FY 2002-03 HIGHER EDUCATION BUDGET - S.B. 1105 (H-1): HOUSE-PASSED

FY 2002-03 Senate-Passed Gross Appropriation $1,943,717,366
House Changes to Senate-Passed:
The House made no changes to any of the line-item appropriations in Part 1 of the Senate-passed bill. 0
Total Changes $0
FY 2002-03 House-Passed Gross Appropriation $1,943,717,366

House Boilerplate Changes from FY 2002-03 Senate-Passed:
1. Luxury Vehicles. Prohibit State appropriation expenditures for lease or purchase of luxury vehicles or chauffeur services for university officials. (Sec. 217)
2. Capital Outlay. Legislative intent that State-funded capital outlay projects are competitively bid. (Sec. 218)
3. Kendall College. Clarify that only students enrolled in Kendall College programs at Ferris are eligible for tuition grants. (Sec. 302(7))
4. Nursing Scholarship Program. Substitute Michigan Board of Nursing for Higher Education Assistance Authority as program administrator; include licensed practical, associate degree, and bachelor's degree nursing programs; allow unexpended funds to carry-forward; and require that enacted statutory provisions would supercede boilerplate. (Sec. 312)
5. Joseph F. Young, Sr. Psychiatric Research and Training Program. Earmark 25% of the funds for treatment of adolescents in southeastern Michigan. (Sec. 401)
6. Funding Floors. Remove Senate-passed single floor of $4,500 per-student, and reinsert FY 2001-02 university groupings with four floors of $4,600, $4,800, $5,800, and $9,100. (Sec. 409)
7. Rare Isotope Accelerator. Legislative intent that Michigan State University collaborate with the MEDC to develop program statement and preliminary design documents. (Sec. 437)
8. Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference. Legislative intent that if the Conference determines additional revenue is available, funds would be appropriated based on House's four per-student floors, rather than the Senate's single floor of $4,500. (Sec. 438)
9. Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act. Establish House/Senate work group to make recommendations on acceptance of college credits earned under the Act. (Sec. 439)
10. HEIDI Data. Require Auditor General to review data for all 15 universities rather than a randomly selected five. (Sec. 701)
11. New Degree Programs. Add new degrees recommended by the Presidents Council. (Sec. 701a)


Date Completed: 3-18-02 - Fiscal Analyst: Ellen Jeffries