SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 952

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to make appropriations for the department of education

 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013; and to provide for the

 

expenditure of the appropriations.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. There is appropriated for the department of education

 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, from the following

 

funds:

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 584.5

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    328,909,900

 


   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................                 0

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $    328,909,900

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................       244,551,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................         5,560,400

 

Total private revenues.................................         3,078,700

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................         7,626,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     68,093,200

 

   Ongoing general fund/general purpose....... 67,929,100

 

   One-time general fund/general purpose......... 164,100

 

   Sec. 102. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION/OFFICE OF THE

 

SUPERINTENDENT

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 14.0

 

State board of education, per diem payments............ $         24,400

 

State superintendent of public instruction.............           184,000

 

Chief academic officer/deputy superintendent...........           130,400

 

Office of great start director/deputy superintendent...           170,000

 

School reform/redesign office executive director.......           115,000

 

Legislative director...................................            88,200

 

Administrative aide to the superintendent..............            90,000

 

State board/superintendent operations--14.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         2,364,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      3,166,400

 


    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................           360,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private foundations....................................            28,100

 

Certification fees.....................................           682,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      2,095,600

 

   Sec. 103. CENTRAL SUPPORT

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 21.6

 

Central support--21.6 FTE positions.................... $      3,262,000

 

Worker's compensation..................................            43,500

 

Building occupancy charges - property management

 

   services.............................................         2,842,700

 

Training and orientation workshops.....................           150,000

 

Terminal leave payments................................           554,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      6,852,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         1,441,700

 

Federal indirect funds.................................         2,389,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Certification fees.....................................          474,100

 

Teacher testing fees...................................            14,100

 

Training and orientation workshop fees.................           150,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      2,383,500

 

   Sec. 104. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

 

Information technology operations...................... $       3,890,900

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      3,890,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................           558,600

 

Federal indirect funds.................................         1,650,700

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local cost sharing (schools for deaf/blind)............            76,500

 

Certification fees.....................................           354,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,250,200

 

   Sec. 105. SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 47.0

 

Special education operations--47.0 FTE positions....... $       8,686,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      8,686,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         8,218,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private foundations....................................           110,100

 

Certification fees.....................................            42,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        315,500

 

   Sec. 106. MICHIGAN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 77.0

 

Michigan schools for the deaf and blind operations--

 

   76.0 FTE positions................................... $     12,280,100

 

Camp Tuhsmeheta--1.0 FTE position......................           295,100

 

Private gifts - blind..................................           200,000

 

Private gifts - deaf...................................            50,000

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     12,825,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         6,605,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local cost sharing (schools for deaf/blind)............         5,143,200

 

Local school district service fees.....................           312,500

 

Gifts, bequests, and donations.........................           545,100

 

Student insurance revenue..............................           218,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 107. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 34.0

 

Professional preparation operations--34.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $      5,976,400

 

Department of attorney general.........................            50,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      6,026,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         1,401,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Certification fees.....................................         3,766,800

 

Teacher college review fees............................            55,300

 

Teacher testing fees...................................           348,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        454,100

 

   Sec. 108. OFFICE OF GREAT START

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 62.0

 

Office of great start operations--61.0 FTE positions... $     21,999,200

 


Child development and care external support............        29,958,500

 

Head start collaboration office--1.0 FTE position......           300,200

 

Child development care public assistance...............       156,155,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    208,413,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................       156,092,600

 

HHS, temporary assistance for needy families...........        11,820,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private foundations....................................           250,000

 

Certification fees.....................................            62,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     40,187,500

 

   Sec. 109. STATE AID AND SCHOOL FINANCE SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions............ 9.5

 

State aid and school finance operations--9.5 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $       1,307,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      1,307,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,307,800

 

   Sec. 110. AUDIT SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions............ 4.5

 

Audit operations--4.5 FTE positions.................... $         578,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $        578,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal indirect funds.................................           460,100

 


   Special revenue funds:

 

Certification fees.....................................            58,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $         59,900

 

   Sec. 111. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions............ 2.0

 

Administrative law operations--2.0 FTE positions....... $       1,161,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      1,161,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................           547,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Certification fees.....................................           562,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $         51,800

 

   Sec. 112. EDUCATION ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 69.6

 

