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<p>FY 2003-04 <a name="3"></a>HIGHER EDUCATION BUDGET - H.B. <a name="1"></a>4396 (P.A. 144 of 2003): ENACTED WITH VETOES</p>

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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; padding-top: 0.03in; padding-bottom: 0.03in; border-left: none; border-top: 0.04in double #7f7f7f; border-bottom: 0.04in double #7f7f7f" valign="top"><p><span style="font-weight: bold">FY 2002-03 Year-to-Date Gross Appropriation<span>.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&am p;#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#16 0;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&a mp;#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&# 160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. &#160;.&#160;.&#160;.</span></span></p>

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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.04in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.235in; margin-left: 0.235in">&#160;1.<span>&#160;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">Across-the-Board Funding Reduction of 6.74%.</span> The Governor, House, and Senate included

a 6.74% reduction for University Operations, Agricultural Experiment Station, Cooperative

Extension Service, and the King-Chavez-Parks Programs.</p>

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<td class="table1column2" width="14%" style="border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-top: 0.04in" align="right" valign="top"><p>(109,662,073)</p>

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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.04in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.235in; margin-left: 0.235in">&#160;2.<span>&#160;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">Rare Isotope Accelerator.</span> The Governor, House, and Senate eliminated one-time funding.</p>

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<td class="table1column2" width="14%" style="border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-top: 0.04in" align="right" valign="top"><p>(1,900,000)</p>

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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.04in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.235in; margin-left: 0.235in">&#160;3.<span>&#160;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">Federal Fund Reductions.</span> The House and Senate included the Governor&#8217;s recommended

reductions in available Federal funds for State Competitive Scholarships ($700,000) and the

Robert Byrd Scholarship Program ($400,000).<span>&#160;</span></p>

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<td class="table1column2" width="14%" style="border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-top: 0.04in" align="right" valign="top"><p>(1,100,000)</p>

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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.03in; padding-bottom: 0.03in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.235in; margin-left: 0.235in">&#160;4.<span>&#160;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">Per-Student Floor Funding.</span> The Senate included a $4,000 per-student funding floor, funded

from the Merit Award Trust Fund; the Conferees included a $3,890 funding floor.</p>

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<td class="table1column2" width="14%" style="border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-top: 0.03in; padding-bottom: 0.03in" align="right" valign="top"><p>9,500,000 </p>

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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.03in; padding-bottom: 0.03in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.235in; margin-left: 0.235in">&#160;5.<span>&#160;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">Infrastructure, Technology, Equipment, and Maintenance (ITEM).</span> The Senate appropriated

$100,000 to each of the 15 universities, and a total of $100,000 was distributed to independent

colleges through the General Degree Reimbursement Program; funding was from the Merit

Award Trust Fund. The Conferees did not include ITEM funding.</p>

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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.03in; padding-bottom: 0.03in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.235in; margin-left: 0.235in">&#160;6.<span>&#160;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">Western Michigan University.</span> The Senate appropriated $10 million for the creation of a Life

Sciences Research and Commercialization Center. The Conference Report did not include this

item but $10 million was included in the FY 2002-03 Strategic Fund budget.</p>

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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.03in; padding-bottom: 0.03in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.235in; margin-left: 0.235in">&#160;7.<span>&#160;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">Japan Center.</span> The Governor and Senate eliminated funding; the House included $150,000;

Conferees concurred with the Senate.</p>

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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.025in; padding-bottom: 0.025in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.235in; margin-left: 0.235in">&#160;8.<span>&#160;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">Higher Education Database.</span> The Governor and House reduced funding to a total of $200,000;

the Senate included $200,100; Conferees concurred with the House.</p>

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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.025in; padding-bottom: 0.025in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.235in; margin-left: 0.235in"><span style="font-weight: bold">*</span>9.<span>&#160;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">Midwest Higher Education Compact Dues.</span> The Governor eliminated, Senate included $100,

House and Conferees retained at FY 2002-03 amount of $82,500. <i><span style="font-weight: bold">The Governor vetoed this

funding.</span></i></p>

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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.025in; padding-bottom: 0.025in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in">10.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#1 60;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">Grants and Financial Aid.</span> The Governor eliminated seven FY 2002-03 programs, the

House eliminated three, and the Senate retained all of them. The Senate reduced these

programs by 6.74% across-the-board. Neither the House nor the Senate included the

Governor&#8217;s proposed Michigan Opportunity Scholarship Program. The Conferees concurred

with the Senate&#8217;s 6.74% reduction but retained $364,954 in GF/GP, eliminated funding for

degree reimbursement and added those dollars proportionately to Competitive Scholarships

and Tuition Grants.</p>

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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.025in; padding-bottom: 0.025in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in">11.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#1 60;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">Michigan Merit Awards.</span> The House and Senate did not concur with the Governor&#8217;s

reduction of awards from $2,500 to $500 beginning with the class of 2004, nor did they

concur with the Governor&#8217;s proposed accounting change. The Senate added $70.7 million

to the FY 2002-03 Merit Award amount of $64.3 million, for an FY 2003-04 total of $135

million. The Conferees included a total of $130 million.</p>

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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.025in; padding-bottom: 0.025in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in">12.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#1 60;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">Tuition Incentive Program.</span> The Senate concurred with the Governor&#8217;s funding level which

included an increase of $4 million due to increased caseload estimates; the House did not

concur and retained FY 2002-03 funding of $5,250,000. The Senate did not phase out the

program as the Governor and House proposed. The Conferees concurred with the Senate&#8217;s

