FIRST CONFERENCE REPORT
The Committee of Conference on the matters of difference between the two Houses concerning
Senate Bill No. 193, entitled
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, 241, 244, 245, 246, 252, 258, 263, 263a, 264, 265, 265a, 267, 268, 269, 270, 273, 274, 274a, 275, 275a, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 289, and 290 (MCL 388.1836, 388.1836a, 388.1836b, 388.1841, 388.1844, 388.1845, 388.1846, 388.1852, 388.1858, 388.1863, 388.1863a, 388.1864, 388.1865, 388.1865a, 388.1867, 388.1868, 388.1869, 388.1870, 388.1873, 388.1874, 388.1874a, 388.1875, 388.1875a, 388.1876, 388.1877, 388.1878, 388.1879, 388.1880, 388.1881, 388.1882, 388.1889, and 388.1890), sections 236, 236a, 241, 244, 245, 252, 258, 263, 263a, 264, 265, 267, 268, 269, 270, 273, 274, 274a, 275, 275a, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 289, and 290 as amended and sections 236b, 246, and 265a as added by 2012 PA 201, and by adding sections 236c, 259, 262a, and 272a; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
_______________________ ________________________
Tonya Schuitmaker Al Pscholka
_______________________ ________________________
Roger Kahn John Walsh
_______________________ ________________________
Morris W. Hood III Samir Singh
Conferees for the Senate Conferees for the House
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 193
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled
"The state school aid act of 1979,"
by amending sections 236, 236a, 236b, 241, 244, 245, 246, 252, 258,
263, 263a, 264, 265, 265a, 267, 268, 269, 270, 273, 274, 274a, 275,
275a, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 289, and 290 (MCL
388.1836, 388.1836a, 388.1836b, 388.1841, 388.1844, 388.1845,
388.1846, 388.1852, 388.1858, 388.1863, 388.1863a, 388.1864,
388.1865, 388.1865a, 388.1867, 388.1868, 388.1869, 388.1870,
388.1873, 388.1874, 388.1874a, 388.1875, 388.1875a, 388.1876,
388.1877, 388.1878, 388.1879, 388.1880, 388.1881, 388.1882,
388.1889, and 388.1890), sections 236, 236a, 241, 244, 245, 252,
258, 263, 263a, 264, 265, 267, 268, 269, 270, 273, 274, 274a, 275,
275a, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 289, and 290 as amended
and sections 236b, 246, and 265a as added by 2012 PA 201, and by
adding sections 236c, 259, 262a, and 272a; 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 subsections (2) to (7) (6) are
appropriated for higher education for the fiscal year ending
September
30, 2013, 2014, from the funds indicated in this section.
The following is a summary of the appropriations in subsections (2)
to
(7):(6):
(a)
The gross appropriation is $1,399,220,400.00.
$1,430,573,500.00. After deducting total interdepartmental grants
and intradepartmental transfers in the amount of $0.00, the
adjusted gross appropriation is
$1,399,220,400.00.$1,430,573,500.00.
(b) The sources of the adjusted gross appropriation described
in subdivision (a) are as follows:
(i) Total federal revenues, $97,026,400.00.
(ii) Total local revenues, $0.00.
(iii) Total private revenues, $0.00.
(iv) Total other state restricted revenues, $200,565,700.00.
(v) State general fund/general purpose money,
$1,101,628,300.00.$1,132,981,400.00.
(2) Amounts appropriated for public universities are as
follows:
(a) The appropriation for Central Michigan University is
$69,575,300.00,
$68,108,900.00 $73,486,600.00,
$71,352,300.00 for
operations
and $1,466,400.00 $2,134,300.00
for performance funding,
appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $11,284,600.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$58,290,700.00.$62,202,000.00.
(b) The appropriation for Eastern Michigan University is
$66,297,500.00,
$64,619,100.00 $67,255,600.00,
$66,466,700.00 for
operations and $1,678,400.00
$788,900.00 for performance funding,
appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $10,706,400.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$55,591,100.00.$56,549,200.00.
(c) The appropriation for Ferris State University is
$42,981,400.00,
$41,324,300.00 $45,602,600.00,
$44,250,700.00 for
operations
and $1,657,100.00 $1,351,900.00
for performance funding,
appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $6,846,800.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$36,134,600.00.$38,755,800.00.