Educational assessment operations--69.6 FTE positions.. $      13,860,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     13,860,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................        11,101,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      2,759,400

 

   Sec. 113. GRANTS COORDINATION AND SCHOOL SUPPORT

 

SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 82.6

 

Grants coordination and school support services

 

   operations--82.6 FTE positions....................... $     11,940,300

 

College access grant program...........................         2,000,000

 


Federal and private grants.............................         3,000,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     16,940,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................        13,116,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local school district service fees.....................            11,700

 

Private foundations....................................         1,000,000

 

Commodity distribution fees............................            71,700

 

Certification fees.....................................            83,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      2,657,500

 

   Sec. 114. FIELD SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 44.0

 

Field services operations--44.0 FTE positions.......... $      10,768,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     10,768,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         9,971,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private foundations....................................           572,100

 

Certification fees.....................................            73,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        150,600

 

   Sec. 115. EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT AND INNOVATION

 

SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 56.7

 

Educational improvement and innovation operations--

 

   56.7 FTE positions................................... $      11,439,200

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     11,439,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         9,083,700

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private foundations....................................           573,300

 

Certification fees.....................................           541,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,241,200

 

   Sec. 116. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 27.0

 

Career and technical education operations--27.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $       4,569,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      4,569,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         3,706,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        863,700

 

   Sec. 117. LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 33.0

 

Library of Michigan operations--32.0 FTE positions..... $      4,192,800

 

Library services and technology program--1.0 FTE

 

   position.............................................         5,596,500

 

State aid to libraries.................................         6,208,000

 

Michigan elibrary......................................         1,750,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     17,747,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 


IMLS, library services and technology act..............         5,596,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     12,150,800

 

   Sec. 118. ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS

 

State employee lump-sum payments....................... $        624,300

 

Central assessment lending library.....................            50,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $        674,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................           429,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local revenues.........................................            16,500

 

Restricted revenues....................................            64,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        164,100

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012-2013

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources under

 

part 1 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013 is

 

$75,719,500.00 and state spending from state resources to be paid to

 

local units of government for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2013 is $6,208,000.00. The itemized statement below identifies

 

appropriations from which spending to local units of government will

 

occur:

 


DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

State aid to libraries................................. $       6,208,000

 

Total department of education.......................... $      6,208,000

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this act are

 

subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to

 

18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Department" means the Michigan department of education.

 

     (b) "District" means a local school district as defined in

 

section 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.6, or a

 

public school academy as defined in section 5 of the revised school

 

code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5.

 

     (c) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (d) "HHS" means the United States department of health and

 

human services.

 

     (e) "IMLS" means institute of museum and library services.

 

     Sec. 204. The civil service commission shall bill departments

 

and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for the charges

 

authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of

 

1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount of the billing by

 

the end of the second fiscal quarter.

 

     Sec. 205. Unless otherwise specified, the departments shall use

 

the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this act. This

 

requirement may include transmission of reports via electronic mail

 

to the recipients identified for each reporting requirement, or it

 

may include placement of reports on an Internet or Intranet site.

 

     Sec. 206. The department shall provide through the Internet the

 


state board of education agenda and all supporting documents, and

 

shall notify the state budget director and the senate and house

 

fiscal agencies that the agenda and supporting documents are

 

available on the Internet, at the time the agenda and supporting

 

documents are provided to state board of education members.

 

     Sec. 207. (1) The department shall maintain a searchable

 

website accessible by the public at no cost that includes, but is not

 

limited to, all of the following:

 

     (a) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by category.

 

     (b) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by appropriation unit.

 

     (c) Fiscal year-to-date payments to a selected vendor,

 

including the vendor name, payment date, payment amount, and payment

 

description.

 

     (d) The number of active department employees by job

 

classification.

 

     (e) Job specifications and wage rates.

 

     (2) The department may develop and operate its own website to

 

provide this information or may reference the state's central

 

transparency website as the source for this information.

 

     Sec. 208. The department shall require all public school

 

districts to maintain complete records within the personnel file of a

 

teacher or school employee of any disciplinary actions taken by the

 

local school board against the teacher or employee for sexual

 

misconduct. The records shall not be destroyed or removed from the

 

teacher's or employee's personnel file except as required by a court

 

order.

