SENATE BILL NO. 363
EXECUTIVE BUDGET BILL
February 23, 1999, Introduced by Senators BENNETT, STEIL, GOUGEON,
GOSCHKA and MC MANUS and referred to the Committee on
Appropriations.
A bill to make appropriations for the department of education and
certain other purposes relating to education for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2000 to provide for the expenditure of the
appropriations; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state
departments, school districts, and other governmental bodies; and to
provide for the disposition of fees and other income received by
certain legal entities and state agencies.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this bill, the
amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department of
education for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, from the funds
indicated in this part. The following is a summary of the
appropriations in this part:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:
Full-time equated unclassified positions . . . . . . .6.0
Full-time equated classified positions . . . . 542.6
GROSS APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . $ 983,215,900
Total interdepartmental grants and
intradepartmental transfers. . . . . . . 1,056,700
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . $ 982,159,200
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues. . . . . . . 910,165,900
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues. . . . . . . . 6,244,300
Total private revenues. . . . . . . 587,300
Total state restricted revenues . . . . . . . 27,294,700
State general fund/general purpose. . . . . . . . $ 37,867,000
Sec. 102. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION/OFFICE OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT
Full-time equated unclassified positions . . . . . . .6.0
Full-time equated classified positions . . . . .16.0
State board of education, per diem payments . . . . . . $ 19,400 Unclassified positions. . . . . . . 505,500 State board/superintendent operations--16.0
FTE positions . . . . . . 2,369,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . $ 2,894,400
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues. . . . . . . 567,000
Special revenue funds:
Private revenues. . . . . . . 8,000
State general fund/general purpose. . . . . . . . $ 2,319,400
. . . . . .Sec. 103. CENTRAL
SUPPORT
Full-time equated classified positions . . . . . . 56.2
Central support--47.2 FTE positions . . . . . . . $ 5,369,500 Worker's compensation. . . . . . . 76,500
Education commission of the states. . . . . . . . 92,700
Building occupancy charges - property management
services . . . . . . 1,285,200
Training and orientation workshops. . . . . . . . 100,000
Terminal leave payments . . . . . . 500,000
State tenure commission, per diem . . . . . . 11,100
Administrative law operations--9.0 FTE positions. . . . . . 817,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . $ 8,252,000
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Interdepartmental grant from consumer and
industry services. . . . . . . 2,300
Interdepartmental grant from career development . . . . . . 1,200
Interdepartmental grant from treasury . . . . . . 900
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues. . . . . . . 4,082,200
Special revenue funds:
Local cost sharing. . . . . . 60,800
Certification fees. . . . . . 139,700
Commodity distribution fees . . . . . . 4,500
Driver fees . . . . . . . 17,800
Motorcycle license fees . . . . . . 3,500
Private occupational school license fees. . . . . . . . 12,800
Safety education fund . . . . . . . 2,100
School loan exception fees. . . . . . . 32,900
Teacher testing fees. . . . . . . . 8,000
Training and orientation workshop fees. . . . . . 100,000
State general fund/general purpose. . . . . . . . $ 3,783,300
. . . . Sec. 104. SCHOOL
SUPPORT SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions . . . . .41.4
School support operations--41.4 FTE positions . . . . . . . $ 4,847,400 GROSS APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . $ 4,847,400 Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues. . . . . . . 3,879,500
Special revenue funds:
Commodity distribution fees . . . . . . 41,300
