FIRST CONFERENCE REPORT
The Committee of Conference on the matters of difference between the two Houses concerning
Senate Bill No. 790, entitled
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled "The state school aid act of 1979," by amending sections 236 and 236a (MCL 388.1836 and 388.1836a), as amended by 2015 PA 85.
Recommends:
First: That the House recede from the Substitute of the House as passed by the House.
Second: That the Senate and House agree to the Substitute of the Senate as passed by the Senate, amended to read as follows:
(attached)
Third: That the Senate and House agree to the title of the bill to read as follows:
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled "An act to make appropriations to aid in the support of the public schools, the intermediate school districts, community colleges, and public universities of the state; to make appropriations for certain other purposes relating to education; to provide for the disbursement of the appropriations; to authorize the issuance of certain bonds and provide for the security of those bonds; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, the state board of education, and certain other boards and officials; to create certain funds and provide for their expenditure; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts," by amending sections 236, 236a, 236b, 236c, 237b, 238, 241, 246, 251, 252, 254, 256, 263, 263a, 264, 265, 265a, 267, 268, 269, 270, 274, 274c, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 289, and 290 (MCL 388.1836, 388.1836a, 388.1836b, 388.1836c, 388.1837b, 388.1838, 388.1841, 388.1846, 388.1851, 388.1852, 388.1854, 388.1856, 388.1863, 388.1863a, 388.1864, 388.1865, 388.1865a, 388.1867, 388.1868, 388.1869, 388.1870, 388.1874, 388.1874c, 388.1875, 388.1876, 388.1877, 388.1878, 388.1879, 388.1880, 388.1881,
388.1882, 388.1883, 388.1884, 388.1889, and 388.1890), sections 236, 236a, 236b, 236c, 241, 246, 252, 263, 263a, 264, 265, 265a, 267, 268, 269, 270, 274, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, and 284 as amended and section 274c as added by 2015 PA 85, section 237b as added and sections 238, 251, and 254 as amended by 2012 PA 201, section 256 as amended by 2016 PA 56, section 275 as amended by 2014 PA 196, and sections 289 and 290 as amended by 2013 PA 60, and by adding sections 236d and 286a; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
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Tonya Schuitmaker Michael D. McCready
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Peter MacGregor Paul Muxlow
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Curtis Hertel, Jr. Sam Singh
Conferees for the Senate Conferees for the House
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 790
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled
"The state school aid act of 1979,"
by amending sections 236, 236a, 236b, 236c, 237b, 238, 241, 246,
251, 252, 254, 256, 263, 263a, 264, 265, 265a, 267, 268, 269, 270,
274, 274c, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 289,
and 290 (MCL 388.1836, 388.1836a, 388.1836b, 388.1836c, 388.1837b,
388.1838, 388.1841, 388.1846, 388.1851, 388.1852, 388.1854,
388.1856, 388.1863, 388.1863a, 388.1864, 388.1865, 388.1865a,
388.1867, 388.1868, 388.1869, 388.1870, 388.1874, 388.1874c,
388.1875, 388.1876, 388.1877, 388.1878, 388.1879, 388.1880,
388.1881, 388.1882, 388.1883, 388.1884, 388.1889, and 388.1890),
sections 236, 236a, 236b, 236c, 241, 246, 252, 263, 263a, 264, 265,
265a, 267, 268, 269, 270, 274, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282,
283, and 284 as amended and section 274c as added by 2015 PA 85,
section 237b as added and sections 238, 251, and 254 as amended by
2012 PA 201, section 256 as amended by 2016 PA 56, section 275 as
amended by 2014 PA 196, and sections 289 and 290 as amended by 2013
PA 60, and by adding sections 236d and 286a; and to repeal acts and
parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 236. (1) Subject to the conditions set forth in this
article, the amounts listed in this section are appropriated for
higher
education for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016,
2017, from the funds indicated in this section. The following is a
summary of the appropriations in this section:
(a)
The gross appropriation is $1,534,724,400.00.
$1,582,640,400.00. After deducting total interdepartmental grants
and intradepartmental transfers in the amount of $0.00, the
adjusted gross appropriation is
$1,534,724,400.00.$1,582,640,400.00.
(b) The sources of the adjusted gross appropriation described
in subdivision (a) are as follows:
(i) Total federal revenues, $97,026,400.00.$101,526,400.00.
(ii) Total local revenues, $0.00.
(iii) Total private revenues, $0.00.
(iv) Total other state restricted revenues,
$205,279,500.00.$237,209,500.00.
(v) State general fund/general purpose money,
$1,232,418,500.00.$1,243,904,500.00.
(2) Amounts appropriated for public universities are as
follows:
(a) The appropriation for Central Michigan University is
$80,904,400.00,
$79,164,800.00 for operations and $1,739,600.00 for
performance
funding.$83,925,500.00,
$81,127,100.00 for operations
and $2,798,400.00 for performance funding.
(b) The appropriation for Eastern Michigan University is
$72,835,300.00,
$71,782,500.00 for operations and $1,052,800.00 for
performance
funding.$73,593,800.00,
$71,782,500.00 for operations
and $1,811,300.00 for performance funding.
(c) The appropriation for Ferris State University is
$50,227,800.00,
$49,119,100.00 for operations and $1,108,700.00 for
performance
funding.$52,259,900.00,
$50,369,800.00 for operations
and $1,890,100.00 for performance funding.
(d) The appropriation for Grand Valley State University is
$65,035,200.00,
$63,156,500.00 for operations and $1,878,700.00 for
performance
funding.$68,227,900.00,
$65,275,700.00 for operations
and $2,952,200.00 for performance funding.
(e) The appropriation for Lake Superior State University is
$13,183,600.00,
$12,997,500.00 for operations and $186,100.00 for
performance
funding.$13,567,400.00,
$13,207,400.00 for operations
and $360,000.00 for performance funding.
(f) The appropriation for Michigan State University is
$328,782,000.00,
$264,437,900.00 for operations, $3,841,000.00 for
performance
funding, $32,508,300.00 for MSU AgBioResearch, and
$27,994,800.00
for MSU Extension.$337,777,800.00,
$268,770,700.00
for operations, $7,091,400.00 for performance funding,
$33,243,100.00 for MSU AgBioResearch, and $28,672,600.00 for MSU
Extension.
