SB-1154, As Passed House, June 1, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 1154

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to make appropriations for the department of education

 

and certain other purposes relating to education for the fiscal

 

year ending September 30, 2011; to provide for the expenditure of

 

the appropriations; and to provide for the disposition of fees and

 

other income received by the state agency.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. There is appropriated for the department of

 

education and certain state purposes related to education as set

 

forth in this act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011,

 

from the following funds:

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 552.5

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    132,886,200

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................                 0

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $    132,886,200

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................        68,612,400

 

Federal indirect funds.................................         2,762,500

 

IMLS, library services and technology act..............         5,561,800

 

Race to the top funds (ARRA)...........................        17,000,000

 

Total federal revenues.................................        93,936,700

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local cost sharing (schools for deaf/blind)............         6,900,400

 

Local school district service fees.....................           319,600

 

Total local revenues...................................         7,220,000

 

Gifts, bequests, and donations.........................           650,600

 

Private foundations....................................         2,473,900

 

Total private revenues.................................         3,124,500

 

Total local and private revenues.......................        10,344,500

 

Certification fees.....................................         5,901,200

 

Commodity distribution fees............................            71,700

 

Student insurance revenues.............................           218,600

 

Teacher college review fees............................            54,000

 

Teacher testing fees...................................           336,400


 

Tenant rent............................................           261,000

 

Training and orientation workshop fees.................           150,000

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................         6,992,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     21,612,100

 

   Sec. 102. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION/OFFICE OF THE

 

SUPERINTENDENT

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 14.0

 

State board of education, per diem payments............ $         24,400

 

Unclassified positions--6.0 FTE positions..............           645,600

 

State board/superintendent operations--14.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         2,037,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      2,707,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................           112,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private foundations....................................            27,400

 

Certification fees.....................................           620,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,947,300

 

   Sec. 103. CENTRAL SUPPORT

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 21.6

 

Central support--21.6 FTE positions.................... $      3,016,300

 

Worker's compensation..................................            45,900

 

Building occupancy charges - property management

 

   services.............................................         2,723,400

 

Tenant rent............................................           261,000


 

Training and orientation workshops.....................           150,000

 

Terminal leave payments................................           554,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      6,751,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         1,426,500

 

Federal indirect funds.................................         2,147,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local cost sharing (schools for deaf/blind)............            68,400

 

Certification fees.....................................           411,200

 

Teacher testing fees...................................            13,500

 

Tenant rent............................................           261,000

 

Training and orientation workshop fees.................           150,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      2,273,500

 

   Sec. 104. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

 

Information technology operations...................... $       3,676,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      3,676,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         1,714,200

 

Federal indirect funds.................................           232,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local cost sharing (schools for deaf/blind)............           152,600

 

Certification fees.....................................           236,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,341,000

 

   Sec. 105. SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 47.0


 

Special education operations--47.0 FTE positions....... $      11,750,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     11,750,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................        11,311,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private foundations....................................           107,700

 

Certification fees.....................................            39,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        292,600

 

   Sec. 106. MICHIGAN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 109.0

 

Michigan schools for the deaf and blind operations--

 

   108.0 FTE positions.................................. $     13,469,300

 

Camp Tuhsmeheta--1.0 FTE position......................           295,100

 

Private gifts - blind..................................            90,000

 

Private gifts - deaf...................................           250,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     14,104,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         6,247,700

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local cost sharing (schools for deaf/blind)............         6,679,400

 

Local school district service fees.....................           308,100

 

Gifts, bequests, and donations.........................           650,600

 

Student insurance revenue..............................           218,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 107. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION SERVICES


 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 30.5

 

Professional preparation operations--30.5 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $      6,676,600

 

Department of attorney general.........................            50,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      6,726,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         2,870,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Certification fees.....................................         3,479,200

 

Teacher college review fees............................            54,000

 

Teacher testing fees...................................           322,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 108. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND FAMILY

 

SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 26.0

 

Early childhood education and family services

 

   operations--26.0 FTE positions....................... $       4,493,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      4,493,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         3,374,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private foundations....................................           198,700

 

Certification fees.....................................            60,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        859,800

 

   Sec. 109. SCHOOL FINANCE AND SCHOOL LAW SERVICES


 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 16.5

 

School finance and school law operations--16.5 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $       2,919,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      2,919,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................           969,000

 

Federal indirect funds.................................           382,900

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Certification fees.....................................           507,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,060,500

 

   Sec. 110. EDUCATION ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 65.6

 

