Bill Text: MI SB0174 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Chaptered

Michigan Senate Bill 174

Bill Title: Appropriations: supplemental; supplemental appropriations in the school aid act for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Amends secs. 6, 11, 12a, 12c, 20, 22l, 31a, 31ff, 41, 51a, 51c, 61l, 61s, 61u, 94a, 95b, 97e, 97g, 97k, 99d, 99m, 99n, 99ii, 99jj, 107a, 147a, 201, 236, 236m & 248 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1606 et seq.) & repeals sec. 12b of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1612b).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-12-29 - Assigned Pa 0320'23 [SB0174 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2023-SB0174-Chaptered.html

Act No. 320

Public Acts of 2023

Approved by the Governor

December 18, 2023

Filed with the Secretary of State

December 18, 2023

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 13, 2024

state of michigan

102nd Legislature

Regular session of 2023

Introduced by Senator Camilleri

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 174

AN ACT to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled �An act to make appropriations to aid in the support of the public schools, the intermediate school districts, community colleges, and public universities of the state; to make appropriations for certain other purposes relating to education; to provide for the disbursement of the appropriations; to authorize the issuance of certain bonds and provide for the security of those bonds; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, the state board of education, and certain other boards and officials; to create certain funds and provide for their expenditure; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,� by amending sections 6, 11, 12a, 12c, 20, 22l, 31a, 31ff, 41, 51a, 51c, 61l, 61s, 61u, 94a, 95b, 97e, 97g, 97k, 99d, 99m, 99n, 99ii, 99jj, 107a, 147a, 201, 236, 236m, and 248 (MCL 388.1606, 388.1611, 388.1612a, 388.1612c, 388.1620, 388.1622l, 388.1631a, 388.1631ff, 388.1641, 388.1651a, 388.1651c, 388.1661l, 388.1661s, 388.1661u, 388.1694a, 388.1695b, 388.1697e, 388.1697g, 388.1697k, 388.1699d, 388.1699m, 388.1699n, 388.1699ii, 388.1699jj, 388.1707a, 388.1747a, 388.1801, 388.1836, 388.1836m, and 388.1848), sections 6, 11, 20, 31a, 41, 51a, 51c, 94a, 95b, 97e, 147a, 201, 236, and 248 as amended and sections 12a, 12c, 22l, 31ff, 61l, 61s, 61u, 97g, 97k, 99d, 99m, 99n, 99ii, 99jj, 107a, and 236m as added by 2023 PA 103, and by adding sections 216d and 236o; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 6. (1) �Center program� means a program operated by a district or by an intermediate district for special education pupils from several districts in programs for pupils with autism spectrum disorder, pupils with severe cognitive impairment, pupils with moderate cognitive impairment, pupils with severe multiple impairments, pupils with hearing impairment, pupils with visual impairment, and pupils with physical impairment or other health impairment. Programs for pupils with emotional impairment housed in buildings that do not serve regular education pupils also qualify. Unless otherwise approved by the department, a center program either serves all constituent districts within an intermediate district or serves several districts with less than 50% of the pupils residing in the operating district. In addition, special education center program pupils placed part-time in noncenter programs to comply with the least restrictive environment provisions of section 1412 of the individuals with disabilities education act, 20 USC 1412, may be considered center program pupils for pupil accounting purposes for the time scheduled in either a center program or a noncenter program.

(2) �District and high school graduation rate� means the annual completion and pupil dropout rate that is calculated by the center pursuant to nationally recognized standards.

(3) �District and high school graduation report� means a report of the number of pupils, excluding adult education participants, in the district for the immediately preceding school year, adjusted for those pupils who have transferred into or out of the district or high school, who leave high school with a diploma or other credential of equal status.

