FY 2021-22 SCHOOL AID BUDGET S.B. 83 (S-3): SENATE APPROPRIATIONS REC.
Senate Bill 83 (S-3 as reported) Throughout this document Senate means Appropriations Committee.
Committee: Appropriations
*As of February 8, 2021.
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Gross |
GF/GP |
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FY 2020-21 Year-to-Date Appropriation............................................... |
$15,525,164,800 |
$50,964,600 |
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1. Foundation Allowance. The Governor proposed a 2x increase ranging from $82 to $164 per pupil ($203.0 million). The Senate included a 2x increase ranging from $125 to $250 per pupil ($308.0 million). The Senate also included $165,000 to provide Muskegon Heights and Highland Park with the foundation allowances they would have received had they not converted to public school academies. |
308,165,000 |
0 |
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2. Enrollment Stability Supports. The Governor recommended $200.0 million to provide declining enrollment districts with funding to restore 70% of their enrollment decline from FY 2020-21 to FY 2021-22. The Senate did not include. |
0 |
0 |
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3. MPSERS Payments. The Governor and Senate increased MPSERS payments by a total of $145.4 million, for a total of nearly $1.6 billion. |
145,354,000 |
(10,000) |
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4. Out-of-School Learning Opportunities. The Governor proposed a second year of funding for summer school and other out-of-school learning opportunities to address learning loss from COVID-19. Supplemental 2021-6 included the first-year funding request. The Senate did not include. |
0 |
0 |
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5. State Special Education Mandatory Cost Reimbursement. The Governor and Senate included an increase of $41.5 million for required payments. |
41,500,000 |
0 |
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6. Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP). The Governor and Senate raised the per-child full-day slot payment from $7,250 up to the proposed minimum foundation allowance level of $8,275, and to increase the longitudinal study appropriation from $350,000 to $600,000 GF/GP. |
32,450,000 |
250,000 |
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7. Federal Grants. The Governor and Senate increased Federal grants by $15.6 million, for a total of $1.8 billion in ongoing Federal funds. |
15,600,000 |
0 |
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8. New Programs - Senate. The Senate included $2.5 million for CTE programming at COOR ISD, $1.4 million for TRAILS, $500,000 for South Lakes Schools to support the Drive One Academy, $500,000 for Kids Kicking Cancer, $450,000 for Project SEARCH, $200,000 for HEROES Tech, $250,000 for nonpublic schools reimbursement for mandates, $25,000 for drowning prevention education, and $100 placeholders for a transportation categorical, school safety, Star Academy, and the Michigan Center for Education Research and Implementation. |
5,743,200 |
750,200 |
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9. 2% Increases for At Risk, Additional Special Education Payments, ISD Operations, Bilingual Education, and Isolated/Rural Districts. The Governor proposed an increase of 2% for at risk ($12.5 million), intermediate school district (ISD) operations ($1.4 million), additional special education reimbursement ($1.2 million), bilingual education ($260,000), and isolated/rural districts ($140,000). The Senate did not increase at risk standard programming, but did increase funding for child and adolescent health centers by $2.0 million, along with a 3% increase ($390,000) for bilingual education, and an increase of $1.1 million for isolated/rural districts. The Senate concurred with the Governor on 2% increases for ISDs and additional special education cost reimbursement. |
6,093,000 |
0 |
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10. Other Senate Program Increases. The Senate increased funding to Michigan Virtual University by $947,000 and earmarked $1,947,000 for Navigate 360; continued the $20.0 million increase for mental health funding; and, increased 10 cents a meal by $2.5 million. |
23,397,000 |
1,397,000 |
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11. School Breakfast and Lunch. The Governor and Senate included an increase in school breakfast ($7.4 million) and school lunch ($694,400) to reflect increased meals provided during COVID-19. |
8,094,400 |
0 |
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12. Brownfield Redevelopment Reimbursements. The Governor and Senate included funding pursuant to PA 279 of 2020 that requires reimbursement to ISDs for lost revenue due to brownfields. |
7,500,000 |
0 |
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13. Promise Zone Payments. The Governor and Senate increased Promise Zone reimbursements by $4.1 million, to a total of $13.8 million. |
4,100,000 |
0 |
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14. Literacy and Math Essentials. The Governor proposed $2.0 million to provide math essentials, in addition to the existing literacy essentials. The Senate concurred, but changed literacy essentials to peer-to-peer literacy coaching. |
2,000,000 |
0 |
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15. Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI). The Governor and Senate increased funding to CEPI by $2.0 million, bringing total State support of CEPI to $18.8 million. |