Educational assessment operations--51.6 FTE positions.. $      9,652,500

 

Race to the top education reforms--14.0 FTE positions..        17,000,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     26,652,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         9,652,500

 

Race to the top funds (ARRA)...........................        17,000,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 111. GRANTS ADMINISTRATION AND SCHOOL SUPPORT

 

SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 63.6

 

Grants administration and school support services

 

   operations--63.6 FTE positions....................... $      9,051,900

 

Federal and private grants.............................         3,000,000


 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     12,051,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................        10,347,700

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local school district service fees.....................            11,500

 

Private foundations....................................         1,000,000

 

Commodity distribution fees............................            71,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        621,000

 

   Sec. 112. FIELD SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 41.0

 

Field services operations--41.0 FTE positions.......... $       9,287,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      9,287,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         8,523,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private foundations....................................           569,400

 

Certification fees.....................................            54,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        140,400

 

   Sec. 113. EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT AND INNOVATION

 

SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 55.7

 

Educational improvement and innovation operations--

 

   55.7 FTE positions................................... $      11,068,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     11,068,000

 

    Appropriated from:


 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         8,678,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private foundations....................................           570,700

 

Certification fees.....................................           492,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,326,300

 

   Sec. 114. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 25.0

 

Career and technical education operations--25.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $       4,056,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      4,056,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         3,385,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        670,700

 

   Sec. 115. LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 37.0

 

Library of Michigan operations--35.0 FTE positions..... $      4,078,800

 

Library services and technology program--2.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         5,561,800

 

State aid to libraries.................................         7,000,000

 

Book distribution centers..............................               200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     16,640,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

IMLS, library services and technology act..............         5,561,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     11,079,000


 

 

 

 

 

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 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011 is

 

$28,605,000.00 and state spending from state resources to be paid

 

to local units of government for the fiscal year ending September

 

30, 2011 is $7,000,000.00. The itemized statement below identifies

 

appropriations from which spending to local units of government

 

will occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

State aid to libraries................................. $       7,000,000

 

Total department of education.......................... $      7,000,000

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this act are

 

subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101

 

to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "ARRA" means American recovery and reinvestment act of

 

2009, Public Law 111-5.

 

     (b) "Department" means the Michigan department of education.

 

     (c) "District" means a local school district as defined in

 

section 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.6, or a

 

public school academy as defined in section 5 of the revised school

 

code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5.


 

     (d) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (e) "IMLS" means institute of museum and library services.

 

     Sec. 204. The civil service commission shall bill departments

 

and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for the charges

 

authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of

 

1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount of the billing by

 

the end of the second fiscal quarter.

 

     Sec. 205. The department shall use the Internet to fulfill the

 

reporting requirements of this act. This requirement may include

 

transmission of reports via electronic mail to the recipients

 

identified for each reporting requirement, or it may include

 

placement of reports on an Internet or Intranet site.

 

     Sec. 206. The department shall provide through the Internet

 

the state board of education agenda and all supporting documents,

 

and shall notify the state budget director and the senate and house

 

fiscal agencies that the agenda and supporting documents are

 

available on the Internet, at the time the agenda and supporting

 

documents are provided to state board of education members.

 

     Sec. 208. The department shall require all public school

 

districts to maintain complete records within the personnel file of

 

a teacher or school employee of any disciplinary actions taken by

 

the local school board against the teacher or employee for sexual

 

misconduct. The records shall not be destroyed or removed from the

 

teacher's or employee's personnel file except as required by a

 

court order.

 

     Sec. 209. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

information technology, departments and agencies shall pay user


 

fees to the department of technology, management, and budget for

 

technology-related services and projects. Such user fees shall be

 

subject to provisions of an interagency agreement between the

 

departments and agencies and the department of technology,

 

management, and budget.

 

     Sec. 211. Before publishing a list of schools or districts

 

determined to have failed to make adequate yearly progress as

 

required by the 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. 212. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available. Preference shall be given to

 

goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

quality. In addition, preference should be given to goods or

 

services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan businesses

 

owned and operated by veterans if they are competitively priced and

 

of comparable quality.

 

     Sec. 213. (1) A hiring freeze is imposed on the state

 

classified civil service. State departments and agencies are

 

prohibited from hiring any new full-time state classified civil

 

service employees and prohibited from filling any vacant state

 

classified civil service positions. This hiring freeze does not


 

apply to internal transfers of classified employees from 1 position

 

to another within a department.