Driver fees . . . . . . . 470,400
Motorcycle license fees . . . . . . 136,700
Safety education fund . . . . . . . 115,300
State general fund/general purpose. . . . . . . . $ 204,200
. . . . . .Sec. 105. DATA AND
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions . . . . .37.2
Data and technology operations--37.2 positions. . . . . . . $ 6,421,700
GROSS APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . $ 6,421,700
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Interdepartmental grant from consumer and
industry services. . . . . . . 402,300
Interdepartmental grant from career development . . . . . . 100,000
Interdepartmental grant from treasury . . . . . . 100,000
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues . . . . . . . 3,198,000
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees. . . . . . 250,900
Driver fees . . . . . . . 10,600
State general fund/general purpose. . . . . . . . $ 2,359,900
. . . . Sec. 106. STANDARDS,
ASSESSMENT, AND ACCREDITATION SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions . . . . .44.7
Standards, assessment, and accreditation
operations--44.7 FTE positions . . . . . . . $ 3,548,300
Test development and administration . . . . . . . 13,002,100 GROSS APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . $ 16,550,400
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues. . . . . . . 780,800
Special revenue funds:
Michigan merit award trust fund . . . . . . . 13,002,100
State general fund/general purpose. . . . . . . . $ 2,767,500
. . . . Sec. 107. SPECIAL
EDUCATION SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions . . . . .55.6
Special education operations--55.6 FTE positions. . . . . . $ 6,313,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . $ 6,313,800
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues. . . . . . . 6,150,100
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees. . . . . . 19,500
State general fund/general purpose. . . . . . . . $ 144,200
. . . . Sec. 108. LANSING,
MICHIGAN SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND FORMER SITE
General services. . . . . . . $ 1,227,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . $ 1,227,000
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Interdepartmental grant from corrections
academy lease. . . . . . 450,000
Special revenue funds:
Private gifts, bequests, and donations. . . . . . 10,000 Lansing, Michigan school for the blind rent. . . . . . 767,000
State general fund/general purpose. . . . . . . . $ 0
. . . . . .Sec. 109. MICHIGAN
SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND
Full-time equated classified positions . . . . 120.3
Michigan schools for the deaf and blind
operations--117.0 FTE positions. . . . . . . $ 10,876,700
Technical resource and reproduction center. . . . . . . 1,100,000
Summer institute. . . . . . . 312,100
Michigan deaf/blind center--2.3 FTE positions . . . . . . . 306,400
Camp Tuhsmeheta - 1.0 FTE position. . . . . . . . 250,100
Private gifts - blind . . . . . . . 90,000
Private gifts - deaf. . . . . . . . 50,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . $ 12,985,300
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues. . . . . . . 2,420,800
Special revenue funds:
Local cost sharing (schools for blind/deaf) . . . . . . 6,080,900
Local school district service fees. . . . . . . . 102,600
Private gifts, bequests, and donations. . . . . . 460,100
Student insurance revenue . . . . . . . 205,100
State general fund/general purpose. . . . . . . . $ 3,715,800
. . . . . .Sec. 110. CAREER,
CURRICULUM, AND POSTSECONDARY SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions . . . . .73.9
Career and curriculum operations--51.9 FTE
positions. . . . . . . . $ 5,948,000
Postsecondary operations--22.0 FTE positions. . . . . . . . 2,204,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . $ 8,152,400
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues. . . . . . . 5,620,100
Special revenue funds:
Private revenues. . . . . . . 14,400
Defaulted loan collection fees. . . . . . . . 100,000
Private occupational school license fees. . . . . . . . 255,500
State general fund/general purpose. . . . . . . . $ 2,162,400
. . . . Sec. 111.
