FIRST CONFERENCE REPORT
The Committee of Conference on the matters of difference between the two Houses concerning
Senate Bill No. 768, 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 "The state school aid act of 1979," by amending sections 236, 236a, 236b, 236c, 241, 245, 246, 252, 256, 263, 263a, 264, 265, 265a, 267, 268, 269, 270, 272a, 273, 274, 274a, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, and 284 (MCL 388.1836, 388.1836a, 388.1836b, 388.1836c, 388.1841, 388.1845, 388.1846, 388.1852, 388.1856, 388.1863, 388.1863a, 388.1864, 388.1865, 388.1865a, 388.1867, 388.1868, 388.1869, 388.1870, 388.1872a, 388.1873, 388.1874, 388.1874a, 388.1875, 388.1876, 388.1877, 388.1878, 388.1879, 388.1880, 388.1881, 388.1882, 388.1883, and 388.1884), sections 236, 236a, 236b, 241,
245, 246, 252, 263, 263a, 264, 265, 265a, 267, 268, 269, 270, 273, 274, 274a, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, and 282 as amended and sections 236c and 272a as added by 2013 PA 60 and sections 256, 283, and 284 as amended by 2012 PA 201, and by adding section 271a.
_______________________ ________________________
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. 768
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled
"The state school aid act of 1979,"
by amending sections 236, 236a, 236b, 236c, 241, 245, 246, 252,
256, 263, 263a, 264, 265, 265a, 267, 268, 269, 270, 272a, 273, 274,
274a, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, and 284 (MCL
388.1836, 388.1836a, 388.1836b, 388.1836c, 388.1841, 388.1845,
388.1846, 388.1852, 388.1856, 388.1863, 388.1863a, 388.1864,
388.1865, 388.1865a, 388.1867, 388.1868, 388.1869, 388.1870,
388.1872a, 388.1873, 388.1874, 388.1874a, 388.1875, 388.1876,
388.1877, 388.1878, 388.1879, 388.1880, 388.1881, 388.1882,
388.1883, and 388.1884), sections 236, 236a, 236b, 241, 245, 246,
252, 263, 263a, 264, 265, 265a, 267, 268, 269, 270, 273, 274, 274a,
275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, and 282 as amended and sections
236c and 272a as added by 2013 PA 60 and sections 256, 283, and 284
as amended by 2012 PA 201, and by adding section 271a.
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 (6) this section
are appropriated for higher education for the fiscal year ending
September
30, 2014, 2015, from the funds indicated in this section.
The
following is a summary of the appropriations in subsections (2)
to
(6):this section:
(a)
The gross appropriation is $1,430,573,500.00.
$1,516,496,300.00. After deducting total interdepartmental grants
and intradepartmental transfers in the amount of $0.00, the
adjusted gross appropriation is
$1,430,573,500.00.$1,516,496,300.00.
(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.$204,567,900.00.
(v) State general fund/general purpose money,
$1,132,981,400.00.$1,214,902,000.00.
(2) Amounts appropriated for public universities are as
follows:
(a) The appropriation for Central Michigan University is
$73,486,600.00,
$71,352,300.00 $79,115,000.00,
$73,540,100.00 for
operations
and $2,134,300.00 $5,574,900.00
for performance funding.
,
appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $11,284,600.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$62,202,000.00.
(b) The appropriation for Eastern Michigan University is
$67,255,600.00,
$66,466,700.00 $71,771,100.00,
$67,275,400.00 for
operations
and $788,900.00 $4,495,700.00
for performance funding. ,
appropriated
from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $10,706,400.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$56,549,200.00.
(c) The appropriation for Ferris State University is
$45,602,600.00,
$44,250,700.00 $49,087,000.00,
$45,636,500.00 for
operations
and $1,351,900.00 $3,450,500.00
for performance funding.
,
appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $6,846,800.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$38,755,800.00.
(d) The appropriation for Grand Valley State University is
$57,765,100.00,
$55,436,000.00 $63,136,000.00,
$57,823,500.00 for
operations
and $2,329,100.00 $5,312,500.00
for performance funding.
,
appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $8,727,800.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$49,037,300.00.