2,000,000 |
2,000,000 |
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16. Flint Educare. The Governor and Senate transferred Educare from the Michigan Department of Education budget to School Aid. |
1,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
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17. Court-Placed Children. The Governor and Senate increased funding for court-placed children from $7.2 million to $7.7 million. |
500,000 |
0 |
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18. Robotics. The Governor proposed eliminating $300,000 for nonpublic schools' robotics and increasing public schools' robotics funding. The Senate retained the funding, and increased funding for public schools' robotics programs by $200,000. |
200,000 |
0 |
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19. School Aid Fund to GF/GP Fund Shift. |
0 |
2,035,800 |
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20. Foundation Allowance Cost Adjustments. Due primarily to declining enrollment, foundation allowance costs are reduced $192.0 million. |
(192,000,000) |
0 |
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21. Elimination of One-Time Per-Pupil Payment. The Governor and Senate removed funding of roughly $66 per pupil in one-time funding. |
(95,000,000) |
0 |
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22. Elimination of Growing Districts Payment. The Governor and Senate removed funding for districts whose normal pupil membership blend exceeded the 'superblend' that is in place for FY 2020-21. |
(66,000,000) |
0 |
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23. 20% Reduction to Cyber Schools. The Governor proposed a 20% reduction to foundation allowance payments for cyber schools. The Senate did not concur. |
0 |
0 |
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24. Elimination of Categoricals. The Governor proposed eliminating first-year teacher incentives ($5.0 million), Reading Corps ($2.8 million), attendance recovery ($2.0 million), virtual education supports ($2.0 million), value-added growth and projection analytics ($2.0 million), Detroit Public TV ($2.0 million), Imagine Learning ($1.5 million), kindergarten entry observation tool ($1.5 million), school meal debt forgiveness ($1.0 million), Boys and Girls Club ($1.0 million), Algebra Nation ($1.0 million), Teach for America ($1.0 million), Orton Gillingham dyslexia tool ($500,000), Chaldean Community Foundation ($500,000), digital learning preparation ($500,000), Fitness Foundation ($400,000), Children's Choice Initiative ($250,000), Conductive Learning Center ($250,000), Michigan Council for Women in Technology ($150,000), distance learning study ($150,000), industrial and technology education ($50,000), and a placeholder for the education reform commission ($100). The Senate retained everything but meal debt forgiveness, virtual supports, DPTV, and the study. The Senate increased Dropout Recovery to $4.0 million, Reading Corps to $3.5 million, Imagine Learning to $3.5 million, the Chaldean Community Foundation to $700,000, and Fitness Foundation to $600,000. |
(73,100) |
5,077,000 |
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25. School Aid Fund Cash Flow Borrowing. The Governor and Senate reduced this line by $1.9 million, for a remaining total of $9.5 million. |
(1,900,000) |
0 |
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26. Economic Adjustments. Includes negative $55,100 Gross and negative $46,400 GF/GP for total economic adjustments, of which an estimated negative $259,800 Gross and negative $222,500 GF/GP is for legacy retirement costs (pension and retiree health). |
(55,100) |
(46,400) |
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27. Comparison to Governor's Recommendation. The Senate is $79,234,900 Gross under and $23,418,200 GF/GP over the Governor. |
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$248,668,400 |
$12,453,600 |
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FY 2021-22 Senate Appropriations Committee Recommendation........... |
$15,773,833,200 |
$63,418,200 |
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Boilerplate Changes from FY 2020-21 Year-to-Date: |
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1. Membership Definitions for Pandemic Learning. The Governor eliminated special membership provisions and definitions related to pandemic learning. The calculation of pupils in membership for FY 2021-22 would be 90% applied to the count of students in October 2021 plus 10% of the count of students in February 2021. The Senate concurred in the use of the 90/10 blend but allowed for counting students in the Fall of 2021 who are learning remotely if either the school was closed due to public health orders or if parents elected for their children to remain at home. (Sec. 6) |
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2. Pupil Accounting Manual. The Senate added a date (March 31) by which any changes to the pupil accounting manual must be made, in order to be effective for the following school year. (Sec. 18) |
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3. Reduction to Cyber School Foundation Allowance. The Governor proposed a 20% reduction. The Senate did not concur. (Sec. 20) |
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4. Removal of Requirement to Comply with MKEO. The Governor proposed eliminating the Michigan Kindergarten Entry Observation (MKEO) tool and also removed the requirement that districts comply with administering the MKEO to receive the discretionary portion of their foundation allowance. The Senate did not concur. (Secs. 22b and 104) |