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions . . . . .26.5
Professional preparation operations--
26.5 FTE positions . . . . . . $ 3,104,100
Teacher quality enhancement . . . . . . 2,500,000
Department of attorney general. . . . . . . . 50,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . $ 5,654,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues. . . . . . . 2,716,700
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees. . . . . . 2,681,900
Teacher testing fees. . . . . . . . 255,500
State general fund/general purpose. . . . . . . . $ 0
. . . . . .Sec. 112. FIELD
SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions . . . . .41.0
Field services operations--41.0 FTE positions . . . . . . . $ 3,922,900 GROSS APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . $ 3,922,900
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues. . . . . . . 3,511,500
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose. . . . . . . . $ 411,400
. . . . Sec. 113. INNOVATION
AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions . . . . .29.8
Innovation and community services
operations--29.8 FTE positions . . . . . . . $ 3,310,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . $ 3,310,000
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues. . . . . . . 2,442,100
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose. . . . . . . . $ 867,900
. . . . Sec. 114. GRANTS AND
DISTRIBUTIONS
FEDERAL PROGRAMS:
Adult basic education . . . . . . . $ 10,024,100
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
education grants . . . . . . . 600,000
Class size reduction grants . . . . . . 50,275,700
Competitive child care and development. . . . . . 500,000
Drug-free schools grant . . . . . . 16,758,400
Eisenhower mathematics and science grants . . . . . . . 12,940,000
Emergency immigrant . . . . . . . . 1,455,000
Gear-up grants. . . . . . . . 2,000,000
Goals 2000 grants . . . . . . 17,082,200
Handicapped infants and toddlers. . . . . . . 16,000,000
Homeless children and youth . . . . . . 1,041,000
Job training partnership act. . . . . . 7,952,700
Michigan charter school subgrant program. . . . . . . . 5,000,000
Migrant technology. . . . . . 576,300
Preschool grants (PL 94-142). . . . . . 12,400,000
School-age child care grants. . . . . . 301,500
School lunch program - federal share. . . . . . . 237,300,000
School-to-work. . . . . . . . 1,800,000
Serve America grants. . . . . . . . 840,000
Special education . . . . . . 20,089,800
Statewide systemic initiative grant . . . . . . . 50,000
Surplus commodity . . . . . . 2,506,000
Technology literacy challenge grant . . . . . . . 17,784,300
Title I, disadvantaged children . . . . . . . 346,000,000
Title I, even start . . . . . . . . 5,300,000
Title I, migrant. . . . . . . 12,000,000
Title I, comprehensive school reform. . . . . . . 5,889,200
Title VI, innovative strategies . . . . . . . 13,480,900
Vocational education act of 1963. . . . . . . 39,500,000 STATE PROGRAMS:
Christa McAuliffe grants. . . . . . . . 94,800
Driver education. . . . . . . 7,600,000
School readiness grants . . . . . . 12,083,000
Motorcycle safety education . . . . . . 867,300
National board certification. . . . . . 20,000
Off-road vehicle safety training grant. . . . . . 194,300
Reading plan for Michigan grants. . . . . . . 17,350,000
School lunch and breakfast. . . . . . . 6,728,000
Fast track program. . . . . . 300,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . $ 902,684,500
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Federal revenues:
DAG-FCS, national school lunch. . . . . . . . 237,300,000
DAG, the emergency food assistance program. . . . . . . 2,506,000
DED, grants and contracts service, school-to-work . . . . . . . . 1,800,000
DED-OBEMLA, emergency immigrant education
assistance . . . . . . . 1,455,000
DED-OESE, charter schools . . . . . . . 5,000,000
DED-OESE, class size reduction. . . . . . . . 50,275,700
DED-OESE, drug-free schools and communities . . . . . . 16,758,400
DED-OESE, gear-up . . . . . . 2,000,000
DED-OESE, goals 2000. . . . . . . . 22,082,200
DED-OESE, Eisenhower mathematics and
science administration . . . . . . 12,940,000
DED-OESE, migrant technology. . . . . . 576,300
DED-OESE, reading excellence act. . . . . . . 12,350,000
DED-OESE, technology literacy challenge fund. . . . . . . . 17,784,300
DED-OESE, title I, disadvantaged children . . . . . . . 346,000,000
DED-OESE, title I, even start . . . . . . . . 5,300,000
DED-OESE, title I, migrant education. . . . . . . 12,000,000
DED-OESE, title I, comprehensive school reform. . . . . . . 5,031,900 DED-OESE, title VI, innovative strategies. . . . . . . . . . 13,480,900
DED-OESE, title X, comprehensive school reform. . . . . . . 857,300
DED-OSERS, handicapped infants and toddlers . . . . . . 16,000,000
DED-OSERS, handicapped preschool incentive grants . . . . . . . . 12,400,000
DED-OSERS, handicapped program, individuals
with disabilities act. . . . . . . 20,089,800
DED-OVAE, adult education, state
administered program . . . . . . . 10,024,100 DED-OVAE, basic grants to states . . . . . . 39,500,000
DED-OVAE, homeless children and youth . . . . . . 1,041,000
DOL, job training partnership act . . . . . . 7,952,700
HHS-ACF, at-risk child care . . . . . . 500,000
HHS-CDC, AIDS education . . . . . . 600,000