(4) �Membership�, except as otherwise provided in this article, means for a district, a public school academy, or an intermediate district the sum of the product of .90 times the number of full-time equated pupils in grades K to 12 actually enrolled and in regular daily attendance in the district, public school academy, or intermediate district on the pupil membership count day for the current school year, plus the product of .10 times the final audited count from the supplemental count day of full-time equated pupils in grades K to 12 actually enrolled and in regular daily attendance in the district, public school academy, or intermediate district for the immediately preceding school year. A district�s, public school academy�s, or intermediate district�s membership is adjusted as provided under section 25e for pupils who enroll after the pupil membership count day in a strict discipline academy operating under sections 1311b to 1311m of the revised school code, MCL 380.1311b to 380.1311m. All pupil counts used in this subsection are as determined by the department and calculated by adding the number of pupils registered for attendance plus pupils received by transfer and minus pupils lost as defined by rules promulgated by the superintendent, and as corrected by a subsequent department audit. The amount of the foundation allowance for a pupil in membership is determined under section 20. In making the calculation of membership, all of the following, as applicable, apply to determining the membership of a district, a public school academy, or an intermediate district:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, and pursuant to subsection (6), a pupil is counted in membership in the pupil�s educating district or districts. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an individual pupil must not be counted for more than a total of 1.0 full-time equated membership.

(b) If a pupil is educated in a district other than the pupil�s district of residence, if the pupil is not being educated as part of a cooperative education program, if the pupil�s district of residence does not give the educating district its approval to count the pupil in membership in the educating district, and if the pupil is not covered by an exception specified in subsection (6) to the requirement that the educating district must have the approval of the pupil�s district of residence to count the pupil in membership, the pupil is not counted in membership in any district.

(c) A special education pupil educated by the intermediate district is counted in membership in the intermediate district.

(d) A pupil placed by a court or state agency in an on-grounds program of a juvenile detention facility, a child caring institution, or a mental health institution, or a pupil funded under section 53a, is counted in membership in the district or intermediate district approved by the department to operate the program.

(e) A pupil enrolled in the Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind is counted in membership in the pupil�s intermediate district of residence.

(f) A pupil enrolled in a career and technical education program supported by a millage levied over an area larger than a single district or in an area vocational-technical education program established under section 690 of the revised school code, MCL 380.690, is counted in membership only in the pupil�s district of residence.

(g) A pupil enrolled in a public school academy is counted in membership in the public school academy.

(h) For the purposes of this section and section 6a, for a cyber school, as that term is defined in section 551 of the revised school code, MCL 380.551, that is in compliance with section 553a of the revised school code, MCL 380.553a, a pupil�s participation in the cyber school�s educational program is considered regular daily attendance, and for a district or public school academy, a pupil�s participation in a virtual course as that term is defined in section 21f is considered regular daily attendance. Beginning July 1, 2021, this subdivision is subject to section 8c. It is the intent of the legislature that the immediately preceding sentence apply retroactively and is effective July 1, 2021. For the purposes of this subdivision, for a pupil enrolled in a cyber school, all of the following apply with regard to the participation requirement as described in this subdivision:

(i) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the pupil shall participate in each scheduled course on pupil membership count day or supplemental count day, as applicable. If the pupil is absent on pupil membership count day or supplemental count day, as applicable, the pupil must attend and participate in class during the next 10 consecutive school days if the absence was unexcused, or during the next 30 calendar days if the absence was excused.

(ii) For a pupil who is not learning sequentially, 1 or more of the following must be met on pupil membership count day or supplemental count day, as applicable, for each scheduled course to satisfy the participation requirement under this subdivision:

(A) The pupil attended a live lesson from the teacher.

(B) The pupil logged into a lesson or lesson activity and the login can be documented.

(D) There is documentation of an email dialogue between the pupil and teacher.

(E) There is documentation of activity or work between the learning coach and pupil.

(F) An alternate form of attendance as determined and agreed upon by the cyber school and the pupil membership auditor was met.

(iii) For a pupil using sequential learning, the participation requirement under this subdivision is satisfied if either of the following occurs:

(A) Except as otherwise provided in this sub-subparagraph, the pupil and the teacher of record or mentor complete a 2-way interaction for 1 course during the week on which pupil membership count day or supplemental count day, as applicable, occurs, and the 3 consecutive weeks following that week. However, if a school break is scheduled during any of the weeks described in this sub-subparagraph that is 4 or more days in length or instruction has been canceled districtwide during any of the weeks described in this sub-subparagraph for 3 or more school days, the district is not required to ensure that the pupil and the teacher of record or mentor completed a 2-way interaction for that week. As used in this sub-subparagraph:

(I) �2-way interaction� means the communication that occurs between the teacher of record or mentor and pupil, where 1 party initiates communication and a response from the other party follows that communication. Responses as described in this sub-sub-subparagraph must be to the communication initiated by the teacher of record or mentor, and not some other action taken. This interaction may occur through, but is not limited to, means such as email, telephone, instant messaging, or face-to-face conversation. A parent- or legal-guardian-facilitated 2-way interaction is considered a 2-way interaction if the pupil is in any of grades K to 5 and does not yet possess the skills necessary to participate in 2-way interactions unassisted. The interactions described in this sub-sub-subparagraph must relate to a virtual course on the pupil�s schedule and pertain to course content or progress.