(g) The appropriation for Michigan Technological University is
$46,662,000.00,
$45,938,000.00 for operations and $724,000.00 for
performance
funding.$48,097,500.00,
$46,754,700.00 for operations
and $1,342,800.00 for performance funding.
(h) The appropriation for Northern Michigan University is
$45,020,400.00,
$44,338,300.00 for operations and $682,100.00 for
performance
funding.$46,279,200.00,
$45,107,700.00 for operations
and $1,171,500.00 for performance funding.
(i) The appropriation for Oakland University is
$49,600,300.00,
$48,371,900.00 for operations and $1,228,400.00 for
performance
funding.$49,920,700.00,
$48,371,900.00 for operations
and $1,548,800.00 for performance funding.
(j) The appropriation for Saginaw Valley State University is
$28,117,700.00,
$27,621,600.00 for operations and $496,100.00 for
performance
funding.$29,114,000.00,
$28,181,200.00 for operations
and $932,800.00 for performance funding.
(k) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
is
$299,430,600.00, $295,178,500.00 for operations and
$4,252,100.00
for performance funding.$308,639,000.00,
$299,975,000.00 for operations and $8,664,000.00 for performance
funding.
(l) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Dearborn is
$23,995,400.00,
$23,701,000.00 for operations and $294,400.00 for
performance
funding.$24,803,300.00,
$24,033,100.00 for operations
and $770,200.00 for performance funding.
(m) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Flint is
$21,763,700.00,
$21,359,600.00 for operations and $404,100.00 for
performance
funding.$22,549,300.00,
$21,815,400.00 for operations
and $733,900.00 for performance funding.
(n) The appropriation for Wayne State University is
$191,346,700.00,
$190,529,900.00 for operations and $816,800.00 for
performance
funding.$196,064,500.00,
$191,451,300.00 for operations
and $4,613,200.00 for performance funding.
(o) The appropriation for Western Michigan University is
$104,155,600.00,
$102,761,100.00 for operations and $1,394,500.00
for
performance funding.$107,440,900.00,
$104,334,100.00 for
operations and $3,106,800.00 for performance funding.
(3) The amount appropriated in subsection (2) for public
universities is appropriated from the following:
(a)
State school aid fund, $200,019,500.00.$231,219,500.00.
(b) State general fund/general purpose money,
$1,221,041,200.00.$1,231,041,200.00.
(4) The amount appropriated for Michigan public school
employees'
retirement system reimbursement is $5,160,000.00,
$5,890,000.00, appropriated from the state school aid fund.
(5) The amount appropriated for state and regional programs is
$315,000.00, appropriated from general fund/general purpose money
and allocated as follows:
(a) Higher education database modernization and conversion,
$200,000.00.
(b) Midwestern Higher Education Compact, $115,000.00.
(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 $105,497,200.00, $110,983,200.00,
allocated as follows:
(a) State competitive scholarships, $18,361,700.00.
(b)
Tuition grants, $34,035,500.00.$35,021,500.00.
(c)
Tuition incentive program, $48,500,000.00.$53,000,000.00.
(d) Children of veterans and officer's survivor tuition grant
programs, $1,400,000.00.
(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.$98,326,400.00.
(c) Contributions to children of veterans tuition grant
program, $100,000.00.
(d) State general fund/general purpose money,
$8,370,800.00.$9,356,800.00.
(9) For fiscal year 2016-2017 only, $500,000.00 is
appropriated for the Michigan State University Diagnostic Center
for Population and Animal Health, appropriated from state general
fund/general purpose money.
Sec. 236a. It is the intent of the legislature to provide
appropriations
for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2017
2018
for the items listed in section 236.
The fiscal year 2016-2017
2017-2018 appropriations are anticipated to be the same as those
for
fiscal year 2015-2016, 2016-2017,
except that the amounts 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 2016 2017
consensus revenue estimating conference.
Sec. 236b. In addition to the funds appropriated in section
236, there is appropriated for grants and financial aid in fiscal
year
2015-2016 2016-2017 an amount not to exceed $6,000,000.00 for
federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred under section 393(2)
of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393, for
another purpose under this article.
Sec. 236c. In addition to the funds appropriated for fiscal
year
2015-2016 2016-2017 in section 236, appropriations to the
department of technology, management, and budget in the act
providing
general appropriations for fiscal year 2015-2016 2016-
2017 for state building authority rent, totaling an estimated
$135,995,300.00,
$144,995,300.00, provide funding for the state
share of costs for previously constructed capital projects for
state universities. These appropriations for state building
authority rent represent additional state general fund support
provided to public universities, and the following is an estimate
of the amount of that support to each university:
(a)
Central Michigan University, $9,551,800.00.$11,819,500.00.
(b)
Eastern Michigan University, $4,860,900.00.$4,868,000.00.
(c)
Ferris State University, $6,251,200.00.$6,260,300.00.
(d) Grand Valley State University,
$6,952,300.00.$6,635,900.00.
(e) Lake Superior State University,
$1,720,300.00.$1,722,800.00.
(f)
Michigan State University, $16,549,200.00.$18,827,000.00.
(g) Michigan Technological University,
$7,443,400.00.$6,793,200.00.
(h)
Northern Michigan University, $9,706,200.00.$9,447,600.00.
(i)
Oakland University, $12,993,400.00.$12,685,900.00.
(j) Saginaw Valley State University,
$9,865,800.00.$10,331,000.00.
(k) University of Michigan - Ann Arbor,
$9,607,800.00.$11,875,600.00.
(l) University of Michigan - Dearborn,
$6,745,200.00.$9,008,800.00.
(m) University of Michigan - Flint,
$3,104,000.00.$4,357,600.00.
(n)
Wayne State University, $15,703,000.00.$15,399,400.00.
(o) Western Michigan University,
$14,940,800.00.$14,962,700.00.
Sec. 236d. (1) Subject to the conditions set forth in this
article and in addition to the amounts appropriated in section 236,
there is appropriated $4,500,000.00 for higher education to
increase the allocation for the tuition incentive program for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. The summary of
appropriations in section 236(1)(a) and (b) for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2016 is accordingly revised as follows:
(a) The gross appropriation is $1,539,224,400.00. After
deducting total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers in the amount of $0.00, the adjusted gross appropriation
is $1,539,224,400.00.
(b) The sources of the adjusted gross appropriation described
in subdivision (a) are as follows:
(i) Total federal revenues, $101,526,400.00.
(ii) Total local revenues, $0.00.