HHS-ACF, dependent care block grant . . . . . . . 301,500
National science foundation . . . . . . 50,000
Corporation for national and community service. . . . . . . 840,000
Special revenue funds:
Private revenues. . . . . . . 94,800
Driver fees . . . . . . . 7,600,000
Motorcycle license fees . . . . . . 867,300
Safety education fund . . . . . . . 194,300
State general fund/general purpose. . . . . . . . $ 19,131,000
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 201. (1) Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state
constitution of 1963, total state spending under part 1 for fiscal year
1999-2000 is $65,161,700.00 and state appropriations to be paid to
local units of government are as follows:
GRANTS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
STATE PROGRAMS:
Driver education. . . . . . . $ 7,600,000
School readiness grants . . . . . . 12,083,000
Motorcycle safety education . . . . . . 867,300
Off-road vehicle safety training grant. . . . . . 194,300
School lunch and breakfast. . . . . . . 6,728,000
TOTAL . . . . . . . $ 27,472,600
(2) If it appears to the principal executive officer of a
department or branch that state spending to local units of government
will be less than the amount that was projected to be expended under
subsection (1), the principal executive officer shall immediately give
notice of the approximate shortfall to the state budget director.
Sec. 202. The expenditures and funding sources authorized under
this bill are subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.
Sec. 203. (1) Beginning October 1, 1999, a hiring freeze is imposed
on the state classified civil service. State departments and agencies
are prohibited from hiring any new full-time state classified civil
service employees and prohibited from filling any vacant state
classified civil service positions. This hiring freeze does not apply
to internal transfers of classified employees from one position to
another within a department or to positions that are funded with 80% or
more federal or restricted funds.
(2) The state budget director shall grant exceptions to this hiring
freeze when the state budget director believes that the hiring freeze
will result in rendering a state department or agency unable to deliver
basic services.
Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill departments
and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for the 1% charge
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. As used in this bill:
(a) "DAG" means the United States department of agriculture.
(b) "DAG-FCS" means the DAG food and consumer service.
(c) "DED" means the United States department of education.
(d) "DED-OBEMLA" means the DED office of bilingual education and
minority languages affairs.
(e) "DED-OERI" means the DED office of educational research and
improvement.
(f) "DED-OESE" means the DED office of elementary and secondary education.
(g) "DED-OPSE" means the DED office of postsecondary education.
(h) "DED-OSERS" means the DED office of special education and
rehabilitative services.
(i) "DED-OVAE" means the DED office of vocational and adult
education.
(j) "Department" means the Michigan department of education.
(k) "District" means a local school district as defined in section
6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.6.
(l) "DOL" means the United States department of labor.
(m) "DOL-ETA" means the DOL employment and training act.
(n) "HHS" means the United States department of health and human
services.
(o) "HHS-ACF" means the HHS administration for children and
families.
(p) "HHS-CDCP" means the HHS center for disease control and
prevention.
(q) "HHS-OHDS" means the HHS office of human development services.
(r) "RPM" means reading plan for Michigan.
Sec. 206. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $10,000,000.00 for
federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item in
this bill 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 bill 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 bill 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 bill under
section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL
18.1393.
Sec. 207. The department may carry into the succeeding fiscal year
unexpended federal pass-through funds to local institutions and
governments that do not require additional state matching funds.
Federal pass-through funds to local institutions and governments that
are received in amounts in addition to those included in part 1 and
that do not require additional state matching funds are appropriated
for the purposes intended.
Sec. 208. The department shall provide the state budget director
and the senate and house fiscal agencies with copies of the state board
of education agenda and all supporting documents at the time the agenda
and supporting documents are provided to state board of education
members.
Sec. 209. Money in the school loan exception fee fund that is
unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the
general fund but shall be carried over to the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 210. The department is appropriated an amount not to exceed
$100,000.00 from collection of defaulted loans in the Martin Luther
King, Jr. - Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks programs to offset costs of administering the loan collections.
