DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Summary of FY 2009-10

HB 4438: As Passed the Senate

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Analysts: Mary Ann Cleary and Bethany Wicksall

		FY 2009-10	FY 2009-10	FY 2009-10	FY 2009-10	*Difference: Senate* *From FY 2008-09 YTD*
	FY 2008-09 YTD	Executive	House	Senate	Enacted	*Amount*	%
IDG/IDT	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	0.0
Federal	70,615,800	76,430,200	76,430,200	70,872,800		257,000	0.4
Local	6,924,600	7,008,700	7,008,700	7,008,700		84,100	1.2
Private	3,087,800	3,096,500	3,096,500	3,096,500		8,700	0.3
Restricted	6,980,800	7,038,900	7,338,900	7,338,900		358,100	5.1
GF/GP	7,438,100	26,389,700	26,749,700	6,802,500		(635,600)	(8.5)
Gross	$95,047,100	$119,964,000	$120,624,000	$95,119,400		*72,300*	*0.1*
FTEs	488.5	558.5	558.5	482.5		(6.0)	(1.2)

Note: FY 2008-09 figures reflect supplementals and Executive Order (EO) actions throughJanuary 31, 2009.

Overview

The State Board of Education is an eight-member elected board constitutionally mandated to provide leadership and supervision for public education inMichigan. The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is the administrative arm of the Board charged with implementing state and federal educational mandates and administering programs. Major responsibilities of the MDE include developing and overseeing the K-12 school system, certifying teachers, disbursing funds to educational organizations, and providing technical assistance to school districts.

