SENATE BILL No. 186

 

 

February 13, 2013, Introduced by Senator WALKER and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled

 

"The state school aid act of 1979,"

 

by amending sections 11, 17b, 201, and 236 (MCL 388.1611,

 

388.1617b, 388.1801, and 388.1836), sections 11 and 201 as amended

 

by 2012 PA 465, section 17b as amended by 2007 PA 137, and section

 

236 as amended by 2012 PA 201.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 11. (1) Subject to subsection (3), for the fiscal year

 

ending September 30, 2013, 2014, there is appropriated for the

 

public schools of this state and certain other state purposes

 

relating to education the sum of $10,961,245,600.00

 

$_________________ from the state school aid fund and the sum of


 

$282,400,000.00 $______________ from the general fund. In addition,

 

all other available federal funds, except those otherwise

 

appropriated under section 11p, are appropriated for the fiscal

 

year ending September 30, 2013.2014.

 

     (2) The appropriations under this section shall be allocated

 

as provided in this article. Money appropriated under this section

 

from the general fund shall be expended to fund the purposes of

 

this article before the expenditure of money appropriated under

 

this section from the state school aid fund.

 

     (3) Any general fund allocations under this article that are

 

not expended by the end of the state fiscal year are transferred to

 

the school aid stabilization fund created under section 11a.

 

     Sec. 17b. (1) Not later than October 20, November 20, December

 

20, January 20, February 20, March 20, April 20, May 20, June 20,

 

July 20, and August 20, the department shall prepare electronic

 

files of the amount to be distributed under this act in the

 

installment to the districts and intermediate districts and deliver

 

the electronic files to the state treasurer, and the state

 

treasurer shall pay the installments on each of those dates or, if

 

the date is not a business day, on the next business day following

 

that date. Except as otherwise provided in this act, the portion of

 

the district's or intermediate district's state fiscal year

 

entitlement to be included in each installment shall be 1/11. A

 

district or intermediate district shall accrue the payments

 

received in July and August to the school fiscal year ending the

 

immediately preceding June 30.

 

     (2) The state treasurer shall make payment under this section


 

by drawing a warrant in favor of the treasurer of each district or

 

intermediate district for the amount payable to the district or

 

intermediate district according to the electronic files and

 

delivering the warrant to the treasurer of each district or

 

intermediate district, or if the state treasurer receives a written

 

request by the treasurer of the district or intermediate district

 

specifying an account, by electronic funds transfer to that account

 

of the amount payable to the district or intermediate district

 

according to the electronic files. The department may make

 

adjustments in payments made under this section through additional

 

payments when changes in law or errors in computation cause the

 

regularly scheduled payment to be less than the amount to which the

 

district or intermediate district is entitled pursuant to this act.

 

     (3) Except as otherwise provided in this act, grant payments

 

to districts and intermediate districts under this act shall be

 

paid according to the installment payment schedule under subsection

 

(1).

 

     (4) Upon the written request of a district or intermediate

 

district and the submission of proof satisfactory to the department

 

of a need of a temporary and nonrecurring nature, the

 

superintendent, with the written concurrence of the state treasurer

 

and the state budget director, may authorize an advance release of

 

funds due a district or intermediate district under this act. An

 

advance authorized under this subsection shall not cause funds to

 

be paid to a district or intermediate district more than 30 days

 

earlier than the established payment date for those funds.

 

     Sec. 201. (1) Subject to the conditions set forth in this


 

article, the amounts listed in subsections (2) and (4) are

 

appropriated for community colleges for the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 2013, 2014, from the funds indicated in this section.

 

The following is a summary of the appropriations in subsections (2)

 

and (4):subsection (2):

 

     (a) The gross appropriation is $294,130,500.00.

 

$______________. After deducting total interdepartmental grants and

 

intradepartmental transfers in the amount of $0.00, the adjusted

 

gross appropriation is $294,130,500.00.$______________.

 

     (b) The sources of the adjusted gross appropriation described

 

in subdivision (a) are as follows:

 

     (i) Total federal revenues, $0.00.

 

     (ii) Total local revenues, $0.00.

 

     (iii) Total private revenues, $0.00.

 

     (iv) Total other state restricted revenues,

 

$197,614,100.00.$_______________.

 

     (v) State general fund/general purpose money,

 

$96,516,400.00.$______________.

 

     (2) Subject to subsection (3), the amount appropriated for

 

community college operations is $292,396,900.00, allocated as

 

follows:$_______________.

 

     (a) Alpena Community College, $5,111,200.00.

 

     (b) Bay de Noc Community College, $5,161,300.00.

 

     (c) Delta College, $13,712,700.00.

 

     (d) Glen Oaks Community College, $2,383,000.00.

 

     (e) Gogebic Community College, $4,233,100.00.

 

     (f) Grand Rapids Community College, $17,054,300.00.


 

     (g) Henry Ford Community College, $20,596,700.00.

 

     (h) Jackson Community College, $11,491,500.00.

 

     (i) Kalamazoo Valley Community College, $11,828,300.00.

 

     (j) Kellogg Community College, $9,289,300.00.