(d) The appropriation for Grand Valley State University is
$55,097,500.00,
$52,677,400.00 $57,765,100.00,
$55,436,000.00 for
operations
and $2,420,100.00 $2,329,100.00
for performance funding,
appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $8,727,800.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$46,369,700.00.$49,037,300.00.
(e) The appropriation for Lake Superior State University is
$11,030,700.00,
$10,789,500.00 $12,226,500.00,
$12,046,100.00 for
operations
and $241,200.00 $180,400.00
for performance funding,
appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $1,787,600.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$9,243,100.00.$10,438,900.00.
(f) The appropriation for Michigan State University is
$298,733,800.00,
$241,120,800.00 $305,775,000.00,
$245,037,000.00
for
operations, $3,408,400.00 $4,449,300.00
for performance
funding,
and $54,204,600.00 $30,243,900.00
for MSU AgBioResearch,
and
$26,044,800.00 for MSU extension, activities, appropriated
from
the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $39,949,900.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$258,783,900.00.$265,825,100.00.
(g) The appropriation for Michigan Technological University is
$42,409,900.00,
$40,733,600.00 $43,451,900.00,
$42,579,100.00 for
operations
and $1,676,300.00 $872,800.00
for performance funding,
appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $6,748,900.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$35,661,000.00.$36,703,000.00.
(h) The appropriation for Northern Michigan University is
$40,348,800.00,
$38,367,400.00 $41,719,800.00,
$40,856,600.00 for
operations
and $1,981,400.00 $863,200.00
for performance funding,
appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $6,356,900.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$33,991,900.00.$35,362,900.00.
(i) The appropriation for Oakland University is
$44,033,300.00,
$43,145,000.00 $45,634,800.00,
$44,964,100.00 for
operations
and $888,300.00 $670,700.00
for performance funding,
appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $7,148,400.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$36,884,900.00.$38,486,400.00.
(j) The appropriation for Saginaw Valley State University is
$25,487,500.00,
$23,561,500.00 $25,982,800.00,
$25,656,700.00 for
operations
and $1,926,000.00 $326,100.00
for performance funding,
appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $3,903,800.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$21,583,700.00.$22,079,000.00.
(k) The appropriation for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
is
$273,056,700.00, $268,803,300.00 $279,108,700.00,
$274,156,700.00
for operations and $4,253,400.00 $4,952,000.00 for
performance funding, appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $44,536,300.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$228,520,400.00.$234,572,400.00.
(l) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Dearborn is
$21,898,800.00,
$21,016,300.00 $22,503,700.00,
$22,237,300.00 for
operations
and $882,500.00 $266,400.00
for performance funding,
appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $3,482,100.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$18,416,700.00.$19,021,600.00.
(m) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Flint is
$19,103,500.00,
$17,762,400.00 $19,928,100.00,
$19,526,600.00 for
operations
and $1,341,100.00 $401,500.00
for performance funding,
appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $2,942,900.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$16,160,600.00.$16,985,200.00.
(n) The appropriation for Wayne State University is
$183,229,100.00,
$182,036,900.00 $183,933,000.00,
$183,398,300.00
for
operations and $1,192,200.00 $534,700.00
for performance
funding, appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $30,160,600.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$153,068,500.00.$153,772,400.00.
(o) The appropriation for Western Michigan University is
$95,318,300.00,
$93,168,300.00 $97,235,200.00,
$95,487,500.00 for
operations
and $2,150,000.00 $1,747,700.00
for performance funding,
appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $15,436,500.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$79,881,800.00.$81,798,700.00.
(3)
In addition to the amounts described in subsection (2),
$9,054,200.00
in tuition restraint funding is appropriated for
university
operations from general fund/general purpose money. The
amount
allocated to each public university is determined in the
manner
provided in section 265.
(3) (4)
The amount appropriated for
Michigan public school
employees' retirement system reimbursement is
$446,200.00,$2,446,200.00, $446,200.00 appropriated from the state
school aid fund and $2,000,000.00 appropriated from general
fund/general purpose money.
(4) (5)
The amount appropriated for state and
regional
programs
is $200,000.00, $2,200,000.00
appropriated from general
fund/general purpose money and allocated as follows:
(a) College access program, $2,000,000,00.