(II) �Mentor� means a professional employee of the district who monitors the pupil�s progress, ensures the pupil has access to needed technology, is available for assistance, and ensures access to the teacher of record. A mentor may also be the teacher of record if the mentor meets the definition of a teacher of record under this sub-subparagraph and the district is the provider for the course.

(III) �Teacher of record� means a teacher to whom all of the following apply:

(1) The teacher is responsible for providing instruction, determining instructional methods for each pupil, diagnosing learning needs, assessing pupil learning, prescribing intervention strategies and modifying lessons, reporting outcomes, and evaluating the effects of instruction and support strategies. The teacher of record may coordinate the distribution and assignment of the responsibilities described in this sub-sub-sub-subparagraph with other teachers participating in the instructional process for a course.

(2) The teacher is certified for the grade level or is working under a valid substitute permit, authorization, or approval issued by the department.

(3) The teacher has a personnel identification code provided by the center.

(IV) �Week� means a period that starts on Wednesday and ends the following Tuesday.

(B) The pupil completes a combination of 1 or more of the following activities for each scheduled course on pupil membership count day or supplemental count day, as applicable:

(I) Documented attendance in a virtual course where synchronous, live instruction occurred with the teacher.

(II) Documented completion of a course assignment.

(III) Documented completion of a course lesson or lesson activity.

(IV) Documented pupil access to an ongoing lesson, which does not include a login.

(V) Documented physical attendance on pupil membership count day or supplemental count day, as applicable, in each scheduled course, if the pupil will attend at least 50% of the instructional time for each scheduled course on-site, face-to-face with the teacher of record. As used in this sub-sub-subparagraph, �teacher of record� means that term as defined in subparagraph (iii)(A).

(iv) For purposes of subparagraph (iii), each scheduled course currently being attempted by the pupil, rather than every course on the pupil�s schedule for the entire term, is considered a part of each scheduled course for the pupil.

(i) For a new district or public school academy beginning its operation after December 31, 1994, membership for the first 2 full or partial fiscal years of operation is determined as follows:

(i) If operations begin before the pupil membership count day for the fiscal year, membership is the average number of full-time equated pupils in grades K to 12 actually enrolled and in regular daily attendance on the pupil membership count day for the current school year and on the supplemental count day for the current school year, as determined by the department and calculated by adding the number of pupils registered for attendance on the pupil membership count day plus pupils received by transfer and minus pupils lost as defined by rules promulgated by the superintendent, and as corrected by a subsequent department audit, plus the final audited count from the supplemental count day for the current school year, and dividing that sum by 2.

(ii) If operations begin after the pupil membership count day for the fiscal year and not later than the supplemental count day for the fiscal year, membership is the final audited count of the number of full-time equated pupils in grades K to 12 actually enrolled and in regular daily attendance on the supplemental count day for the current school year.

(j) If a district is the authorizing body for a public school academy, then, in the first school year in which pupils are counted in membership on the pupil membership count day in the public school academy, the determination of the district�s membership excludes from the district�s pupil count for the immediately preceding supplemental count day any pupils who are counted in the public school academy on that first pupil membership count day who were also counted in the district on the immediately preceding supplemental count day.

(k) For an extended school year program approved by the superintendent, a pupil enrolled, but not scheduled to be in regular daily attendance, on a pupil membership count day, is counted in membership.

(l) To be counted in membership, a pupil must meet the minimum age requirement to be eligible to attend school under section 1147 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1147, and must be less than 20 years of age on September 1 of the school year except as follows:

(i) A special education pupil who is enrolled and receiving instruction in a special education program or service approved by the department, who does not have a high school diploma, and who is less than 26 years of age as of September 1 of the current school year is counted in membership.

(ii) A pupil who is determined by the department to meet all of the following may be counted in membership:

(A) Is enrolled in a public school academy or an alternative education high school diploma program, that is primarily focused on educating pupils with extreme barriers to education, such as being homeless as that term is defined under 42 USC 11302.