 

     (k) Kirtland Community College, $2,968,300.00.

 

     (l) Lake Michigan College, $5,059,300.00.

 

     (m) Lansing Community College, $29,335,000.00.

 

     (n) Macomb Community College, $31,206,500.00.

 

     (o) Mid Michigan Community College, $4,393,400.00.

 

     (p) Monroe County Community College, $4,223,500.00.

 

     (q) Montcalm Community College, $3,038,500.00.

 

     (r) C.S. Mott Community College, $14,890,400.00.

 

     (s) Muskegon Community College, $8,456,100.00.

 

     (t) North Central Michigan College, $2,979,900.00.

 

     (u) Northwestern Michigan College, $8,624,100.00.

 

     (v) Oakland Community College, $19,977,500.00.

 

     (w) St. Clair County Community College, $6,697,300.00.

 

     (x) Schoolcraft College, $11,800,500.00.

 

     (y) Southwestern Michigan College, $6,269,000.00.

 

     (z) Washtenaw Community College, $12,242,000.00.

 

     (aa) Wayne County Community College, $15,798,500.00.

 

     (bb) West Shore Community College, $2,298,200.00.

 

     (cc) Local strategic value, $1,277,500.00.

 

     (3) The amount appropriated in subsection (2) for community

 

college operations is appropriated from the following:

 

     (a) State school aid fund, $195,880,500.00.$_______________.

 

     (b) State general fund/general purpose money,


 

$96,516,400.00.$______________.

 

     (4) From the appropriations described in subsection (1), there

 

is appropriated for fiscal year 2012-2013 an amount not to exceed

 

$1,733,600.00 for payments to community colleges from the state

 

school aid fund. A community college that receives money under this

 

subsection shall use that money solely for the purpose of

 

offsetting a portion of the retirement contributions owed by the

 

college for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013. The amount

 

allocated to each community college under this subsection is as

 

follows:

 

     (a) Alpena Community College, $30,400.00.

 

     (b) Bay de Noc Community College, $30,800.00.

 

     (c) Delta College, $81,400.00.

 

     (d) Glen Oaks Community College, $14,200.00.

 

     (e) Gogebic Community College, $25,300.00.

 

     (f) Grand Rapids Community College, $101,700.00.

 

     (g) Henry Ford Community College, $123,000.00.

 

     (h) Jackson Community College, $68,500.00.

 

     (i) Kalamazoo Valley Community College, $70,400.00.

 

     (j) Kellogg Community College, $55,300.00.

 

     (k) Kirtland Community College, $17,500.00.

 

     (l) Lake Michigan College, $30,200.00.

 

     (m) Lansing Community College, $175,000.00.

 

     (n) Macomb Community College, $186,200.00.

 

     (o) Mid Michigan Community College, $26,100.00

 

     (p) Monroe County Community College, $25,000.00.

 

     (q) Montcalm Community College, $18,000.00.


 

     (r) C.S. Mott Community College, $88,700.00.

 

     (s) Muskegon Community College, $50,400.00.

 

     (t) North Central Michigan College, $17,600.00.

 

     (u) Northwestern Michigan College, $51,500.00.

 

     (v) Oakland Community College, $118,800.00.

 

     (w) St. Clair County Community College, $39,900.00.

 

     (x) Schoolcraft College, $70,100.00.

 

     (y) Southwestern Michigan College, $37,500.00.

 

     (z) Washtenaw Community College, $72,200.00.

 

     (aa) Wayne County Community College, $94,200.00.

 

     (bb) West Shore Community College, $13,700.00.

 

     (5) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (3) of this section as

 

in effect for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, the

 

amounts appropriated for community colleges under subsection (2) of

 

this section for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012 are

 

appropriated from the following funds:

 

     (a) State school aid fund, $259,629,400.00.

 

     (b) State general fund/general purpose money, $24,251,100.00.

 

     Sec. 236. (1) Subject to the conditions set forth in this

 

article, the amounts listed in subsections (2) to (7) this section

 

are appropriated for higher education for the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 2013, 2014, from the funds indicated in this section.

 

The following is a summary of the appropriations: in subsections

 

(2) to (7):

 

     (a) The gross appropriation is $1,399,220,400.00.

 

$_______________. After deducting total interdepartmental grants

 

and intradepartmental transfers in the amount of $0.00, the


 

adjusted gross appropriation is

 

$1,399,220,400.00.$________________.

 

     (b) The sources of the adjusted gross appropriation described

 

in subdivision (a) are as follows:

 

     (i) Total federal revenues, $97,026,400.00.$______________.

 

     (ii) Total local revenues, $0.00.

 

     (iii) Total private revenues, $0.00.

 

     (iv) Total other state restricted revenues,

 

$200,565,700.00.$_______________.

 

     (v) State general fund/general purpose money,

 

$1,101,628,300.00.$_________________.

 

     (2) Amounts appropriated for public universities are as

 

follows:

 

     (a) The appropriation for Central Michigan University is

 

$69,575,300.00, $68,108,900.00 for operations and $1,466,400.00 for

 

performance funding, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $11,284,600.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $58,290,700.00.

