SENATE BILL No. 1103
February 13, 2002, Introduced by Senators Stille and Bennett and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
EXECUTIVE BUDGET BILL
A bill to make appropriations for the department of education and certain other purposes relating to education for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003; to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, school districts, and other governmental bodies; and to provide for the disposition of fees and other income received by certain legal entities and state agencies.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this bill, the amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department of education for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, from the funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary of the appropriations in this part:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:
Full-time equated unclassified positions 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions 407.4
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 89,896,000
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Interdepartmental grants from corrections
academy lease 518,000
Total interdepartmental grants and intrade-
partmental transfers 518,000
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 89,378,000
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues 39,863,400
Special revenue funds:
Local cost sharing (schools for the blind/deaf) 4,641,600
Local school district service fees 102,600
Total local revenues 4,744,200
Private gifts, bequests, and donations 504,200
Private foundations 197,200
Total private revenues 701,400
Total local and private revenues 5,445,600
Teacher certification revenues 2,732,600
Commodity distribution fees 51,400
Driver fees 8,124,600
Lansing, Michigan school for the blind rent 739,000
Motorcycle license fees 1,343,800
Safety education fund 314,700
Student insurance revenues 205,100
School loan exception fees 67,300
Teacher testing fees 280,800
Training and orientation workshop fees 100,000
Total other state restricted revenues 13,959,300 State general fund/general purpose $ 30,109,700 Sec. 102. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION/OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
Full-time equated unclassified positions 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions 14.0
State board of education, per diem $ 19,400
Unclassified positions--6.0 FTE positions 515,600 State board/superintendent operations--14.0 FTE 1,989,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 2,524,400
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal funds 577,200
Special revenue funds:
Private foundations 23,000
State general fund/general purpose $ 1,924,200 Sec. 103. CENTRAL SUPPORT
Full-time equated classified positions 39.3
Central support--39.3 FTE positions $ 5,264,600
Worker's compensation 101,000
Education commission of the states 99,300
Building occupancy charges-property management
services 1,439,600
Training and orientation workshops 100,000
Terminal leave payments 260,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 7,265,000 Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues 3,916,400
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees 172,000
Commodity distribution fees 6,100
Driver fees 24,700
Local cost sharing 48,900
Motorcycle license fees 4,600
Safety education fund 2,600
School loan exception fees 67,300
Teacher testing fees 11,000
Training and orientation workshop fees 100,000
State general fund/general purpose $ 2,911,400
Sec. 104. SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions 41.4
School support operations--41.4 FTE positions $ 5,040,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 5,040,800 Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues 4,010,500
Special revenue funds:
Commodity distribution fees 45,300
Driver fees 499,900
Motorcycle license fees 139,200
Safety education fund 117,800
State general fund/general purpose $ 228,100
Sec. 105. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects $ 3,288,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 3,288,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues 1,063,800
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees 168,200
State general fund/general purpose $ 2,056,100
Sec. 106. SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions 69.6
Special education operations--69.6 FTE positions $ 11,477,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 11,477,300 Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues 11,139,700
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees 35,200
State general fund/general purpose $ 302,400
Sec. 107. LANSING, MICHIGAN SCHOOL FOR THE
BLIND FORMER SITE
General services $ 1,267,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 1,267,000 Appropriated from:
Interdepartmetnal grant revenues:
Interdepartmental grant from corrections academy
lease 518,000
Special revenue funds:
Lansing, Michigan school for the blind rent 739,000
Gifts, bequests, and donations 10,000
State general fund/general purpose $ 0
Sec. 108. MICHIGAN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND
Full-time equated classified positions 96.0
Michigan schools for the deaf and blind
operations--96.0 FTE positions $ 9,812,100 Summer institute 90,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 9,902,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues 4,507,500
Special revenue funds:
Local cost sharing (schools for deaf and blind) 4,592,700
Local school district service fees 102,600
Gifts, bequests and donations 494,200
Student insurance revenue 205,100
State general fund/general purpose $ 0
Sec. 109. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions 26.5
Professional preparation operations--26.5 FTE
positions $ 3,135,000
Department of attorney general 50,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 3,185,000
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues 608,000
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees 2,307,200
Teacher testing fees 269,800
State general fund/general purpose $ 0
Sec. 110. FIELD SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions 41.0
Field services operations--41.0 FTE positions $ 5,379,700
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 5,379,700
Appropriated from:
Federal Revenues:
