| Changes from FY 2011-12 Senate-Passed:
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| 1. Internet Reports. Requires use of the Internet to fulfill reporting requirements unless otherwise specified. Governor and Senate deleted, House restored. (House Sec. 203)
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| 2. Appropriation Limitations. Provides community colleges shall comply with current Joint Capital Outlay Subcommittee (JCOS) use and finance requirements. Governor deleted compliance with JCOS. Senate restored JCOS compliance and included penalty of 1% appropriations reduction for each violation. House provided failure to comply may result in forfeiture of future JCOS consideration for capital outlay projects. (House Sec. 208/Senate Sec. 217)
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| 3. Transparency. The House added language requiring each college to develop, post, and maintain on an easily public accessible internet site a comprehensive report categorizing all institutional general fund expenditures. (House Sec. 209)
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| 4. Collaboration with Four-Year Universities. Encourages community colleges to explore ways of increasing collaboration and cooperation with universities. Governor and House deleted, Senate restored. (Senate Sec. 224)
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| 5. Purchase of Foreign Automobiles Prohibition. Funds appropriated in Part 1 shall not be used for the lease or purchase of a vehicle assembled or manufactured outside of the United States if competitively priced and of comparable quality automobiles made in the state of Michigan or elsewhere in the United States of America are available. Governor and House deleted. Senate included. (Senate Sec. 247)
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| 6. Communications with Legislators. The Senate included new language stating a community college shall not take disciplinary action against an employee for communicating with a member of the legislature or his or her staff. (Senate Sec. 251)
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| 7. Block Transfers. The House added new language creating a committee to develop a process to improve the transferability of core college courses between colleges and universities. (House Sec. 210)
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| 8. Reverse Transfer. House intent language that community colleges work with public universities to implement reverse transfer agreements (transfer credits back to the community college for an associate's degree). (House Sec. 213)
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| 9. Common Cut Score. House language providing that a committee shall be created to develop a common set of scores using the ACT assessment to determine placement in developmental courses, requires report. (House Sec. 214)
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| 10. FY 2011-12 Budget Report. New House language requiring report on FY 2011-12 budgeted revenue sources, expenditures, enrollments, and contact hours, by November 15, 2011. ( House Sec. 215)
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| 11. Statutory Mandates. House language stating legislative intent for a review of statutory mandates imposed on community colleges. (Determine whether necessary and costs/benefit analysis.) Provides for report. (House Sec. 216)
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| 12. Performance Indicators Task Force. Provides that it is the intent of the legislature that performance measures be reviewed and more fully implemented for distribution of State funding in future years and that the performance indicators task force review and implement one or more measurable data items for the local strategic value indicator and review and implement one or more measurable data items for an administrative cost formula component. Governor and House deleted, Senate included. (Senate Sec. 304)
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| 13. Indian Tuition Waivers. Subsection (2) Colleges shall use the criteria cited in 1976 PA 174, MCL 390.1251 to 390.1253, to determine eligibility for tuition waivers, and shall grant those waivers to individuals who meet the criteria and request tuition waivers. Governor and Senate included, House deleted. (Senate Sec. 506 (2))
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| 14. Anticipated Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2012-13. The Governor and House included line-item appropriations for FY 2012-13. The Senate did not include line items and instead included boilerplate stating intent of the legislature to provide appropriations for FY 2012-13 for the line-items listed in Part 1 at the FY 2011-12 level except for changes in caseload and related costs, Federal fund match rates, economic factors, and available revenue. (Senate Sec. 1201)
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