(b) (a)
Higher education database
modernization and
conversion, $105,000.00.
(c) (b)
Midwestern higher education
compact, $95,000.00.
(5) (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.
(6) (7)
Subject to subsection (8), (7), the
amount
appropriated
for grants and financial aid is $98,226,400.00,
$101,626,400.00, allocated as follows:
(a) State competitive scholarships, $18,361,700.00.
(b) Tuition grants, $31,664,700.00.
(c)
Tuition incentive program, $43,800,000.00.$47,000,000.00.
(d) Children of veterans and officer's survivor tuition grant
programs,
$1,200,000.00.$1,400,000.00.
(e) Project GEAR-UP, $3,200,000.00.
(7) (8)
The money appropriated in
subsection (7) (6) for
grants and financial aid is appropriated from the following:
(a) Federal revenues under the United States department of
education, office of elementary and secondary education, GEAR-UP
program, $3,200,000.00.
(b) Federal revenues under the social security act, temporary
assistance for needy families, $93,826,400.00.
(c) Contributions to children of veterans tuition grant
program, $100,000.00.
(d) State general fund/general purpose money,
$1,100,000.00.$4,500,000.00.
Sec. 236a. It is the intent of the legislature to provide
appropriations
for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2014
2015
for the items listed in section 236.
The fiscal year 2013-2014
2014-2015 appropriations are anticipated to be the same as those
for
fiscal year 2012-2013, 2013-2014,
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 2013 2014
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
2012-2013 2013-2014 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 2013-2014 in section 236, appropriations to the department of
technology, management, and budget in the act providing general
appropriations for fiscal year 2013-2014 for state building
authority rent, totaling an estimated $125,370,600.00, 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, $9,155,600.00.
(b) Eastern Michigan University, $5,234,800.00.
(c) Ferris State University, $6,360,600.00.
(d) Grand Valley State University, $4,277,000.00.
(e) Lake Superior State University, $915,600.00.
(f) Michigan State University, $16,194,400.00.
(g) Michigan Technological University, $7,692,200.00.
(h) Northern Michigan University, $8,062,600.00.
(i) Oakland University, $10,791,500.00.
(j) Saginaw Valley State University, $9,833,700.00.
(k) University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, $9,212,000.00.
(l) University of Michigan - Dearborn, $6,332,400.00.
(m) University of Michigan - Flint, $2,871,400.00.
(n) Wayne State University, $13,079,500.00.
(o) Western Michigan University, $15,357,300.00.
Sec. 241. (1) Subject to section 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, 2012. 2013.
Except for Wayne State
University,
each institution shall accrue its July and August 2013
2014 payments to its institutional fiscal year ending June 30,
2013.2014.
(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, 2012, 2013,
these data shall be submitted to
the
state budget director by October 15, 2012. 2013. Public
universities
with a fiscal year ending September 30, 2012 2013
shall
submit preliminary HEIDI data by November 15, 2012 2013 and
final
data by December 15, 2012. 2013.
If a public university fails
to submit HEIDI data and associated financial aid program
information in accordance with this reporting schedule, the state
treasurer
shall may withhold the monthly installments under
subsection (1) to the public university until those data are
submitted.
Sec. 244. A public university receiving funds in section 236
shall cooperate with all measures taken by the state to develop,
operate,
and maintain the statewide P-20 education longitudinal
data system described in section 94a. If the state budget director
finds that a university has not complied with this section, the
state budget director is authorized to withhold the monthly
installments provided to that university under section 236 until he
or she finds the university has complied with this section.
Sec. 245. (1) Within 30 days after the board of a public
university adopts its annual operating budget for the following
school fiscal year, or after the board adopts a subsequent revision
to that budget, the public university shall make all of the
following
available through a link on its website homepage: in a
form
and manner prescribed by the department of technology,
management,
and budget:
(a) The annual operating budget and subsequent budget
revisions.
(b) A summary of current expenditures for the most recent
fiscal year for which they are available, expressed as pie charts
in the following 2 categories:
(i) A chart of personnel expenditures, broken into the
following subcategories:
(A) Earnings and wages.
(B) Employee benefit costs, including, but not limited to,
medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and long-term care
benefits.
(C) Retirement benefit costs.
(D) All other personnel costs.