(B) Had dropped out of school.

(iii) If a child does not meet the minimum age requirement to be eligible to attend school for that school year under section 1147 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1147, but will be 5 years of age not later than December 1 of that school year, the district may count the child in membership for that school year if the parent or legal guardian has notified the district in writing that the parent or legal guardian intends to enroll the child in kindergarten for that school year.

(m) An individual who has achieved a high school diploma is not counted in membership. An individual who has achieved a high school equivalency certificate is not counted in membership unless the individual is a student with a disability as that term is defined in R 340.1702 of the Michigan Administrative Code. An individual participating in a job training program funded under former section 107a or a jobs program funded under former section 107b, administered by the department of labor and economic opportunity, or participating in any successor of either of those 2 programs, is not counted in membership.

(n) If a pupil counted in membership in a public school academy is also educated by a district or intermediate district as part of a cooperative education program, the pupil is counted in membership only in the public school academy unless a written agreement signed by all parties designates the party or parties in which the pupil is counted in membership, and the instructional time scheduled for the pupil in the district or intermediate district is included in the full-time equated membership determination under subdivision (q) and section 101. However, for pupils receiving instruction in both a public school academy and in a district or intermediate district but not as a part of a cooperative education program, the following apply:

(i) If the public school academy provides instruction for at least 1/2 of the class hours required under section 101, the public school academy receives as its prorated share of the full-time equated membership for each of those pupils an amount equal to 1 times the product of the hours of instruction the public school academy provides divided by the number of hours required under section 101 for full-time equivalency, and the remainder of the full-time membership for each of those pupils is allocated to the district or intermediate district providing the remainder of the hours of instruction.

(ii) If the public school academy provides instruction for less than 1/2 of the class hours required under section 101, the district or intermediate district providing the remainder of the hours of instruction receives as its prorated share of the full-time equated membership for each of those pupils an amount equal to 1 times the product of the hours of instruction the district or intermediate district provides divided by the number of hours required under section 101 for full-time equivalency, and the remainder of the full-time membership for each of those pupils is allocated to the public school academy.

(o) An individual less than 16 years of age as of September 1 of the current school year who is being educated in an alternative education program is not counted in membership if there are also adult education participants being educated in the same program or classroom.

(p) The department shall give a uniform interpretation of full-time and part-time memberships.

(q) The number of class hours used to calculate full-time equated memberships must be consistent with section 101. In determining full-time equated memberships for pupils who are enrolled in a postsecondary institution or for pupils engaged in an internship or work experience under section 1279h of the revised school code, MCL 380.1279h, a pupil is not considered to be less than a full-time equated pupil solely because of the effect of the pupil�s postsecondary enrollment or engagement in the internship or work experience, including necessary travel time, on the number of class hours provided by the district to the pupil.

(r) Full-time equated memberships for pupils in kindergarten are determined by dividing the number of instructional hours scheduled and provided per year per kindergarten pupil by the same number used for determining full-time equated memberships for pupils in grades 1 to 12. However, to the extent allowable under federal law, for a district or public school academy that provides evidence satisfactory to the department that it used federal title I money in the 2 immediately preceding school fiscal years to fund full-time kindergarten, full-time equated memberships for pupils in kindergarten are determined by dividing the number of class hours scheduled and provided per year per kindergarten pupil by a number equal to 1/2 the number used for determining full-time equated memberships for pupils in grades 1 to 12. The change in the counting of full-time equated memberships for pupils in kindergarten that took effect for 2012-2013 is not a mandate.

(s) For a district or a public school academy that has pupils enrolled in a grade level that was not offered by the district or public school academy in the immediately preceding school year, the number of pupils enrolled in that grade level to be counted in membership is the average of the number of those pupils enrolled and in regular daily attendance on the pupil membership count day and the supplemental count day of the current school year. Membership is calculated by adding the number of pupils registered for attendance in that grade level on the pupil membership count day plus pupils received by transfer and minus pupils lost as defined by rules promulgated by the superintendent, and as corrected by subsequent department audit, plus the final audited count from the supplemental count day for the current school year, and dividing that sum by 2.

(t) A pupil enrolled in a cooperative education program may be counted in membership in the pupil�s district of residence with the written approval of all parties to the cooperative agreement.