 

     Sec. 209. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for information

 


technology, departments and agencies shall pay user fees to the

 

department of technology, management, and budget for technology-

 

related services and projects. Such user fees shall be subject to

 

provisions of an interagency agreement between the departments and

 

agencies and the department of technology, management, and budget.

 

     Sec. 210. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information

 

technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward to

 

support technology projects under the direction of the department of

 

technology, management, and budget. Funds designated in this manner

 

are not available for expenditure until approved as work projects

 

under section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL

 

18.1451a.

 

     Sec. 211. Before publishing a list of schools or districts

 

determined to have failed to make adequate yearly progress as

 

required by the no child left behind act of 2001, Public Law 107-110,

 

the department shall allow a school or district to appeal that

 

determination. The department shall consider and act upon the appeal

 

within 30 days after it is submitted and shall not publish the list

 

until after all appeals have been considered and decided.

 

     Sec. 212. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if competitively

 

priced and comparable quality American goods or services, or both,

 

are available. Preference shall be given to goods or services, or

 

both, manufactured or provided by Michigan businesses if they are

 

competitively priced and of comparable quality. In addition,

 

preference should be given to goods or services, or both,

 

manufactured or provided by Michigan businesses owned and operated by

 


veterans if they are competitively priced and of comparable quality.

 

     Sec. 214. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this

 

state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2013 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the

 

following conditions apply:

 

     (a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 

for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of

 

Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar

 

circumstances.

 

     (c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 

increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal funds

 

or securing additional federal funds.

 

     (d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

     (e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for

 

staff that is not available within this state.

 

     (f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 

funds.

 

     (2) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department

 

shall prepare a travel report listing all travel by classified and

 

unclassified employees outside this state, including travel outside

 

this state for a professional development conference or training

 

seminar, in the immediately preceding fiscal year that was funded in

 

whole or in part with funds appropriated in the department's budget.

 

The report shall be submitted to the house and senate standing

 

committees on appropriations, the house and senate fiscal agencies,

 


and the state budget director. The report shall include the following

 

information:

 

     (a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

     (b) The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

     (c) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel occurrence.

 

     (e) The transportation and related costs of each travel

 

occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general

 

fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state

 

restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues, and

 

the proportion funded with other revenues.

 

     (f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 215. The department shall not approve the travel of more

 

than 1 departmental employee to a specific professional development

 

conference or training seminar that is located outside of this state

 

unless the professional development conference or training seminar is

 

funded by a federal or private funding source and requires more than

 

1 person from a department to attend, or the conference or training

 

seminar includes multiple issues in which 1 employee from the

 

department does not have expertise.

 

     Sec. 216. The department shall not take disciplinary action

 

against an employee who communicates truthfully and factually with a

 

member of the legislature or his or her staff.

 

     Sec. 218. The department and agencies receiving appropriations

 

in part 1 shall receive and retain copies of all reports funded from

 


appropriations in part 1. Federal and state guidelines for short-term

 

and long-term retention of records shall be followed. The department

 

may electronically retain copies of reports unless otherwise required

 

by federal and state guidelines.

 

     Sec. 219. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,

 

there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $5,000,000.00 for

 

federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for

 

expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item in

 

this act under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984

 

PA 431, MCL 18.1393.

 

     (2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

appropriated an amount not to exceed $700,000.00 for state restricted

 

contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure

 

until they have been transferred to another line item in this act

 

under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,

 

MCL 18.1393.

 

     (3) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

appropriated an amount not to exceed $250,000.00 for local

 

contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure

 

until they have been transferred to another line item in this act

 

under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,

 

MCL 18.1393.

 

     (4) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

appropriated an amount not to exceed $3,000,000.00 for private

 

contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure

 

until they have been transferred to another line item in this act

 

under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,

 


MCL 18.1393.

 

     Sec. 220. (1) The department shall provide data requested by a

 

member of the legislature, his or her staff, or the house and senate

 

fiscal agencies in a timely manner. If the department fails to

 

provide reasonably requested data within 30 days after the request,

 

the state money appropriated in part 1 for state board/superintendent

 

operations shall be reduced by 1%.