Major Budget Changes From FY 2008-09 YTD Appropriations	FY 2008-09 YTD	Senate Change From YTD
*1. Library ofMichigan*** Executive increases the budget by $24.4 million and 72.0 FTEs to recognize the transfer of the library functions from the Department of History, Arts, and Libraries (DHAL). This includes $5.9 million and 70.0 FTEs for the Library of Michigan operations, $5.6 million and 2.0 FTEs for the Library Services and Technology program, $10.0 million for State Aid to Libraries, $1.6 million in building occupancy charges, $850,600 in IT costs, and $505,000 for Subregional State Aid. House concurs with the Executive and also adds $360,000 to maintain support for the 2 book distribution centers funded in the current DHAL budget. Senate does not include library functions in the DOE budget but instead continues fund them as part of DHAL.	FTEs Gross Federal GF/GP	0.0 $0 0 $0	0.0 $0 0 $0
*2. Additional Staff* Executive includes an increase of $250,000 and 3.0 FTEs to administer the 21st Century Schools Program and $70,000 and 1.0FTE for support to districts in deficit. House includes an increase of $125,000 and 1.5 FTEs for the 21st Century Schools Program, $70,000 and 1.0FTE for support to districts in deficit, $95,000 and 1.0FTE for a state school nurse consultant, and $30,000 and 0.5FTE to maintain the Blue Ribbon Exemplary Schools program. Senate does not include additional personnel.	FTEs Gross GF/GP	0.0 $0 $0	0.0 $0 $0
*3. Teacher Certification Programs* Executive eliminates earmarks of $100,000 each for the alternative teacher certification programs at Central Michigan University (CMU) and Wayne State University (WSU). Also eliminates $100,000 for grants to teachers who apply for National Board Certification. House maintains full funding for all three programs. Senate maintains full funding for all three programs.	Gross Restricted GF/GP	$300,000 300,000 $0	$0 0 $0
*4. Administrative Reductions and Technical Adjustments* Executive recognizes a number of adjustments including annualizing FY 2008-09 budget changes and Executive Order 2008-21 reductions, shifting fund sources among lines to satisfy Federal audits and to replace lost Federal funds, reducing assessment administration costs, transferring internal audit functions to DMB and recognizing computer updates and rent reductions. House and Senate concur.	FTEs Gross Federal Local Restricted GF/GP	N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A	(6.0) ($357,900) (398,000) 2,400 304,100 ($266,400)
*5. General Fund reductions* Senate further reduces GF/GP support to the following lines: Special Education Operations ($115,000), School Improvement Operations ($115,000), and School Finance/School Law Operations ($7,000)	Gross GF/GP	N/A N/A	($435,800) ($435,800)
*6. Economic Adjustments* Executive provides $866,000 gross ($66,600 GF/GP) increase for economic changes in salaries and wages, retirement, insurance, workers compensation, and building occupancy charges. House and Senate concur.	Gross Federal Local Private Restricted GF/GP	N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A	$866,000 655,000 81,700 8,700 54,000 $66,600
Major Boilerplate Changes From FY 2008-09
*Sec. 210. Information Technology Work Projects* RETAINED Allows the Department to carry forward unexpended funds for technology projects as work projects. Executive and House delete. Senate restores this section.
*Sec. 211. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Reports* RETAINED Requires that the Department allow districts to appeal a determination of failure to meet AYP prior to the Department publicizing lists of districts that failed to meet AYP. Executive deletes. House and Senate retain current language.
*Sec. 213. Hiring Freeze* RETAINED Imposes a hiring freeze and prohibits the department from filling civil service positions but allows the State Budget Director to grant exceptions to the hiring freeze. Executive and House delete. Senate restores this section.
*Sec. 215. Professional Development Travel* RETAINED Prohibits the travel of more than one employee to a specific out-of-state professional development conference or training seminar unless it is funded through federal or private funds and requires more than one employee to attend. Executive and House delete. Senate restores this section.
*Sec. 216. Contact with the Legislature* RETAINED Prohibits the department from taking disciplinary action against an employee from communicating with a member of the Legislature or his or her staff. Executive deletes. House and Senate retain current language.
*Sec. 220. Timely Data* RETAINED Requires the department to provide data to the legislature, its staff or the fiscal agencies in a timely manner. Executive deletes. House and Senate retain current language.
*Sec. 222. Policy Changes, Preparation of Regulatory Plans and Rule Promulgation* RETAINED Requires a report of policy changes made to implement enacted legislation; prohibits MDE from spending funds to prepare regulatory plans or promulgate rules that fail to reduce the disproportionate economic impact on small businesses. Executive and House delete. Senate restores this section.
*Sec. 223.* *FTE* *Bi-Monthly Reports* DELETED House adds language requiring the department to report every other month on FTEs by civil service classification. Senate deletes this section.
*Sec. 224.* *FTE* *Annual Report* DELETED House adds language requiring the department along with State Budget Office, once a year, to provide a more detailedFTE report along with salary and benefit cost and fund source information for each line item. Senate deletes this section.
*Sec. 225. Pupil Membership Fraud* NEW House adds language of intent that the State Superintendent of Public Instruction investigate and report on issues of pupil membership fraud, including the incidence of students being counted in membership but not remaining in the district for the remainder of the year. Senate concurs.
*Sec. 226. Lapse Report* NEW Senate adds language requiring a report of the projected year-end General Fund Lapse amount for FY 2010 byOct. 15, 2010.
*Sec. 407. Private Gifts, Bequests, and Donations* NEW Allows the Department to carry forward unexpended revenues from gifts, bequests, and donations for the Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind to the following fiscal year. Executive adds new language. House and Senate concur.
*Sec. 503. Teacher Preparation Programs* RETAINED Provides $100,000 each forCentralMichigan University alternative route to certification program andWayneState University pathways to teaching program. Requires a reporting requirement for the programs including number of teachers certified, time served in the classroom, and teacher evaluations. Executive deletes. House and Senate maintain current language.
*Sec. 504. National Board Certification* RETAINED Requires the Department to pay 1/2 the application fee for teachers applying to the national board certification program. Executive deletes. House and Senate maintain current language.
*Sec. 506. Teacher Testing Fees* NEW Allows the Department to carry forward unexpended revenues from teacher testing fees to the following fiscal year. Executive adds new language. House and Senate concur.
*Sec. 602. Blue Ribbon Exemplary Schools* DELETED House adds language providing that out of the appropriation for school improvement operations, $30,000 and 0.5FTE is allocated to maintain the operation of the Blue Ribbon Exemplary Schools Program which recognizes achievement by exemplary schools. Senate deletes this section.
*Sec. 801. Additional Library Revenues* DELETED Allows the Department to collect and spend additional revenues collected from library services to support such services and allows unexpended funds to be carried forward to the following fiscal year. Executive adds language transferred from the DHAL budget. House concurs. Senate does not include the library funding in this budget.
*Sec. 802.* *Subregional* *State* *Aid Maintenance of Effort* DELETED Requires recipients of subregional state aid for libraries to maintain local funding levels for regional or subregional libraries, but provides for certain exceptions. Executive adds language transferred from the DHAL budget. House adds the current funding application and disbursement dates in the boilerplate. Senate does not include the library funding in this budget.
*Sec. 803.* *Subregional* *State* *Aid Release of Funds* DELETED Prohibits the release of funds for subregional state aid to libraries until the department has approved a libraries budget for expenditures for library services to the blind or for persons with disabilities. Executive adds language transferred from the DHAL budget. House concurs. Senate does not include the library funding in this budget.
*Sec. 804. Book Distribution Centers* DELETED Requires that the funds appropriated for book distribution centers be distributed equally to the public enrichment foundation and theMichigan friends of education. House adds language transferred from the DHAL budget. Senate does not include the library funding in this budget.
*Sec. 805. Keep Library Functions together* DELETED House adds new section that provides intent that in a reorganization of the Department of History, Arts, and Libraries that the State maintain all the functions of the Library of Michigan together in a state department. Senate does not include the library funding in this budget.
*Sec. 902.State* School Nurse Consultant DELETED** House adds language providing that out of the appropriation for grants administration and school support services, $95,000 and 1.0FTE is allocated for a state school nurse consultant to collect and analyze school health data, develop guidelines and standards for school health personnel, and develop mechanisms for funding school nurse services. Senate deletes this section.
*Sec. 950. Cyberschools* RETAINED Requires MDE to report on barriers to the operation of cyberschools for special student populations including dropouts and expelled students. Executive and House delete. Senate restores this section.