(u) If, as a result of a disciplinary action, a district determines through the district�s alternative or disciplinary education program that the best instructional placement for a pupil is in the pupil�s home or otherwise apart from the general school population, if that placement is authorized in writing by the district superintendent and district alternative or disciplinary education supervisor, and if the district provides appropriate instruction as described in this subdivision to the pupil at the pupil�s home or otherwise apart from the general school population, the district may count the pupil in membership on a pro rata basis, with the proration based on the number of hours of instruction the district actually provides to the pupil divided by the number of hours required under section 101 for full-time equivalency. For the purposes of this subdivision, a district is considered to be providing appropriate instruction if all of the following are met:

(i) The district provides at least 2 nonconsecutive hours of instruction per week to the pupil at the pupil�s home or otherwise apart from the general school population under the supervision of a certificated teacher.

(ii) The district provides instructional materials, resources, and supplies that are comparable to those otherwise provided in the district�s alternative education program.

(iii) Course content is comparable to that in the district�s alternative education program.

(iv) Credit earned is awarded to the pupil and placed on the pupil�s transcript.

(v) If a pupil was enrolled in a public school academy on the pupil membership count day, if the public school academy�s contract with its authorizing body is revoked or the public school academy otherwise ceases to operate, and if the pupil enrolls in a district within 45 days after the pupil membership count day, the department shall adjust the district�s pupil count for the pupil membership count day to include the pupil in the count.

(w) For a public school academy that has been in operation for at least 2 years and that suspended operations for at least 1 semester and is resuming operations, membership is the sum of the product of .90 times the number of full-time equated pupils in grades K to 12 actually enrolled and in regular daily attendance on the first pupil membership count day or supplemental count day, whichever is first, occurring after operations resume, plus the product of .10 times the final audited count from the most recent pupil membership count day or supplemental count day that occurred before suspending operations, as determined by the superintendent.

(x) If a district�s membership for a particular fiscal year, as otherwise calculated under this subsection, would be less than 1,550 pupils, the district has 4.5 or fewer pupils per square mile, as determined by the department, and the district does not receive funding under section 22d(2), the district�s membership is considered to be the membership figure calculated under this subdivision. If a district educates and counts in its membership pupils in grades 9 to 12 who reside in a contiguous district that does not operate grades 9 to 12 and if 1 or both of the affected districts request the department to use the determination allowed under this sentence, the department shall include the square mileage of both districts in determining the number of pupils per square mile for each of the districts for the purposes of this subdivision. If a district has established a community engagement advisory committee in partnership with the department of treasury, is required to submit a deficit elimination plan or an enhanced deficit elimination plan under section 1220 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1220, and is located in a city with a population between 9,000 and 11,000, as determined by the department, that is in a county with a population between 150,000 and 160,000, as determined by the department, the district�s membership is considered to be the membership figure calculated under this subdivision. The membership figure calculated under this subdivision is the greater of the following:

(i) The average of the district�s membership for the 3-fiscal-year period ending with that fiscal year, calculated by adding the district�s actual membership for each of those 3 fiscal years, as otherwise calculated under this subsection, and dividing the sum of those 3 membership figures by 3.

(ii) The district�s actual membership for that fiscal year as otherwise calculated under this subsection.

(y) Full-time equated memberships for special education pupils who are not enrolled in kindergarten but are enrolled in a classroom program under R 340.1754 of the Michigan Administrative Code are determined by dividing the number of class hours scheduled and provided per year by 450. Full-time equated memberships for special education pupils who are not enrolled in kindergarten but are receiving early childhood special education services under R 340.1755 or R 340.1862 of the Michigan Administrative Code are determined by dividing the number of hours of service scheduled and provided per year per pupil by 180.

(z) A pupil of a district that begins its school year after Labor Day who is enrolled in an intermediate district program that begins before Labor Day is not considered to be less than a full-time pupil solely due to instructional time scheduled but not attended by the pupil before Labor Day.

(aa) For the first year in which a pupil is counted in membership on the pupil membership count day in a middle college program, the membership is the average of the full-time equated membership on the pupil membership count day and on the supplemental count day for the current school year, as determined by the department. If a pupil described in this subdivision was counted in membership by the operating district on the immediately preceding supplemental count day, the pupil is excluded from the district�s immediately preceding supplemental count for the purposes of determining the district�s membership.