 

     (2) The state budget director may grant exceptions to this

 

hiring freeze for the purpose of filling positions necessary to

 

carry out state or federal activities related to race to the top

 

legislation, or when the state budget director believes that the

 

hiring freeze will result in rendering a state department or agency

 

unable to deliver basic services, cause loss of revenue to the

 

state, result in the inability of the state to receive federal

 

funds, or necessitate additional expenditures that exceed any

 

savings from maintaining a vacancy. The state budget director shall

 

report quarterly to the chairpersons of the senate and house of

 

representatives standing committees on appropriations the number of

 

exceptions to the hiring freeze approved during the previous

 

quarter and the reasons to justify the exception.

 

     Sec. 214. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this

 

state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2011 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the

 

following conditions apply:

 

     (a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 

for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of

 

Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar

 

circumstances.

 

     (c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 

increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal

 

funds or securing additional federal funds.


 

     (d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

     (e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for

 

staff that is not available within this state.

 

     (f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 

funds.

 

     (2) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department

 

shall prepare a travel report listing all travel by classified and

 

unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately

 

preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with

 

funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be

 

submitted to the house and senate standing committees on

 

appropriations, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director. The report shall include the following

 

information:

 

     (a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

     (b) The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

     (c) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel

 

occurrence.

 

     (e) The transportation and related costs of each travel

 

occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general

 

fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state

 

restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,

 

and the proportion funded with other revenues.

 

     (f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the


 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 216. The department shall not take disciplinary action

 

against an employee who communicates truthfully and factually with

 

a member of the legislature or his or her staff.

 

     Sec. 217. The state superintendent of public instruction shall

 

take all reasonable steps to ensure businesses in deprived and

 

depressed communities compete for and perform contracts to provide

 

services or supplies, or both. The director shall strongly

 

encourage firms with which the department contracts to subcontract

 

with certified businesses in depressed and deprived communities for

 

services, supplies, or both.

 

     Sec. 219. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,

 

there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $5,000,000.00 for

 

federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for

 

expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item

 

in this act under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,

 

1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.

 

     (2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

appropriated an amount not to exceed $700,000.00 for state

 

restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for

 

expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item

 

in this act under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,

 

1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.

 

     (3) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

appropriated an amount not to exceed $250,000.00 for local

 

contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure

 

until they have been transferred to another line item in this act


 

under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,

 

MCL 18.1393.

 

     (4) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

appropriated an amount not to exceed $3,000,000.00 for private

 

contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure

 

until they have been transferred to another line item in this act

 

under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,

 

MCL 18.1393.

 

     Sec. 220. The department shall provide data requested by a

 

member of the legislature, his or her staff, or the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies in a timely manner.

 

     Sec. 221. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used by a

 

principal executive department, state agency, or authority to hire

 

a person to provide legal services that are the responsibility of

 

the attorney general. This prohibition does not apply to legal

 

services for bonding activities and for those activities that the

 

attorney general authorizes.

 

     Sec. 223. (1) Beginning November 1, 2010 and continuing

 

quarterly thereafter, the department shall report on the number of

 

full-time equated positions in pay status by civil service

 

classification to the house of representatives and senate standing

 

committees on appropriations subcommittees responsible for the

 

department budget and the house and senate fiscal agencies.

 

     (2) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department

 

shall develop, post, and maintain on a user-friendly and publicly

 

accessible Internet site all expenditures made by the department

 

within a fiscal year. The posting shall include the purpose for


 

which each expenditure is made. The department shall not provide

 

financial information on its website under this section if doing so

 

would violate a federal or state law, rule, regulation, or

 

guideline that establishes privacy or security standards applicable

 

to that section.

 

     (3) The department shall not expend more than $10,000.00 from

 

the appropriations in part 1 to implement the requirements of

 

subsection (2).

 

     Sec. 225. It is the intent of the legislature that not later

 

than 60 days after the state receives audited membership counts

 

from intermediate school districts, the state superintendent of

 

public instruction shall investigate and report to the legislature

 

on the scope of and proposed solutions to pupil membership fraud

 

and the incidence of students counted in membership in a district

 

and not remaining in that district for the balance of the school

 

year.

 

     Sec. 227. The state superintendent of public instruction may

 

create a clearinghouse of digital content, including, but not

 

limited to, electronic textbooks, open source textbooks, and other

 

digital content that is currently available for use by school

 

districts and meets Michigan core academic content standards.