STATE BOARD/OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
Sec. 301. (1) The appropriations in part 1 for state board of
education, per diem payments may be used for payments to members of
boards, committees, and commissions for each day's board, committee, or
commission work at which a quorum is present; for attending a hearing
as authorized by the respective board, committee, or commission; or for
performing official business as authorized by the respective board,
committee, or commission. 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
(c) State tenure commission - member . . . . . . . $ 50.00 per day
(2) A state board of education member shall not be paid a per diem
for more than 24 days per year.
(3) The administrative secretary of the state board of education
shall report to the public, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and
the state budget director the previous quarter's expenses by fund
source for members of the state board of education related to the
performance of their responsibilities.
Sec. 302. (1) From the amount appropriated in part 1 to the state
board of education, not more than $27,500.00 shall be expended for
travel.
(2) The state board of education shall not expend amounts for
travel appropriated from DED-OVAE, basic grants to states.
Sec. 303. (1) From the amount appropriated in part 1 for innovation
and community service operations, there is allocated $500,000.00 and
5.0 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.
(2) From the amount appropriated in part 1 for state
board/superintendent operations, there is allocated up to $250,000.00
to fund an exchange program between teachers in Michigan school
districts and public school academies and teachers in Michigan's sister
state of Shiga in Japan.
TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Sec. 401. Included in the appropriation for technology and
information services in part 1 is $50,000.00 to publish and distribute
the Michigan school report.
Sec. 402. The department shall coordinate with the Michigan
information center on the development of an educational information
system.
STANDARDS, ASSESSMENT, AND ACCREDITATION SERVICES
Sec. 501. (1) From the allocations in part 1 for test development
and administration, the department shall provide tests to nonpublic
schools and home-schooled students upon request. The department shall
notify nonpublic schools that they are eligible to receive the tests
without cost to them.
(2) The department shall release test results at the same time to
all private schools and public school districts taking the tests.
MICHIGAN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND
Sec. 601. The employees at the Michigan schools for the deaf and
blind who work on a school year basis shall be considered annual
employees for purposes of service credits, retirement, and insurance
benefits.
Sec. 602. 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. 603. (1) The department may assess rent to any state
government agency for the use of facilities at the Michigan school for
the blind's former site in Lansing. The rental rates and all leasing
arrangements shall be subject to the approval of the department of
management and budget. In addition, the facilities at the Lansing site
may also be available for rent to private or publicly funded
organizations.
(2) In addition to those funds appropriated in part 1, the
department may receive and expend additional funds from lease
agreements at the Michigan school for the blind's former site in
Lansing that have been negotiated with the approval of the department
of management and budget. These funds are appropriated to the
department for operation, maintenance, and renovation expenses
associated with the leased space.
(3) The unexpended balances of appropriations and any surplus
restricted revenue for Michigan school for the blind's former site in
Lansing shall not lapse to the state general fund at the end of the
fiscal year. Any unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining on
September 30, 2000, shall be carried forward as a work project or as
restricted revenue and expended for special maintenance and repairs of
facilities at the Michigan school for the blind's former site in
Lansing. The work shall be carried out by state employees, or by
contract as necessary, at an estimated cost of $100,000.00. The
estimated completion date of the work is September 30, 2001.
Sec. 604. (1) The department may assess rent or lease excess
property located on the campus of the Michigan schools for the deaf and
blind in Flint to private or publicly funded organizations.
(2) In addition to those funds appropriated in part 1, the
department may receive and expend additional funds from lease
agreements at the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind Flint campus
that have been negotiated with the approval of the department of
management and budget. These funds are appropriated to the department
for the operation, maintenance, and renovation expenses associated with
the leased space.
(3) Proceeds from the sale of surplus property and facilities at
the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind or at camp Tuhsmeheta are
hereby appropriated for the purposes of repairs, renovations, and
maintenance of the Flint campus.