(bb) A district or public school academy that educates a pupil who attends a United States Olympic Education Center may count the pupil in membership regardless of whether or not the pupil is a resident of this state.

(cc) A pupil enrolled in a district other than the pupil�s district of residence under section 1148(2) of the revised school code, MCL 380.1148, is counted in the educating district.

(dd) For a pupil enrolled in a dropout recovery program that meets the requirements of section 23a, the pupil is counted as 1/12 of a full-time equated membership for each month that the district operating the program reports that the pupil was enrolled in the program and was in full attendance. However, if the special membership counting provisions under this subdivision and the operation of the other membership counting provisions under this subsection result in a pupil being counted as more than 1.0 FTE in a fiscal year, the payment made for the pupil under sections 22a and 22b must not be based on more than 1.0 FTE for that pupil, and any portion of an FTE for that pupil that exceeds 1.0 is instead paid under section 25g. The district operating the program shall report to the center the number of pupils who were enrolled in the program and were in full attendance for a month not later than 30 days after the end of the month. A district shall not report a pupil as being in full attendance for a month unless both of the following are met:

(i) A personalized learning plan is in place on or before the first school day of the month for the first month the pupil participates in the program.

(ii) Either of the following is met:

(A) The pupil meets the district�s definition under section 23a of satisfactory monthly progress for that month or, if the pupil does not meet that definition of satisfactory monthly progress for that month, the pupil did meet that definition of satisfactory monthly progress in the immediately preceding month and appropriate interventions, as defined by the district, are implemented within 10 school days after it is determined that the pupil does not meet that definition of satisfactory monthly progress.

(B) For the first 2 months that the pupil participates in the program, the pupil earns 0.25 credit by the end of the second month. A pupil described in this sub-subparagraph may be retroactively reported as being in full attendance for the first month that the pupil participated in the program.

(ee) A pupil participating in a virtual course under section 21f is counted in membership in the district enrolling the pupil.

(ff) If a public school academy that is not in its first or second year of operation closes at the end of a school year and does not reopen for the next school year, the department shall adjust the membership count of the district or other public school academy in which a former pupil of the closed public school academy enrolls and is in regular daily attendance for the next school year to ensure that the district or other public school academy receives the same amount of membership aid for the pupil as if the pupil were counted in the district or other public school academy on the supplemental count day of the preceding school year.

(gg) If a special education pupil is expelled under section 1311 or 1311a of the revised school code, MCL 380.1311 and 380.1311a, and is not in attendance on the pupil membership count day because of the expulsion, and if the pupil remains enrolled in the district and resumes regular daily attendance during that school year, the district�s membership is adjusted to count the pupil in membership as if the pupil had been in attendance on the pupil membership count day.

(hh) A pupil enrolled in a community district is counted in membership in the community district.

(ii) A part-time pupil enrolled in a nonpublic school in grades K to 12 in accordance with section 166b must not be counted as more than 0.75 of a full-time equated membership.

(jj) A district that borders another state or a public school academy that operates at least grades 9 to 12 and is located within 20 miles of a border with another state may count in membership a pupil who is enrolled in a course at a college or university that is located in the bordering state and within 20 miles of the border with this state if all of the following are met:

(i) The pupil would meet the definition of an eligible student under the postsecondary enrollment options act, 1996 PA 160, MCL 388.511 to 388.524, if the course were an eligible course under that act.

(ii) The course in which the pupil is enrolled would meet the definition of an eligible course under the postsecondary enrollment options act, 1996 PA 160, MCL 388.511 to 388.524, if the course were provided by an eligible postsecondary institution under that act.

(iii) The department determines that the college or university is an institution that, in the other state, fulfills a function comparable to a state university or community college, as those terms are defined in section 3 of the postsecondary enrollment options act, 1996 PA 160, MCL 388.513, or is an independent nonprofit degree-granting college or university.

(iv) The district or public school academy pays for a portion of the pupil�s tuition at the college or university in an amount equal to the eligible charges that the district or public school academy would pay to an eligible postsecondary institution under the postsecondary enrollment options act, 1996 PA 160, MCL 388.511 to 388.524, as if the course were an eligible course under that act.

(v) The district or public school academy awards high school credit to a pupil who successfully completes a course as described in this subdivision.

