education.
CENTRAL SUPPORT
Sec. 325. Within 10 days of the receipt of a grant
appropriated in the federal and private grants line item in part 1,
the department shall notify the house and senate chairpersons of
the appropriations subcommittees responsible for the department
budget, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget
director of the receipt of the grant, including the funding source,
purpose, and amount of the grant.
SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
Sec. 350. From the funds in part 1 for special education
operations, the department shall perform the following activities:
(a) Design and distribute to all parents of a newly identified
student with a disability information about federal and state
mandates regarding the rights and protections of students with
disabilities, including, but not limited to, individualized
education programs to ensure that parents and legal guardians are
fully informed about laws, rules, procedural safeguards, problem-
solving options, and any other information the department
determines is necessary so that parents and legal guardians may be
able to provide meaningful input in collaboration with districts to
develop and implement an individualized education program.
(b) Train mediators who are knowledgeable about the dispute
resolution system and state and federal mandates pertaining to the
rights and protections of students with disabilities outlined in
the federal individuals with disabilities education act, 20 USC
1400 to 1482, and the Michigan administrative rules for special
education programs and services, R 340.1701 to R 340.1862 of the
Michigan Administrative Code. This annual training will include
coursework, resources, and materials.
MICHIGAN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND
Sec. 401. The employees at the Michigan Schools for the Deaf
and Blind who work on a school-year basis are considered annual
employees for purposes of service credits, retirement, and
insurance benefits.
Sec. 402. For each student enrolled at the Michigan Schools
for the Deaf and Blind, the department shall assess the
intermediate school district of residence 100% of the cost of
operating the student's instructional program. The amount shall
exclude room and board related costs and the cost of weekend
transportation between the school and the student's home.
Sec. 406. (1) The Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind may
promote its residential program as a possible appropriate option
for children who are deaf or hard of hearing or who are blind or
visually impaired. The Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind
shall distribute information detailing its services to all
intermediate school districts in the state.
(2) Upon knowledge of or recognition by an intermediate school
district that a child in the district is deaf or hard of hearing or
blind or visually impaired, the intermediate school district shall
provide to the parents of the child the literature distributed by
the Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind to intermediate school
districts under subsection (1).
(3) Parents will continue to have a choice regarding the
educational placement of their deaf or hard-of-hearing children.
Sec. 407. Revenue received by the Michigan Schools for the
Deaf and Blind from gifts, bequests, donations, and local district
service fees that is unexpended at the end of the state fiscal year
may be carried over to the succeeding fiscal year and shall not
revert to the general fund.
Sec. 408. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for the low
incidence outreach fund are appropriated from money collected by
the Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind and the low incidence
outreach program for providing qualified services and may be used
for any expenses necessary to provide the qualified services. Any
money that is unexpended at the end of the current fiscal year may
be carried forward into the succeeding fiscal year.
(2) As used in this section, "qualified services" means
document reproduction and services; conducting conferences,
workshops, and training classes; and providing specialized
equipment, facilities, and software.
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION SERVICES
Sec. 501. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for
professional preparation services, the department shall maintain
certificate revocation/felony conviction files of educational
personnel.
Sec. 502. The department shall authorize teacher preparation
institutions to provide an alternative program by which up to 1/2
of the required student internship or student teaching credits may
be earned through substitute teaching. The department shall require
that teacher preparation institutions collaborate with school
districts to ensure that the quality of instruction provided to
student teachers is comparable to that required in a traditional
student teaching program.
Sec. 503. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department shall upon request consult with the Michigan Virtual
Research Institute and external stakeholders in connection with the
department's implementation and administration of professional
development training described in section 35a of the state school
aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1635a, including, but not
limited to, the online training of educators of pupils in grades K
to 3 described in that section.
Sec. 506. Revenue received from teacher testing fees that is
unexpended at the end of the current fiscal year may be carried
over to the succeeding fiscal year and shall not revert to the
general fund.
Sec. 507. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department shall adopt a teacher certification test that ensures
that all newly certified elementary teachers have the skills to
deliver evidence-based literacy instruction. The department may use
teacher certification or teacher testing fee revenue to the extent
allowable under law to implement this section, or may pass along
increased testing fees to teachers as allowable and appropriate.
FIELD SERVICES
Sec. 701. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for field
services operations, the department shall produce a report
detailing the progress made by districts with grades K to 3
receiving at-risk funding under section 31a of the state school aid
act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1631a, in implementing multitiered
systems of supports in the prior school fiscal year for grades 4 to
8, and in providing reading intervention services described in
section 1280f of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL
380.1280f, for pupils in grades K to 3.
(2) The report described in subsection (1) shall include, at a
minimum:
(a) A description of the training, coaching, and technical
assistance offered by the department to districts to support the
implementation of effective multitiered systems of supports and
reading intervention programs.
(b) A list of districts determined by the department to have
successfully implemented multitiered systems of supports and
reading intervention programs.
(c) A list of best practices that the department has
identified that may be used by districts to implement multitiered
systems of supports and reading intervention programs.
(d) Other information the department determines would be
useful to understanding the status of districts' implementation of
effective multitiered systems of supports and reading intervention
programs.
(3) The department shall provide the report described in
subsection (1) to the state budget director, the house and senate
subcommittees that oversee the department of education and school
aid budgets, and the house and senate fiscal agencies by September
30, 2017.
LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN
Sec. 801. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for library
fees are appropriated from money collected by the Library of
Michigan for providing qualified services and may be used for any
expenses necessary to provide the qualified services. Any money
that is unexpended at the end of the current fiscal year may be
carried forward into the succeeding fiscal year.
