| FY 2009-10 Year-to-Date Gross Appropriation |
$112,871,600
|
| Changes from FY 2009-10 Year-to-Date: |
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| 1. Race to the Top - Federal. The Governor included $17.0 million and 14.0 FTEs in Federal funds, with an assumption that Michigan is successful in being awarded a RTTT grant. This set of Federal funds would begin implementing the development of assessments that measure each student's knowledge growth in each subject area in each grade, the correlation of student achievement to individual teachers, the creation of a new alternative teacher certification process, and oversight of the required school administrator program. The Senate did not include the funding. |
0
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| 2. Race to the Top - State. The Governor included $1.7 million GF/GP to pay for the new State responsibilities enacted in the Race to the Top legislation, that weren't required by the Federal government as part of the grant application. These funds would provide full-year support of 13.0 FTEs for the functions of the new school reform/redesign officer, schools of excellence oversight, and the processing of claims submitted to the basic instructional materials hotline. The Senate reduced the new FTEs to 11.5 and reduced the new appropriation from the Governor's Recommendation by $150,000. |
1,565,900
|
| 3. Office of Drug Control Policy. Governor and Senate transferred in the Office of Drug Control Policy from the Department of Community Health, pursuant to Ex. Order 2009-42. |
483,100
|
| 4. Library of Michigan Reductions. The Governor and Senate reduced Library operations totaling $1.1 million GF/GP as cost-saving measures pursuant to the implementation of Ex. Orders 2009-36 and 2009-43. These measures include: eliminating maintenance and oversight of non-Michigan Genealogy Collection, Federal Documents Collection, and Regional Federal Depository program; eliminating circulation of the remaining collection materials; ending participation in the interlibrary loan program; and reducing purchases for remaining collections. A total of 13.0 FTEs would be eliminated. |
(1,070,300)
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| 5. State Aid to Libraries and Book Distribution Centers. The Governor reduced State aid to libraries by 2.5% ($150,000 GF), and eliminated funding for book distribution centers ($200,000 GF). The Senate did not reduce State aid to libraries and added a $100 place holder for book distribution centers. |
(199,900)
|
| 6. Superintendent's Office. The Governor and Senate reduced funding in the Superintendent's Office by nearly 10%, or $105,500 GF. |
(105,500)
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| 7. Economic Adjustments. Department economics of $2,388,200 ($381,300 GF) were included, along with DTMB economics of $144,200 ($50,200 GF). The Senate removed salary and wage economics, and associated other fringe economics, totaling $1,363,400 Gross, $216,300 GF/GP. |
1,169,000
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| 8. Other Changes. The budget included negative adjustments to remove excess Federal spending authorization ($1.5 million) and excess State restricted funding authorization ($0.2 million), eliminated funding to reduce a backlog in teacher tenure appeals since the backlog is gone ($21,500 GF), and reduced DTMB costs by $69,700 Gross, $17,800 GF. |
(1,791,200)
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| 9. Comparison to Governor's Recommendation. The Senate budget is $18,363,300 Gross and $216,200 GF/GP below the Governor's Recommendation. |
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| Total Changes |
$51,100
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| FY 2010-11 Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Gross Appropriation |
$112,922,700 |