(4) The unexpended balances of appropriations for school for deaf
and blind operations, and from proceeds of the sale of surplus property
and facilities at the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind and at
camp Tuhsmeheta shall not lapse to the state general fund at the end of
the fiscal year. Any unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining on
September 30, 2000, shall be carried forward as a work project or as
restricted revenue and expended for special maintenance and repairs of
facilities at the campus of the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind
in Flint. The work shall be carried out by state employees, or by
contract as necessary, at an estimated cost of $250,000.00. The
estimated completion date of the work is September 30, 2001.
Sec. 605. 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.
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION SERVICES
Sec. 701. 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.
GRANTS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Sec. 801. The department shall disburse the funds to a general fund
grantee in accordance with the same standards of timing and amount that
apply to disbursements made by the department to a federal fund
grantee. The disbursement shall be restricted to the minimum amount
needed for immediate disbursement by the grantee. The department may
waive this section if extenuating circumstances warrant and are
substantiated in the grantee's application or other appropriate
documentation. A waiver granted pursuant to this section shall not be
effective until 15 days after written notice of the proposed waiver is
given to the state budget director and the chairpersons of the senate
and house appropriations subcommittees having jurisdiction over the
department budget.
Sec. 802. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for school breakfast
programs shall be made available to all eligible applicant public
school districts and public school academies as follows:
(a) The district or public school academy participates in the
federal school breakfast program and meets all standards as prescribed
by 7 C.F.R. parts 220 and 245.
(b) Payment is made for each breakfast served meeting standards
prescribed in subdivision (a).
(c) The payment for a district or public school academy is at a per
meal rate equal to the lesser of the district's or public school
academy's actual cost, or 100% of the cost of a breakfast served by an
efficiently operated breakfast program as determined by the department,
less federal reimbursement, participant payments, and other state
reimbursement. Determination of efficient cost by the department shall be determined by using a statistical sampling of
statewide and regional cost as reported in a manner approved by the
department for the preceding school year.
(d) The payment determined under subdivision (c) is prorated if the
appropriation in part 1 is not sufficient to fund all payments
determined under this section.
Sec. 803. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for school readiness
programs shall be made available through a competitive application
process as follows:
(a) An applicant may be any public or private nonprofit legal
entity or agency other than a local or intermediate school district
except a local or intermediate school district acting as a fiscal agent
for a child caring organization regulated under 1973 PA 116, MCL
722.111 to 722.128.
(b) Applications shall be submitted in a form and manner as
required by the department.
(c) Applications shall be reviewed by a diverse interagency
committee composed of representatives of the department, appropriate
community, volunteer, and social service agencies and organizations,
and parents.
(d) Priority in the recommendation for awarding of grants by the
state board of education to applicants shall be based upon the
following criteria:
(i) Compliance with standards for early childhood development
consistent with programs for 4-year-olds, as approved by the state
board of education.
(ii) Active and continuous involvement of the parents or guardians
of the children participating in the program.
(iii) Employment of teachers possessing proper training in early
childhood development, including an early childhood (ZA) endorsement or child development associate, and trained support staff.
(iv) Evidence of collaboration with the community of providers in
early childhood development programs including documentation of the
total number of children in the community who would meet the criteria
established in subparagraph (vi), and who are being served by other
providers, and the number of children who will remain unserved by other
community early childhood programs if this program is funded.
(v) The extent to which these funds will supplement other federal,
state, local, or private funds.
(vi) The extent to which these funds will be targeted to children
who will be at least 4, but less than 5, years of age as of December 1
of the year in which the programs are offered and who show evidence of
2 or more "at-risk" factors as defined in the state board of education
report entitled, "Children At Risk" that was adopted by the state board
on April 5, 1988.
(e) Whether the application contains a comprehensive evaluation
plan that includes implementation of all program components required
and an assessment of the gains of children participating in an early
childhood development program.
(f) Applications shall provide for the establishment of a school
readiness advisory committee that shall be involved in the planning and
evaluation of the program and provides for the involvement of parents
and appropriate community, volunteer, and social service agencies and
organizations. There shall be on the committee at least 1 parent or
guardian of a program participant for every 18 children enrolled in the
program, with a minimum of 2 parent or guardian representatives. The
committee shall do all of the following:
(i) Review the mechanisms and criteria used to determine referrals
for participation in the school readiness program.