(e) The appropriation for Lake Superior State University is
$12,226,500.00,
$12,046,100.00 $12,782,500.00,
$12,231,000.00 for
operations
and $180,400.00 $551,500.00
for performance funding. ,
appropriated
from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $1,787,600.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$10,438,900.00.
(f) The appropriation for Michigan State University is
$305,775,000.00,
$245,037,000.00 $324,038,100.00,
$249,597,800.00
for
operations, $4,449,300.00 $14,831,300.00
for performance
funding,
$30,243,900.00 $32,027,900.00
for MSU AgBioResearch, and
$26,044,800.00
$27,581,100.00 for MSU extension. , appropriated
from
the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $39,949,900.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$265,825,100.00.
(g) The appropriation for Michigan Technological University is
$43,451,900.00,
$42,579,100.00 $45,923,100.00,
$43,473,800.00 for
operations
and $872,800.00 $2,449,300.00
for performance funding. ,
appropriated
from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $6,748,900.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $36,703,000.00.
(h) The appropriation for Northern Michigan University is
$41,719,800.00,
$40,856,600.00 $44,277,200.00,
$41,741,400.00 for
operations
and $863,200.00 $2,535,800.00
for performance funding. ,
appropriated
from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $6,356,900.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$35,362,900.00.
(i) The appropriation for Oakland University is
$45,634,800.00,
$44,964,100.00 $48,364,100.00,
$45,651,600.00 for
operations
and $670,700.00 $2,712,500.00
for performance funding. ,
appropriated
from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $7,148,400.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$38,486,400.00.
(j) The appropriation for Saginaw Valley State University is
$25,982,800.00,
$25,656,700.00 $27,610,200.00,
$25,991,000.00 for
operations
and $326,100.00 $1,619,200.00
for performance funding. ,
appropriated
from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $3,903,800.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money, $22,079,000.00.
(k) The appropriation for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
is
$279,108,700.00, $274,156,700.00 $295,174,100.00,
$279,232,700.00
for operations and $4,952,000.00 $15,941,400.00 for
performance
funding. , appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $44,536,300.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$234,572,400.00.
(l) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Dearborn is
$22,503,700.00,
$22,237,300.00 $23,689,300.00,
$22,510,400.00 for
operations
and $266,400.00 $1,178,900.00
for performance funding. ,
appropriated
from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $3,482,100.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$19,021,600.00.
(m) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Flint is
$19,928,100.00,
$19,526,600.00 $21,337,700.00,
$19,938,200.00 for
operations
and $401,500.00 $1,399,500.00
for performance funding. ,
appropriated
from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $2,942,900.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$16,985,200.00.
(n) The appropriation for Wayne State University is
$183,933,000.00,
$190,519,800.00, $183,398,300.00 for operations
and
$534,700.00 $7,121,500.00 for performance funding. ,
appropriated
from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $30,160,600.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$153,772,400.00.
(o) The appropriation for Western Michigan University is
$97,235,200.00,
$95,487,500.00 $102,742,000.00,
$97,279,000.00 for
operations
and $1,747,700.00 $5,463,000.00
for performance funding.
,
appropriated from the following:
(i) State school aid fund, $15,436,500.00.
(ii) State general fund/general purpose money,
$81,798,700.00.
(3) The amount appropriated in subsection (2) for public
universities is appropriated from the following:
(a) State school aid fund, $200,019,500.00.
(b) State general fund/general purpose money,
$1,199,547,700.00.
(4) (3)
The amount appropriated for
Michigan public school
employees' retirement system reimbursement is $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.
(5) For fiscal year 2015-2016 only, in addition to the amount
appropriated under subsection (4), $4,002,200.00 is appropriated
for Michigan public school employees' retirement system
reimbursement, appropriated from the state school aid fund.
(6) (4)
The amount appropriated for state
and regional
programs
is $2,200,000.00 $2,295,000.00
appropriated from general
fund/general purpose money and allocated as follows:
(a) College access program, $2,000,000.00.
(b) Higher education database modernization and conversion,
$105,000.00.$200,000.00.
(c) Midwestern higher education compact, $95,000.00.