 

     (2) If the department fails to provide to the legislature

 

reports and other data required by boilerplate or statue within 30

 

days after the date the information is due, the state money

 

appropriated in part 1 for state board/superintendent operations

 

shall be reduced by 1%.

 

     Sec. 221. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used by a

 

principal executive department, state agency, or authority to hire a

 

person to provide legal services that are the responsibility of the

 

attorney general. This prohibition does not apply to legal services

 

for bonding activities and for those activities that the attorney

 

general authorizes.

 

     Sec. 225. It is the intent of the legislature that not later

 

than 60 days after the state receives audited membership counts from

 

intermediate school districts, the state superintendent of public

 

instruction shall investigate and report to the legislature on the

 

scope of and proposed solutions to pupil membership fraud and the

 

incidence of students counted in membership in a district and not

 

remaining in that district for the balance of the school year.

 

     Sec. 226. Not later than November 15, 2013, the department

 

shall prepare and transmit a report that provides for estimates of

 


the total general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses at the

 

close of the fiscal year. This report shall summarize the projected

 

year-end general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses by major

 

departmental program or program areas. The report shall be

 

transmitted to the office of the state budget, the chairpersons of

 

the senate and house appropriations committees, and the senate and

 

house fiscal agencies.

 

     Sec. 227. Within 14 days after the release of the executive

 

budget recommendation, the department shall provide the state budget

 

director, the senate and house appropriations chairs, the senate and

 

house appropriations subcommittees responsible for the department

 

budget, respectively, and the senate and house fiscal agencies with

 

an annual report on estimated state restricted fund balances, state

 

restricted fund projected revenues, and state restricted fund

 

expenditures for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2012 and

 

September 30, 2013.

 

     Sec. 228. It is the intent of the legislature that all

 

principal executive departments and agencies cooperate with the

 

development and implementation of the department of technology,

 

management, and budget statewide office space consolidation plan.

 

     Sec. 229. The department and the superintendent of public

 

instruction shall use funds appropriated in part 1 to ensure that all

 

of the activities and duties required to be carried out by the

 

department and the superintendent of public instruction under section

 

1280c of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1280c, are

 

completed not later than the deadlines prescribed in that section.

 

 

 


STATE BOARD/OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT

 

     Sec. 301. (1) The appropriations in part 1 may be used for per

 

diem payments to the state board for meetings at which a quorum is

 

present or for performing official business authorized by the state

 

board. The per diem payments shall be at a rate as follows:

 

     (a) State board of education - president - $110.00 per day.

 

     (b) State board of education - member other than president -

 

$100.00 per day.

 

     (2) A state board of education member shall not be paid a per

 

diem for more than 30 days per year.

 

     Sec. 302. From the amount appropriated in part 1 to the state

 

board of education, not more than $35,000.00 shall be expended for

 

in-state travel and out-of-state travel directly related to the

 

duties of the state board of education.

 

 

 

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND

 

     Sec. 402. For each student enrolled at the Michigan schools for

 

the deaf and blind, the department shall assess the intermediate

 

school district of residence 100% of the cost of operating the

 

student's instructional program. The amount shall exclude room and

 

board related costs and the cost of weekend transportation between

 

the school and the student's home.

 

     Sec. 405. The department may assist the department of community

 

health, other departments, and local school districts to secure

 

reimbursement for eligible services provided in Michigan schools from

 

the federal Medicaid program. The department may submit reports of

 

direct expenses related to this effort to the department of community

 


health for reimbursement.

 

     Sec. 406. (1) The Michigan schools for the deaf and blind may

 

promote its residential program as a possible appropriate option for

 

children who are deaf or hard of hearing or who are blind or visually

 

impaired. The Michigan schools for the deaf and blind shall

 

distribute information detailing its services to all intermediate

 

school districts in the state.

 

     (2) Upon knowledge of or recognition by an intermediate school

 

district that a child in the district is deaf or hard of hearing or

 

blind or visually impaired, the intermediate school district shall

 

provide to the parents of the child the literature distributed by the

 

Michigan schools for the deaf and blind to intermediate school

 

districts under subsection (1).

 

     (3) Parents will continue to have a choice regarding the

 

educational placement of their deaf or hard-of-hearing children.