 

 

 

STATE BOARD/OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT

 

     Sec. 301. (1) The appropriations in part 1 may be used for per

 

diem payments to the state board for meetings at which a quorum is

 

present or for performing official business authorized by the state

 

board. The per diem payments shall be at a rate as follows:


 

     (a) State board of education - president - $110.00 per day.

 

     (b) State board of education - member other than president -

 

$100.00 per day.

 

     (2) A state board of education member shall not be paid a per

 

diem for more than 30 days per year.

 

     (3) The state board executive shall report to the public, the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director the

 

previous quarter's expenses by fund source for members of the state

 

board of education.

 

     Sec. 302. From the amount appropriated in part 1 to the state

 

board of education, not more than $35,000.00 shall be expended for

 

in-state travel and out-of-state travel directly related to the

 

duties of the state board of education.

 

 

 

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND

 

     Sec. 401. The employees at the Michigan schools for the deaf

 

and blind who work on a school year basis shall be considered

 

annual employees for purposes of service credits, retirement, and

 

insurance benefits.

 

     Sec. 402. For each student enrolled at the Michigan schools

 

for the deaf and blind, the department shall assess the

 

intermediate school district of residence 100% of the cost of

 

operating the student's instructional program. The amount shall

 

exclude room and board related costs and the cost of weekend

 

transportation between the school and the student's home.

 

     Sec. 404. (1) The department may assess rent or lease excess

 

property located on the campus of the Michigan schools for the deaf


 

and blind in Flint to private or publicly funded organizations.

 

     (2) From the amount appropriated in part 1 for tenant rent,

 

the department may receive and expend funds from lease agreements

 

at the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind Flint campus that

 

have been negotiated with the approval of the department of

 

technology, management, and budget. These funds shall be used for

 

the operation, maintenance, and renovation expenses associated with

 

the leased space.

 

     (3) From the unexpended balances of appropriations for the

 

schools for the deaf and blind operations, up to $250,000.00 of any

 

unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining on September 30, 2011

 

may be carried forward as a work project and expended for special

 

maintenance and repairs of facilities at the campus of the Michigan

 

schools for the deaf and blind in Flint. The work shall be carried

 

out by state employees, or by contract as necessary, at an

 

estimated cost of $250,000.00. The estimated completion date of the

 

work is September 30, 2012.

 

     (4) From the tenant rent appropriation for Fay hall, up to

 

$100,000.00 of any unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining on

 

September 30, 2011 may be carried forward as a work project or as

 

restricted revenue and expended for special maintenance and repairs

 

of facilities at Fay hall. The work project may be performed by

 

state employees, or by contract when necessary, at an estimated

 

cost of $100,000.00. The estimated completion date of the work

 

project is September 30, 2012.

 

     Sec. 405. The department may assist the department of

 

community health, other departments, and local school districts to


 

secure reimbursement for eligible services provided in Michigan

 

schools from the federal Medicaid program. The department may

 

submit reports of direct expenses related to this effort to the

 

department of community health for reimbursement.

 

     Sec. 406. (1) The Michigan schools for the deaf and blind may

 

promote its residential program as a possible appropriate option

 

for children who are deaf or hard of hearing or who are blind or

 

visually impaired. The Michigan schools for the deaf and blind

 

shall distribute information detailing its services to all

 

intermediate school districts in the state.

 

     (2) Upon knowledge of or recognition by an intermediate school

 

district that a child in the district is deaf or hard of hearing or

 

blind or visually impaired, the intermediate school district shall

 

provide to the parents of the child the literature distributed by

 

the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind to intermediate school

 

districts under subsection (1).

 

     (3) Parents will continue to have a choice regarding the

 

educational placement of their deaf or hard-of-hearing children.

 

     Sec. 407. Revenue received by the Michigan schools for the

 

deaf and blind from gifts, bequests, and donations that is

 

unexpended at the end of the state fiscal year may be carried over

 

to the succeeding fiscal year and shall not revert to the general

 

fund.

 

 

 

Professional preparation services

 

     Sec. 501. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

professional preparation services, the department shall maintain


 

the professional personnel register and certificate

 

revocation/felony conviction files.

 

     Sec. 502. The department shall authorize teacher preparation

 

institutions to provide an alternative program by which up to 1/2

 

of the required student internship or student teaching credits may

 

be earned through substitute teaching. The department shall require

 

that teacher preparation institutions collaborate with school

 

districts to ensure that the quality of instruction provided to

 

student teachers is comparable to that required in a traditional

 

student teaching program.

