| Changes from FY 2010-11 Year to Date:
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| 1. Standard Sections. The Governor deleted longstanding sections regarding; compliance with the DMB Act (Sec. 202), use of the Internet to fulfill reporting requirements (Sec. 203), Buy American intent language (Sec. 209), deprived and depressed communities compete for and perform college contracts (Sec. 210), appropriations shall be used solely for the respective purposes stated in this Act and also may be used to match the cost of any available programs under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (Sec. 211(2)), and legislative intent language that encourages colleges to promote equal opportunity, eliminate discrimination, and foster a diverse student body and administration (Sec. 234).
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| 2. Appropriation Limitations. Prohibits the use of appropriations in Part 1 for the construction or maintenance of a self-liquidating project. Provides that community colleges shall comply with current Joint Capital Outlay Subcommittee (JCOS) use and finance requirements. The Governor removed the provision requiring compliance with JCOS use and finance requirements. (Sec. 217/Sec 173C)
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| 3. Collaboration with Four-Year Universities. Encourages community colleges to explore ways of increasing collaboration and cooperation with universities, local employers, and other colleges. The Governor removed this section. (Sec. 224)
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| 4. Nursing Education Programs. States legislative intent that community colleges expand their current nursing education programs and increase enrollments. This expansion may include, but is not limited to, creating partnerships with hospitals and other health care providers, encouraging programs that assist in placing students at all levels of nursing, recruiting and hiring a larger number of individuals with masters degrees in nursing as instructors, and redirecting existing institutional resources toward nursing education programs. Community colleges are encouraged to coordinate with the chief nurse executive in the Department of Community Health and with 4-year universities to improve access to nursing programs and to assist students to successfully enter the nursing workforce. The Governor removed this section. (Sec. 241)
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| 5. Payments in Lieu of Taxes. States legislative intent that the Michigan Community Colleges Association, the Legislature, and other interested parties continue the discussion regarding payments in lieu of taxes, especially for community college districts that contain significant portions of nontaxable land. The Governor removed this section. (Sec. 242)
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| 6. 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. The Governor removed this section. (Sec. 247)
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| 7. Efficiencies. Encourages community colleges to achieve efficiencies through joint ventures, collaborations, adjusting the size and frequency of classes, web-based instruction, consolidation of services, and coordinating and sharing proposed capital outlay improvements. The Governor removed this section. (Sec. 249)
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| 8. 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. The Governor removed this section. (Sec. 304)
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| 9. Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act. Provides that a community college receiving funding under this act and also subject to the Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act, Public Law 101-542, 104 Stat. 2381, shall make a copy of all material prepared in accordance with the public information reporting requirements under the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990, Title II of the Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act, Public Law 101-542, 104 Stat. 2384, available in hard copy and electronic format accessible through the Internet for school districts, parents, and students. The Governor removed this section. (Sec. 510)
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| 10. School Aid Fund (SAF) Proration. New language subjecting community college appropriations from the SAF to the proration process, if SAF appropriations exceed the amount available for expenditure. (Sec. 195)
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