Bill Text: MI SB0965 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Appropriations; school aid; fiscal year 2012-2013 omnibus appropriations for school aid, higher education, and community colleges; provide for. Amends secs. 11, 17b, 201 & 236 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1611 et seq.).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-14 - Referred To Committee On Appropriations [SB0965 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB0965-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 965

 

 

February 14, 2012, Introduced by Senator KAHN and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled

 

"The state school aid act of 1979,"

 

by amending sections 11, 17b, 201, and 236 (MCL 388.1611,

 

388.1617b, 388.1801, and 388.1836), section 11 as amended by 2011

 

PA 299, section 17b as amended by 2007 PA 137, and sections 201 and

 

236 as added by 2011 PA 62.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 11. (1) Subject to subsection (3), for the fiscal year

 

ending September 30, 2011, there is appropriated for the public

 

schools of this state and certain other state purposes relating to

 

education the sum of $10,784,760,500.00 from the state school aid

 

fund and the sum of $18,642,400.00 from the general fund. For the

 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, there is also appropriated

 

the remaining balance of the federal funding awarded to this state

 

under title XIV of the American recovery and reinvestment act of

 

2009, Public Law 111-5, estimated at $184,256,600.00, to be used

 

solely for the purpose of funding the primary funding formula

 

calculated under section 20, in accordance with federal law.

 

Subject to subsection (3), for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2012, 2013, there is appropriated for the public schools of this

 

state and certain other state purposes relating to education the

 

sum of $10,887,098,700.00 $_________________ from the state school

 

aid fund and the sum of $118,642,400.00 $______________ from the

 

general fund. In addition, all other available federal funds,

 

except those otherwise appropriated under section 11p, are

 

appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011 and for

 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012.2013.

 

     (2) The appropriations under this section shall be allocated

 

as provided in this article. Money appropriated under this section

 

from the general fund shall be expended to fund the purposes of

 

this article before the expenditure of money appropriated under

 

this section from the state school aid fund.

 

     (3) Any general fund allocations under this article that are

 

not expended by the end of the state fiscal year are transferred to

 

the school aid stabilization fund created under section 11a.

 

     Sec. 17b. (1) Not later than October 20, November 20, December

 

20, January 20, February 20, March 20, April 20, May 20, June 20,

 

July 20, and August 20, the department shall prepare electronic

 

files of the amount to be distributed under this act in the

 

installment to the districts and intermediate districts and deliver

 

the electronic files to the state treasurer, and the state

 

treasurer shall pay the installments on each of those dates or, if

 

the date is not a business day, on the next business day following

 

that date. Except as otherwise provided in this act, the portion of

 

the district's or intermediate district's state fiscal year

 

entitlement to be included in each installment shall be 1/11. A

 

district or intermediate district shall accrue the payments

 

received in July and August to the school fiscal year ending the

 

immediately preceding June 30.

 

     (2) The state treasurer shall make payment under this section

 

by drawing a warrant in favor of the treasurer of each district or

 

intermediate district for the amount payable to the district or

 

intermediate district according to the electronic files and

 

delivering the warrant to the treasurer of each district or

 

intermediate district, or if the state treasurer receives a written

 

request by the treasurer of the district or intermediate district

 

specifying an account, by electronic funds transfer to that account

 

of the amount payable to the district or intermediate district

 

according to the electronic files. The department may make

 

adjustments in payments made under this section through additional

 

payments when changes in law or errors in computation cause the

 

regularly scheduled payment to be less than the amount to which the

 

district or intermediate district is entitled pursuant to this act.

 

     (3) Except as otherwise provided in this act, grant payments

 

to districts and intermediate districts under this act shall be

 

paid according to the installment payment schedule under subsection

 

(1).

 

     (4) Upon the written request of a district or intermediate

 

district and the submission of proof satisfactory to the department

 

of a need of a temporary and nonrecurring nature, the

 

superintendent, with the written concurrence of the state treasurer

 

and the state budget director, may authorize an advance release of

 

funds due a district or intermediate district under this act. An

 

advance authorized under this subsection shall not cause funds to

 

be paid to a district or intermediate district more than 30 days

 

earlier than the established payment date for those funds.

 

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

 

article, the amounts listed in subsection (2) are appropriated for

 

community colleges for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012,

 

2013, from the funds indicated in this section. The following is a

 

summary of the appropriations in subsection (2):

 

     (a) The gross appropriation is $283,880,500.00.

