HOUSE BILL NO. 4226

March 09, 2023, Introduced by Reps. Filler, Breen, Bezotte, Harris, Bierlein, Brabec, Rheingans, Scott, Hood, Tyrone Carter, Andrews, Stone, Fitzgerald, Grant, MacDonell, Brenda Carter, Young, Haadsma, Glanville, Rogers and Aiyash and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled

"The state school aid act of 1979,"

by amending section 11 (MCL 388.1611), as amended by 2023 PA 3, and by adding section 97g.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 11. (1) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, there is appropriated for the public schools of this state and certain other state purposes relating to education the sum of $14,511,014,700.00 from the state school aid fund, the sum of $98,119,400.00 from the general fund, an amount not to exceed $72,000,000.00 from the community district education trust fund created under section 12 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.262, and an amount not to exceed $100.00 from the water emergency reserve fund. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, there is appropriated for the public schools of this state and certain other state purposes relating to education the sum of $16,754,072,900.00 $16,754,073,000.00 from the state school aid fund, the sum of $124,200,000.00 from the general fund, an amount not to exceed $72,000,000.00 from the community district education trust fund created under section 12 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.262, and an amount not to exceed $140,400,000.00 from the MPSERS retirement obligation reform reserve fund created under section 147b. In addition, all available federal funds are only appropriated as allocated in this article for the fiscal years year ending September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2023.

(2) The appropriations under this section are allocated as provided in this article. Money appropriated under this section from the general fund must be expended to fund the purposes of this article before the expenditure of money appropriated under this section from the state school aid fund.

(3) Any general fund allocations under this article that are not expended by the end of the fiscal year are transferred to the school aid stabilization fund created under section 11a.

Sec. 97g. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $100.00 for 2022-2023 to districts as prescribed in this section.

(2) To receive funding under this section, a district must apply for the funding in a form and manner prescribed by the department.

(3) From the money allocated under this section, the department shall pay each district that has applied for funding as described in subsection (2) for the development and implementation of a numbering system as required under section 1e of 1937 PA 306, MCL 388.851e, which includes, but is not limited to, the purchasing of materials and payment to staff or workers as related to the numbering system described in this subsection.

(4) Notwithstanding section 17b, the department shall make payments under this section on a schedule determined by the department.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4225 (request no. 00378'23) of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.