(iii) Total private revenues, $0.00.
(iv) Total other state restricted revenues, $205,279,500.00.
(v) State general fund/general purpose money,
$1,232,418,500.00.
(2) As a result of the appropriation in subsection (1), the
amount appropriated for grants and financial aid for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2016 in section 236(7) is increased to
$109,997,200.00, and the allocation for the tuition incentive
program in section 236(7)(c) for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2016 is increased to $53,000,000.00.
(3) The money appropriated for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2016 in section 236(7) for grants and financial aid,
as revised in subsection (2), is appropriated by increasing the
appropriation from federal revenues under the social security act,
temporary assistance for needy families, to $98,326,400.00.
Sec. 237b. As used in this article, the term "workforce
development
agency" means the workforce development agency of the
Michigan
strategic fund.within the
department of talent and
economic development--talent investment agency.
Sec. 238. Unless otherwise specified, a public university
receiving appropriations in section 236 shall use the internet to
fulfill the reporting requirements of this article. 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. 241. (1) Subject to sections 244 and 265a, the funds
appropriated in section 236 to public universities shall be paid
out of the state treasury and distributed by the state treasurer to
the respective institutions in 11 equal monthly installments on the
sixteenth of each month, or the next succeeding business day,
beginning
with October 16, 2015. 2016.
Except for Wayne State
University,
each institution shall accrue its July and August 2016
2017 payments to its institutional fiscal year ending June 30,
2016.2017.
(2) All public universities shall submit higher education
institutional data inventory (HEIDI) data and associated financial
and program information requested by and in a manner prescribed by
the state budget director. For public universities with fiscal
years
ending June 30, 2015, 2016,
these data shall be submitted to
the
state budget director by October 15, 2015. 2016. Public
universities
with a fiscal year ending September 30, 2015 2016
shall
submit preliminary HEIDI data by November 15, 2015 2016 and
final
data by December 15, 2015. 2016.
If a public university fails
to submit HEIDI data and associated financial aid program
information in accordance with this reporting schedule, the state
treasurer may withhold the monthly installments under subsection
(1) to the public university until those data are submitted.
Sec. 246. (1) All of the following apply to the allocation of
the
fiscal year 2015-2016 appropriations described in section
236(4) for payments to universities that are participating entities
of the Michigan public school employees' retirement system:
(a) The funds appropriated in section 236(4) for Michigan
public school employees' retirement system reimbursement shall be
allocated to each participating public university under this
section based on each participating public university's percentage
of the total combined payrolls of the universities' employees who
are members of the retirement system and who were hired before
January 1, 1996 and the universities' employees who would have been
members of the retirement system on or after January 1, 1996, but
for the enactment of 1995 PA 272 for all public universities that
are participating public universities for the immediately preceding
state fiscal year.
(b) The amount of a payment under section 236(4) shall be
equal to the difference between the unfunded actuarial accrued
liability contribution rate for university reporting units as
calculated under section 41 of the public school employees
retirement act of 1979, 1980 PA 300, MCL 38.1341, as calculated
without taking into account the maximum employer rate of 25.73%
included in section 41 of the public school employees retirement
act of 1979, 1980 PA 300, MCL 38.1341, and the maximum employer
rate for university reporting units of 25.73% under section 41 of
the public school employees retirement act of 1979, 1980 PA 300,
MCL 38.1341. Payments shall be made in a form and manner determined
by the office of retirement services.
(c) A public university that receives money under section
236(4) shall use that money solely for the purpose of retirement
contributions. Each participating university that receives funds
under section 236(4) shall forward an amount equal to the amount
received under section 236(4) to the Michigan public school
employees' retirement system in a form and manner determined by the
office of retirement services.
(2) As used in this section, "participating public university"
means a public university that is a reporting unit of the Michigan
public school employees' retirement system under the public school
employees retirement act of 1979, 1980 PA 300, MCL 38.1301 to
38.1437, and that pays contributions to the Michigan public school
employees' retirement system for the state fiscal year.
Sec. 251. (1) Payments of the amounts included in section 236
for the state competitive scholarship program shall be distributed
pursuant to 1964 PA 208, MCL 390.971 to 390.981.
(2) Pursuant to section 6 of 1964 PA 208, MCL 390.976, the
department of treasury shall determine an actual maximum state
competitive scholarship award per student, which shall be not less
than $575.00, that ensures that the aggregate payments for the
state competitive scholarship program do not exceed the
appropriation contained in section 236 for the state competitive
scholarship program. If the department determines that insufficient
funds are available to establish a maximum award amount equal to at
least $575.00, the department shall immediately report to the house
and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the
house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director
regarding the estimated amount of additional funds necessary to
establish a $575.00 maximum award amount.
(3) The department of treasury shall implement a proportional
competitive scholarship maximum award level for recipients enrolled
less than full-time in a given semester or term.
(4) If a student who receives an award under this section has
his or her tuition and fees paid under the Michigan educational
trust program, pursuant to the Michigan education trust act, 1986
PA 316, MCL 390.1421 to 390.1442, and still has financial need, the
funds awarded under this section may be used for educational
expenses other than tuition and fees.
(5) If the department of treasury increases the maximum award
per eligible student from that provided in the previous fiscal
year, it shall not have the effect of reducing the number of
eligible students receiving awards in relation to the total number
of eligible applicants. Any increase in the maximum grant shall be
proportional for all eligible students receiving awards.
(6)
Veterans administration Administration
benefits shall not
be considered in determining eligibility for the award of
scholarships under 1964 PA 208, MCL 390.971 to 390.981.
Sec. 252. (1) The amounts appropriated in section 236 for the
state tuition grant program shall be distributed pursuant to 1966
PA 313, MCL 390.991 to 390.997a.
(2) Tuition grant awards shall be made to all eligible
Michigan residents enrolled in undergraduate degree programs who
are qualified and who apply before July 1 of each year for the next
academic year.
