SENATE BILL NO. 93

February 02, 2021, Introduced by Senator LASATA and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

"The state school aid act of 1979,"

by amending sections 236 and 241 (MCL 388.1836 and 388.1841), as amended by 2020 PA 165.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 236. (1) Subject to the conditions set forth in this article, the amounts listed in this section are appropriated for higher education for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, 2022, from the funds indicated in this section. The following is a summary of the appropriations in this section:

(a) The gross appropriation is $1,699,925,400.00. $100.00. After deducting total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers in the amount of $0.00, the adjusted gross appropriation is $1,699,925,400.00.$100.00.

(b) The sources of the adjusted gross appropriation described in subdivision (a) are as follows:

(i) Total federal revenues, $126,026,400.00.$0.00.

(ii) Total local revenues, $0.00.

(iii) Total private revenues, $0.00.

(iv) Total other state restricted revenues, $356,063,300.00.$50.00.

(v) State general fund/general purpose money, $1,217,835,700.00.$50.00.

(2) Amounts appropriated for public universities are as follows:

(a) The appropriation for Central Michigan University is $89,564,500.00, $87,600,000.00 for operations, $0.00 for performance funding, and $1,964,500.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(b) The appropriation for Eastern Michigan University is $77,555,200.00, $77,253,700.00 for operations, $0.00 for performance funding, and $301,500.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(c) The appropriation for Ferris State University is $55,934,300.00, $55,025,500.00 for operations, $0.00 for performance funding, and $908,800.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(d) The appropriation for Grand Valley State University is $73,490,700.00, $72,313,500.00 for operations, $0.00 for performance funding, and $1,177,200.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(e) The appropriation for Lake Superior State University is $15,252,100.00, $13,307,000.00 for operations, $0.00 for performance funding, and $945,100.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver, and $1,000,000.00 for a 1-time pass-through payment for Bay Mills Community College.

(f) The appropriation for Michigan State University is $354,009,100.00, $287,331,700.00 for operations, $0.00 for performance funding, $1,604,000.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver, $34,937,300.00 for MSU AgBioResearch, and $30,136,100.00 for MSU Extension.

(g) The appropriation for Michigan Technological University is $50,795,200.00, $50,101,600.00 for operations, $0.00 for performance funding, and $693,600.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(h) The appropriation for Northern Michigan University is $48,869,700.00, $47,809,100.00 for operations, $0.00 for performance funding, and $1,060,600.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(i) The appropriation for Oakland University is $53,413,500.00, $53,147,400.00 for operations, $0.00 for performance funding, and $266,100.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(j) The appropriation for Saginaw Valley State University is $30,803,300.00, $30,583,800.00 for operations, $0.00 for performance funding, and $219,500.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(k) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Ann Arbor is $322,931,100.00, $321,970,100.00 for operations, $0.00 for performance funding, and $961,000.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(l) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Dearborn is $26,334,800.00, $26,167,000.00 for operations, $0.00 for performance funding, and $167,800.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(m) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Flint is $23,964,400.00, $23,616,200.00 for operations, $0.00 for performance funding, and $348,200.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(n) The appropriation for Wayne State University is $203,458,900.00, $202,996,700.00 for operations, $0.00 for performance funding, and $462,200.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(o) The appropriation for Western Michigan University is $112,363,900.00, $111,522,200.00 for operations, $0.00 for performance funding, and $841,700.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(3) The amount appropriated in subsection (2) for public universities is $1,538,740,700.00, appropriated from the following:

(a) State school aid fund, $343,168,300.00.

(b) State general fund/general purpose money, $1,195,572,400.00.

(4) The amount appropriated for Michigan public school employees' retirement system reimbursement is $11,695,000.00, appropriated from the state school aid fund.

(5) The amount appropriated for state and regional programs is $315,000.00, appropriated from general fund/general purpose money and allocated as follows:

(a) Higher education database modernization and conversion, $200,000.00.

(b) Midwestern Higher Education Compact, $115,000.00.

(6) The amount appropriated for the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks program is $2,691,500.00, appropriated from general fund/general purpose money and allocated as follows:

(a) Select student support services, $1,956,100.00.

(b) Michigan college/university partnership program, $586,800.00.

(7) Subject to subsection (8), the amount appropriated for grants and financial aid is $145,283,200.00, allocated as follows:

(a) State competitive scholarships, $29,861,700.00.

(b) Tuition grants, $42,021,500.00.

(d) Children of veterans and officer's survivor tuition grant programs, $1,400,000.00.

(e) Project GEAR-UP, $3,200,000.00.

(8) The money appropriated in subsection (7) for grants and financial aid is appropriated from the following:

(a) Federal revenues under the United States Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, GEAR-UP program, $3,200,000.00.

(b) Federal revenues under the social security act, temporary assistance for needy families, $122,826,400.00.

(9) For fiscal year 2020-2021 only, in addition to the allocation under subsection (4), from the appropriations described in subsection (1), there is allocated an amount not to exceed $1,200,000.00 for payments to participating public universities, appropriated from the state school aid fund. A university that receives money under this subsection shall use that money solely for the purpose of offsetting the normal cost contribution rate. As used in this subsection, "participating public universities" means public universities that are a reporting unit of the Michigan public school employees' retirement system under the public school employees retirement act of 1979, 1980 PA 300, MCL 38.1301 to 38.1437, and that pay contributions to the Michigan public school employees' retirement system for the state fiscal year.

Sec. 241. (1) Subject to sections 244 and 265a, the funds appropriated in section 236 to public universities shall be paid out of the state treasury and distributed by the state treasurer to the respective institutions in 11 equal monthly installments on the sixteenth of each month, or the next succeeding business day, beginning with October 16, 2020. 2021. Except for Wayne State University, each institution shall accrue its July and August 2021 2022 payments to its institutional fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.2022.

(2) All public universities shall submit higher education institutional data inventory (HEIDI) data and associated financial and program information requested by and in a manner prescribed by the state budget director. For public universities with fiscal years ending June 30, these data shall be submitted to the state budget director by November 15 for fiscal year 2020-2021 and October 15 of each fiscal year. thereafter. Public universities with a fiscal year ending September 30, 2020 2021 shall submit preliminary HEIDI data by November 15, 2020 2021 and final data by December 15, 2020. 2021. If a public university fails to submit HEIDI data and associated financial aid program information in accordance with this reporting schedule, the state treasurer may withhold the monthly installments under subsection (1) to the public university until those data are submitted.