(2) As used in this section, "qualified services" means
document reproduction and services; conducting conferences,
workshops, and training classes; and providing specialized
equipment, facilities, and software.
Sec. 803. It is the intent of the legislature that the Library
of Michigan and the component programs currently within the Library
of Michigan with the exception of the genealogical collections
shall be kept together in a state department.
Sec. 804. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for renaissance
zone reimbursements shall be used to reimburse public libraries
under section 12 of the Michigan renaissance zone act, 1996 PA 376,
MCL 125.2692, for taxes levied in 2017. The allocations shall be
made not later than 60 days after the department of treasury
certifies to the department and to the state budget director that
the department of treasury has received all necessary information
to properly determine the amounts due to each eligible recipient.
(2) If the amount appropriated under this section is not
sufficient to fully pay obligations under this section, payments
shall be prorated on an equal basis among all eligible public
libraries.
MICHIGAN OFFICE OF GREAT START
Sec. 1003. (1) The department shall provide the house and
senate appropriations subcommittees on the department budget with
an annual report on all funding appropriated to the Early Childhood
Investment Corporation by the state during the previous fiscal
year. The report is due by February 15 and must contain at least
the following information:
(a) Total funding appropriated to the Early Childhood
Investment Corporation by the state during the previous fiscal
year.
(b) The amount of funding for each grant awarded.
(c) The grant recipients.
(d) The activities funded by each grant.
(e) An analysis of each grant recipient's success in
addressing the development of a comprehensive system of early
childhood services and supports.
(2) All department contracts for early childhood comprehensive
systems planning shall be bid out through a statewide request-for-
proposal process.
Sec. 1004. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for child
development and care public assistance, there is allocated
$23,780,000.00 for the following purposes:
(a) For the TEACH scholarship program, $1,000,000.00 in
federal discretionary funds, to ensure that the program gives
preference to the following providers:
(i) Providers that currently have a great start to quality
star rating or are in the process to receive a star rating.
(ii) Providers that are seeking to increase their great start
to quality star rating and are only restricted from receiving the
increased rating because they lack employees with the proper
education level.
(b) To increase the provider reimbursement rates under the
following guidelines:
(i) Increase the reimbursement rate for child care center
providers with an empty star rating not more than $0.50 per hour
for each child.
(ii) Increase the reimbursement rate for child care center
providers with a 1-star or 2-star rating not more than $1.00 per
hour for each child.
(iii) Increase the reimbursement rate for child care center
providers with a 3-star or 4-star rating not more than $1.25 per
hour for each child.
(iv) Increase the reimbursement rate for child care center
providers with a 5-star rating not more than $1.50 per hour for
each child.
(v) Increase the reimbursement rate for unlicensed infant or
toddler providers not more than $0.25 per hour for each child.
(c) If there are any remaining funds, to increase the
reimbursement rate for group homes and registered families to the
seventy-fifth percentile of the market, while ensuring that
increases to empty and lower star ratings are not greater than
increases to the higher star ratings.
(d) The department shall ensure that the final provider
reimbursement rates determined under this section are published on
the department and great start to quality webpages by the date that
the new rates take effect.
Sec. 1005. From the increased funds appropriated in part 1 for
child development and care external support, the department shall
work with the department of licensing and regulatory affairs to
provide fingerprinting services and background checks of employees
of child care providers as required under the terms of the federal
child care and development block grant.
Sec. 1007. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for child
development and care - external support, the department shall
create progress reports that shall include, but are not limited to,
the following:
(a) Both the on-site and off-site activities that are intended
to improve child care provider quality and the number of times
those activities are performed by the licensing consultants.
(b) How many on-site visits a single licensing consultant has
made since the start of the current fiscal year.
(c) The types of on-site visits and the number of visits for
each type that a single consultant has made since the start of the
current fiscal year.
(d) The number of providers that have improved their quality
rating since the start of the current fiscal year compared to the
same time period in the preceding fiscal year, reported as the
number of providers in each regional prosperity zone.
(e) The types of activities that are intended to improve
licensing consultant performance and child care provider quality
and the number of times those activities are performed by the
managers and administrators.
(2) The progress reports shall be sent to the state budget
director, the house and senate subcommittees that oversee the
department of education, and the house and senate fiscal agencies
by April 1, 2018 and September 30, 2018.
Sec. 1008. From the amount appropriated in part 1 for office
of great start operations, the department shall work with the
department of health and human services to coordinate services
provided to families for home visits, reduce duplication of state
services and spending, and increase efficiencies including the home
visits funded under section 32p of the state school aid act of
1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1632p.
Sec. 1009. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for child
development and care public assistance, there is allocated
$5,800,000.00 to raise the entrance threshold of the child
development and care program from 125% of the federal poverty
guidelines to 130% of the federal poverty guidelines.
ACCOUNTABILITY SERVICES
Sec. 1021. Using the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department shall work in collaboration with the department of
technology, management, and budget to renegotiate the contract with
the ACT to ensure that it registers, issues, and ships to schools a
printed national career readiness certificate (NCRC) to each
Michigan student who takes the ACT WorkKeys test, successfully
completes the exam, qualifies for the certificate, and ensures that
the renegotiated contract results in minimal or no additional costs
to the state. If a renegotiation cannot be completed that results
in minimal or no additional costs to the state, the department
shall rebid the contract for the workskills portion of the Michigan
merit exam (MME).
PARTNERSHIP DISTRICT SUPPORT
Sec. 1030. The funds appropriated in part 1 for academic early
warning and intervention are not available for expenditure by the
department unless it identifies and requests a legislative transfer
from that budgetary line item to the partnership district support
line item under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,
1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