(3) Pursuant to section 5 of 1966 PA 313, MCL 390.995, and
subject to subsections (7) and (8), the department of treasury
shall determine an actual maximum tuition grant award per student,
which shall be no less than $1,512.00, that ensures that the
aggregate payments for the tuition grant program do not exceed the
appropriation contained in section 236 for the state tuition grant
program. If the department determines that insufficient funds are
available to establish a maximum award amount equal to at least
$1,512.00, the department shall immediately report to the house and
senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the house
and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director regarding
the estimated amount of additional funds necessary to establish a
$1,512.00 maximum award amount. If the department determines that
sufficient funds are available to establish a maximum award amount
equal to at least $1,512.00, the department shall immediately
report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on
higher education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the
state budget director regarding the maximum award amount
established and the projected amount of any projected year-end
appropriation balance based on that maximum award amount. By
February 18 of each fiscal year, the department shall analyze the
status of award commitments, shall make any necessary adjustments,
and shall confirm that those award commitments will not exceed the
appropriation contained in section 236 for the tuition grant
program. The determination and actions shall be reported to the
state budget director and the house and senate fiscal agencies no
later than the final day of February of each year. If award
adjustments are necessary, the students shall be notified of the
adjustment by March 4 of each year.
(4) Any unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining on
September
30, 2016 2017 from the amounts appropriated in section
236
for the tuition grant program for fiscal year 2015-2016 2016-
2017
shall not lapse on September 30, 2016,
2017, but shall
continue to be available for expenditure for tuition grants
provided
in the 2016-2017 2017-2018
fiscal year under a work
project
account. The use of these unexpended fiscal year 2015-2016
2016-2017
funds shall terminate at the end of the
2016-2017 2017-
2018 fiscal year.
(5) The department of treasury shall continue a proportional
tuition grant maximum award level for recipients enrolled less than
full-time in a given semester or term.
(6) If the department of treasury increases the maximum award
per eligible student from that provided in the previous fiscal
year, it shall not have the effect of reducing the number of
eligible students receiving awards in relation to the total number
of eligible applicants. Any increase in the maximum grant shall be
proportional for all eligible students receiving awards for that
fiscal year.
(7) Except as provided in subsection (4), the department of
treasury shall not award more than $3,200,000.00 in tuition grants
to eligible students enrolled in the same independent nonprofit
college or university in this state. Any decrease in the maximum
grant shall be proportional for all eligible students enrolled in
that college or university, as determined by the department.
(8) The department of treasury shall not award tuition grants
to otherwise eligible students enrolled in an independent college
or university that does not report, in a form and manner directed
by and satisfactory to the department of treasury, by September 30
of each year, all of the following:
(a) The number of students in the most recently completed
academic year who in any academic year received a state tuition
grant at the reporting institution and successfully completed a
program or graduated.
(b) The number of students in the most recently completed
academic year who in any academic year received a state tuition
grant at the reporting institution and took a remedial education
class.
(c) The number of students in the most recently completed
academic year who in any academic year received a Pell grant at the
reporting institution and successfully completed a program or
graduated.
(9)
By February 1, 2016, 2017,
each independent college and
university participating in the tuition grant program shall report
to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on higher
education, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state
budget director on its efforts to develop and implement sexual
assault response training for the institution's title IX
coordinator, campus law enforcement personnel, campus public safety
personnel, and any other campus personnel charged with responding
to on-campus incidents, including information on sexual assault
response training materials and the status of implementing sexual
assault response training for institutional personnel.
Sec. 254. The sums appropriated in section 236 for the state
competitive scholarship, tuition incentive, and tuition grant
programs shall be paid out of the state treasury and shall be
distributed to the respective institutions under a quarterly
payment system as follows:
(a) For the state competitive scholarship and tuition grant
programs, 50% shall be paid at the beginning of the state's first
fiscal quarter, 30% during the state's second fiscal quarter, 10%
during the state's third fiscal quarter, and 10% during the state's
fourth fiscal quarter.
(b) For the tuition incentive program, 55% shall be paid at
the beginning of the state's first fiscal quarter, 40% during the
state's second fiscal quarter, and 5% during the state's third
fiscal quarter.
Sec. 256. (1) The funds appropriated in section 236 for the
tuition incentive program shall be distributed as provided in this
section and pursuant to the administrative procedures for the
tuition incentive program of the department of treasury.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Phase I" means the first part of the tuition incentive
assistance program defined as the academic period of 80 semester or
120 term credits, or less, leading to an associate degree or
certificate.
(b) "Phase II" means the second part of the tuition incentive
assistance program which provides assistance in the third and
fourth year of 4-year degree programs.
(c) "Department" means the department of treasury.
(d) "High school equivalency certificate" means that term as
defined in section 4.
(3) An individual shall meet the following basic criteria and
financial thresholds to be eligible for tuition incentive program
benefits:
(a) To be eligible for phase I, an individual shall meet all
of the following criteria:
(i) Apply for certification to the department any time after
he or she begins the sixth grade but before August 31 of the school
year in which he or she graduates from high school or before
achieving a high school equivalency certificate.
(ii) Be less than 20 years of age at the time he or she
graduates from high school with a diploma or certificate of
completion or achieves a high school equivalency certificate.
(iii) Be a United States citizen and a resident of Michigan
according to institutional criteria.
(iv) Be at least a half-time student, earning less than 80
semester or 120 term credits at a participating educational
institution within 4 years of high school graduation or achievement
of a high school equivalency certificate.
(v) Request information on filing a FAFSA.
(vi) Must meet Meet the satisfactory
academic progress policy
of the educational institution he or she attends.
(b) To be eligible for phase II, an individual shall meet
either of the following criteria in addition to the criteria in
subdivision (a):
(i) Complete at least 56 transferable semester or 84
transferable term credits.
(ii) Obtain an associate degree or certificate at a
participating institution.
(c) To be eligible for phase I or phase II, an individual must
not be incarcerated and must be financially eligible as determined
by the department. An individual is financially eligible for the
tuition incentive program if he or she was eligible for Medicaid
from the state of Michigan for 24 months within the 36 consecutive
months before application. The department shall accept
certification of Medicaid eligibility only from the department of
health and human services for the purposes of verifying if a person
is Medicaid eligible for 24 months within the 36 consecutive months
before application. Certification of eligibility may begin in the
sixth grade. As used in this subdivision, "incarcerated" does not
include detention of a juvenile in a state-operated or privately
operated juvenile detention facility.
(4) Beginning in fiscal year 2017-2018, the department shall
not award more than $8,500,000.00 annually in tuition incentive
program funds to eligible students enrolled in the same college or
university in this state.
(5) (4)
For phase I, the department shall
provide payment on
behalf of a person eligible under subsection (3). The department
shall reject billings that are excessive or outside the guidelines
for the type of educational institution.