(ii) A chart of all current expenditures the public university
reported as part of its higher education institutional data
inventory data under section 241(2), broken into the same
subcategories in which it reported those data.
(c) Links to all of the following for the public university:
(i) The current collective bargaining agreement for each
bargaining unit.
(ii) Each health care benefits plan, including, but not limited
to, medical, dental, vision, disability, long-term care, or any
other type of benefits that would constitute health care services,
offered to any bargaining unit or employee of the public
university.
(iii) Audits and financial reports for the most recent fiscal
year for which they are available.
(iv) Campus security policies and crime statistics pursuant to
the student right-to-know and campus security act, Public Law 101-
542, 104 Stat. 2381. Information shall include all material
prepared pursuant to the public information reporting requirements
under the crime awareness and campus security act of 1990, title II
of the student right-to-know and campus security act, Public Law
101-542, 104 Stat. 2381.
(d) A list of all positions funded partially or wholly through
institutional general fund revenue that includes the position title
,
name, and annual salary or wage
amount for each position.
(e) General fund revenue and expenditure projections for
fiscal year 2013-2014 and fiscal year 2014-2015.
(f) A listing of all debt service obligations, detailed by
project, anticipated fiscal year 2013-2014 payment for each
project, and total outstanding debt.
(g) The institution's policy regarding the transferability of
core college courses between community colleges and the university.
(h) A listing of all community colleges that have entered into
reverse transfer agreements with the university.
(2) A public university shall provide a dashboard or report
card demonstrating the university's performance in several "best
practice" measures. The dashboard or report card shall include at
least all of the following for the 3 most recent school years for
which the data are available:
(a) Enrollment.
(b) Student retention rate.
(c) Six-year graduation rates.
(d) Number of Pell grant recipients and graduating Pell grant
recipients.
(e) Geographic origination of students, categorized as in-
state, out-of-state, and international.
(f) Faculty to student ratios and total university employee to
student ratios.
(g) Teaching load by faculty classification.
(h) Graduation outcome rates, including employment and
continuing education.
(3) For statewide consistency and public visibility, public
universities must use the icon badge provided by the department of
technology, management, and budget consistent with the icon badge
developed by the department of education for K-12 school districts.
It must appear on the front of each public university's homepage.
The size of the icon may be reduced to 150 x 150 pixels. The font
size and style for this reporting must be consistent with other
documents
on each university's website. To be in compliance with
this
section, all data elements defined in this section must be
available
on the university's homepage, in a form and manner
prescribed
by the department of technology, management, and budget,
by
December 31, 2012.
(4) The state budget director shall determine whether a public
university has complied with this section. The state budget
director may withhold a public university's monthly installments
described in section 241 until the public university complies with
this section.
Sec. 246. (1) 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 total
retiree health care premiums paid for Michigan public school
employees' retirement system retirants in proportion to the total
retiree health care premiums paid for Michigan public school
employees' retirement system retirants for all participating public
universities for the immediately preceding state fiscal year.
Payments shall be made in a form and manner determined by the
office of retirement services. A public university that receives
money under this section shall use that money solely for the
purpose of offsetting a portion of the retirement contributions
owed
by the university. for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2013.
(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
38.1408, and that pays retiree health care premiums to the Michigan
public school employees' retirement system for the state fiscal
year.
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, 2012 and who are
qualified.for the 2012-2013 school year or July 1, 2013 for the
2013-2014 school year, as applicable.
(3) Pursuant to section 5 of 1966 PA 313, MCL 390.995, and
subject to subsection (7), 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
December 15, 2012, and again by February 18 ,
2013, 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, 2012 2013
from the amounts appropriated in section
236 for the tuition grant program for fiscal year 2012-2013 shall
not lapse on September 30, 2012, 2013, but
shall continue to be
available for expenditure for tuition grants
provided in the 2012-
2013 2013-2014 fiscal year under a work project account. The use
of
these unexpended fiscal year 2011-2012 2012-2013
funds shall
terminate at the end of the 2012-2013 2013-2014
fiscal year. Any
unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining on September 30, 2014
from the amounts appropriated in section 236 for the tuition grant
program for fiscal year 2013-2014 shall not lapse on September 30,
2014, but shall continue to be available for expenditure for
tuition grants provided in the 2014-2015 fiscal year under a work
project account. The use of these unexpended fiscal year 2013-2014
funds shall terminate at the end of the 2014-2015 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. 2012-2013.
