HB-4350, As Passed Senate, September 6, 2007
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4350
A bill to make appropriations for certain state institutions
of higher education and certain state purposes related to education
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008; to provide for the
expenditures of those appropriations; and to prescribe the powers
and duties of certain state departments, institutions, agencies,
employees, and officers.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this act, the
amounts listed in this part are appropriated for certain state
institutions of higher education and certain state purposes related
to education for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, from
the funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary of the
appropriations in this part:
HIGHER EDUCATION
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 3,700
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 0
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 3,700
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 200
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 0
Total private revenues................................. 0
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 400
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 3,100
Sec. 102. CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Operations............................................. $ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 100
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 100
Sec. 103. EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Operations............................................. $ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 100
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 100
Sec. 104. FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY
Operations............................................. $ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 100
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 100
Sec. 105. GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
Operations............................................. $ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 100
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 100
Sec. 106. LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY
Operations............................................. $ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 100
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 100
Sec. 107. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Operations............................................. $ 100
Agricultural experiment station........................ 100
Cooperative extension service.......................... 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 300
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 300
Sec. 108. MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Operations............................................. $ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 100
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 100
Sec. 109. NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Operations............................................. $ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 100
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 100
Sec. 110. OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
Operations............................................. $ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 100
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 100
Sec. 111. SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
Operations............................................. $ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 100
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 100
Sec. 112. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - ANN ARBOR
Operations............................................. $ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 100
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 100
Sec. 113. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - DEARBORN
Operations............................................. $ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 100
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 100
Sec. 114. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - FLINT
Operations............................................. $ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 100
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 100
Sec. 115. WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
Operations............................................. $ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 100
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 100
Sec. 116. WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Operations............................................. $ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 100
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 100
Sec. 117. SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT
One-time supplemental payment.......................... $ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 100
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 100
Sec. 118. STATE AND REGIONAL PROGRAMS
Higher education database modernization and conversion. $ 100
Midwestern higher education compact.................... 100
University research corridor........................... 100
Technology commercialization incentive fund............ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 400
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
21st century jobs trust fund........................... 100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 300
Sec. 119. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. - CESAR CHAVEZ - ROSA
PARKS PROGRAM
Select student supportive services..................... $ 100
Michigan college/university partnership program........ 100
Morris Hood, Jr. educator development program.......... 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 300
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 300
Sec. 120. GRANTS AND FINANCIAL AID
State competitive scholarships......................... $ 100
Tuition grants......................................... 100
Michigan work-study program............................ 100
Part-time independent student program.................. 100
Michigan education opportunity grants.................. 100
Robert C. Byrd honors scholarship program ............. 100
Nursing scholarship and grant programs................. 100
Michigan merit award program........................... 100
Michigan promise grant program......................... 100
Tuition incentive program.............................. 100
Children of veterans tuition grant program............. 100
Project gear-up........................................ 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 1,200
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Higher education act of 1965, title IV, 20 USC......... 100
Higher education act of 1965, title IV, part A......... 100
Special revenue funds:
Michigan merit award trust fund........................ 100
Michigan higher education assistance authority
operating fund....................................... 100
Contributions to children of veterans tuition grant
program.............................................. 100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 700
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 2007-2008 is $3,500.00 and state
spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2007-2008 is $300.00. The itemized
statement below identifies the estimated appropriations from which
spending to local units of government will occur:
Part-time independent student program.................. $ 100
Michigan education opportunity grants.................. 100
Michigan work-study.................................... 100
TOTAL.................................................. $ 300
Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this part and
part 1 are subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.
STATE UNIVERSITIES
Sec. 402. The University of Michigan biological station at
Douglas Lake in Cheboygan County is regarded as a unique resource
and is designated as a special research reserve. It is the intent
of the legislature to protect and preserve the unique long-term
research value and capabilities of the biological station area and
Douglas Lake. The legislature further intends that no state
programs or policies be developed that would have a deleterious
impact on the research value of Douglas Lake.
Sec. 403. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for the
university research corridor shall be paid only to a legal entity
to be jointly formed by Michigan State University, the University
of Michigan - Ann Arbor, and Wayne State University. The purposes
of the university research corridor shall include, but not be
limited to, the following:
(a) Encourage collaborative research efforts between the 3
universities leading to economic development within this state.
(b) Establish research partnerships with businesses in this
state.
(c) Publicize the research assets and efforts of the 3
universities to businesses and researchers in other states.
(2) No later than September 15, 2008, the university research
corridor shall submit to the house and senate appropriations
subcommittees on higher education, the house and senate fiscal
agencies, and the state budget director a report on its efforts
under subsection (1) and a detailed accounting of the expenditures
from the appropriation in part 1.
Sec. 433. (1) Included in part 1 is $100.00 for the
agricultural experiment station and $100.00 for the cooperative
House Bill No. 4350 as amended September 6, 2007
extension service 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 Michigan State
University, in consultation with agricultural commodity groups and
other interested parties, shall develop project GREEEN and its
program priorities.
(3) Not later than September 30, 2008, a report shall be
submitted by Michigan State University to the state budget
director, the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on
agriculture and on higher education, and the house and senate
fiscal agencies for the preceding fiscal year regarding project
GREEEN projects. The report shall include, but is not limited to,
the dollar amount of each project and a review of each project's
performance and accomplishments.
<<Sec. 434. Included in the appropriation in part 1 for Michigan State University is $100.00 for the Michigan future farmers of america association. This $100.00 appropriation shall not supplant any existing support that Michigan State University provides to the Michigan future farmers of america association.>>
Sec. 450. (1) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008,
it is the intent of the legislature that an amount calculated under
subsection (2) be allocated for per-student floor funding from the
general fund/general purpose unreserved balances at the close of
the 2006-2007 fiscal year.