(6) (5)
For phase I, all of the following
apply:
(a) Payments for associate degree or certificate programs
shall not be made for more than 80 semester or 120 term credits for
any individual student at any participating institution.
(b) For persons enrolled at a Michigan community college, the
department shall pay the current in-district tuition and mandatory
fees. For persons residing in an area that is not included in any
community college district, the out-of-district tuition rate may be
authorized.
(c) For persons enrolled at a Michigan public university, the
department shall pay lower division resident tuition and mandatory
fees for the current year.
(d) For persons enrolled at a Michigan independent, nonprofit
degree-granting college or university, or a Michigan federal
tribally controlled community college, or Focus: HOPE, the
department shall pay mandatory fees for the current year and a per-
credit payment that does not exceed the average community college
in-district per-credit tuition rate as reported on August 1, for
the immediately preceding academic year.
(7) (6)
A person participating in phase II
may be eligible for
additional funds not to exceed $500.00 per semester or $400.00 per
term up to a maximum of $2,000.00 subject to the following
conditions:
(a) Credits are earned in a 4-year program at a Michigan
degree-granting 4-year college or university.
(b) The tuition reimbursement is for coursework completed
within 30 months of completion of the phase I requirements.
(8) (7)
The department shall work closely
with participating
institutions to develop an application and eligibility
determination process that will provide the highest level of
participation and ensure that all requirements of the program are
met.
(9) (8)
Applications for the tuition
incentive program may be
approved at any time after the student begins the sixth grade. If a
determination of financial eligibility is made, that determination
is valid as long as the student meets all other program
requirements and conditions.
(10) (9)
Each institution shall ensure that
all known
available restricted grants for tuition and fees are used prior to
billing the tuition incentive program for any portion of a
student's tuition and fees.
(11) (10)
The department shall ensure that
the tuition
incentive program is well publicized and that eligible Medicaid
clients are provided information on the program. The department
shall provide the necessary funding and staff to fully operate the
program.
Sec. 263. (1) Included in the appropriation in section 236 for
fiscal
year 2015-2016 2016-2017 for MSU AgBioResearch is
$2,982,900.00 and included in the appropriation in section 236 for
MSU Extension is $2,645,200.00 for Project GREEEN. Project GREEEN
is intended to address critical regulatory, food safety, economic,
and environmental problems faced by this state's plant-based
agriculture, forestry, and processing industries. "GREEEN" is an
acronym for Generating Research and Extension to Meet Environmental
and Economic Needs.
(2) The department of agriculture and rural development and
Michigan State University, in consultation with agricultural
commodity groups and other interested parties, shall develop
Project GREEEN and its program priorities.
Sec. 263a. (1) Not later than September 30 of each year,
Michigan State University shall submit a report on MSU
AgBioResearch and MSU Extension to the house and senate
appropriations subcommittees on agriculture and on higher
education, the house and senate standing committees on agriculture,
the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director
for the preceding academic fiscal year.
(2) The report required under subsection (1) shall include all
of the following:
(a) Total funds expended by MSU AgBioResearch and by MSU
Extension identified by state, local, private, federal, and
university fund sources.
(b) The metric goals that were used to evaluate the impacts of
programs
operated by MSU Extension and MSU AgBioResearch. It is the
intent
of the legislature that the The
following metric goals will
be used to evaluate the impacts of those programs:
(i) Increasing the number of agriculture and food-related
firms collaborating with and using services of research and
extension faculty and staff by 3% per year.
(ii) Increasing the number of individuals utilizing MSU
Extension's educational services by 5% per year.
(iii) Increasing external funds generated in support of
research and extension, beyond state appropriations, by 10% over
the amounts generated in the past 3 state fiscal years.
(iv) Increasing the sector's total economic impact to at least
$100,000,000,000.00.
(v) Increasing Michigan's agricultural exports to at least
$3,500,000,000.00.
(vi) Increasing jobs in the food and agriculture sector by
10%.
(vii) Improving access by Michigan consumers to healthy foods
by 20%.
(c) A review of major programs within both MSU AgBioResearch
and MSU Extension with specific reference to accomplishments,
impacts, and the metrics described in subdivision (b), including a
specific accounting of Project GREEEN expenditures and the impact
of those expenditures.
Sec. 264. Included in the appropriation in section 236 for
fiscal
year 2015-2016 2016-2017 for Michigan State University is
$80,000.00 for the Michigan Future Farmers of America Association.
This $80,000.00 allocation shall not supplant any existing support
that Michigan State University provides to the Michigan Future
Farmers of America Association.
Sec. 265. (1) Payments under section 265a for performance
funding shall only be made to a public university that certifies to
the
state budget director by August 31, 2015 2016 that its board
did not adopt an increase in tuition and fee rates for resident
undergraduate
students after September 1, 2014 2015 for the 2014-
2015
2015-2016 academic year and that its board will not adopt an
increase in tuition and fee rates for resident undergraduate
students
for the 2015-2016 2016-2017
academic year that is greater
than
3.2%. 4.2%. As used in this subsection:
(a) "Fee" means any board-authorized fee that will be paid by
more than 1/2 of all resident undergraduate students at least once
during their enrollment at a public university, as described in the
higher education institutional data inventory (HEIDI) user manual.
A university increasing a fee that applies to a specific subset of
students or courses shall provide sufficient information to prove
that the increase applied to that subset will not cause the
increase in the average amount of board-authorized total tuition
and
fees paid by resident undergraduate students in the 2015-2016
2016-2017 academic year to exceed the limit established in this
subsection.
(b) "Tuition and fee rate" means the average of full-time
rates
for all paid by a majority
of students in each undergraduate
classes,
class, based on an unweighted
average of the rates
authorized by the university board and actually charged to
students, deducting any uniformly rebated or refunded amounts, for
the 2 semesters with the highest levels of full-time equated
resident undergraduate enrollment during the academic year, as
described in the higher education institutional data inventory
(HEIDI) user manual.
(c) For purposes of subdivision (a), for a public university
that compels resident undergraduate students to be covered by
health insurance as a condition to enroll at the university, "fee"
includes the annual amount a student is charged for coverage by the
university-affiliated group health insurance policy if he or she
does not provide proof that he or she is otherwise covered by
health insurance. This subdivision does not apply to limited
subsets of resident undergraduate students to be covered by health
insurance for specific reasons other than general enrollment at the
university.
