September 12, 2006, Introduced by Senator SWITALSKI and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled
"The state school aid act of 1979,"
by amending sections 19 and 81 (MCL 388.1619 and 388.1681),
section 19 as amended by 2005 PA 155 and section 81 as amended by
2006 PA 342.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 19. (1) A district shall comply with any requirements of
sections 1204a, 1277, 1278, and 1280 of the revised school code,
MCL 380.1204a, 380.1277, 380.1278, and 380.1280, commonly referred
to as "public act 25 of 1990" that are not also required by the no
child left behind act of 2001, Public Law 107-110, as determined by
the department.
(2) Each district and intermediate district shall provide to
the department, in a form and manner prescribed by the department,
information necessary for the development of an annual progress
report on the required implementation of sections 1204a, 1277,
1278, and 1280 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1204a, 380.1277,
380.1278, and 380.1280, commonly referred to as "public act 25 of
1990".
(3) A district or intermediate district shall comply with all
applicable reporting requirements specified in state and federal
law. Data provided to the center, in a form and manner prescribed
by the center, shall be aggregated and disaggregated as required by
state and federal law.
(4) Each district shall furnish to the center not later than 7
weeks after the pupil membership count day, in a manner prescribed
by the center, the information necessary for the preparation of the
district and high school graduation report. Each intermediate
district, in a form and manner prescribed by the center, shall
verify that the information submitted by its constituent districts
under this subsection is accurate. The center shall calculate an
annual graduation and pupil dropout rate for each high school, each
district, and this state, in compliance with nationally recognized
standards for these calculations. The center shall report all
graduation and dropout rates to the senate and house education
committees and appropriations committees, the state budget
director, and the department not later than 30 days after the
publication of the list described in subsection (8).
(5) By the first business day in December and by June 30 of
each year, a district shall furnish to the center, in a manner
prescribed by the center, information related to educational
personnel as necessary for reporting required by state and federal
law.
(6) By June 30 of each year, a district shall furnish to the
center, in a manner prescribed by the center, information related
to safety practices and criminal incidents as necessary for
reporting required by state and federal law.
(7) If a district or intermediate district fails to meet the
requirements of subsection (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6), the
department shall withhold 5% of the total funds for which the
district or intermediate district qualifies under this act until
the district or intermediate district complies with all of those
subsections. If the district or intermediate district does not
comply with all of those subsections by the end of the fiscal year,
the department shall place the amount withheld in an escrow account
until the district or intermediate district complies with all of
those subsections.
(8) Before publishing a list of schools or districts
determined to have failed to make adequate yearly progress as
required by the federal no child left behind act of 2001, Public
Law 107-110, the department shall allow a school or district to
appeal that determination. The department shall consider and act
upon the appeal within 30 days after it is submitted and shall not
publish the list until after all appeals have been considered and
decided.
Sec. 81. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section,
from the appropriation in section 11, there is allocated for 2006-
2007 to the intermediate districts the sum necessary, but not to
exceed $80,110,900.00, to provide state aid to intermediate
districts under this section. Except as otherwise provided in this
section,
there shall be allocated to each intermediate district for
2006-2007 an amount equal to 103.1% of the amount appropriated
under this subsection for 2005-2006. Funding provided under this
section shall be used to comply with requirements of this act and
the revised school code that are applicable to intermediate
districts, and for which funding is not provided elsewhere in this
act, and to provide technical assistance to districts as authorized
by the intermediate school board.
(2) It is the intent of the legislature that intermediate
districts receiving funds under this section shall collaborate with
the department to develop expanded professional development
opportunities for teachers to update and expand their knowledge and
skills needed to support the Michigan merit curriculum.
(3) From the allocation in subsection (1), there is allocated
to an intermediate district, formed by the consolidation or
annexation of 2 or more intermediate districts or the attachment of
a total intermediate district to another intermediate school
district or the annexation of all of the constituent K-12 districts
of a previously existing intermediate school district which has
disorganized, an additional allotment of $3,500.00 each fiscal year
for each intermediate district included in the new intermediate
district for 3 years following consolidation, annexation, or
attachment.
(4) During a fiscal year, the department shall not increase an
intermediate district's allocation under subsection (1) because of
an adjustment made by the department during the fiscal year in the
intermediate district's taxable value for a prior year. Instead,
the department shall report the adjustment and the estimated amount
of the increase to the house and senate fiscal agencies and the
state budget director not later than June 1 of the fiscal year, and
the legislature shall appropriate money for the adjustment in the
next succeeding fiscal year.
(5) In order to receive funding under this section, an
intermediate district shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
department that the intermediate district employs at least 1 person
who
is trained in pupil all
of the following:
(a) Pupil counting procedures, rules, and regulations.
(b) Rules, regulations, and district reporting procedures for
the information necessary for the calculation of the district and
high school graduation and dropout rates.