(7) (5)
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.
(8) (6)
Subject to subsection (7), (9), the
amount
appropriated
for grants and financial aid is $101,626,400.00,
$105,494,200.00, allocated as follows:
(a) State competitive scholarships, $18,361,700.00.
(b)
Tuition grants, $31,664,700.00.$33,532,500.00.
(c)
Tuition incentive program, $47,000,000.00.$48,500,000.00.
(d) Children of veterans and officer's survivor tuition grant
programs, $1,400,000.00.
(e) Project GEAR-UP, $3,200,000.00.
(f) North American Indian tuition waivers, $500,000.00.
(9) (7)
The money appropriated in
subsection (6) (8) 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,
$4,500,000.00.$8,367,800.00.
Sec. 236a. It is the intent of the legislature to provide
appropriations
for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2015
2016
for the items listed in section 236.
The fiscal year 2014-2015
2015-2016 appropriations are anticipated to be the same as those
for
fiscal year 2013-2014, 2014-2015,
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 2014 2015
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
2013-2014 2014-2015 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 2014-2015 in section 236, appropriations to the
department of technology, management, and budget in the act
providing
general appropriations for fiscal year 2013-2014 2014-
2015 for state building authority rent, totaling an estimated
$125,370,600.00,
$124,825,300.00, provide funding for the state
share of costs for previously constructed capital projects for
state universities. These appropriations for state building
authority rent represent additional state general fund support
provided to public universities, and the following is an estimate
of the amount of that support to each university:
(a)
Central Michigan University, $9,155,600.00.$9,103,200.00.
(b)
Eastern Michigan University, $5,234,800.00.$4,861,700.00.
(c)
Ferris State University, $6,360,600.00.$6,252,200.00.
(d) Grand Valley State University,
$4,277,000.00.$4,252,500.00.
(e)
Lake Superior State University, $915,600.00.$1,112,900.00.
(f)
Michigan State University, $16,194,400.00.$16,101,200.00.
(g) Michigan Technological University,
$7,692,200.00.$7,444,600.00.
(h)
Northern Michigan University, $8,062,600.00.$8,016,400.00.
(i)
Oakland University, $10,791,500.00.$10,969,800.00.
(j) Saginaw Valley State University,
$9,833,700.00.$9,777,400.00.
(k) University of Michigan - Ann Arbor,
$9,212,000.00.$9,159,200.00.
(l) University of Michigan - Dearborn,
$6,332,400.00.$6,296,200.00.
(m) University of Michigan - Flint,
$2,871,400.00.$2,855,000.00.
(n)
Wayne State University, $13,079,500.00.$13,679,800.00.
(o) Western Michigan University,
$15,357,300.00.$14,943,200.00.
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, 2013. 2014.
Except for Wayne State
University,
each institution shall accrue its July and August 2014
2015 payments to its institutional fiscal year ending June 30,
2014.2015.
(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, 2013, 2014,
these data shall be submitted to
the
state budget director by October 15, 2013. 2014. Public
universities
with a fiscal year ending September 30, 2013 2014
shall
submit preliminary HEIDI data by November 15, 2013 2014 and
final
data by December 15, 2013. 2014.
If a public university fails
to submit HEIDI data and associated financial aid program
information in accordance with this reporting schedule, the state
treasurer may withhold the monthly installments under subsection
(1) to the public university until those data are submitted.
Sec.
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 A public university shall make all of the
following
maintain a public
transparency website available through
a
link on its website homepage. : The
public university shall
update this website within 30 days after the university's governing
board adopts its annual operating budget for the next academic
year, or after the governing board adopts a subsequent revision to
that budget.
(2) The website required under subsection (1) shall include
all of the following concerning the public university:
(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
and annual salary or wage amount for each position.
(e) General fund revenue and expenditure projections for the
current
fiscal year 2013-2014 and the next 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 for the current fiscal year.
(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.
(3) (2)
A On the website required
under subsection (1), 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 academic
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.
(4) (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.
(5) (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.
(6) By November 15 of each year, a public university shall
report the following information to the center for educational
performance and information and post the information on its website
under the budget transparency icon badge:
(a) Opportunities for earning college credit through the
following programs:
(i) State approved career and technical education or a tech
prep articulated program of study.