Total federal revenues 4,974,000
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose $ 405,700
Sec. 111. OFFICE OF SCHOOL EXCELLENCE
Full-time equated classified positions 50.0
School excellence operations--50.0 FTE positions $ 8,968,100 GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 8,968,100 Appropriated from:
Federal Revenues:
Total federal revenues 6,814,100
Special revenue funds:
Private foundations 79,400
State general fund/general purpose $ 2,074,600
Sec. 112. GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions 10.8
Government services operations--10.8 FTE
positions $ 1,284,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 1,284,800
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues 828,900
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose $ 455,900
Sec. 113. SAFE SCHOOLS AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Full-time equated classified positions 11.0
Safe schools operations--2.0 FTE positions $ 473,200 Administrative law operations--9.0 FTE positions 852,700
State tenure commission per diem 11,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 1,337,000
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues 536,700
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose $ 800,300
Sec. 114. EDUCATION OPTIONS, CHARTERS, AND CHOICE
Full-time equated classified positions 7.8
Education option operations--7.8 FTE positions $ 1,312,700 GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 1,312,700
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues 886,600
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose $ 426,100
Sec. 115. GRANTS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Christa McAuliffe grants $ 94,800
Driver education 7,600,000
Motorcycle safety education 1,200,000
National board certification 50,000
Off-road vehicle safety training grant 194,300
School breakfast programs 6,274,900
School readiness grants 12,250,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 27,664,000
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees 50,000
Driver fees 7,600,000
Motorcycle license fees 1,200,000
Private foundations 94,800
Safety education fund 194,300
State general fund/general purpose $ 18,524,900
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources under part 1 for fiscal year 2002-2003 is $44,069,000.00 and state spending from state resources to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2002-2003 is $16,436,800.00. The itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which spending to units of local government will occur:
GRANTS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
STATE PROGRAMS:
Driver education $ 7,600,000
School readiness grants 1,626,900
Motorcycle safety education 890,000
Off-road vehicle safety training grant 45,000
School lunch and breakfast 6,274,900
TOTAL $ 16,436,800
Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this bill are subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.
Sec. 203. As used in this bill:
(a) "Department" means the Michigan department of education.
(b) "District" means a local school district as defined in section 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.6, or a public school academy as defined in section 5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5.
(c) "FTE" means full-time equated.
Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill departments and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for the 1% charge authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount of the billing by the end of the second fiscal quarter.
Sec. 205. (1) A hiring freeze is imposed on the state classified civil service. State departments and agencies are prohibited from hiring any new full-time state classified civil service employees and prohibited from filling any vacant state classified civil service positions. This hiring freeze does not apply to internal transfers of classified employees from one position to another within a department.
(2) The state budget director shall grant exceptions to this hiring freeze when the state budget director believes that the hiring freeze will result in rendering a state department or agency unable to deliver basic services, cause loss of revenue to the state, result in the inability of the state to receive federal funds, or would necessitate additional expenditures that exceed any savings from maintaining a vacancy. The state budget director shall report quarterly to the chairpersons of the senate and house subcommittees on appropriations the number of exceptions to the hiring freeze approved during the previous quarter and the reasons to justify the exception.
Sec. 206. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $20,000,000.00 for federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item in this bill under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393. The funds appropriated under this subsection shall not be transferred to the unspecified federal grants line item.
(2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $700,000.00 for state restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item in this bill under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
(3) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $250,000.00 for local contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item in this bill under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
(4) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $3,000,000.00 for private contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item in this bill under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
Sec. 208. Unless otherwise specified, the department shall use the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this bill. This may include transmission of reports via electronic mail to the recipients identified for each reporting requirement or it may include placement of reports on the Internet or Intranet site.
Sec. 212. The department may carry into the succeeding fiscal year unexpended federal pass-through funds to local institutions and governments that do not require additional state matching funds. Federal pass-through funds to local institutions and governments that are received in amounts in addition to those included in part 1 and that do not require additional state matching funds are appropriated for the purposes intended.