(kk) A pupil enrolled in a middle college program may be counted for more than a total of 1.0 full-time equated membership for any of the school years in which the pupil is enrolled in the middle college program, but the total full-time equated membership for that pupil for all of the school years in which the pupil is enrolled in high school must not be greater than 5.00 full-time equated membership if the pupil is enrolled in more than the minimum number of instructional days and hours required under section 101 and the pupil is expected to complete the 5‑year program with both a high school diploma and at least 60 transferable college credits or is expected to earn an associate�s degree in fewer than 5 years. A pupil who graduates with both a high school diploma and at least 60 transferable college credits or an associate degree at least 1 semester early is considered to have completed the middle college program in fewer than 5 years.

(ll) If a district�s or public school academy�s membership for a particular fiscal year, as otherwise calculated under this subsection, includes pupils counted in membership who are enrolled under section 166b, all of the following apply for the purposes of this subdivision:

(i) If the district�s or public school academy�s membership for pupils counted under section 166b equals or exceeds 5% of the district�s or public school academy�s membership for pupils not counted in membership under section 166b in the immediately preceding fiscal year, then the growth in the district�s or public school academy�s membership for pupils counted under section 166b must not exceed 10%.

(ii) If the district�s or public school academy�s membership for pupils counted under section 166b is less than 5% of the district�s or public school academy�s membership for pupils not counted in membership under section 166b in the immediately preceding fiscal year, then the district�s or public school academy�s membership for pupils counted under section 166b must not exceed the greater of the following:

(A) Five percent of the district�s or public school academy�s membership for pupils not counted in membership under section 166b.

(B) Ten percent more than the district�s or public school academy�s membership for pupils counted under section 166b in the immediately preceding fiscal year.

(iii) If 1 or more districts consolidate or are parties to an annexation, then the calculations under subparagraphs (i) and (ii) must be applied to the combined total membership for pupils counted in those districts for the fiscal year immediately preceding the consolidation or annexation.

(5) �Public school academy� means that term as defined in section 5 of the revised school code, MCL 380.5.

(6) �Pupil� means an individual in membership in a public school. A district must have the approval of the pupil�s district of residence to count the pupil in membership, except approval by the pupil�s district of residence is not required for any of the following:

(a) A nonpublic part-time pupil enrolled in grades K to 12 in accordance with section 166b.

(b) A pupil receiving 1/2 or less of the pupil�s instruction in a district other than the pupil�s district of residence.

(d) A pupil enrolled in a district other than the pupil�s district of residence if the pupil is enrolled in accordance with section 105 or 105c.

(e) A pupil who has made an official written complaint or whose parent or legal guardian has made an official written complaint to law enforcement officials and to school officials of the pupil�s district of residence that the pupil has been the victim of a criminal sexual assault or other serious assault, if the official complaint either indicates that the assault occurred at school or that the assault was committed by 1 or more other pupils enrolled in the school the pupil would otherwise attend in the district of residence or by an employee of the district of residence. A person who intentionally makes a false report of a crime to law enforcement officials for the purposes of this subdivision is subject to section 411a of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.411a, which provides criminal penalties for that conduct. As used in this subdivision:

(i) �At school� means in a classroom, elsewhere on school premises, on a school bus or other school-related vehicle, or at a school-sponsored activity or event whether or not it is held on school premises.

(ii) �Serious assault� means an act that constitutes a felony violation of chapter XI of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.81 to 750.90h, or that constitutes an assault and infliction of serious or aggravated injury under section 81a of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.81a.

(f) A pupil whose district of residence changed after the pupil membership count day and before the supplemental count day and who continues to be enrolled on the supplemental count day as a nonresident in the district in which the pupil was enrolled as a resident on the pupil membership count day of the same school year.

(g) A pupil enrolled in an alternative education program operated by a district other than the pupil�s district of residence who meets 1 or more of the following:

(i) The pupil has been suspended or expelled from the pupil�s district of residence for any reason, including, but not limited to, a suspension or expulsion under section 1310, 1311, or 1311a of the revised school code, MCL 380.1310, 380.1311, and 380.1311a.

(ii) The pupil had previously dropped out of school.

(iii) The pupil is pregnant or is a parent.

(iv) The pupil has been referred to the program by a court.

(h) A pupil enrolled in the Michigan Virtual School, for the pupil�s enrollment in the Michigan Virtual School.