(ii) Direct college credit or concurrent enrollment.
(iii) Dual enrollment.
(iv) An early college/middle college program.
(b) For each program described in subdivision (a) that the
public university offers, all of the following information:
(i) The number of high school students participating in the
program.
(ii) The number of school districts that participate in the
program with the public university.
(iii) Whether a university professor, qualified local school
district employee, or other individual teaches the course or
courses in the program.
(iv) The total cost to the public university to operate the
program.
(v) The cost per credit hour for the course or courses in the
program.
(vi) The location where the course or courses in the program
are held.
(vii) Instructional resources offered to the program
instructors.
(viii) Resources offered to the student in the program.
(ix) Transportation services provided to students in the
program.
Sec. 246. (1) The funds appropriated in section 236 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
percentage of the total
combined payrolls of the
universities' employees who are members of the retirement system
and who were hired before January 1, 1996 and the universities'
employees who would have been members of the retirement system on
or after January 1, 1996, but for the enactment of 1995 PA 272 for
all public universities that are participating public universities
for the immediately preceding state fiscal year. 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.
(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 contributions
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 for the 2012-2013
school
year or July 1, 2013 for the 2013-2014 school year, as
applicable.of each year for the next academic year.
(3) Pursuant to section 5 of 1966 PA 313, MCL 390.995, and
subject
to subsection subsections (7)
and (8), the department of
treasury shall determine an actual maximum tuition grant award per
student, which shall be no less than $1,512.00, that ensures that
the aggregate payments for the tuition grant program do not exceed
the appropriation contained in section 236 for the state tuition
grant program. If the department determines that insufficient funds
are available to establish a maximum award amount equal to at least
$1,512.00, the department shall immediately report to the house and
senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the house
and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director regarding
the estimated amount of additional funds necessary to establish a
$1,512.00 maximum award amount. If the department determines that
sufficient funds are available to establish a maximum award amount
equal to at least $1,512.00, the department shall immediately
report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on
higher education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the
state budget director regarding the maximum award amount
established and the projected amount of any projected year-end
appropriation balance based on that maximum award amount. By
December 15, and again by February 18 of each fiscal year, the
department shall analyze the status of award commitments, shall
make any necessary adjustments, and shall confirm that those award
commitments will not exceed the appropriation contained in section
236 for the tuition grant program. The determination and actions
shall be reported to the state budget director and the house and
senate fiscal agencies no later than the final day of February of
each year. If award adjustments are necessary, the students shall
be notified of the adjustment by March 4 of each year.
(4)
Any unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining on
September
30, 2013 from the amounts appropriated in section 236 for
the
tuition grant program for fiscal year 2012-2013 shall not lapse
on
September 30, 2013, but shall continue to be available for
expenditure
for tuition grants provided in the 2013-2014 fiscal
year
under a work project account. The use of these unexpended
fiscal
year 2012-2013 funds shall terminate at the end of the 2013-
2014
fiscal year. Any unexpended and
unencumbered funds remaining
on
September 30, 2014 2015 from the amounts appropriated in section
236
for the tuition grant program for fiscal year 2013-2014 2014-
2015
shall not lapse on September 30, 2014,
2015, but shall
continue to be available for expenditure for tuition grants
provided
in the 2014-2015 2015-2016
fiscal year under a work
project
account. The use of these unexpended fiscal year 2013-2014
2014-2015
funds shall terminate at the end of the
2014-2015 2015-
2016 fiscal year.
(5) The department of treasury shall continue a proportional
tuition grant maximum award level for recipients enrolled less than
full-time in a given semester or term.
(6) If the department of treasury increases the maximum award
per eligible student from that provided in the previous fiscal
year, it shall not have the effect of reducing the number of
eligible students receiving awards in relation to the total number
of eligible applicants. Any increase in the maximum grant shall be
proportional for all eligible students receiving awards for that
fiscal year.
(7)
In any fiscal year, Except
as provided in subsection (4),
the
department of treasury shall not award more than $3,000,000.00
$3,200,000.00 in tuition grants to eligible students enrolled in
the same independent nonprofit college or university in this state.