(2) The amount allocated under subsection (1) for per-student
floor funding is equal to $3,775.00 per 2005-2006 fiscal-year-
equated student at each university. The number of 2005-2006
students at a university is determined by reference to the higher
education institutional data inventory (HEIDI).
Sec. 462. It is the intent of the legislature that the state
universities coordinate their purchases of goods and services
whenever possible. This may include, but is not limited to, group
purchases for vehicles, utilities, supplies, electronic equipment,
maintenance equipment, books, and contractual services. To the
extent possible, the state universities shall use the "Michigan
delivering extended agreements locally" (MiDEAL) purchasing
services of the state department of management and budget that
makes state contracts available to local units of government,
colleges, and universities. Not later than January 1 of each year,
the presidents council, state universities of Michigan shall submit
to the members of the house and senate appropriations subcommittees
on higher education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the
state budget director a report on group or pooled purchases and the
savings achieved by the state universities in the previous fiscal
year.
Sec. 463. Not later than February 1, 2008, each of the state
universities receiving appropriations in part 1 shall submit to the
state budget director, members of the house of representatives and
the senate, and the house and senate fiscal agencies a report on
the number of residents from an eligible county enrolled at the
university and the quantifiable increase from the 2006-2007
academic year to the 2007-2008 academic year in outreach efforts to
enroll students at the university from an eligible county. As used
in this section, "eligible county" means a county in this state
that meets both of the following:
House Bill No. 4350 as amended September 6, 2007
(a) Has a population of not less than 700,000 and not more
than 1,000,000 according to the most recent federal decennial
census.
(b) Does not contain the main campus of a 4-year public
university within its boundaries.
Sec. 464. In order for a state university to receive an
allocation from the technology commercialization incentive fund
appropriated in part 1, that state university shall submit a plan
to the state budget director and the house and senate
appropriations subcommittees on higher education on its process to
inform both the private and public sectors regarding research and
technology that could be developed commercially. Each plan should
also be submitted to the Michigan university commercialization
initiative at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.
<<Sec. 465. It is the intent of the legislature that an independent higher education commission shall conduct an audit of the spending of state universities. Each state university that agrees to participate in this audit shall receive a state appropriation of $100.00.>>
STUDENT PERFORMANCE REPORTING
Sec. 603. It is the intent of the legislature that the state
universities work with the state community colleges to encourage
the transfer of students from the community colleges to the state
universities and to facilitate the transfer of credits from the
community colleges to the state universities.
GENERAL REPORTS AND AUDITS
Sec. 711. (1) Not later than May 31, 2008, each of Michigan's
public universities shall submit to the state budget director,
members of the house of representatives and the senate, and the
house and senate fiscal agencies a report on the efforts of the
university to increase the number of education degrees conferred
for teaching as follows:
(a) Middle school and high school mathematics, physics,
chemistry, and biology.
(b) The languages of Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Arabic,
Spanish, French, Russian, and German.
(c) In critical shortage disciplines, as determined by the
superintendent of public instruction pursuant to section 61(5) of
the public school employees retirement act of 1979, 1979 PA 300,
MCL 38.1361.
(2) At the beginning of every semester or term, the college of
education of each Michigan public university shall provide to all
of its students the most current listing of critical shortage
disciplines compiled by the superintendent of public instruction
pursuant to section 61(5) of the public school employees retirement
act of 1979, 1979 PA 300, MCL 38.1361.
Sec. 712. By February 1, 2008, each of Michigan's state
universities receiving appropriations in part 1 shall submit to the
house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education,
the state budget director, and the house and senate fiscal agencies
a report on the following:
(a) The number of students who graduated from the university
in academic year 2005-2006 and academic year 2006-2007 with an
advanced degree in mathematics, science, health care, or
engineering, and the number of those graduates that remained in
Michigan to work.
(b) The projected numbers of graduates in each of the above-
listed categories for the next 5 calendar years and plans or
programs, if any, to increase the numbers of graduates in these
categories.
(c) The status of the university’s state and regional economic
development activities and the monetary value of these activities
on the economy of Michigan. The report shall include efforts
undertaken to assist the state and its communities with the
development of programs and infrastructure necessary to expand
businesses and jobs, including those in manufacturing, tourism,
agriculture, and health care.
(d) Partnerships with other Michigan universities, community
colleges, or other entities regarding new technology development,
including, but not limited to, life sciences, alternative energy,
and advanced manufacturing and increasing the number of college
graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
disciplines.
(e) Efforts to increase foreign investment and international
trade; efforts to encourage international students to develop,
locate, or partner with Michigan-based businesses upon graduation;
and efforts to identify economic development leads or prospects in
national or international markets for Michigan business for
referral to state, regional, or local economic development
officials.
(f) The impact of research and technology development
undertaken by the university, including, but not limited to, all of
the following:
(i) The amount of private, state, and federal research funding
received by the university.
(ii) The total amount of research spending by the university.
(iii) The number of new invention disclosures filed by
university faculty, researchers, and graduate students.
(iv) The number of start-up companies formed based on
university-generated inventions and the number of those companies
headquartered in Michigan.
(v) The number of new licensing agreements with corporate
partners and the amount of university revenue generated from
licensing new technologies.
(vi) The number of patent applications filed by the university
and the number of patents granted to the university.
(vii) The number of jobs created or retained in Michigan
attributed to university-generated research and technology
transfer.
Sec. 714. It is the intent of the legislature that an
institution receiving funds under this act and also subject to the
family educational rights and privacy act (FERPA), 20 USC section
1232g, 34 CFR part 99, shall, when requested, provide information
from the records of a student to any person or persons to whom the
student has authorized disclosure on a written consent form
pursuant to 34 CFR 99.30.