Major Budget Changes From FY 2008-09 YTD Appropriations

FY 2008-09 YTD

Senate Change

From YTD

1. Library ofMichigan

Executive increases the budget by $24.4 million and 72.0 FTEs to recognize the transfer of the library functions from the Department of History, Arts, and Libraries (DHAL). This includes $5.9 million and 70.0 FTEs for the Library of Michigan operations, $5.6 million and 2.0 FTEs for the Library Services and Technology program, $10.0 million for State Aid to Libraries, $1.6 million in building occupancy charges, $850,600 in IT costs, and $505,000 for Subregional State Aid.

House concurs with the Executive and also adds $360,000 to maintain support for the 2 book distribution centers funded in the current DHAL budget.

Senate does not include library functions in the DOE budget but instead continues fund them as part of DHAL.

FTEs

Gross

Federal

GF/GP

0.0

2. Additional Staff

Executive includes an increase of $250,000 and 3.0 FTEs to administer the 21st Century Schools Program and $70,000 and 1.0FTE for support to districts in deficit.

House includes an increase of $125,000 and 1.5 FTEs for the 21st Century Schools Program, $70,000 and 1.0FTE for support to districts in deficit, $95,000 and 1.0FTE for a state school nurse consultant, and $30,000 and 0.5FTE to maintain the Blue Ribbon Exemplary Schools program.

Senate does not include additional personnel.

FTEs

Gross

GF/GP

0.0

3. Teacher Certification Programs

Executive eliminates earmarks of $100,000 each for the alternative teacher certification programs at Central Michigan University (CMU) and Wayne State University (WSU). Also eliminates $100,000 for grants to teachers who apply for National Board Certification.

House maintains full funding for all three programs.

Senate maintains full funding for all three programs.

Gross

Restricted

GF/GP

$300,000

300,000

4. Administrative Reductions and Technical Adjustments

Executive recognizes a number of adjustments including annualizing FY 2008-09 budget changes and Executive Order 2008-21 reductions, shifting fund sources among lines to satisfy Federal audits and to replace lost Federal funds, reducing assessment administration costs, transferring internal audit functions to DMB and recognizing computer updates and rent reductions.

House and Senate concur.

FTEs

Gross Federal

Local

Restricted

GF/GP

N/A

N/A

N/A

(6.0)

($357,900)

(398,000)

2,400

304,100

($266,400)

5. General Fund reductions

Senate further reduces GF/GP support to the following lines: Special Education Operations ($115,000), School Improvement Operations ($115,000), and School Finance/School Law Operations ($7,000)

Gross

GF/GP

N/A

N/A

($435,800)

($435,800)

6. Economic Adjustments

Executive provides $866,000 gross ($66,600 GF/GP) increase for economic changes in salaries and wages, retirement, insurance, workers compensation, and building occupancy charges.

House and Senate concur.

Gross

Federal

Local

Private

Restricted

GF/GP

N/A

N/A

$866,000

655,000

81,700

8,700

54,000

$66,600

Major Boilerplate Changes From FY 2008-09

Sec. 210. Information Technology Work Projects RETAINED

Allows the Department to carry forward unexpended funds for technology projects as work projects. Executive and House delete. Senate restores this section.

Sec. 211. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Reports RETAINED

Requires that the Department allow districts to appeal a determination of failure to meet AYP prior to the Department publicizing lists of districts that failed to meet AYP. Executive deletes. House and Senate retain current language.

Sec. 213. Hiring Freeze RETAINED

Imposes a hiring freeze and prohibits the department from filling civil service positions but allows the State Budget Director to grant exceptions to the hiring freeze. Executive and House delete. Senate restores this section.

Sec. 215. Professional Development Travel RETAINED

Prohibits the travel of more than one employee to a specific out-of-state professional development conference or training seminar unless it is funded through federal or private funds and requires more than one employee to attend. Executive and House delete. Senate restores this section.