 

     Sec. 407. Revenue received by the Michigan schools for the deaf

 

and blind from gifts, bequests, and donations that is unexpended at

 

the end of the state fiscal year may be carried over to the

 

succeeding fiscal year and shall not revert to the general fund.

 

 

 

Professional preparation services

 

     Sec. 501. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

professional preparation services, the department shall maintain the

 

professional personnel register and certificate revocation/felony

 

conviction files.

 

     Sec. 502. The department shall authorize teacher preparation

 

institutions to provide an alternative program by which up to 1/2 of

 


the required student internship or student teaching credits may be

 

earned through substitute teaching. The department shall require that

 

teacher preparation institutions collaborate with school districts to

 

ensure that the quality of instruction provided to student teachers

 

is comparable to that required in a traditional student teaching

 

program.

 

     Sec. 506. Revenue received from teacher testing fees that is

 

unexpended at the end of the state fiscal year may be carried over to

 

the succeeding fiscal year and shall not revert to the general fund.

 

 

 

OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT AND INNOVATION

 

     Sec. 601. From the amount appropriated in part 1 for the office

 

of educational improvement and innovation, there is allocated

 

$600,000.00 and 5.5 FTE positions to operate a charter school office

 

to administer charter school legislation and associated regulations,

 

and to coordinate the activities of the department relating to

 

charter schools.

 

 

 

LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN

 

     Sec. 801. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

funds collected by the department for document reproduction and

 

services; conferences, workshops, and training classes; and the use

 

of specialized equipment, facilities, and software are appropriated

 

for all expenses necessary to provide the required services. These

 

funds are available for expenditure when they are received and may be

 

carried forward into the next succeeding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 803. It is the intent of the legislature that the library

 


of Michigan and the component programs currently within the library

 

of Michigan with the exception of the genealogical collections shall

 

be kept together in a state department.

 

 

 

GRANTS ADMINISTRATION AND SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES

 

     Sec. 901. Within 10 days of the receipt of a grant appropriated

 

in the federal and private grants line item in part 1, the department

 

shall notify the house and senate chairpersons of the appropriations

 

subcommittees responsible for the department budget, the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director of the receipt

 

of the grant, including the funding source, purpose, and amount of

 

the grant.

 

     Sec. 902. The funds appropriated in part 1 for the college

 

access grant program shall be used for efforts to support college

 

access. Allowable uses include the following:

 

     (a) Michigan college access network operations, programming,

 

and services to local college access networks.

 

     (b) Local college access networks, which are community-based

 

college access/success partnerships committed to increasing the

 

college participation and completion rates within geographically

 

defined communities through a coordinated strategy.

 

     (c) Michigan college access portal, an online 1-stop portal to

 

help students and families plan and apply for college.

 

     (d) Public awareness and outreach campaigns to encourage low-

 

income and first-generation students to take necessary steps toward

 

college and to assist students and families in completing a timely

 

and accurate free application for federal student aid.

 


     (e) Subgrants to postsecondary institutions to recruit, hire,

 

and train college student mentors and college advisors to assist high

 

school students in navigating the postsecondary planning and

 

enrollment process.

 

     Sec. 903. By not later than March 1, 2013, the department shall

 

work with districts that operate as a school of excellence cyber

 

school as defined in section 551 of the revised school code, 1976 PA

 

451, MCL 380.551, and districts that operate an alternative education

 

program with a seat-time waiver under section 101 of the state school

 

aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1701, to provide a report to the

 

house and senate chairpersons of the appropriations subcommittees

 

responsible for the department budget, the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director on all of the following:

 

     (a) Each district operating a program and the districts that

 

enroll students in their program.

 

     (b) The total number of students and membership pupils enrolled

 

in each program.

 

     (c) The district in which each pupil is enrolled if other than

 

the district with the seat-time wavier or the cyber school.

 

     (d) The district in which the pupil was enrolled prior to

 

enrolling in the cyber school or the district with a seat-time waiver

 

program.

 

     (e) The number of participating students who had previously

 

dropped out of school.

 

     (f) The number of participating students who had previously

 

been expelled from school.

 

     (g) The cost per pupil paid to each online education provider.

 


     (h) The cost per pupil charged to school districts that enroll

 

their students in the program.

 

     (i) The name of each online education provider contracted by a

 

district with a seat-time waiver or a cyber school and the state in

 

which the online education provider is located.