Sec. 213. The department shall provide the state budget director and the senate and house fiscal agencies with copies of the state board of education agenda and all supporting documents at the time the agenda and supporting documents are provided to state board of education members.
Sec. 214. Money in the school loan exception fee fund that is unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall be carried over to the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 215. (1) Upon receipt of the federal drug free grant, the department shall allocate $225,000.00 of the grant to the office of safe schools within the department. The office for safe schools shall work with local school boards, law enforcement agencies, community leaders, and the office of drug control policy for the prevention of school violence. The office for safe schools shall develop and implement, and serve as coordinator of, a statewide clearinghouse for information, program development, model programs and policies, and technical assistance on school violence prevention.
(2) To accomplish its functions under this section, the office for safe schools shall do all of the following:
(a) Evaluate the effectiveness of, and make recommendations to local school boards concerning, public school violence prevention programs, including, but not limited to, programs aimed at reducing the possession of weapons and the incidence of other violent behaviors on school campuses, violence prevention curricula, conflict resolution and peer mediation training, interagency cooperative referral and treatment programs, parental involvement programs, and school safety planning.
(b) In consultation with appropriate organizations, develop and distribute to school districts and public school academies a model code of conduct for pupils.
(c) Coordinate with the office of drug control policy in the department of community health to ensure that there is a meaningful linkage between the efforts under this bill to provide safe schools and the initiatives undertaken through that office, including, but not limited to, school districts' safe and drug-free school plans, and to facilitate timely applications for and distribution of available grant money.
(d) Provide through the Internet the availability to and information regarding the state model policy on locker searches, the state model policy on firearm safety and awareness, and any other state or local safety policies that the office considers exemplary.
Sec. 216. The department shall require all public school districts to maintain complete records within the personnel file of a teacher or school employee of any disciplinary actions taken by the local school board against the teacher or employee for sexual misconduct. The records shall not be destroyed or removed from the teacher's or employee's personnel file except as required by a court order.
Sec. 218. From the general funds appropriated in part 1 for special education services, the department shall provide funding for 2.0 special education auditors to audit school districts.
Sec. 259. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for information technology, the department shall pay user fees to the department of information technology for technology related services and projects. Such user fees shall be subject to provisions of an interagency agreement between the department and the department of information technology.
Sec. 260. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward to support technology projects under the direction of the department of information technology. Funds designated in this manner are not available for expenditure until approved as work projects under section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION/OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
Sec. 301. (1) The appropriations in part 1 may be used for per diem payments to members of boards, committees, and commissions for each day's board, committee, or commission work at which a quorum is present; for attending a hearing as authorized by the respective board, committee, or commission; or for performing official business as authorized by the respective board, committee, or commission. The per diem payments shall be at a rate as follows:
(a) State board of education - president $110.00 per day
(b) State board of education - member other
than president $100.00 per day
(c) State tenure commission - member $ 50.00 per day
(2) A state board of education member shall not be paid a per diem for more than 24 days per year.
(3) The administrative secretary of the state board of education shall report to the public, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director the previous quarter's expenses by fund source for members of the state board of education related to the performance of their responsibilities.
Sec. 302. From the amount appropriated in part 1 to the state board of education, not more than $35,000.00 shall be expended for travel.
MICHIGAN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND
Sec. 401. The employees at the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind who work on a school year basis shall be considered annual employees for purposes of service credits, retirement, and insurance benefits.
Sec. 402. For each student enrolled at the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind, the department shall assess the intermediate school district of residence 100% of the cost of operating the student's instructional program. The amount shall exclude room and board related costs and the cost of weekend transportation between the school and the student's home.
Sec. 403. (1) The department may assess rent to any state agency for the use of any facility at the Michigan school for the blind's former site in Lansing. The rental rates and all leasing arrangements shall be subject to the approval of the department of management and budget.
(2) In addition to those funds appropriated in part 1, the department may receive and expend additional funds from lease agreements at the Michigan school for the blind's former site in Lansing that have been negotiated with the approval of the department of management and budget. These funds are appropriated to the department for operation, maintenance, and renovation expenses associated with the leased space.
(3) Security guards or other patrols at the Michigan school for the blind's former site shall not be funded through section 108 funds appropriated for the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind.