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5. Extension of Date - Adopt the Michigan Data Hub Network. The Governor and Senate extended by one year the date by which 100% of districts adopt the Michigan Data Hub Network, from September 30, 2021 to September 30, 2022. (Sec. 22m) |
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6. At Risk. The Governor proposed to increase the percentage, from 30% to 35%, of the amount higher-funded districts receive in per-pupil at risk payments as compared to lower-funded districts. The Governor also added school community liaison personnel as an allowable use of up to 20% of at risk funds. Finally, in this section, the Governor also added a new allowable use of up to 10% of at risk funds for districts to provide evidence-based pre-kindergarten instructional and non-instructional services to children who meet at risk criteria. The Senate did not increase the percentage, but did concur in allowing funds to be used for school parent liaison personnel, and concurred in allowing funds to be used for pre-K services. (Sec. 31a) |
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7. 10 Cents a Meal Administrative Funding. The Governor changed the funding designated for administration, from up to 10% by districts and 6% by MDE, to up to 10% for MDE and 1% for each project partner. The Senate reduced this to 5% for MDE (because the overall funding for the program was doubled). (Sec. 31j) |
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8. Out-of-School Learning Opportunities. The Governor added language for this new program where funds would be distributed to each ISD proportionate to the number of pupils enrolled in the ISD or its constituent districts who are economically disadvantaged. ISDs would be required to award funding to in-person summer programs that provide opportunities for students including out-of-school time providers, day camps, child care, and other programs with a successful track record of providing programming for youth, between 5/30/22 and 9/1/22. The Senate did not include funding or language for this program. |
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9. Early Literacy. The Senate included substantive changes throughout the section to focus on professional development for early literacy teachers and coaches. (Sec. 35a) |
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10. ISD Operational Funding. The Senate added language requiring ISDs to include public school academies in all communications where traditional local districts are included, or not receive operational funding. (Sec. 81) |
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11. CEPI Reporting. The Governor included language narrowing CEPI's reporting to those areas where State or Federal laws require the reporting. The Senate did not include. (Sec. 94a) |
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12. Extended Learning Plans. The Senate included a new section requiring extended learning plans if districts provide remote instruction during the first half of the 2021-2022 school year for two reasons: closure due to public health orders or parents electing for their children to remain at home. Also, the language requires districts to be full time, in person (except for the two exceptions noted) and to provide personal protective equipment and regular COVID testing for the districts to be able to receive State aid. (Sec. 98b) |
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13. Days and Hours. The Senate included language allowing for the 75% average daily requirement to be waived during the first half of the 2021-2022 school year for the days parents keep their children at home or when schools are closed due to public health orders. In those instances, districts must ensure that the equivalent of at least 549 hours and 90 days of instruction are provided (in-person, remote, or blended) during the first half of the school year, with the second half of the school year required to be fully in person with no exceptions, and that at least 549 hours and 90 days of instruction are provided. (Sec. 101) |
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14. Adult Education. The Governor and Senate changed the payments for adult education from the amounts paid in FY 2018-19 to a formula based on each ISD's population aged 18-24 who are not high school graduates (60%), each ISD's proportion of population aged 25 and up who are not high school graduates (35%), and each ISD's proportion of the State population age 18 and up who lack basic English language proficiency (5%). (Sec. 107) |
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15. Shared Time. The Governor included new language requiring a district offering shared time programs to report each course for which participation by nonpublic or homeschool students exceeds 50% of all students. The Senate did not concur. (Sec. 166b) |
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16. Repealed Sections. The Governor recommended repealing several sections including 164g (legal action against the State); 164h (collective bargaining agreement penalties); and, 166 (disciplinary policy for school officials making abortion referrals). The Senate concurred in the repeal of Section 166 but not in the repeal of the other two sections. |
Date Completed: 5-5-21 Fiscal Analyst: Kathryn Summers
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.