 

$______________. After deducting total interdepartmental grants and

 

intradepartmental transfers in the amount of $0.00, the adjusted

 

gross appropriation is $283,880,500.00.$______________.

 

     (b) The sources of the adjusted gross appropriation described

 

in subdivision (a) are as follows:

 

     (i) Total federal revenues, $0.00.

 

     (ii) Total local revenues, $0.00.

 

     (iii) Total private revenues, $0.00.

 

     (iv) Total other state restricted revenues,

 

$195,880,500.00.$______________.

 

     (v) State general fund/general purpose money,

 

$88,000,000.00.$___________.

 

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

 

community college operations is $______________.

 

$283,880,500.00, allocated as follows:

 

     (a) Alpena Community College, $4,984,300.00.

 

     (b) Bay de Noc Community College, $5,040,200.00.

 

     (c) Delta College, $13,336,200.00.

 

     (d) Glen Oaks Community College, $2,320,900.00.

 

     (e) Gogebic Community College, $4,140,500.00.

 

     (f) Grand Rapids Community College, $16,649,700.00.

 

     (g) Henry Ford Community College, $20,145,000.00.

 

     (h) Jackson Community College, $11,219,700.00.

 

     (i) Kalamazoo Valley Community College, $11,522,700.00.

 

     (j) Kellogg Community College, $9,047,900.00.

 

     (k) Kirtland Community College, $2,872,900.00.

 

     (l) Lake Michigan College, $4,937,700.00.

 

     (m) Lansing Community College, $28,651,900.00.

 

     (n) Macomb Community College, $30,490,300.00.

 

     (o) Mid Michigan Community College, $4,266,800.00.

 

     (p) Monroe County Community College, $4,094,000.00.

 

     (q) Montcalm Community College, $2,946,800.00.

 

     (r) C.S. Mott Community College, $14,526,400.00.

 

     (s) Muskegon Community College, $8,256,700.00.

 

     (t) North Central Michigan College, $2,886,500.00.

 

     (u) Northwestern Michigan College, $8,430,300.00.

 

     (v) Oakland Community College, $19,455,900.00.

 

     (w) St. Clair County Community College, $6,534,100.00.

 

     (x) Schoolcraft College, $11,477,300.00.

 

     (y) Southwestern Michigan College, $6,143,700.00.

 

     (z) Washtenaw Community College, $11,827,300.00.

 

     (aa) Wayne County Community College, $15,425,900.00.

 

     (bb) West Shore Community College, $2,248,900.00.

 

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

 

college operations is appropriated from the following:

 

     (a) School aid fund, $195,880,500.00.$_____________.

 

     (b) State general fund/general purpose money,

 

$88,000,000.00.$___________.

 

     Sec. 236. (1) Subject to the conditions set forth in this

 

article, the amounts listed in subsections (2) to (5) this section

 

are appropriated for higher education for the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 2012, 2013, from the funds indicated in this section.

 

The following is a summary of the appropriations: in subsections

 

(2) to (5):

 

     (a) The gross appropriation is $1,362,278,400.00.

 

$________________. After deducting total interdepartmental grants

 

and intradepartmental transfers in the amount of $0.00, the

 

adjusted gross appropriation is

 

$1,362,278,400.00.$________________.

 

     (b) The sources of the adjusted gross appropriation described

 

in subdivision (a) are as follows:

 

     (i) Total federal revenues, $98,326,400.00.$_____________.

 

     (ii) Total local revenues, $0.00.

 

     (iii) Total private revenues, $0.00.

 

     (iv) Total other state restricted revenues,

 

$200,219,500.00.$______________.

 

     (v) State general fund/general purpose money,

 

$1,063,732,500.00.$____________.

 

     (2) Amounts appropriated for public universities are as

 

follows:

 

     (a) The appropriation for Central Michigan University is

 

$68,108,900.00, $61,431,100.00 for operations and $6,677,800.00 for

 

tuition restraint incentive, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $11,284,600.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $56,824,300.00.

 

     (b) The appropriation for Eastern Michigan University is

 

$64,619,100.00, $61,319,900.00 for operations and $3,299,200.00 for

 

tuition restraint incentive, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $10,706,400.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $53,912,700.00.

 

     (c) The appropriation for Ferris State University is

 

$41,324,300.00, $37,971,600.00 for operations and $3,352,700.00 for

 

tuition restraint incentive, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $6,846,800.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $34,477,500.00.