(7)
The In any fiscal year,
the department of treasury shall
not award more than $3,000,000.00 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.
Sec. 258. By February 15 of each year, the department of
treasury
shall submit post to its
publicly available website a
report
to the state budget director, the house and senate
appropriations
subcommittees on higher education, and the house and
senate
fiscal agencies for the preceding
fiscal year on all student
financial aid programs for which funds are appropriated in section
236. For each student financial aid program, the report shall
include, but is not limited to, the total number of awards paid in
the preceding fiscal year, the total dollar amount of those awards,
and the number of students receiving awards and the total amount of
those awards at each eligible postsecondary institution. To the
extent information is available, the report shall also include
information on household income and other demographic
characteristics of students receiving awards under each program and
historical information on the number of awards and total award
amounts for each program.
Sec. 259. The funds appropriated in section 236 for the
college access program shall be used for efforts to support college
access. The department of treasury shall administer these funds.
Allowable uses include the following:
(a) Michigan college access network operations, programming,
and services to local college access networks.
(b) Local college access networks, which are community-based
college access/success partnerships committed to increasing the
college participation and completion rates within geographically
defined communities through a coordinated strategy.
(c) Michigan college access portal, an online 1-stop portal to
help students and families plan and apply for college.
(d) Public awareness and outreach campaigns to encourage low-
income and first-generation students to take necessary steps toward
college and to assist students and families in completing a timely
and accurate free application for federal student aid.
(e) Subgrants to postsecondary institutions to recruit, hire,
and train college student mentors and college advisors to assist
high school students in navigating the postsecondary planning and
enrollment process.
Sec. 262a. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that each
public university shall develop policies for reviewing required
textbook and course materials with the goal of minimizing the cost
of textbooks and course materials used at the university while
maintaining quality of education and academic freedom. These
policies should require all of the following:
(a) That faculty members submit lists of required textbooks
and course materials for university review.
(b) That faculty members consider the least costly practices
in assigning textbooks and course materials, such as adopting the
least expensive edition of a textbook available when educational
content is comparable to a more costly edition.
(c) That the university review any potential financial
conflict of interest that may occur if a faculty member requires
the purchase of any textbooks or course materials he or she has
written.
(d) That the university review required textbooks and course
materials to ensure that least costly practices are being utilized,
such as adopting the least expensive edition of a textbook
available when educational content is comparable to a more costly
edition.
(2) By February 1 of each year, each public university shall
submit a report to the house and senate appropriations
subcommittees on higher education and the house and senate fiscal
agencies on the policies developed under this section.
Sec. 263. (1) Included in the appropriation in section 236 for
MSU AgBioResearch is $2,982,900.00 and included in the
appropriation
in section 236 for MSU extension activities
is
$5,628,100.00
$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) By January 1, 2013, the Michigan State
University
college of agriculture and natural resources, MSU
extension,
and MSU AgBioResearch, in partnership with the
department
of agriculture and rural development and other
stakeholders,
shall establish a strategic growth initiative for the
Michigan
food and agriculture industry. This initiative shall
address
the following goals as established at the 2011 governor's
summit
for production agriculture:
(a)
Increasing the sector's total economic impact from today's
$71,000,000,000.00
to $100,000,000,000.00.
(b)
Doubling Michigan's agricultural exports from
$1,750,000,000.00
to $3,500,000,000.00.
(c)
Increasing jobs in the food and agriculture sector by 10%.
(d)
Improving access by Michigan consumers to healthy foods by
20%.
(2)
The initiative described in subsection (1) shall be
patterned
after Project GREEEN, shall emphasize priorities as set
by
the Michigan food and agricultural industry, and shall include a
commitment
to continuous communication, input, and interaction
among
stakeholders in government and industry and at Michigan State
University.
Similar to Project GREEEN, the initiative shall also
include
a commitment to communicating results and impacts to
stakeholders
and the legislature based on a mutually established
set
of metrics designed to assure MSU extension and AgBioResearch
programs
are contributing to the goals described in subsection
(1)(a)
to (d).
