SB-0952, As Passed Senate, April 25, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.......... 582.5


 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    324,865,200

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

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

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $    324,865,200

 

   Federal revenues:

 

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

 

Federal indirect funds.................................         4,500,300

 

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

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local cost sharing (schools for deaf/blind)............         5,219,700

 

Local school district service fees.....................           324,200

 

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

 

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

 

Private foundations....................................         2,283,600

 

Total private revenues.................................         2,828,700

 

Total local and private revenues.......................         8,389,100

 

Certification fees.....................................         6,703,400

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Teacher testing fees...................................           362,700

 

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

 

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

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     64,298,500

 

    State general fund/general purpose schedule:

 

   Ongoing state general fund/general


 

    purpose................................... 64,184,400

 

   One-time state general fund/general

 

    purpose...................................... 114,100

 

   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

 

Superintendent of public instruction...................           184,000

 

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

 

Administrative aide to the superintendent of public

 

   instruction..........................................            90,000

 

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

 

State assistant administrator..........................           115,000

 

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

 

State board/superintendent operations--14.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         1,864,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      2,666,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

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

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

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

 

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

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,595,600

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

   Sec. 108. MICHIGAN OFFICE OF GREAT START

 

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

 

Office of great start operations--62.0 FTE positions... $      8,138,500

 

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

 

Head start collaboration office........................           300,200

 

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

 

Early childhood programs...............................        13,378,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    207,931,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................       167,913,200

 

   Special revenue funds:


 

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

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     39,955,100

 

   Sec. 109. STATE AID AND SCHOOL FINANCE SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions............ 7.5

 

State aid and school finance operations--7.5 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $       1,057,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      1,057,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,057,800

 

   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. EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 68.6

 

Educational assessment operations--68.6 FTE positions.. $      13,735,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     13,735,900

 

   Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

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

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      2,634,400

 

   Sec. 113. GRANTS ADMINISTRATION AND SCHOOL SUPPORT

 

SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 81.6

 

Grants administration and school support services

 

   operations--81.6 FTE positions....................... $     11,815,300

 

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

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     14,815,300

 

    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..................... $        532,500

 

   Sec. 114. FIELD SERVICES


 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 46.0

 

Field services operations--46.0 FTE positions.......... $      11,018,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     11,018,000

 

    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..................... $        400,600

 

   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

 

   positions............................................         5,596,500

 

State aid to libraries.................................         5,445,700

 

Michigan eLibrary......................................         1,750,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     16,985,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

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

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     11,388,500

 

   Sec. 118. ONE-TIME BASIS ONLY APPROPRIATIONS

 

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

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $        624,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

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

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

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

 

State restricted revenues..............................            64,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        114,100


 

 

 

 

 

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

 

$71,924,800.00 and state spending from state resources to be paid to

 

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

 

2013 is $5,445,700.00. The itemized statement below identifies

 

appropriations from which spending to local units of government will

 

occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

State aid to libraries.................................        $5,445,700

 

Total department of education..........................        $5,445,700

 

     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 article:

 

     (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) "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 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. 217. The state superintendent of public instruction shall

 

take all reasonable steps to ensure businesses in deprived and

 

depressed communities compete for and perform contracts to provide

 

services or supplies, or both. The director shall strongly encourage

 

firms with which the department contracts to subcontract with

 

certified businesses in depressed and deprived communities for

 

services, supplies, or both.

 

     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. 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.

 

     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. 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.

 

 

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

     Sec. 701. The department shall work in collaboration with the

 

center for educational performance and information to support the

 

comprehensive educational information system and all data collection


 

and reporting efforts of the department.

 

 

 

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 shall be kept together in a state department.

 

     Sec. 804. From the funds appropriated in part 1 and other

 

funding available, the department and library of Michigan shall

 

maintain custody of the non-Michigan genealogy and all Michigan-

 

specific collections. These collections shall continue to be made

 

available to the public.

 

 

 

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. 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. The amount appropriated in part 1 for early

 

childhood grants shall be distributed, to the extent allowable under

 

federal law, for the purpose of local or direct programming for early

 

childhood participants. Funding appropriated in part 1 for early

 

childhood grants shall not be used for the support of administration

 

for the early childhood investment corporation.

 

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

 

department shall contract for a report that updates the information

 

and data in the previously completed analysis published by the W.K.

 

Kellogg Foundation entitled "Building a Sustainable Future - Analysis

 

of the Fiscal Resources Supporting Children from Birth Through Age 8

 

in Michigan".

 

     (2) The report identified in subsection (1) shall include at

 

least the following:

 

     (a) Each source and amount of early childhood funding.

 

     (b) The agency responsible for distributing the funding

 

identified in subdivision (a).

 

     (c) The recipients of each type of funding identified in

 

subdivision (a).

 

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

 

dollar amount and percentage of funding spent for administrative

 

purposes.

 

     (e) A fiscal map of federal, state, and private expenditures on

 

programs and services for children, from birth through age 8 and


 

their families.

 

     (f) An analysis of the effectiveness of early childhood

 

programs in ensuring that funding is used to provide services for

 

children and families and the efficiency of any funding spent on

 

administration, highlighting the diversification and adequacy of

 

existing funding, the stability and flexibility of available programs

 

and funding sources, and the coordination of funding from multiple

 

public and private sources.

 

     (3) The updated information and data shall be included in a

 

report to the legislature along with any related recommendations the

 

department may have to ensure that children are developmentally ready

 

to succeed in school at the time of school entry.

 

     (4) The report shall be completed not later than May 15, 2013,

 

and, upon completion, the report shall be transmitted to the state

 

budget director, the chairpersons of the senate and house of

 

representatives committees on appropriations and the appropriations

 

subcommittees responsible for the department of education budget, and

 

the senate and house fiscal agencies.

 

 

 

 

 

                               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.