 

     (d) The appropriation for Grand Valley State University is

 

$52,677,400.00, $48,431,500.00 for operations and $4,245,900.00 for

 

tuition restraint incentive, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $8,727,800.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $43,949,600.00.

 

     (e) The appropriation for Lake Superior State University is

 

$10,789,500.00, $10,055,100.00 for operations and $734,400.00 for

 

tuition restraint incentive, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $1,787,600.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $9,001,900.00.

 

     (f) The appropriation for Michigan State University is

 

$293,746,600.00, $222,796,200.00 for operations, $18,324,600.00 for

 

tuition restraint incentive, and $52,625,800.00 for agricultural

 

experiment and cooperative extension activities, appropriated from

 

the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $39,949,900.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $253,796,700.00.

 

     (g) The appropriation for Michigan Technological University is

 

$40,733,600.00, $37,409,700.00 for operations and $3,323,900.00 for

 

tuition restraint incentive, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $6,748,900.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $33,984,700.00.

 

     (h) The appropriation for Northern Michigan University is

 

$38,367,400.00, $36,225,200.00 for operations and $2,142,200.00 for

 

tuition restraint incentive, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $6,356,900.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $32,010,500.00.

 

     (i) The appropriation for Oakland University is

 

$43,145,000.00, $39,313,500.00 for operations and $3,831,500.00 for

 

tuition restraint incentive, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $7,148,400.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $35,996,600.00.

 

     (j) The appropriation for Saginaw Valley State University is

 

$23,561,500.00, $21,969,300.00 for operations and $1,592,200.00 for

 

tuition restraint incentive, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $3,903,800.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $19,657,700.00.

 

     (k) The appropriation for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

 

is $268,803,300.00, $254,931,800.00 for operations and

 

$13,871,500.00 for tuition restraint incentive, appropriated from

 

the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $44,536,300.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $224,267,000.00.

 

     (l) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Dearborn is

 

$21,016,300.00, $19,627,400.00 for operations and $1,388,900.00 for

 

tuition restraint incentive, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $3,482,100.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $17,534,200.00.

 

     (m) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Flint is

 

$17,762,400.00, $16,679,400.00 for operations and $1,083,000.00 for

 

tuition restraint incentive, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $2,942,900.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $14,819,500.00.

 

     (n) The appropriation for Wayne State University is

 

$182,036,900.00, $169,209,400.00 for operations and $12,827,500.00

 

for tuition restraint incentive, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $30,160,600.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $151,876,300.00.

 

     (o) The appropriation for Western Michigan University is

 

$93,168,300.00, $86,866,700.00 for operations and $6,301,600.00 for

 

tuition restraint incentive, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $15,436,500.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $77,731,800.00.

 

     (3) The amount appropriated for state and regional programs is

 

$200,000.00, appropriated from general fund/general purpose money

 

and allocated as follows:

 

     (a) Higher education database modernization and conversion,

 

$105,000.00.

 

     (b) Midwestern higher education compact, $95,000.00.

 

     (4) 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.

 

     (5) Subject to subsection (6), the amount appropriated for

 

grants and financial aid is $99,526,400.00, allocated as follows:

 

     (a) State competitive scholarships, $19,861,700.00.

 

     (b) Tuition grants, $31,664,700.00.

 

     (c) Tuition incentive program, $43,800,000.00.

 

     (d) Robert C. Byrd honors scholarship program, $1,500,000.00.

 

     (e) Children of veterans and officer's survivor tuition grant

 

programs, $1,200,000.00.

 

     (f) Project GEAR-UP, $1,500,000.00.

 

     (6) The money appropriated in subsection (5) for grants and

 

financial aid is appropriated from the following:

 

     (a) Federal revenues under subpart 4 of part A of title IV of

 

the higher education act of 1965, Public Law 89-329, 79 Stat. 1232,

 

$1,500,000.00.

 

     (b) Federal revenues under subpart 6 of part A of title IV of

 

the higher education act of 1965, Public Law 89-329, 79 Stat. 1232,

 

$1,500,000.00.

 

     (c) Federal revenues under the United States department of

 

education, office of elementary and secondary education, GEAR-UP

 

program, $1,500,000.00.

 

     (d) Federal revenues under the social security act, temporary

 

assistance for needy families, $93,826,400.00.

 

     (e) Contributions to children of veterans tuition grant

 

program, $200,000.00.

 

     (f) State general fund/general purpose money, $1,000,000.00.