Any decrease in the maximum grant shall be proportional for all
eligible students enrolled in that college or university, as
determined by the department.
(8) The department of treasury shall not award tuition grants
to otherwise eligible students enrolled in an independent college
or university that does not report, in a form and manner directed
by and satisfactory to the department of treasury, by August 31 of
each year, beginning with August 31, 2015, all of the following:
(a) The number of students in the most recently completed
academic year that received a state tuition grant and successfully
completed a program or graduated.
(b) The number of students in the most recently completed
academic year that received a state tuition grant and took a
remedial education class.
(c) The number of students in the most recently completed
academic year that received a Pell grant and successfully completed
a program or graduated.
Sec. 256. (1) The funds appropriated in section 236 for the
tuition incentive program shall be distributed as provided in this
section and pursuant to the administrative procedures for the
tuition incentive program of the department of treasury.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Phase I" means the first part of the tuition incentive
assistance program defined as the academic period of 80 semester or
120 term credits, or less, leading to an associate degree or
certificate.
(b) "Phase II" means the second part of the tuition incentive
assistance program which provides assistance in the third and
fourth year of 4-year degree programs.
(c) "Department" means the department of treasury.
(3) An individual shall meet the following basic criteria and
financial thresholds to be eligible for tuition incentive benefits:
(a) To be eligible for phase I, an individual shall meet all
of the following criteria:
(i) Apply for certification to the department any time after he
or
she begins the sixth grade but before graduating
August 31 of
the school year in which he or she graduates from high school or
before
completing the a general
education development (GED)
certificate.
(ii) Be less than 20 years of age at the time he or she
graduates from high school with a diploma or certificate of
completion
or completes his or her GED.a
general education
development certificate.
(iii) Be a United States citizen and a resident of Michigan
according to institutional criteria.
(iv) Be at least a half-time student, earning less than 80
semester or 120 term credits at a participating educational
institution
within 4 years of high school graduation or GED
certificate
completion.completion of a
general education
development certificate.
(v) Request information on filing a FAFSA.
(vi) Must meet the satisfactory academic progress policy of the
educational institution he or she attends.
(b) To be eligible for phase II, an individual shall meet
either of the following criteria in addition to the criteria in
subdivision (a):
(i) Complete at least 56 transferable semester or 84
transferable term credits.
(ii) Obtain an associate degree or certificate at a
participating institution.
(c) To be eligible for phase I or phase II, an individual must
not be incarcerated and must be financially eligible as determined
by the department. An individual is financially eligible for the
tuition incentive program if he or she was eligible for Medicaid
from the state of Michigan for 24 months within the 36 months
before application. The department shall accept certification of
Medicaid eligibility only from the department of human services for
the purposes of verifying if a person is Medicaid eligible for 24
months within the 36 months before application. Certification of
eligibility may begin in the sixth grade. As used in this
subdivision, "incarcerated" does not include detention of a
juvenile in a state-operated or privately operated juvenile
detention facility.
(4) For phase I, the department shall provide payment on
behalf of a person eligible under subsection (3). The department
shall reject billings that are excessive or outside the guidelines
for the type of educational institution.
(5) For phase I, all of the following apply:
(a) Payments for associate degree or certificate programs
shall not be made for more than 80 semester or 120 term credits for
any individual student at any participating institution.
(b) For persons enrolled at a Michigan community college, the
department shall pay the current in-district tuition and mandatory
fees. For persons residing in an area that is not included in any
community college district, the out-of-district tuition rate may be
authorized.
(c) For persons enrolled at a Michigan public university, the
department shall pay lower division resident tuition and mandatory
fees for the current year.
(d) For persons enrolled at a Michigan independent, nonprofit
degree-granting college or university, or a Michigan federal
tribally controlled community college, or Focus: HOPE, the
department shall pay mandatory fees for the current year and a per-
credit payment that does not exceed the average community college
in-district per-credit tuition rate as reported on August 1, for
the immediately preceding academic year.
