HOUSE BILL No. 4086


     January 31, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Zelenko, Kolb, Bogardus, Jacobs, Anderson, Rich Brown and Lipsey and referred to the Committee on
Family and Children Services.


        A bill to provide financial encouragement to certain insti-

   tutions of higher education to establish and operate on-site day

   care for the children of students who are attending the institu-

   tion; to establish the duties of certain officials and institu-

   tions; and to provide penalties and remedies.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the

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      "college students' children's day care act".

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           Sec. 2.  As used in this act:

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           (a) "Child" means an individual under 12 years of age whose

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      parent or legal guardian is a student of an institution of higher

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      education.

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           (b) "Institution of higher education" means an educational

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      institution within the state authorized by law to provide a

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      program of education beyond the high school level.


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           (c) "On-site" means a location not more than 1/2 mile from

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      an institution of higher education.

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           (d) "Semester" means semester or semester equivalent,

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      including a summer semester.

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           (e) "Student" means an individual enrolled in an institution

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      of higher education.  Student does not include tenured or

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      tenure-track faculty.

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           Sec. 3.  (1) The legislature shall allocate funds appropri-

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      ated to support the establishment and operation of on-site day

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      care for the children of students of institutions of higher edu-

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      cation substantially as provided in this section.

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           (2) For each child of a student of the institution of higher

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      education that received an average of not less than 30 hours per

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      week of on-site day care during a semester, the institution shall

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      receive $500.00 per semester in addition to other money the

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      institution receives from the state.

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           (3) The institution of higher education shall annually

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      report the number of children described in subsection (2) to the

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      state board of education, the department of education, and the

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      standing appropriations committees of both houses of the legisla-

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      ture not later than December 15 in a manner prescribed by the

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      department of education to be eligible for payment under this act

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      the following year.

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           Sec. 4.  An institution of higher education that inaccu-

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      rately reports or fails to report under section 3 shall be ineli-

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      gible for payment under this act for the year for which the

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      inaccurate report or no report was received.



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