(4) If the department leases real property to a person or organization that is not a department of state government, the department shall not expend funds in excess of the lease revenue received to replace, renovate, or repair that real property. This section shall not apply to emergency repairs or costs associated with technological renovations.
(5) The department shall not lease real property for less than fair market value.
Sec. 404. (1) The department may assess rent or lease excess property located on the campus of the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind in Flint to private or publicly funded organizations.
(2) In addition to those funds appropriated in part 1, the department may receive and expend additional funds from lease agreements at the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind Flint campus that have been negotiated with the approval of the department of management and budget. These funds are appropriated to the department for the operation, maintenance, and renovation expenses associated with the leased space.
(3) Proceeds from the sale of surplus property and facilities at the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind are appropriated for the purposes of repairs, renovations, and maintenance of the Flint campus.
(4) The unexpended balances of appropriations for school for deaf and blind operations, and from proceeds of the sale of surplus property and facilities at the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind shall not lapse to the state general fund at the end of the fiscal year. Any unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining on September 30, 2003, shall be carried forward as a work project or as restricted revenue and expended for special maintenance and repairs of facilities at the campus of the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind in Flint. The work shall be carried out by state employees, or by contract as necessary, at an estimated cost of $250,000.00. The estimated completion date of the work is September 30, 2004.
Sec. 405. The department may assist the department of community health, other departments, and local school districts to secure reimbursement for eligible services provided in Michigan schools from the federal Medicaid program. The department may submit reports of direct expenses related to this effort to the department of community health for reimbursement.
Sec. 406. (1) The Michigan schools for the deaf and blind may promote its residential program as a possible appropriate option for children who are deaf or hard of hearing or who are blind or visually impaired. The Michigan schools for the deaf and blind shall distribute information detailing its services to all intermediate school districts in the state.
(2) Upon knowledge of or recognition by an intermediate school district that a child in the district is deaf or hard of hearing or blind or visually impaired, the intermediate school district shall provide to the parents of the child the literature distributed by the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind to intermediate school districts under subsection (1).
Sec. 408. In addition to those funds appropriated in part 1, the department may receive and expend funds from the mid-Michigan academy for capital improvements. These additional funds are appropriated specifically for capital improvements authorized by the department of management and budget and shall be negotiated as part of the lease agreement.
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION SERVICES
Sec. 501. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for professional preparation services, the department shall maintain the professional personnel register and certification revocation/felony conviction files.
Sec. 502. The department shall authorize teacher preparation institutions to provide an alternative program by which up to 1/2 of the required student internship or student teaching credits may be earned through substitute teaching. The department shall require that teacher preparation institutions collaborate with school districts to ensure that the quality of instruction provided to student teachers is comparable to that required in a traditional student teaching program.
EDUCATION OPTIONS, CHARTERS, AND CHOICE
Sec. 601. From the amount appropriated in part 1 for education options, charters, and choice, there is allocated $350,000.00 and 3.5 FTE positions to operate a charter school office to administer charter school legislation and associated regulations, and to coordinate the activities of the department relating to charter schools.
GRANTS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Sec. 701. The department shall disburse the funds to a general fund grantee in accordance with the same standards of timing and amount that apply to disbursements made by the department to a federal fund grantee. The disbursement shall be restricted to the minimum amount needed for immediate disbursement by the grantee. The department may waive this section if extenuating circumstances warrant and are substantiated in the grantee's application or other appropriate documentation. A waiver granted pursuant to this section shall not be effective until 15 days after written notice of the proposed waiver is given to the state budget director and the chairpersons of the senate and house appropriations subcommittees having jurisdiction over the department budget.
Sec. 702. The funds appropriated in part 1 for school breakfast programs shall be made available to all eligible applicant public school districts and public school academies as follows:
(a) The public school district or public school academy participates in the federal school breakfast program and meets all standards as prescribed by 7 C.F.R. parts 220 and 245.
(b) Payment is made for each breakfast served meeting standards prescribed in subdivision (a).
(c) The payment for a public school district or public school academy is at a per meal rate equal to the lesser of the district's actual cost, or 100% of the cost of a breakfast served by an efficiently operated breakfast program as determined by the department, less federal reimbursement, participant payments, and other state reimbursement. Determination of efficient cost by the department shall be determined by using a statistical sampling of statewide and regional cost as reported in a manner approved by the department for the preceding school year.