 

 

 

OFFICE OF GREAT START

 

     Sec. 1001. By November 1, 2012, the department shall submit a

 

report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on the

 

department of education budget and the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies on the number of eligible child care providers by type

 

receiving payment for child care services from the department on

 

October 1, 2012.

 

     Sec. 1002. (1) From the money appropriated in part 1, the

 

office of great start shall prepare a report that contains a

 

comprehensive state plan for early childhood learning and

 

development. The report shall contain at least all of the following

 

fiscal components:

 

     (a) Identification of each fund source and the amount of early

 

childhood funding from each fund source supporting early childhood

 

learning and development for the most recently completed fiscal year.

 

     (b) Identification of the agency responsible for distributing

 

the funding identified in subdivision (a).

 

     (c) Identification of the recipients receiving each type of

 

funding identified in subdivision (a) and the purpose and dollar

 

amount of the money used by each recipient.

 

     (d) For each recipient identified in subdivision (c), the

 


dollar amount and percentage of funding spent for administrative

 

purposes.

 

     (e) Recommendations that ensure that early childhood learning

 

and development funding is coordinated efficiently and effectively to

 

achieve program outcomes.

 

     (f) A fiscal map of federal, state, local, and private

 

expenditures on programs and services for children, from birth

 

through age 8, and their families.

 

     (2) The office of great start shall include in the report under

 

subsection (1) an early childhood systems analysis that includes at

 

least all of the following components:

 

     (a) Identification of programs that support early childhood

 

learning and development.

 

     (b) Identification of existing roles of state, local, and

 

private partners in programs identified in subdivision (a) related to

 

the delivery of services, improving quality, and increasing

 

accountability.

 

     (c) Identification of the number of children and families being

 

served in each program identified in subdivision (a), how many

 

children and families are eligible to be served, and the capacity of

 

programs to serve more children and families.

 

     (d) Recommendations that properly align and integrate programs,

 

services, and the roles of state, local, and private partners,

 

including the office of great start and the early childhood

 

investment corporation, to eliminate administrative duplication and

 

ensure that early childhood learning and development programs are

 

carried out in the most cost-effective and efficient manner and

 


program outcomes are achieved.

 

     (3) The office of great start shall identify in the report

 

under subsection (1) performance metrics that should be used to

 

measure programs toward achieving early childhood learning and

 

development program outcomes.

 

     (4) The office of great start may contract for the completion

 

of the report under subsection (1) and shall convene a group of early

 

childhood system stakeholders to assist in the development of the

 

report's recommendations. The report shall be completed not later

 

than May 15, 2013. Upon completion, the office shall transmit the

 

report to the state budget director, the chairpersons of the senate

 

and house appropriations committees, the appropriations subcommittees

 

responsible for the department of education budget, and the senate

 

and house fiscal agencies. If the report is not transmitted by May

 

15, 2013, 1% of the office's state funds shall be withheld for each

 

month or partial month the report is late.

 

     Sec. 1003. (1) The department shall provide the house and

 

senate appropriations subcommittees on the department budget with an

 

annual report on the activities of the early childhood investment

 

corporation (ECIC) for fiscal year 2010-2011 and fiscal year 2011-

 

2012. The report is due by February 15 and shall contain at least the

 

following information:

 

     (a) Detail of the amounts of grants awarded.

 

     (b) The grant recipients.

 

     (c) The activities funded by each grant.

 

     (d) An analysis of each grant recipient's success in addressing

 

the development of a comprehensive system of early childhood services

 


and supports.

 

     (2) All ECIC contracts for comprehensive systems planning shall

 

be bid out through a statewide request-for-proposal process.

 

 

 

 

 

                               PART 2A

 

          PROVISIONS CONCERNING ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS

 

                      FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 1201. It is the intent of the legislature to provide

 

appropriations for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2014 for

 

the line items listed in part 1. The fiscal year 2013-2014

 

appropriations are anticipated to be the same as those for fiscal

 

year 2012-2013, except that the line items will be adjusted for

 

changes in caseload and related costs, federal fund match rates,

 

economic factors, and available revenue. These adjustments will be

 

determined after the January 2013 consensus revenue estimating

 

conference.