Bill Text: MI SB0123 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Appropriations; zero budget; higher education; provide for fiscal year 2015-2016. Amends secs. 236 & 236a of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1836 & 388.1836a).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-03 - Referred To Committee On Appropriations [SB0123 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-SB0123-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 123

 

 

February 17, 2015, Introduced by Senator SCHUITMAKER 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 236 and 236a (MCL 388.1836 and 388.1836a), as

 

amended by 2014 PA 196.

 

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, 2015,

 

2016, from the funds indicated in this section. The following is a

 

summary of the appropriations in this section:

 

     (a) The gross appropriation is

 

$1,516,496,300.00.$________________. After deducting total

 

interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers in the

 

amount of $0.00, the adjusted gross appropriation is

 

$1,516,496,300.00.$________________.

 

     (b) The sources of the adjusted gross appropriation described

 

in subdivision (a) are as follows:

 

     (i) Total federal revenues, $97,026,400.00.$________________.

 

     (ii) Total local revenues, $0.00.

 

     (iii) Total private revenues, $0.00.

 

     (iv) Total other state restricted revenues,

 

$204,567,900.00.$________________.

 

     (v) State general fund/general purpose money,

 

$1,214,902,000.00.$________________.

 

     (2) Amounts appropriated for public universities are as

 

follows:

 

     (a) The appropriation for Central Michigan University is

 

$79,115,000.00, $73,540,100.00 for operations and $5,574,900.00 for

 

performance funding.

 

     (b) The appropriation for Eastern Michigan University is

 

$71,771,100.00, $67,275,400.00 for operations and $4,495,700.00 for

 

performance funding.

 

     (c) The appropriation for Ferris State University is

 

$49,087,000.00, $45,636,500.00 for operations and $3,450,500.00 for

 

performance funding.

 

     (d) The appropriation for Grand Valley State University is

 

$63,136,000.00, $57,823,500.00 for operations and $5,312,500.00 for

 

performance funding.

 

     (e) The appropriation for Lake Superior State University is

 

$12,782,500.00, $12,231,000.00 for operations and $551,500.00 for

 

performance funding.

 

     (f) The appropriation for Michigan State University is

 

$324,038,100.00, $249,597,800.00 for operations, $14,831,300.00 for

 

performance funding, $32,027,900.00 for MSU AgBioResearch, and

 

$27,581,100.00 for MSU extension.

 

     (g) The appropriation for Michigan Technological University is

 

$45,923,100.00, $43,473,800.00 for operations and $2,449,300.00 for

 

performance funding.

 

     (h) The appropriation for Northern Michigan University is

 

$44,277,200.00, $41,741,400.00 for operations and $2,535,800.00 for

 

performance funding.

 

     (i) The appropriation for Oakland University is

 

$48,364,100.00, $45,651,600.00 for operations and $2,712,500.00 for

 

performance funding.

 

     (j) The appropriation for Saginaw Valley State University is

 

$27,610,200.00, $25,991,000.00 for operations and $1,619,200.00 for

 

performance funding.

 

     (k) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

 

is $295,174,100.00, $279,232,700.00 for operations and

 

$15,941,400.00 for performance funding.

 

     (l) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Dearborn is

 

$23,689,300.00, $22,510,400.00 for operations and $1,178,900.00 for

 

performance funding.

 

     (m) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Flint is

 

$21,337,700.00, $19,938,200.00 for operations and $1,399,500.00 for

 

performance funding.

 

     (n) The appropriation for Wayne State University is

 

$190,519,800.00, $183,398,300.00 for operations and $7,121,500.00

 

for performance funding.

 

     (o) The appropriation for Western Michigan University is

 

$102,742,000.00, $97,279,000.00 for operations and $5,463,000.00

 

for performance funding.

 

     (3) The amount appropriated in subsection (2) for public

 

universities is appropriated from the following:

 

     (a) State school aid fund, $200,019,500.00.

 

     (b) State general fund/general purpose money,

 

$1,199,547,700.00.

 

     (4) The amount appropriated for Michigan public school

 

employees' retirement system reimbursement is $2,446,200.00,

 

$446,200.00 appropriated from the state school aid fund and

 

$2,000,000.00 appropriated from general fund/general purpose money.

 

     (5) For fiscal year 2014-2015 only, in addition to the amount

 

appropriated under subsection (4), $4,002,200.00 is appropriated

 

for Michigan public school employees' retirement system

 

reimbursement, appropriated from the state school aid fund.

 

     (6) The amount appropriated for state and regional programs is

 

$2,295,000.00 appropriated from general fund/general purpose money

 

and allocated as follows:

 

     (a) College access program, $2,000,000.00.

 

     (b) Higher education database modernization and conversion,

 

$200,000.00.

 

     (c) Midwestern higher education compact, $95,000.00.

 

     (7) 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.

 

     (c) Morris Hood, Jr. educator development program,

 

$148,600.00.

 

     (8) Subject to subsection (9), the amount appropriated for

 

grants and financial aid is $105,494,200.00, allocated as follows:

 

     (a) State competitive scholarships, $18,361,700.00.

 

     (b) Tuition grants, $33,532,500.00.

 

     (c) Tuition incentive program, $48,500,000.00.

 

     (d) Children of veterans and officer's survivor tuition grant

 

programs, $1,400,000.00.

 

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

 

     (f) North American Indian tuition waivers, $500,000.00.

 

     (9) The money appropriated in subsection (8) 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, $93,826,400.00.

 

     (c) Contributions to children of veterans tuition grant

 

program, $100,000.00.

 

     (d) State general fund/general purpose money, $8,367,800.00.

 

     Sec. 236a. It is the intent of the legislature to provide

 

appropriations for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2016

 

2017 for the items listed in section 236. The fiscal year 2015-2016

 

2016-2017 appropriations are anticipated to be the same as those

 

for fiscal year 2014-2015, 2015-2016, except that the amounts will

 

be adjusted for changes in caseload and related costs, federal fund

 

match rates, economic factors, and available revenue. These

 

adjustments will be determined after the January 2015 2016

 

consensus revenue estimating conference.