(ii) Review the health screening program for all participants.
(iii) Review the nutritional services provided to all participants.
(iv) Review the mechanisms in place for the referral of families to
community social service agencies, as appropriate.
(v) Review the collaboration with and the involvement of
appropriate community, volunteer, and social service agencies and
organizations in addressing all aspects of education disadvantage.
(vi) Review, evaluate, and make recommendations for changes in the
school readiness program.
(g) More than 50% of the children participating in the program
shall meet the income eligibility criteria for free or reduced price
lunch, as determined under the national school lunch act, chapter 281,
60 Stat. 230, 42 U.S.C. 1751 to 1753, 1755 to 1761, 1762a, 1765 to
1766b, and 1769 to 1769h, or meet income and all other eligibility
criteria for participation in the Michigan family independence agency
unified child day care program.
(2) Grant awards by the state board of education may be at whatever
level the board determines appropriate. A grant, when combined with
other sources of state revenue for this program, shall not exceed
$3,100.00 per child or the cost of the program, whichever is less.
(3) Except as otherwise provided, an applicant that received a
grant under this section in the 1998-1999 fiscal year shall receive
priority for funding in 1999-2000. However, continuation of funding is
contingent on the availability of funds and documented evidence of
grantee compliance with standards for early childhood development
consistent with programs for 4-year-olds, as approved by the state
board of education, and with all operational, fiscal, administrative,
and other program requirements. After 3 years of funding, a program
that received a grant under this section may reapply for funding, but will compete for available funds with other new programs and other
programs also completing their third year of funding under this
section. A program which offers supplementary day care and thereby
offers full-day programs as part of its early childhood development
program shall receive priority in the allocation of these competitive
funds.
Sec. 804. (1) The reading plan for Michigan (RPM) is a series of
elementary education strategies created for the purpose of improving
reading skills of K-3 students so that all students are reading at an
appropriate grade level prior to the start of the fourth grade. The
RPM shall be developed by the department in consultation with the RPM
advisory council as created by Executive Order 1998-4.
(2) In order to implement the RPM, the department shall do at least
all of the following:
(a) Develop a model summer reading program for students who will be
attending grades 1 through 4 in the following school year and who have
demonstrated the need for additional reading skills training, as
evidenced by standardized test results on tests approved by the
department for this purpose. The model reading program shall be in
conformance with the national education goals and shall also meet
criteria for DED-OESE, Title I program funding.
(b) Recommend diagnostic tools and student assessments to local
districts to determine reading readiness and ensure progress in reading
skills.
(c) Develop and disseminate reading readiness kits to parents of
students in preschool and kindergarten to provide parents with
information about how they can prepare their children for reading
success.
(d) Develop and make available a statewide resource guide of public
and private service providers to assist parents in improving their children's reading skills.
(3) The funds appropriated in part 1 for the reading plan for
Michigan grants shall be allocated by the department on a competitive
grant basis to districts, intermediate districts, or consortia of
districts which meet the following criteria:
(a) The district must offer a summer reading program based upon the
model reading program developed by the department pursuant to
subsection (2) beginning after the close of the 1998-99 school year.
(b) The district must identify money from other sources available
to the district which will be used to support at least 50% of the total
costs of the summer reading program.
(4) Applications for funding must be submitted to the department no
later than December 31, 1999. The department shall notify recipients of
the grants no later than March 30, 2000.
(5) Not later than the 2002-2003 school year, a pupil shall not be
promoted to the next grade level at the end of the school year if the
pupil has not met the standards for pupil promotion adopted by the
local school district.
Sec. 805. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for national board
certification, the department shall pay 1/2 of the application fee for
teachers who are deemed by the department by March 1, 1998 to be
qualified to apply to the national board for professional teaching
standards for professional teaching certificates or licenses and to
provide grants to recognize and reward teachers who receive
certification or licensure.
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