(1) (3)
Not later than September 30 ,
2013, 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 school fiscal year. detailing, but not limited
to:
(2) The report required under subsection (1) shall include all
of the following:
(a) Total funds expended by MSU AgBioResearch and by MSU
extension service 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 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 from today's
$71,000,000,000.00 to $100,000,000,000.00.
(v) Doubling Michigan's agricultural exports from
$1,750,000,000.00 to $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 2013-2014 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 from the amount appropriated in under
section
236(3) 265a for public university tuition restraint
incentives
performance funding shall only be made to a public
university that certifies to the state budget director by August
31,
2012 2013 that its board did not adopt an increase in tuition
and fee rates for resident undergraduate students after September
1,
2011 2012 for the 2011-2012 2012-2013 academic year and that its
board will not adopt an increase in tuition and fee rates for
resident
undergraduate students for the 2012-2013 2013-2014
academic
year that is greater than 4.0%. 3.75%.
As used in this
subsection: and
subsection (2):
(a) Subject to subdivision (c), "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. 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
2012-2013 2013-2014 academic year to exceed the limit
established in this subsection.
(b) "Tuition and fee rate" means the average of full-time
rates for all undergraduate classes, based on an 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.
(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)
For purposes of section 236(3), each public university's
allocation
for tuition restraint incentive shall be determined as
follows:
(a)
Calculate an adjustment for each university by subtracting
each
university's reported percent change in tuition and fee rates
for
academic year 2012-2013 from 4.1%. If the result of the
calculation
in this subdivision is less than 0.1%, the university
is
not qualified to receive an allocation under this section. All
calculations
under this subdivision shall be rounded to the first
decimal
place.
(b)
For each qualified university, divide the university's
adjustment
as calculated under subdivision (a) by the sum of all
adjustments
for qualifying universities under subdivision (a) and
then
multiply the resulting calculation for each university by the
total
amount available for tuition restraint incentive funding,
rounded
to the nearest hundred dollars.
(2) (3)
The state budget director shall
implement uniform
reporting requirements to ensure that a public university receiving
an
appropriation under section 236(3) 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.
(4)
In conjunction with the uniform reporting requirements
established
under subsection (3), each public university shall also
report
the following information to the house and senate
appropriations
subcommittees on higher education, the house and
senate
fiscal agencies, and the state budget director by August 31,
2012:
(a)
Actual or estimated fiscal year 2011-2012 and budgeted
fiscal
year 2012-2013 total general fund tuition and fee revenue.
(b)
Actual or estimated fiscal year 2011-2012 and budgeted
fiscal
year 2012-2013 total general fund revenue.
(c)
Actual or estimated fiscal year 2011-2012 and budgeted
fiscal
year 2012-2013 general fund expenditures for student
financial
aid.
(d)
Actual or estimated fiscal year 2011-2012 and budgeted
fiscal
year 2012-2013 total general fund expenditures.
(e)
Actual or estimated fiscal year 2011-2012 and budgeted
fiscal
year 2012-2013 total fiscal year equated student enrollment.
Sec. 265a. (1) Appropriations to public universities in
section 236 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, 2013 that it complies with all of the
following requirements:
(a)
The university 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, 2012, that,
by
January 3, 2013, it will be participating participates in
reverse transfer agreements described in section 286 with at least
3
Michigan community colleges or have has made a good-faith effort
to enter into reverse transfer agreements.
(b)
The university 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, 2012, that,
by
January 3, 2013, it 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 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, 2012 that
the
university participates in 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 tuition restraint funding described in section
265.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 17, 2012, 2013,
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)
A university that has not implemented the policies
required
under subsection (1)(a) and (b) by August 31, 2012, but
certifies
that it will implement those policies by January 3, 2013,
shall
recertify to the state budget director, the house and senate
appropriations
subcommittees on higher education, and the house and
senate
fiscal agencies by January 3, 2013, that the policies have
been
fully implemented. For a university that does not recertify
that
the policies have been fully implemented, the performance
funding
appropriated to that university in section 236 shall be
retroactively
withheld and unappropriated and reappropriated under
subsection
(2).
(4) Performance funding amounts described in section 236 are
distributed based on the following formula:
(a) Based on weighted undergraduate completions in critical
skills areas, 22.2%.
(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%.