(2) The state budget director shall implement uniform
reporting requirements to ensure that a public university receiving
a payment under section 265a for performance funding has satisfied
the tuition restraint requirements of this section. The state
budget director shall have the sole authority to determine if a
public university has met the requirements of this section.
Information reported by a public university to the state budget
director under this subsection shall also be reported to the house
and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education and the
house and senate fiscal agencies.
(3) Universities that exceed the tuition and fee rate cap
described in subsection (1) shall not receive a planning or
construction authorization for a state-funded capital outlay
project in fiscal year 2017-2018 or fiscal year 2018-2019.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the
legislature may at any time adjust appropriations for a university
that adopts an increase in tuition and fee rates for resident
undergraduate students that exceeds the rate cap established in
subsection (1).
Sec. 265a. (1) Appropriations to public universities in
section
236 for fiscal year 2015-2016 2016-2017
for performance
funding shall be paid only to a public university that complies
with section 265 and certifies to the state budget director, the
house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education,
and
the house and senate fiscal agencies by August 31, 2015 2016
that it complies with all of the following requirements:
(a) The university participates in reverse transfer agreements
described in section 286 with at least 3 Michigan community
colleges. or
has made a good-faith effort to enter into reverse
transfer
agreements.
(b) The university does not and will not consider whether dual
enrollment credits earned by an incoming student were utilized
towards his or her high school graduation requirements when making
a determination as to whether those credits may be used by the
student toward completion of a university degree or certificate
program.
(c) The university actively participates in and submits timely
updates to the Michigan Transfer Network created as part of the
Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions
Officers transfer agreement.
(2) Any performance funding amounts under section 236 that are
not paid to a public university because it did not comply with 1 or
more requirements under subsection (1) are unappropriated and
reappropriated for performance funding to those public universities
that meet the requirements under subsection (1), distributed in
proportion to their performance funding appropriation amounts under
section 236.
(3) The state budget director shall report to the house and
senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education and the
house
and senate fiscal agencies by September 30, 2015, 2016,
regarding any performance funding amounts that are not paid to a
public university because it did not comply with 1 or more
requirements under subsection (1) and any reappropriation of funds
under subsection (2).
(4) Performance funding amounts described in section 236 are
distributed based on the following formula:
(a) Proportional to each university's share of total
operations funding appropriated in fiscal year 2010-2011, 50%.
(b) (a)
Based on weighted undergraduate
completions in
critical
skills areas, 22.2%.11.1%.
(c) (b)
Based on research and development
expenditures, for
universities classified in Carnegie classifications as
doctoral/research universities, research universities (high
research activity), or research universities (very high research
activity)
only, 11.1%.5.6%.
(d) (c)
Based on 6-year graduation rate,
total degree
completions, and institutional support as a percentage of core
expenditures, and the percentage of students receiving Pell grants,
scored against national Carnegie classification peers and weighted
by
total undergraduate fiscal year equated students, 66.7%.33.3%.
(5) For purposes of determining the score of a university
under
subsection (4)(c), (4)(d),
each university is assigned 1 of
the following scores:
(a) A university classified as in the top 20%, a score of 3.
(b) A university classified as above national median, a score
of 2.
(c) A university classified as improving, a score of 2. It is
the
intent of the legislature that, beginning in the 2016-2017
2017-2018 state fiscal year, a university classified as improving
is assigned a score of 1.
(d) A university that is not included in subdivision (a), (b),
or (c), a score of 0.
(6)
For purposes of As used in
this section, "Carnegie
classification"
shall mean means the basic classification of the
university according to the most recent version prior to February
1, 2016 of the Carnegie classification of institutions of higher
education, published by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching.
Sec. 267. All public universities shall submit the amount of
tuition and fees actually charged to a full-time resident
undergraduate
student for academic year 2015-2016 2016-2017 as part
of their higher education institutional data inventory (HEIDI) data
by August 31 of each year. A public university shall report any
revisions
for any semester of the reported academic year 2015-2016
2016-2017 tuition and fee charges to HEIDI within 15 days of being
adopted.
Sec.
268. (1) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016,
2017, it is the intent of the legislature that funds be allocated
for unfunded North American Indian tuition waiver costs incurred by
public universities under 1976 PA 174, MCL 390.1251 to 390.1253,
from the general fund.
(2) By February 15 of each year, the department of civil
rights shall annually submit to the state budget director, the
house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education,
and the house and senate fiscal agencies a report on North American
Indian tuition waivers for the preceding fiscal year that includes,
but
is not limited to, all of the following information: for
each
postsecondary
institution:
(a)
The total number of waiver applications received and the
number of waiver applications approved.
(b) For each university submitting information under
subsection (3), all of the following:
(i) The number of graduate and undergraduate North American
Indian students enrolled each term for the previous fiscal year.
(ii) (b)
The total number of North American Indian waivers
granted
each term and the monetary value of each waiver.the waivers
for the previous fiscal year.
(iii) (c)
The number of graduate and undergraduate students
attending
under a North American Indian tuition waiver who withdraw
withdrew
from classes.the university during the previous fiscal
year.
(iv) (d)
The number of graduate and undergraduate students
attending under a North American Indian tuition waiver who
successfully complete a degree or certificate program, separated by
degree
or certificate level, and the 6-year
graduation rate for
graduate and undergraduate students attending under a North
American Indian tuition waiver who complete a degree within 150% of
the normal time to complete, separated by the level of the degree.
(3) A public university that receives funds under section 236
shall provide to the department of civil rights any information
necessary for preparing the report detailed in subsection (2),
using guidelines and procedures developed by the department of
civil rights.
(4) The department of civil rights may consolidate the report
required under this section with the report required under section
223, but a consolidated report must separately identify data for
universities and data for community colleges.
Sec.
269. For fiscal year 2015-2016, 2016-2017,
from the
amount appropriated in section 236 to Central Michigan University
for operations, $29,700.00 shall be paid to Saginaw Chippewa Tribal
College for the costs of waiving tuition for North American Indians
under 1976 PA 174, MCL 390.1251 to 390.1253.
Sec.
270. For fiscal year 2015-2016, 2016-2017,
from the
amount appropriated in section 236 to Lake Superior State
University for operations, $100,000.00 shall be paid to Bay Mills
Community College for the costs of waiving tuition for North
American Indians under 1976 PA 174, MCL 390.1251 to 390.1253.
