FY 2000-01 CAREER DEVELOPMENT BUDGET - H.B. 5274 (C-1): CONFERENCE REPORT


FY 1999-2000 Year-to-Date Gross Appropriation 515,904,700
Changes from FY 1999-2000 Year-to-Date:
Items Included by the Senate and House
1. Adult Education. Pursuant to Executive Order 1999-12 the administration of the adult, technical, and vocational education programs were transferred from the Department of Education. The House and Senate concurred 68,207,600
2. Economic Development Job Training Administrative Staff. The Governor, House, and Senate recommend transferring the 6 FTE's back from the Strategic Fund Agency. 530,000
3. Michigan Technical Education Centers. The House and Senate recommend the elimination of this one time tobacco funding. (75,000,000)
4. Other Changes. The Governor, House, and Senate recommend technical and economic adjustments to account for funding changes in Federal, restricted, and local fund sources. 5,378,100
Conference Agreement on Items of Difference
5. Michigan Community Service Commission. The Governor and House recommend a GF/GP increase for this line for 3 new positions and an increase in rent. The Senate added $1,000,000 in tobacco funds for the Boys and Girls Club of Michigan. Conference concurred with the House. 434,000
6. Centers for Independent Living. The Governor added $500,000 GF/GP. The House added an additional $1,200,000 GF/GP to this line item. The Senate added $305,000 above the Governor. Conference added $250,000 over the Governor. 750,000
7. Personal Assistance Services. The Senate added $400,000. Conference increased this line. 50,000
8. One Stop Service Centers. The House recommended a $1.5 million GF/GP increase to the Job Training Programs Subgrantees for One Stop Service Centers. The Senate recommends reducing the House increase by $100. Conference increased this line. 1,200,000
9. Adult Basic Education Grants. The House added $5,000,000 GF/GP. The Senate did not include this funding. Conference concurred with the Senate. 0
10. Focus Hope. The House increased this line item by $500,000 GF/GP to reflect the FY 1999-2000 supplemental funding. The Senate increased by $25,000 over the House. Conference did not include an increase. 0
11. Council of Michigan Foundation. The Governor recommended placing the $6,000,000 boilerplate appropriation into a line item. The House increased this line by $14,000,000 to provide funding for Community Youth Tobacco Prevention and Smoking Cessation Programs. The Senate increased by $13,000,000 above the Governor. Conference concurred with the Governor. 6,000,000
12. Commission on Spanish Speaking Affairs. Pursuant to E.O. 2000-5, 2.0 FTEs and $211,300 GF/GP were transferred from Civil Rights. The Senate added 2.0 FTEs and $100,000 GF/GP. Conference did not include this line. 0
13. Medicaid Buy-In For the Working Disabled. The Senate added this new line item conditioned upon passage of S.B. 881. Conference did not include this line. 0
14. Welfare to Work. The Senate increased TANF funding for 3 specific organizations. Conference did not include this line. 0
Total Changes $7,549,700
FY 2000-01 Conference Report Gross Appropriation $523,454,400

Amount Over/(Under) GF/GP Target: $0

FY 2000-01 CAREER DEVELOPMENT BUDGET - BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS
Changes from FY 1999-2000 Year to Date:
Items Included by the Senate and House
1. Pre-College Programs in the Engineering and the Sciences. The House and Senate added new language requiring the Department to provide a report on this program including drop-out rates, grade point averages, and enrollment data. (Sec. 310)
2. Employment Service Agency. The Governor recommended deleting language requiring the department to have at least 1 veteran's outreach specialist at each Michigan Works! office. The House and Senate reinstated this language and added new language requiring that appropriate placement of disabled veterans be a priority. (Sec. 312)
3. Enhanced Technical Vocational Training for Welfare Recipients. The Governor, House, and Senate recommended deleting this language.
4. Michigan Works! Centers. The House and Senate recommends adding new language requiring the department to allocate sufficient funding to these centers to allow them to remain operational. (Sec. 309)
Conference Agreement on Items of Difference
5. Welfare-to-Work. The Governor recommended adding language stating that the Work First Program not be construed as an entitlement to services and deleting the section requiring the two departments to establish guidelines for post-employment training. The House and Senate reinstated this language and added language allowing participants to enroll in more than one vocational program for not more than 6 months. (Sec. 305) The Senate added 3 additional sections providing funding to Starfish Family Services ($2,250,000); Michigan Organizing Program in Muskegon ($150,000); and the Warren Conner Development Coalition ($600,000). Conference did not include new Senate sections.
6. Vocational Rehabilitation Facilities. The House added new language stating legislative intent that the local match for facilities increase from 21.3% to 27% for FY 2001-2002. The Senate retained the current year language. Conference concurred with the Senate. (Sec 303)
7. Michigan Council of Foundations. The House added language requiring $10,000,000 allocated for youth and senior needs and $10,000,000 allocated to support community youth tobacco prevention and smoking cessation programs. The Senate reduced amount for Health and Senior needs to $9,000,000. Conference revised current year language. (Sec. 315)
8. Independent Living Centers. The Governor, House and Senate recommended deleting language requiring that a portion of the funding be distributed to the Center in Marquette county. The Senate recommended additional data on the number of persons served be included in the report. Conference concurred with the Senate and added a report on personal assistance services. (Sec. 304)
9. King-Chavez-Parks Initiative. The House included all of the boilerplate from the Higher Education budget regarding this program and added new language requiring the Department to report employment outcomes for the Future Faculty Program. The Senate maintained language on Future Faculty Report but did not include Higher Education language. Conference concurred with the House. (Secs. 320-331)
10. Adult Basic Education. The House added new language requiring that the GF/GP funding appropriated in part 1 be distributed in the form of grants to adult education providers. The House also added intent language for adult education to ensure that funding be distributed through the same process as outlined in the School Aid Act. The Senate did not include new grant language but concurred with intent language. Conference concurred with the Senate. (Sec. 321)
11. Summer Youth Employment Initiative. The House added new language allowing the Department, upon request, to provide support to the FIA in developing and monitoring this initiative. The Senate did not include this language. Conference concurred with the Senate.
12. Boys & Girls Club. The Senate added new language requiring the $1,000,000 be distributed to the Boys and Girls Club. Conference did not include this language.
13. Medicaid Buy-In for the Working Disabled. The Senate added new language prohibiting expenditure of funds unless S.B. 881 is enacted into law. Conference did not include. The Senate also added language requiring the Department to work with DCH to establish this program under the Federal "Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Act". Conference concurred with the Senate. (Sec. 323)


Date Completed: 6-20-00 - Fiscal Analyst: M. Tyszkiewicz