 

     Sec. 506. Revenue received from teacher testing fees that is

 

unexpended at the end of the state fiscal year may be carried over

 

to the succeeding fiscal year and shall not revert to the general

 

fund.

 

 

 

OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT AND INNOVATION

 

     Sec. 601. From the amount appropriated in part 1 for the

 

office of educational improvement and innovation, there is

 

allocated $350,000.00 and 3.5 FTE positions to operate a charter

 

school office to administer charter school legislation and

 

associated regulations, and to coordinate the activities of the

 

department relating to charter schools.

 

 

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

     Sec. 701. The department shall work in collaboration with the

 

center for educational performance and information to support the

 

comprehensive educational information system and all data


 

collection and reporting efforts of the department.

 

 

 

LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN

 

     Sec. 801. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

funds collected by the department for document reproduction and

 

services; conferences, workshops, and training classes; and the use

 

of specialized equipment, facilities, and software are appropriated

 

for all expenses necessary to provide the required services. These

 

funds are appropriated for expenditure when they are received and

 

may be carried forward into the next succeeding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 802. The funds appropriated in part 1 for book

 

distribution centers shall be distributed equally to the public

 

enrichment foundation and the Michigan friends of education.

 

     Sec. 803. It is the intent of the legislature that the library

 

of Michigan and the component programs currently within the library

 

of Michigan shall be kept together in a state department.

 

     Sec. 804. The department and library of Michigan shall

 

maintain custody of all collections maintained, housed, owned, or

 

otherwise kept by the library of Michigan in fiscal year 2009-2010,

 

and shall not sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of those

 

collections. The department and library of Michigan need not make

 

the non-Michigan genealogy or federal documents collections

 

available to the public.

 

     Sec. 805. From the amount appropriated in part 1 for library

 

of Michigan operations, $350,000.00 and 5.0 FTEs to maintain the

 

library of Michigan interlibrary loans and participation in MeLCat,

 

the statewide Michigan elibrary catalog and borrowing service shall


 

be expended if the double deduction allowed for state income tax

 

purposes for indirect costs incurred in oil and gas production is

 

eliminated.

 

     Sec. 806. From the amount appropriated in part 1 for state aid

 

to libraries, $1,150,000.00 shall be expended for state aid to

 

libraries if the double deduction allowed for state income tax

 

purposes for indirect costs incurred in oil and gas production is

 

eliminated.

 

 

 

GRANTS ADMINISTRATION AND SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES

 

     Sec. 901. Within 10 days of the receipt of a grant

 

appropriated in the federal and private grants line item in part 1,

 

the department shall notify the house and senate chairpersons of

 

the appropriations subcommittees responsible for the department

 

budget, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget

 

director of the receipt of the grant, including the funding source,

 

purpose, and amount of the grant.

 

     Sec. 902. From the amount appropriated in part 1 for grants

 

administration and school support services, $100,000.00 and 1.0 FTE

 

shall be expended for a state school nurse consultant if the double

 

deduction allowed for state income tax purposes for indirect costs

 

incurred in oil and gas production is eliminated. The state school

 

nurse consultant shall collect and analyze school health data,

 

provide leadership in the development of state guidelines and

 

standards for school health personnel, and develop mechanisms for

 

funding school nurse services.

 

     Sec. 903. By not later than March 1, 2011, the department


 

shall work with districts that operate as a school of excellence

 

cyber school as defined in section 551 of the revised school code,

 

1976 PA 451, MCL 380.551, and districts that operate an alternative

 

education program with a seat-time waiver under section 101 of the

 

state school aide act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1701, to provide

 

a report to the house and senate chairpersons of the appropriations

 

subcommittees responsible for the department budget, the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Each district operating a program and the districts that

 

enroll students in their program.

 

     (b) The total number of students and membership pupils

 

enrolled in each program.

 

     (c) The district in which each pupil is enrolled if other than

 

the district with the seat-time wavier or the cyber school.

 

     (d) The district in which the pupil was enrolled prior to

 

enrolling in the cyber school or the district with a seat-time

 

waiver program.

 

     (e) The number of participating students who had previously

 

dropped out of school.

 

     (f) The number of participating students who had previously

 

been expelled from school.

 

     (g) The cost per pupil paid to each online education provider.

 

     (h) The cost per pupil charged to school districts that enroll

 

their students in the program.

 

     (i) The name of each online education provider contracted by a

 

district with a seat-time waiver or a cyber school and the state in


 

which the online education provider is located.