STUDENT SAFETY ACT: SUNSET REPEAL S.B. 957:
SUMMARY OF BILL
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE
Senate Bill 957 (as reported without amendment)
CONTENT
The bill would repeal an enacting section of the Student Safety Act that will repeal the Act on October 1, 2021.
The Act provides for the development and implementation of a program (called OK2SAY) that allows for confidential reports of potential self-harm or potential harm or criminal acts directed at students, school employees, or schools, to a hotline.
MCL 752.911-752.918 Legislative Analyst: Nathan Leaman
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on the State. To date, the only funding appropriated to the Student Safety Fund is the initial appropriation of $3.5 million that was appropriated upon the creation of the Fund in 2013. Of that appropriation, the Department of the Attorney General received $2,371,000 and the Michigan State Police received the remaining $1,129,000. The Michigan State Police has spent all of its initially appropriated funds while the Department of Attorney General has a current remaining balance of just under $500,000. Repealing the Act's sunset date would simply allow the continuance of the program. The Department of the Attorney General has $470,000 appropriated in the pending FY 2018-19 annual budget for administrative costs of the OK2SAY program, funded from the initial appropriation to the Student Safety Fund. Thus, the remaining balance of the Student Safety Fund in the Department of the Attorney General of nearly $500,000 should be enough for one additional year of administrative costs, assuming the proposed $470,000 appropriation for FY 2018-19 is enacted.
The bill would have no fiscal impact on local government.
Date Completed: 5-24-18 Fiscal Analyst: Joe Carrasco
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.