Sec. 274. It is the intent of the legislature that public and
private organizations that conduct human embryonic stem cell
derivation subject to section 27 of article I of the state
constitution of 1963 will provide information to the director of
the
department of health and human services by December 1, 2015
2016 that includes all of the following:
(a) Documentation that the organization conducting human
embryonic stem cell derivation is conducting its activities in
compliance with the requirements of section 27 of article I of the
state constitution of 1963 and all relevant National Institutes of
Health guidelines pertaining to embryonic stem cell derivation.
(b) A list of all human embryonic stem cell lines submitted by
the organization to the National Institutes of Health for inclusion
in the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry before and during fiscal
year
2014-2015, 2015-2016, and the status of each submission as
approved, pending approval, or review completed but not yet
accepted.
(c) Number of human embryonic stem cell lines derived and not
submitted for inclusion in the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry,
before
and during fiscal year 2014-2015.2015-2016.
Sec.
274c. By February 1, 2016, 2017,
each university
receiving funds under section 236 shall report to the senate and
house appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the senate
and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on its
efforts to develop and implement sexual assault response training
for the university's title IX coordinator, campus law enforcement
personnel, campus public safety personnel, and any other campus
personnel charged with responding to on-campus incidents, including
information on sexual assault response training materials and the
status of implementing sexual assault response training for campus
personnel.
Sec. 275. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that each
public university that receives an appropriation in section 236 do
all of the following:
(a) Meet the provisions of section 5003 of the post-911
veterans
educational assistance act of 2008, 38 USC 3301 to 3324,
3325,
including voluntary participation in
the yellow ribbon GI
education
enhancement program Yellow
Ribbon GI Education
Enhancement Program established in that act in 38 USC 3317. By
October 1 of each year, each public university shall report to the
house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education,
the
house and senate fiscal agencies, and the presidents council,
state
universities of Michigan Michigan
Association of State
Universities on whether or not it has chosen to participate in the
yellow
ribbon GI education enhancement program. Yellow Ribbon GI
Education Enhancement Program. If at any time during the fiscal
year
a university participating in the yellow ribbon program Yellow
Ribbon
Program chooses to leave the yellow
ribbon program, Yellow
Ribbon Program, it shall notify the house and senate appropriations
subcommittees on higher education, the house and senate fiscal
agencies,
and the presidents council, state universities of
Michigan.Michigan Association of State Universities.
(b) Establish an on-campus veterans' liaison to provide
information and assistance to all student veterans.
(c) Provide flexible enrollment application deadlines for all
veterans.
(d) Include in its admission application process a specific
question as to whether an applicant for admission is a veteran, an
active
member of the military, a member of the national guard
National Guard or military reserves, or the spouse or dependent of
a
veteran, active member of the military, or member of the national
guard
National Guard or military reserves, in order to more quickly
identify potential educational assistance available to that
applicant.
(e) Consider all veterans residents of this state for
determining their tuition rates and fees.
(f) Waive enrollment fees for all veterans.
(2) By October 1 of each year, each public university shall
report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on
higher education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the
department of military and veterans affairs regarding services
provided specifically to veterans and active military duty
personnel, including, but not limited to, the services described in
subsection (1).
(3) As used in this section, "veteran" means an honorably
discharged veteran entitled to educational assistance under the
provisions of section 5003 of the post-911 veterans educational
assistance
act of 2008, 38 USC 3301 to 3324.3325.
Sec. 276. (1) Included in the appropriation for fiscal year
2015-2016
2016-2017 for each public university in section 236 is
funding for the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks
future faculty program that is intended to increase the pool of
academically or economically disadvantaged candidates pursuing
faculty teaching careers in postsecondary education. Preference may
not be given to applicants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity,
gender, or national origin. Institutions should encourage
applications from applicants who would otherwise not adequately be
represented in the graduate student and faculty populations. Each
public university shall apply the percentage change applicable to
every public university in the calculation of appropriations in
section 236 to the amount of funds allocated to the future faculty
program.
(2) The program shall be administered by each public
university in a manner prescribed by the workforce development
agency. The workforce development agency shall use a good faith
effort standard to evaluate whether a fellowship is in default.
Sec. 277. (1) Included in the appropriation for fiscal year
2015-2016
2016-2017 for each public university in section 236 is
funding for the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks
college day program that is intended to introduce academically or
economically disadvantaged schoolchildren to the potential of a
college education. Preference may not be given to participants on
the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or national origin.
Public universities should encourage participation from those who
would otherwise not adequately be represented in the student
population.
(2) Individual program plans of each public university shall
include a budget of equal contributions from this program, the
participating public university, the participating school district,
and the participating independent degree-granting college. College
day funds shall not be expended to cover indirect costs. Not more
than 20% of the university match shall be attributable to indirect
costs. Each public university shall apply the percentage change
applicable to every public university in the calculation of
appropriations in section 236 to the amount of funds allocated to
the college day program.
(3) The program described in this section shall be
administered by each public university in a manner prescribed by
the workforce development agency.
Sec.
278. (1) Included in section 236 for fiscal year 2015-
2016
2016-2017 is funding for the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar
Chavez - Rosa Parks select student support services program for
developing academically or economically disadvantaged student
retention programs for 4-year public and independent educational
institutions in this state. Preference may not be given to
participants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or
national origin. Institutions should encourage participation from
those who would otherwise not adequately be represented in the
student population.
(2) An award made under this program to any 1 institution
shall not be greater than $150,000.00, and the amount awarded shall
be matched on a 70% state, 30% college or university basis.
(3) The program described in this section shall be
administered by the workforce development agency.
Sec.
279. (1) Included in section 236 for fiscal year 2015-
2016
2016-2017 is funding for the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar
Chavez - Rosa Parks college/university partnership program between
4-year public and independent colleges and universities and public
community colleges, which is intended to increase the number of
academically or economically disadvantaged students who transfer
from community colleges into baccalaureate programs. Preference may
not be given to participants on the basis of race, color,
ethnicity, gender, or national origin. Institutions should
encourage participation from those who would otherwise not
adequately be represented in the transfer student population.
(2) The grants shall be made under the program described in
this section to Michigan public and independent colleges and
universities. An award to any 1 institution shall not be greater
than $150,000.00, and the amount awarded shall be matched on a 70%
state, 30% college or university basis.
(3) The program described in this section shall be
administered by the workforce development agency.