(c) Based on 6-year graduation rate, total degree completions,
and institutional support as a percentage of core expenditures,
scored against national Carnegie classification peers and weighted
by total undergraduate fiscal year equated students, 66.7%.
(5) For purposes of determining the score of a university
under subsection (4)(c), 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 2014-2015
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 this section, "Carnegie classification"
shall mean the basic classification of the university according to
the most recent version 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 2012-2013 2013-2014 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 2012-2013
2013-2014 tuition and fee charges to HEIDI within 15 days of being
adopted.
Sec.
268. (1) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013,
2014, 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 for the preceding fiscal
year a report on North American Indian tuition waivers that
includes, but is not limited to, all of the following information
for each postsecondary institution:
(a) The total number of waiver applications.
(b) The total number of waivers granted and the monetary value
of each waiver.
(c) The number of students who withdraw from classes.
(d) The number of students who successfully complete a degree
or certificate program and the 6-year graduation rate.
Sec.
269. For fiscal year 2012-2013, 2013-2014,
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 2012-2013, 2013-2014
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. 272a. By February 15, 2014, each public university
receiving funds under section 236 shall submit a report to the
house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education,
the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director
regarding the rejection of transfer credits by the university in
the prior year. The report shall include information on the number
of credits earned by incoming students at other postsecondary
institutions, with the equivalent of a letter grade of C or higher,
that were rejected by the university for transfer, reported by both
academic program area and prior institution, along with explanatory
information regarding the rationale for the rejection of the
credits. Data may be reported on either an academic or calendar
year basis.
Sec. 273. It is the intent of the legislature that each public
university shall submit a report to the house and senate
appropriations committees, the house and senate fiscal agencies,
and
the state budget director by October 15, 2012, 2013, on
the
university's efforts to accommodate the sincerely held religious
beliefs of students enrolled in accredited counseling degree
programs at the university.
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 community health by December 1, 2012 2013 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
2011-2012, 2012-2013, 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 2011-2012.2012-2013.
Sec. 274a. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that a
public university that receives funds in section 236 not provide
health insurance or other fringe benefits for any adult coresident
of an employee of the university who is not married to or a
dependent of that employee or for any dependent of such an adult
coresident.
(2) It is the intent of the legislature that each public
university receiving funds in section 236 submit a report by
December
1, 2012 2013 to the house and senate appropriations
subcommittees on higher education, the house and senate fiscal
agencies, and the state budget director containing the number of
individuals described in subsection (1) who received health
insurance or other fringe benefits provided by the university in
fiscal
year 2011-2012 2012-2013 and the cost to the university of
providing those benefits.
Sec. 275. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that each
public
university receiving 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,
including voluntary participation in the 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 on whether or not it has chosen to
participate in the yellow ribbon GI education enhancement program.
If at any time during the fiscal year a university participating in
the yellow ribbon program chooses to leave the 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.
(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 or
military reserves, or the spouse or dependent of a veteran, active
member of the military, or member of the 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) 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.
Sec. 275a. Funds appropriated in section 236 shall not be used
by a public university to pay for the construction or maintenance
of a self-liquidating project. A public university shall comply
with section 238 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL
18.1238, and with the current use and finance requirements of the
joint capital outlay subcommittee (JCOS) for any construction,
renovation, or other capital outlay projects pursuant to JCOS
policy. The appropriation in section 236 for a public university
that fails to comply with JCOS reporting requirements shall be
reduced by 1% for each violation.
Sec. 276. (1) Included in the appropriation for fiscal year
2012-2013
2013-2014 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
2012-2013
2013-2014 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 2012-
2013
2013-2014 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 2012-
2013
2013-2014 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
2012-2013
2013-2014 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
2012-2013
2013-2014 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 under section 278,
279, or 281 shall notify the workforce development agency by April
15,
2013 2014 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.
289. (1) The auditor general shall review periodically
audit higher education institutional data inventory (HEIDI)
enrollment
data submitted by all public
universities under section
241 and may perform audits of selected public universities if
determined
necessary. The review and 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
after
January 1, 1975, that have not been specifically authorized
for
funding by the legislature, except spin-off programs converted
from
existing core programs that do all of the following:
(i) Represent new options, fields, or concentrations
within
existing
programs.
(ii) Are consistent with the current institutional role
and
mission.