TIP funding of $9,250,000.</p>

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based on their proportionate share of the budget, and $2,750,000 distributed to 11 schools

in equal amounts of $250,000.</p>

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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; padding-top: 0.01in; padding-bottom: 0.01in; border-left: none; border-top: none; border-bottom: none" valign="top"><p>Total Changes<span>.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#1 60;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.& amp;#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.& #160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160; .&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&am p;#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#16 0;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&a mp;#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&# 160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. </span></p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.1725in; margin-left: 0.1725in">&#160;2.<span>&#160;</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">Capital Outlay.</span> Governor, House, and Senate deleted legislative intent for competitive bids for State projects

since the DMB Act already requires it.</span></p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.1725in; margin-left: 0.1725in">&#160;3.<span>&#160;</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">Tuition Grant Program.</span> House and Senate changed application deadline from September 1 to July 15, 2003.

(Sec. 302(2))</span></p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.1725in; margin-left: 0.1725in">&#160;4.<span>&#160;</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">General Degree Reimbursement Program.</span> Governor, House, and Senate deleted earmarks for University

of Detroit-Mercy, Marygrove, and Finlandia. (Sec. 304)</span></p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.1725in; margin-left: 0.1725in">&#160;5.<span>&#160;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">Nursing Scholarship Program.</span> Governor, House, and Senate included reference to enabling legislation,

Public Act 591 of 2002. (Sec. 312)</p>

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Mercy School of Dentistry to support services to low-income residents of southeastern Michigan. (Sec. 315)</p>

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and enhancement. (Sec. 405(2))</p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.1725in; margin-left: 0.1725in">&#160;8.<span>&#160;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">Study of Automatic Sprinklers in Dorms.</span> Governor, House, and Senate deleted requirement because the

study has been completed.</p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.1725in; margin-left: 0.1725in">&#160;9.<span>&#160;</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">Tuition Restraint.</span> Governor, House, and Senate replaced 8.5% or $425 limit on tuition increases with a

directive to adopt reasonable tuition and fee increases. (Sec. 436)</span></p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.4375in; margin-left: 0.4375in">10.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;& ;#160;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">Enrollment Policy Workgroup.</span> Governor, House, and Senate deleted requirement.</p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.4375in; margin-left: 0.4375in">11.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;& ;#160;</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System (MPSERS).</span> House and Senate included

legislative intent to retain FY 2002-03 contribution rate for FY 2003-04. (Sec. 437)</span></p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.4375in; margin-left: 0.4375in">12.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;& ;#160;</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">Report on Smoking Policies in Dorms.</span> House and Senate added requirement. (Sec. 439)</span></p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.4375in; margin-left: 0.4375in">13.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;& ;#160;</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">Report on Faculty.</span> Governor, House, and Senate deleted requirement due to availability of information

in the Higher Education database (HEIDI).</span></p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Conference Agreement on Items of Difference</span></p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.4375in; margin-left: 0.4375in">14.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;& ;#160;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">General/Allied Health Degree Reimbursement.</span> Conferees deleted all references to these programs.</p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -1.9375in; margin-left: 1.9375in">15.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;& ;#160;</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">Per-Student Floor Funding.</span> Senate deleted reference to floors of $4,600, $4,800, $5,800, and $9,100

per-student and replaced with one $4,000 per-student funding floor. Conference Report included no floor

funding language.</span></p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.4375in; margin-left: 0.4375in">16.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;& ;#160;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">Textbook Purchases.</span> Senate added requirement for Presidents Council to report on potential for public

universities to provide group purchasing for textbooks. Conferees did not include.</p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.4375in; margin-left: 0.4375in">17.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;& ;#160;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">Western Michigan University. </span> Senate included base funding allocation of $10 million for creation of Life

Sciences Research and Commercialization Center. Conferees did not include.</p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.4375in; margin-left: 0.4375in">18.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;& ;#160;</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">New Academic Programs.</span> Senate added Presidents Council list of approved programs. Conferees

concurred with Senate and required list of eliminated programs. (Sec. 701a)</span></p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.4375in; margin-left: 0.4375in">19.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;& ;#160;</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">Performance Audits of State Universities.</span> Governor and House allowed three annually; Senate

required three annually. Conferees concurred with House. (Sec. 708)</span></p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.4375in; margin-left: 0.4375in">20.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;& ;#160;</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">FY 2002-03 Supplemental Fund Source Shift. </span>Senate included shift from Merit Award Trust Fund to

Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund. Conferees concurred with Senate. (Sec. 1101)</span></p>

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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; border-bottom: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.4375in; margin-left: 0.4375in">21.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;& ;#160;</span><span style="font-weight: bold">FY 2002-03 Notification Deadline.</span> Senate required notification by July 1, 2003, for Michigan Competitive

Scholarship and Tuition Grant applicants. Conferees changed date to July 31. (Sec. 1102)</p>

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<p style="margin-left: -0.0625in; margin-right: -0.1in">Date Completed: <a name="5"></a>8-15-03 - Fiscal Analyst: <a name="6"></a>Ellen Jeffries</p>

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