Sec. 280. (1) Included in the appropriation for fiscal year
2015-2016
2016-2017 for each public university in section 236 is
funding for the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks
visiting professors program which is intended to increase the
number of instructors in the classroom to provide role models for
academically or economically disadvantaged students. Preference may
not be given to participants on the basis of race, color,
ethnicity, gender, or national origin. Public universities should
encourage participation from those who would otherwise not
adequately be represented in the student population.
(2) The program described in this section shall be
administered by the workforce development agency.
Sec. 281. (1) Included in the appropriation for fiscal year
2015-2016
2016-2017 in section 236 is funding under the Martin
Luther King, Jr. - Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks initiative for the
Morris Hood, Jr. educator development program which is intended to
increase the number of academically or economically disadvantaged
students who enroll in and complete K-12 teacher education programs
at the baccalaureate level. Preference may not be given to
participants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or
national origin. Institutions should encourage participation from
those who would otherwise not adequately be represented in the
teacher education student population.
(2) The program described in this section shall be
administered by each state-approved teacher education institution
in a manner prescribed by the workforce development agency.
(3) Approved teacher education institutions may and are
encouraged to use student support services funding in coordination
with the Morris Hood, Jr. funding to achieve the goals of the
program described in this section.
Sec. 282. Each institution receiving funds for fiscal year
2015-2016
2016-2017 under section 278, 279, or 281 shall notify the
workforce
development agency by April 15, 2016 2017 as to whether
it will expend by the end of its fiscal year the funds received
under section 278, 279, or 281. Notwithstanding the award
limitations in sections 278 and 279, the amount of funding reported
as not being expended will be reallocated to the institutions that
intend to expend all funding received under section 278, 279, or
281.
Sec. 283. (1) From the amount appropriated in section 236, the
public universities shall systematically inform Michigan high
schools regarding the academic status of students from each high
school
in a manner prescribed by the Presidents Council, State
Universities
of Michigan Michigan
Association of State Universities
in cooperation with the Michigan Association of Secondary School
Principals. Public universities shall also work with the center for
educational performance and information to maintain a systematic
approach for accomplishing this task.
(2) Michigan high schools shall systematically inform the
public universities about the use of information received under
this section in a manner prescribed by the Michigan Association of
Secondary
School Principals in cooperation with the Presidents
Council,
State Universities of Michigan.Michigan
Association of
State Universities.
Sec. 284. From the amount appropriated in section 236, the
public universities shall inform Michigan community colleges
regarding the academic status of community college transfer
students
in a manner prescribed by the Presidents Council, State
Universities
of Michigan Michigan
Association of State Universities
in cooperation with the Michigan Community College Association.
Public universities shall also work with the center for educational
performance and information to maintain a systematic approach for
accomplishing this task.
Sec. 286a. By February 1, 2017, the Michigan Community College
Association, the Michigan Association of State Universities, and
the Michigan Independent Colleges and Universities, on behalf of
their member colleges and universities, shall submit to the senate
and house appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on community
colleges, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state
budget director a comprehensive report detailing the number of
academic program partnerships between public community colleges,
public universities, and private colleges and universities,
including, but not limited to, the following information:
(a) The names of the baccalaureate degree programs of study
offered by public and private universities on community college
campuses.
(b) The names of the articulation agreements for baccalaureate
degree programs of study between public community colleges, public
universities, and private colleges and universities.
(c) The number of students enrolled and number of degrees
awarded through articulation agreements, and the number of courses
offered, number of students enrolled, and number of degrees awarded
through on-campus programs named in subdivision (a) from July 1,
2015 through June 30, 2016.
Sec. 289. (1) The auditor general shall periodically audit
higher education institutional data inventory (HEIDI) data
submitted by all public universities under section 241 and may
perform audits of selected public universities if determined
necessary. The audits shall be based upon the definitions,
requirements, and uniform reporting categories established by the
state budget director in consultation with the HEIDI advisory
committee. The auditor general shall submit a report of findings to
the house and senate appropriations committees and the state budget
director no later than July 1 of each year an audit takes place.
(2) Student credit hours reports shall not include the
following:
(a) Student credit hours generated through instructional
activity by faculty or staff in classrooms located outside
Michigan, with the exception of instructional activity related to
study-abroad programs or field programs.
(b) Student credit hours generated through distance learning
instruction for students not eligible for the public university's
in-state main campus resident tuition rate. However, in instances
where a student is enrolled in distance education and non-distance
education credit hours in a given term and the student's non-
distance education enrollment is at a campus or site located within
Michigan, student credit hours per the student's eligibility for
in-state or out-of-state tuition rates may be reported.
(c) Student credit hours generated through credit by
examination.
(d) Student credit hours generated through inmate prison
programs regardless of teaching location.
(e) Student credit hours generated in new degree programs
created on or after January 1, 1975 and before January 1, 2013,
that were not specifically authorized for funding by the
legislature, except spin-off programs converted from existing core
programs, and student credit hours generated in any new degree
programs created after January 1, 2013, that are specifically
excluded from reporting by the legislature under this section.
(3) "Distance learning instruction" as used in subsection (2)
means instruction that occurs solely in other than a traditional
classroom setting where the student and instructor are in the same
physical location and for which a student receives course credits
and is charged tuition and fees. Examples of distance learning
instruction are instruction delivered solely through the internet,
cable television, teleconference, or mail.
Sec.
290. By March 1 of each year, the presidents council,
state
universities of Michigan Michigan
Association of State
Universities shall provide a listing of new degree programs for
which enrollment information will be reported to HEIDI under
sections 241 and 289, as well as a listing of degree programs that
institutions of higher education will no longer offer in subsequent
academic years, to the house and senate appropriations
subcommittees on higher education, the house and senate fiscal
agencies, and the state budget director.
Enacting section 1. In accordance with section 30 of article
IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending from
state sources for higher education for fiscal year 2016-2017 under
article III of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL
388.1836 to 388.1893, as amended by this amendatory act, is
estimated at $1,481,114,000.00 and the amount of that state
spending from state sources to be paid to local units of government
for fiscal year 2016-2017 is estimated at $0.
Enacting section 2. Sections 236d, 239a, and 293 of the state
school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1836d, 388.1839a, and
388.1893, are repealed effective October 1, 2016.
Enacting section 3. (1) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (2), this amendatory act takes effect October 1, 2016.
(2) Section 236d of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA
94, MCL 388.1836d, as added by this amendatory act, takes effect
upon enactment of this amendatory act.