Bill Text: MI HB5149 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Appropriations; supplemental; funding for home visitation grants for fiscal year 2017-2018; provide for. Amends secs. 11 & 32p of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1611 & 388.1632p).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-10-24 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 10/19/2017 [HB5149 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5149-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5149

 

 

October 19, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Wittenberg, Camilleri, Clemente, Brinks, Faris, Pagan, Hoadley, Sowerby, Hammoud, Schor, Chang, Lasinski, Geiss and Zemke and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled

 

"The state school aid act of 1979,"

 

by amending sections 11 and 32p (MCL 388.1611 and 388.1632p), as

 

amended by 2017 PA 108.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 11. (1) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017,

 

there is appropriated for the public schools of this state and

 

certain other state purposes relating to education the sum of

 

$12,069,644,300.00 from the state school aid fund, the sum of

 

$179,100,000.00 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 $100.00 from the water

 

emergency reserve fund. For the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2018, there is appropriated for the public schools of this state

 

and certain other state purposes relating to education the sum of

 

$12,543,130,300.00 $12,546,130,300.00 from the state school aid

 

fund, the sum of $215,000,000.00 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, an amount not to exceed $23,100,000.00

 

from the MPSERS retirement obligation reform reserve fund, and an

 

amount not to exceed $100.00 from the water emergency reserve fund.

 

In addition, all available federal funds are appropriated each

 

fiscal year for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2017 and

 

September 30, 2018.

 

     (2) The appropriations under this section shall be allocated

 

as provided in this article. Money appropriated under this section

 

from the general fund shall 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 state fiscal year are transferred to

 

the school aid stabilization fund created under section 11a.

 

     Sec. 32p. (1) From the appropriation in section 11, there is

 

allocated an amount not to exceed $13,400,000.00 $16,400,000.00 to

 

intermediate districts for 2017-2018 for the purpose of providing

 

early childhood funding to intermediate school districts to support

 

the activities under subsection (2) and subsection (4), and to

 

provide early childhood programs for children from birth through

age 8. The funding provided to each intermediate district under

 

this section shall be determined by the distribution formula

 

established by the department's office of great start to provide

 

equitable funding statewide. In order to receive funding under this

 

section, each intermediate district shall provide an application to

 

the office of great start not later than September 15 of the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year indicating the activities planned

 

to be provided.

 

     (2) Each intermediate district or consortium of intermediate

 

districts that receives funding under this section shall convene a

 

local great start collaborative and a parent coalition. The goal of

 

each great start collaborative and parent coalition shall be to

 

ensure the coordination and expansion of local early childhood

 

infrastructure and programs that allow every child in the community

 

to achieve the following outcomes:

 

     (a) Children born healthy.

 

     (b) Children healthy, thriving, and developmentally on track

 

from birth to third grade.

 

     (c) Children developmentally ready to succeed in school at the

 

time of school entry.

 

     (d) Children prepared to succeed in fourth grade and beyond by

 

reading proficiently by the end of third grade.

 

     (3) Each local great start collaborative and parent coalition

 

shall convene workgroups to make recommendations about community

 

services designed to achieve the outcomes described in subsection

 

(2) and to ensure that its local great start system includes the

 

following supports for children from birth through age 8:

     (a) Physical health.

 

     (b) Social-emotional health.

 

     (c) Family supports and basic needs.

 

     (d) Parent education.

 

     (e) Early education, including the child's development of

 

skills linked to success in foundational literacy, and care.

 

     (4) From the funds allocated in subsection (1), at least

 

$2,500,000.00 $5,500,000.00 shall be used for the purpose of

 

providing home visits to at-risk children and their families. The

 

home visits shall be conducted as part of a locally coordinated,

 

family-centered, evidence-based, data-driven home visit strategic

 

plan that is approved by the department. The goals of the home

 

visits funded under this subsection shall be to improve school

 

readiness using evidence-based methods, including a focus on

 

developmentally appropriate outcomes for early literacy, to reduce

 

the number of pupils retained in grade level, and to reduce the

 

number of pupils requiring special education services. The

 

department shall coordinate the goals of the home visit strategic

 

plans approved under this subsection with other state agency home

 

visit programs in a way that strengthens Michigan's home visiting

 

infrastructure and maximizes federal funds available for the

 

purposes of at-risk family home visits. The coordination among

 

departments and agencies is intended to avoid duplication of state

 

services and spending, and should emphasize efficient service

 

delivery of home visiting programs.

 

     (5) Not later than December 1 of each year, each intermediate

 

district shall provide a report to the department detailing the

activities actually provided during the immediately preceding

 

school year and the families and children actually served. At a

 

minimum, the report shall include an evaluation of the services

 

provided with additional funding under subsection (4) for home

 

visits, using the goals identified in subsection (4) as the basis

 

for the evaluation, including the degree to which school readiness

 

was improved, any change in the number of pupils retained at grade

 

level, and any change in the number of pupils receiving special

 

education services. The department shall compile and summarize

 

these reports and submit its summary to the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on school aid and to the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies not later than February 15 of each year.

 

     (6) An intermediate district or consortium of intermediate

 

districts that receives funding under this section may carry over

 

any unexpended funds received under this section into the next

 

fiscal year and may expend those unused funds through June 30 of

 

the next fiscal year. A recipient of a grant shall return any

 

unexpended grant funds to the department in the manner prescribed

 

by the department not later than September 30 of the next fiscal

 

year after the fiscal year in which the funds are received.