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.