(d) The payment determined under subdivision (c) is prorated if the appropriation in part 1 is not sufficient to fund all payments determined under this section.
Sec. 703. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for school readiness programs shall be made available through a competitive application process as follows:
(a) An applicant may be any public or private nonprofit legal entity or agency other than a local or intermediate school district except a local or intermediate school district acting as a fiscal agent for a child caring organization regulated under 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111 to 722.128.
(b) Applications shall be submitted in a form and manner as required by the department.
(c) Applications shall be reviewed by a diverse interagency committee composed of representatives of the department, appropriate community, volunteer, and social service agencies and organizations, and parents.
(d) Priority in the recommendation for awarding of grants by the state board of education to applicants shall be based upon the following criteria:
(i) Compliance with standards for early childhood development consistent with programs for 4-year-olds, as approved by the state board of education.
(ii) Active and continuous involvement of the parents or guardians of the children participating in the program.
(iii) Employment of teachers possessing proper training in early childhood development, including an early childhood (ZA) endorsement or child development associate, and trained support staff.
(iv) Evidence of collaboration with the community of providers in early childhood development programs including documentation of the total number of children in the community who would meet the criteria established in subparagraph (vi), and who are being served by other providers, and the number of children who will remain unserved by other community early childhood programs if this program is funded.
(v) The extent to which these funds will supplement other federal, state, local, or private funds.
(vi) The extent to which these funds will be targeted to children who will be at least 4, but less than 5, years of age as of December 1 of the year in which the programs are offered and who show evidence of 2 or more "at-risk" factors as defined in the state board of education report entitled, "children at risk" that was adopted by the state board on April 5, 1988.
(e) Whether the application contains a comprehensive evaluation plan that includes implementation of all program components required and an assessment of the gains of children participating in an early childhood development program.
(f) Applications shall provide for the establishment of a school readiness advisory committee that shall be involved in the planning and evaluation of the program and provides for the involvement of parents and appropriate community, volunteer, and social service agencies and organizations. There shall be on the committee at least 1 parent or guardian of a program participant for every 18 children enrolled in the program, with a minimum of 2 parent or guardian representatives. The committee shall do all of the following:
(i) Review the mechanisms and criteria used to determine referrals for participation in the school readiness program.
(ii) Review the health screening program for all participants.
(iii) Review the nutritional services provided to all participants.
(iv) Review the mechanisms in place for the referral of families to community social service agencies, as appropriate.
(v) Review the collaboration with and the involvement of appropriate community, volunteer, and social service agencies and organizations in addressing all aspects of education disadvantage.
(vi) Review, evaluate, and make recommendations for changes in the school readiness program.
(g) More than 50% of the children participating in the program shall meet the income eligibility criteria for free or reduced price lunch, as determined under the national school lunch act, chapter 281, 60 Stat. 230, 42 U.S.C. 1751 to 1753, 1755 to 1761, 1762a, 1765 to 1766b, and 1769 to 1769h, or meet income and all other eligibility criteria for participation in the Michigan family independence agency unified child day care program.
(2) Grant awards by the superintendent of public instruction may be at whatever level the superintendent determines appropriate. A grant, when combined with other sources of state revenue for this program, shall not exceed $3,300.00 per child or the cost of the program, whichever is less.
(3) Except as otherwise provided, an applicant that receives a 2002-2003 grant under this section shall also receive priority for fiscal years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 funding. However, after 3 fiscal years of continuous funding, an applicant will be required to compete openly with new programs and other programs completing their third year. All grant awards are contingent on the availability of funds and documented evidence of grantee compliance with standards for early childhood development consistent with programs for 4-year-olds, as approved by the state board of education, and with all operational, fiscal, administrative, and other program requirements. A program which offers supplementary day care and thereby offers full-day programs as part of its early childhood development program shall receive priority in the allocation of competitive funds.
Sec. 705. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for national board certification, the department may pay 1/2 of the application fee for teachers who are deemed by the department by March 1, 2002, to be qualified to apply to the national board for professional teaching standards for professional teaching certificates or licenses and to provide grants to recognize and reward teachers who receive certification or licensure.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Sec. 902. The department shall work in collaboration with the department of information technology to support the comprehensive educational information system and all data collection efforts of the department.