(iii) Are accommodated within the continuing funding
base of the
public
university.
(iv) Do not require a new degree level beyond that
which the
public
university is currently authorized to grant within that
discipline
or field.
(v) Do not require funding from the state other than
that
provided
by the student credit hours generated within the program,
either
before program initiation or within the first 3 years of
program
operation.
(3)
The auditor general shall periodically audit higher
education
institutional data inventory (HEIDI) data as submitted by
the
public universities under section 241 for compliance with the
definitions
established by the state budget director in
consultation
with the HEIDI advisory committee for the HEIDI
database.
(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) (4)
"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. (1) For the purposes of section 289(2)(e), the
legislature
authorizes the public universities to establish the
following
new degree programs:
(a)
Bachelor's degree programs:
Central
Michigan University, Computer Engineering, B.S.
Eastern
Michigan University, Interdisciplinary Environmental
Science
and Society Program, B.S.
Ferris
State University, Graphic Media Management, B.S.
Ferris
State University, Health Care Marketing, B.S.
Ferris
State University, Insurance and Risk Management, B.S.
Grand
Valley State University, Religious Studies, B.A./B.S.
Michigan
Technological University, Engineering Management,
B.S.
Oakland
University, Biomedical Sciences, B.S.
Oakland
University, Liberal Arts Major in Creative Writing,
B.A.
University
of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Environmental Engineering,
B.S.E.
University
of Michigan - Dearborn, Digital Forensics, B.S.
University
of Michigan - Dearborn, Reading - Elementary
Certification,
B.A.
Wayne
State University, Instructional Technology, B.A./B.S.
Western
Michigan University, Japanese, B.A.
Western
Michigan University, e-Business Marketing, B.B.A.
Western
Michigan University, Health Informatics and
Information
Management, B.S./B.B.A.
(b)
Master's degree programs:
Ferris
State University, Information Security and
Intelligence,
M.S.
Michigan
Technological University, Integrated Geospatial
Technology,
M.S.
Michigan
Technological University, Medical Informatics, M.S.
Oakland
University, Psychology, M.S.
University
of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Entrepreneurship, Master's
University
of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Joint Master's Degree and
Graduate
Certificate Program in Health Informatics, Master's
University
of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Master's of Engineering in
Applied
Climate, Master's
University
of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Master's of Medical
Science,
M.M.S.
University
of Michigan - Dearborn, Business Analytics with a
Major
in Business Analytics, M.S.
University
of Michigan - Dearborn, Supply Chain Management
with
Minor in Supply Chain Management, M.S.
University
of Michigan - Flint, Accounting, M.S.
University
of Michigan - Flint, Master of Arts with
Certification
Program, M.A.
University
of Michigan - Flint, Mathematics, M.A.
(c)
Doctoral degree programs:
Michigan
State University, Doctor of Nursing Practice, D.N.P.
Michigan
State University, Educational Leadership, Ed.D.
Michigan
Technological University, Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology,
Ph.D.
Northern
Michigan University, Doctor of Nursing Practice,
D.N.P.
Oakland
University, Early Education and Intervention, Ed.S.
Oakland
University, Psychology, Ph.D.
Saginaw
Valley State University, Doctor of Nursing Practice,
D.N.P.
University
of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Nutritional Sciences,
Ph.D.
(2)
The listing of degree programs in subsection (1) does not
constitute
legislative intent to provide additional dollars for
those
programs.
(3)
When submitting the listing of new degree programs for
purposes
of section 289(2)(e), the presidents council of state
universities
shall also provide a listing of degree programs that
institutions
of higher education will no longer offer in subsequent
academic
years.By March 1 of each
year, the presidents council,
state universities of Michigan 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 2013-2014 under
article III is estimated at $1,333,547,100.00 and the amount of
that state spending from state sources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2013-2014 is estimated at $0.00.
Enacting section 2. Sections 273a and 293a of the state school
aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1873a and 388.1893a, are
repealed effective October 1, 2013.
Enacting section 3. (1) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (2), this amendatory act takes effect October 1, 2013.
(2) Sections 252, 265, 265a, and 267 of the state school aid
act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1852, 388.1865, 388.1865a, and
388.1867, as amended by this amendatory act, take effect upon
enactment of this amendatory act.