(6) A person participating in phase II may be eligible for
additional funds not to exceed $500.00 per semester or $400.00 per
term up to a maximum of $2,000.00 subject to the following
conditions:
(a) Credits are earned in a 4-year program at a Michigan
degree-granting 4-year college or university.
(b) The tuition reimbursement is for coursework completed
within 30 months of completion of the phase I requirements.
(7) The department shall work closely with participating
institutions to develop an application and eligibility
determination process that will provide the highest level of
participation and ensure that all requirements of the program are
met.
(8) Applications for the tuition incentive program may be
approved at any time after the student begins the sixth grade. If a
determination of financial eligibility is made, that determination
is valid as long as the student meets all other program
requirements and conditions.
(9) Each institution shall ensure that all known available
restricted grants for tuition and fees are used prior to billing
the tuition incentive program for any portion of a student's
tuition and fees.
(10) The department shall ensure that the tuition incentive
program is well publicized and that eligible Medicaid clients are
provided information on the program. The department shall provide
the necessary funding and staff to fully operate the program.
Sec. 263. (1) Included in the appropriation in section 236 for
fiscal year 2014-2015 for MSU AgBioResearch is $2,982,900.00 and
included in the appropriation in section 236 for MSU extension is
$2,645,200.00 for project GREEEN. Project GREEEN is intended to
address critical regulatory, food safety, economic, and
environmental problems faced by this state's plant-based
agriculture, forestry, and processing industries. "GREEEN" is an
acronym for generating research and extension to meet environmental
and economic needs.
(2) The department of agriculture and rural development and
Michigan State University, in consultation with agricultural
commodity groups and other interested parties, shall develop
project GREEEN and its program priorities.
Sec. 263a. (1) Not later than September 30 of each year,
Michigan State University shall submit a report on MSU
AgBioResearch and MSU extension to the house and senate
appropriations subcommittees on agriculture and on higher
education, the house and senate standing committees on agriculture,
the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director
for
the preceding school academic
fiscal year.
(2) The report required under subsection (1) shall include all
of the following:
(a) Total funds expended by MSU AgBioResearch and by MSU
extension 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 2014-2015 for Michigan State University is
$80,000.00 for the Michigan future farmers of America association.
This $80,000.00 allocation shall not supplant any existing support
that Michigan State University provides to the Michigan future
farmers of America association.
Sec. 265. (1) Payments under section 265a for performance
funding shall only be made to a public university that certifies to
the
state budget director by August 31, 2013 2014 that its board
did not adopt an increase in tuition and fee rates for resident
undergraduate
students after September 1, 2012 2013 for the 2012-
2013
2013-2014 academic year and that its board will not adopt an
increase in tuition and fee rates for resident undergraduate
students
for the 2013-2014 2014-2015
academic year that is greater
than
3.75%. 3.2%. As used in this subsection:
(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
2013-2014 2014-2015 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) The state budget director shall implement uniform
reporting requirements to ensure that a public university receiving
a payment under section 265a for performance funding has satisfied
the tuition restraint requirements of this section. The state
budget director shall have the sole authority to determine if a
public university has met the requirements of this section.
Information reported by a public university to the state budget
director under this subsection shall also be reported to the house
and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education and the
house and senate fiscal agencies.
Sec. 265a. (1) Appropriations to public universities in
section 236 for fiscal year 2014-2015 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 2014 that it complies
with all of the following requirements:
(a) The university participates in reverse transfer agreements
described in section 286 with at least 3 Michigan community
colleges or has made a good-faith effort to enter into reverse
transfer agreements.
(b) The university does not and will not consider whether dual
enrollment credits earned by an incoming student were utilized
towards his or her high school graduation requirements when making
a determination as to whether those credits may be used by the
student toward completion of a university degree or certificate
program.
(c) The university 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 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, 2013, 2014,
regarding any performance funding amounts that are not paid to a
public university because it did not comply with 1 or more
requirements under subsection (1) and any reappropriation of funds
under subsection (2).
(4) Performance funding amounts described in section 236 are
distributed based on the following formula:
(a) Proportional to each university's share of total
operations funding appropriated in fiscal year 2010-2011, 50.0%.
(b) (a)
Based on weighted undergraduate
completions in
critical
skills areas, 22.2%.11.1%.