 

     (b) The appropriation for Eastern Michigan University is

 

$66,297,500.00, $64,619,100.00 for operations and $1,678,400.00 for

 

performance funding, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $10,706,400.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $55,591,100.00.

 

     (c) The appropriation for Ferris State University is

 

$42,981,400.00, $41,324,300.00 for operations and $1,657,100.00 for

 

performance funding, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $6,846,800.00.


 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $36,134,600.00.

 

     (d) The appropriation for Grand Valley State University is

 

$55,097,500.00, $52,677,400.00 for operations and $2,420,100.00 for

 

performance funding, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $8,727,800.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $46,369,700.00.

 

     (e) The appropriation for Lake Superior State University is

 

$11,030,700.00, $10,789,500.00 for operations and $241,200.00 for

 

performance funding, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $1,787,600.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $9,243,100.00.

 

     (f) The appropriation for Michigan State University is

 

$298,733,800.00, $241,120,800.00 for operations, $3,408,400.00 for

 

performance funding, and $54,204,600.00 for MSU AgBioResearch and

 

MSU extension activities, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $39,949,900.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $258,783,900.00.

 

     (g) The appropriation for Michigan Technological University is

 

$42,409,900.00, $40,733,600.00 for operations and $1,676,300.00 for

 

performance funding, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $6,748,900.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $35,661,000.00.

 

     (h) The appropriation for Northern Michigan University is

 

$40,348,800.00, $38,367,400.00 for operations and $1,981,400.00 for

 

performance funding, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $6,356,900.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $33,991,900.00.


 

     (i) The appropriation for Oakland University is

 

$44,033,300.00, $43,145,000.00 for operations and $888,300.00 for

 

performance funding, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $7,148,400.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $36,884,900.00.

 

     (j) The appropriation for Saginaw Valley State University is

 

$25,487,500.00, $23,561,500.00 for operations and $1,926,000.00 for

 

performance funding, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $3,903,800.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $21,583,700.00.

 

     (k) The appropriation for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

 

is $273,056,700.00, $268,803,300.00 for operations and

 

$4,253,400.00 for performance funding, appropriated from the

 

following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $44,536,300.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $228,520,400.00.

 

     (l) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Dearborn is

 

$21,898,800.00, $21,016,300.00 for operations and $882,500.00 for

 

performance funding, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $3,482,100.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $18,416,700.00.

 

     (m) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Flint is

 

$19,103,500.00, $17,762,400.00 for operations and $1,341,100.00 for

 

performance funding, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $2,942,900.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $16,160,600.00.

 

     (n) The appropriation for Wayne State University is


 

$183,229,100.00, $182,036,900.00 for operations and $1,192,200.00

 

for performance funding, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $30,160,600.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $153,068,500.00.

 

     (o) The appropriation for Western Michigan University is

 

$95,318,300.00, $93,168,300.00 for operations and $2,150,000.00 for

 

performance funding, appropriated from the following:

 

     (i) State school aid fund, $15,436,500.00.

 

     (ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $79,881,800.00.

 

     (3) In addition to the amounts described in subsection (2),

 

$9,054,200.00 in tuition restraint funding is appropriated for

 

university operations from general fund/general purpose money. The

 

amount allocated to each public university is determined in the

 

manner provided in section 265.

 

     (4) The amount appropriated for Michigan public school

 

employees' retirement system reimbursement is $446,200.00,

 

appropriated from the state school aid fund.

 

     (5) The amount appropriated for state and regional programs is

 

$200,000.00, appropriated from general fund/general purpose money

 

and allocated as follows:

 

     (a) Higher education database modernization and conversion,

 

$105,000.00.

 

     (b) Midwestern higher education compact, $95,000.00.

 

     (6) The amount appropriated for the Martin Luther King, Jr. -

 

Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks program is $2,691,500.00, appropriated

 

from general fund/general purpose money and allocated as follows:

 

     (a) Select student support services, $1,956,100.00.


 

     (b) Michigan college/university partnership program,

 

$586,800.00.

 

     (c) Morris Hood, Jr. educator development program,

 

$148,600.00.

 

     (7) Subject to subsection (8), the amount appropriated for

 

grants and financial aid is $98,226,400.00, allocated as follows:

 

     (a) State competitive scholarships, $18,361,700.00.

 

     (b) Tuition grants, $31,664,700.00.

 

     (c) Tuition incentive program, $43,800,000.00.

 

     (d) Children of veterans and officer's survivor tuition grant

 

programs, $1,200,000.00.

 

     (e) Project GEAR-UP, $3,200,000.00.

 

     (8) The money appropriated in subsection (7) for grants and

 

financial aid is appropriated from the following:

 

     (a) Federal revenues under the United States department of

 

education, office of elementary and secondary education, GEAR-UP

 

program, $3,200,000.00.

 

     (b) Federal revenues under the social security act, temporary

 

assistance for needy families, $93,826,400.00.

 

     (c) Contributions to children of veterans tuition grant

 

program, $100,000.00.

 

     (d) State general fund/general purpose money, $1,100,000.00.