Sec. 216. Contact with the Legislature RETAINED

Prohibits the department from taking disciplinary action against an employee from communicating with a member of the Legislature or his or her staff. Executive deletes. House and Senate retain current language.

Sec. 220. Timely Data RETAINED

Requires the department to provide data to the legislature, its staff or the fiscal agencies in a timely manner. Executive deletes. House and Senate retain current language.

Sec. 222. Policy Changes, Preparation of Regulatory Plans and Rule Promulgation RETAINED

Requires a report of policy changes made to implement enacted legislation; prohibits MDE from spending funds to prepare regulatory plans or promulgate rules that fail to reduce the disproportionate economic impact on small businesses. Executive and House delete. Senate restores this section.

Sec. 223. FTE Bi-Monthly Reports DELETED

House adds language requiring the department to report every other month on FTEs by civil service classification. Senate deletes this section.

Sec. 224. FTE Annual Report DELETED

House adds language requiring the department along with State Budget Office, once a year, to provide a more detailedFTE report along with salary and benefit cost and fund source information for each line item. Senate deletes this section.

Sec. 225. Pupil Membership Fraud NEW

House adds language of intent that the State Superintendent of Public Instruction investigate and report on issues of pupil membership fraud, including the incidence of students being counted in membership but not remaining in the district for the remainder of the year. Senate concurs.

Sec. 226. Lapse Report NEW

Senate adds language requiring a report of the projected year-end General Fund Lapse amount for FY 2010 byOct. 15, 2010.

Sec. 407. Private Gifts, Bequests, and Donations NEW

Allows the Department to carry forward unexpended revenues from gifts, bequests, and donations for the Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind to the following fiscal year. Executive adds new language. House and Senate concur.

Sec. 503. Teacher Preparation Programs RETAINED

Provides $100,000 each forCentralMichigan University alternative route to certification program andWayneState University pathways to teaching program. Requires a reporting requirement for the programs including number of teachers certified, time served in the classroom, and teacher evaluations. Executive deletes. House and Senate maintain current language.

Sec. 504. National Board Certification RETAINED

Requires the Department to pay 1/2 the application fee for teachers applying to the national board certification program. Executive deletes. House and Senate maintain current language.

Sec. 506. Teacher Testing Fees NEW

Allows the Department to carry forward unexpended revenues from teacher testing fees to the following fiscal year. Executive adds new language. House and Senate concur.

Sec. 602. Blue Ribbon Exemplary Schools DELETED

House adds language providing that out of the appropriation for school improvement operations, $30,000 and 0.5FTE is allocated to maintain the operation of the Blue Ribbon Exemplary Schools Program which recognizes achievement by exemplary schools. Senate deletes this section.

Sec. 801. Additional Library Revenues DELETED

Allows the Department to collect and spend additional revenues collected from library services to support such services and allows unexpended funds to be carried forward to the following fiscal year. Executive adds language transferred from the DHAL budget. House concurs. Senate does not include the library funding in this budget.

Sec. 802. Subregional State Aid Maintenance of Effort DELETED

Requires recipients of subregional state aid for libraries to maintain local funding levels for regional or subregional libraries, but provides for certain exceptions. Executive adds language transferred from the DHAL budget. House adds the current funding application and disbursement dates in the boilerplate. Senate does not include the library funding in this budget.

Sec. 803. Subregional State Aid Release of Funds DELETED

Prohibits the release of funds for subregional state aid to libraries until the department has approved a libraries budget for expenditures for library services to the blind or for persons with disabilities. Executive adds language transferred from the DHAL budget. House concurs. Senate does not include the library funding in this budget.

Sec. 804. Book Distribution Centers DELETED

Requires that the funds appropriated for book distribution centers be distributed equally to the public enrichment foundation and theMichigan friends of education. House adds language transferred from the DHAL budget. Senate does not include the library funding in this budget.

Sec. 805. Keep Library Functions together DELETED

House adds new section that provides intent that in a reorganization of the Department of History, Arts, and Libraries that the State maintain all the functions of the Library of Michigan together in a state department. Senate does not include the library funding in this budget.

Sec. 902.State School Nurse Consultant DELETED

House adds language providing that out of the appropriation for grants administration and school support services, $95,000 and 1.0FTE is allocated for a state school nurse consultant to collect and analyze school health data, develop guidelines and standards for school health personnel, and develop mechanisms for funding school nurse services. Senate deletes this section.

Sec. 950. Cyberschools RETAINED

Requires MDE to report on barriers to the operation of cyberschools for special student populations including dropouts and expelled students. Executive and House delete. Senate restores this section.