(c) (b)
Based on research and development
expenditures, for
universities classified in Carnegie classifications as
doctoral/research universities, research universities (high
research activity), or research universities (very high research
activity)
only, 11.1%.5.6%.
(d) (c)
Based on 6-year graduation rate,
total degree
completions, and institutional support as a percentage of core
expenditures, and students receiving Pell grants, scored against
national Carnegie classification peers and weighted by total
undergraduate
fiscal year equated students, 66.7%. 33.3%.
(5) For purposes of determining the score of a university
under
subsection (4)(c), (4)(d),
each university is assigned 1 of
the following scores:
(a) A university classified as in the top 20%, a score of 3.
(b) A university classified as above national median, a score
of 2.
(c) A university classified as improving, a score of 2. It is
the
intent of the legislature that, beginning in the 2014-2015
2015-2016 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 2013-2014 2014-2015 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 2013-2014
2014-2015 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) Appropriations in section 236(8)(f) for North American
Indian tuition waivers shall be paid to universities under section
2a of 1976 PA 174, MCL 390.1252a. Allocations shall be adjusted for
amounts included in university operations appropriations. If funds
are insufficient to support the entire cost of waivers, amounts
shall be prorated.
(3) (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 for the
preceding fiscal year that includes, but is not limited to, all of
the following information for each postsecondary institution:
(a) The total number of waiver applications.
(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 2013-2014, 2014-2015,
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 2013-2014 2014-2015
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. 271a. It is the intent of the legislature that a public
university that receives funds under section 236 shall not
knowingly and directly use any portion of those funds to offer any
instructional activity that targets specific companies or specific
groups of companies for unionization or decertification of a union.
Sec.
272a. By February 15, 2014, of
each year, 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 resident students at
other postsecondary institutions in this state, 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, 2013, 2014, 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, 2013 2014 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
2012-2013, 2013-2014, 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 2012-2013.2013-2014.
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, 2013 2014 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 2012-2013 2013-2014 and the cost to the university of
providing those benefits.
Sec. 275. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that each
public university that receives an appropriation in section 236 do
all of the following:
(a) Meet the provisions of section 5003 of the post-911
veterans educational assistance act of 2008, 38 USC 3301 to 3324,
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) By October 1 of each year, each public university shall
report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on
higher education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the
department of military and veterans affairs regarding services
provided specifically to veterans and active military duty
personnel, including, but not limited to, the services described in
subsection (1).
(3) (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. 276. (1) Included in the appropriation for fiscal year
2013-2014
2014-2015 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
2013-2014
2014-2015 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 2013-
2014
2014-2015 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 2013-
2014
2014-2015 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
2013-2014
2014-2015 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
2013-2014
2014-2015 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,
2014 of each year as to whether it will expend by the end of
its fiscal year the funds received under section 278, 279, or 281.
Notwithstanding the award limitations in sections 278 and 279, the
amount of funding reported as not being expended will be
reallocated to the institutions that intend to expend all funding
received under section 278, 279, or 281.
Sec. 283. (1) From the amount appropriated in section 236, the
public universities shall systematically inform Michigan high
schools regarding the academic status of students from each high
school in a manner prescribed by the presidents council, state
universities of Michigan in cooperation with the Michigan
association of secondary school principals. Public universities
shall also work with the center for educational performance and
information
to design and implement maintain
a systematic approach
for accomplishing this task.
(2) Michigan high schools shall systematically inform the
public universities about the use of information received under
this section in a manner prescribed by the Michigan association of
secondary school principals in cooperation with the presidents
council, state universities of Michigan.
Sec. 284. From the amount appropriated in section 236, the
public universities shall inform Michigan community colleges
regarding the academic status of community college transfer
students in a manner prescribed by the presidents council, state
universities of Michigan in cooperation with the Michigan community
college association. Public universities shall also work with the
center
for educational performance and information to design and
implement
maintain a systematic approach for accomplishing this
task.
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 2014-2015 under
article III is estimated at $1,419,469,900.00 and the amount of
that state spending from state sources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2014-2015 is estimated at $0.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect October
1, 2014.