(i) A pupil who is the child of a person who works at the district or who is the child of a person who worked at the district as of the time the pupil first enrolled in the district but who no longer works at the district due to a workforce reduction. As used in this subdivision, �child� includes an adopted child, stepchild, or legal ward.

(j) An expelled pupil who has been denied reinstatement by the expelling district and is reinstated by another school board under section 1311 or 1311a of the revised school code, MCL 380.1311 and 380.1311a.

(k) A pupil enrolled in a district other than the pupil�s district of residence in a middle college program if the pupil�s district of residence and the enrolling district are both constituent districts of the same intermediate district.

(l) A pupil enrolled in a district other than the pupil�s district of residence who attends a United States Olympic Education Center.

(m) A pupil enrolled in a district other than the pupil�s district of residence under section 1148(2) of the revised school code, MCL 380.1148.

(n) A pupil who enrolls in a district other than the pupil�s district of residence as a result of the pupil�s school not making adequate yearly progress under the no child left behind act of 2001, Public Law 107-110, or the every student succeeds act, Public Law 114-95.

However, if a district educates pupils who reside in another district and if the primary instructional site for those pupils is established by the educating district after 2009-2010 and is located within the boundaries of that other district, the educating district must have the approval of that other district to count those pupils in membership.

(7) �Pupil membership count day� of a district or intermediate district means:

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), either of the following:

(i) The first Wednesday in October each school year.

(ii) For a district or building in which school is not in session on the Wednesday described in subparagraph (i) due to conditions not within the control of school authorities, with the approval of the superintendent, the immediately following day on which school is in session in the district or building.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), for a district or intermediate district maintaining school during the entire school year, the following days:

(i) Fourth Wednesday in July.

(ii) First Wednesday in October.

(iii) Second Wednesday in February.

(iv) Fourth Wednesday in April.

(c) If a date listed in subdivision (a) or (b) is on a day of religious or cultural significance, as determined by the district or intermediate district, the immediately following day on which school is in session in the district or building.

(8) �Pupils in grades K to 12 actually enrolled and in regular daily attendance� means, except as otherwise provided in this section, pupils in grades K to 12 in attendance and receiving instruction in all classes for which they are enrolled on the pupil membership count day or the supplemental count day, as applicable. Except as otherwise provided in this section and subsection, a pupil who is absent from any of the classes in which the pupil is enrolled on the pupil membership count day or supplemental count day and who does not attend each of those classes during the 10 consecutive school days immediately following the pupil membership count day or supplemental count day, except for a pupil who has been excused by the district, is not counted as 1.0 full-time equated membership. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a pupil who is excused from attendance on the pupil membership count day or supplemental count day and who fails to attend each of the classes in which the pupil is enrolled within 30 calendar days after the pupil membership count day or supplemental count day is not counted as 1.0 full-time equated membership. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in addition, a pupil who was enrolled and in attendance in a district, intermediate district, or public school academy before the pupil membership count day or supplemental count day of a particular year but was expelled or suspended on the pupil membership count day or supplemental count day is only counted as 1.0 full-time equated membership if the pupil resumed attendance in the district, intermediate district, or public school academy within 45 days after the pupil membership count day or supplemental count day of that particular year. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a pupil not counted as 1.0 full-time equated membership due to an absence from a class is counted as a prorated membership for the classes the pupil attended. For purposes of this subsection:

(a) �Appropriately placed� means holding a valid Michigan educator credential with the required grade range and discipline or subject area for the assignment, as defined by the superintendent of public instruction.

(b) �Class� means either of the following, as applicable:

(i) A period of time in 1 day when pupils and an individual who is appropriately placed under a valid certificate, substitute permit, authorization, or approval issued by the department, are together and instruction is taking place. This subdivision does not apply for the 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, and 2023-2024 school years.

(ii) For the 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, and 2023-2024 school years only, a period of time in 1 day when pupils and a certificated teacher, a teacher engaged to teach under section 1233b of the revised school code, MCL 380.1233b, or an individual working under a valid substitute permit, authorization, or approval issued by the department are together and instruction is taking place.

(9) �Rule� means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

(10) �The revised school code� means the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 to 380.1852.

(11) �School district of the first class�, �first class school district�, and �district of the first class� mean, for the purposes of this article only, a district that had at least 40,000 pupils in membership for the immediately preceding fiscal year.

(12) �School fiscal year� means a fiscal year that commences July 1 and continues through June 30.

(13) �State board� means the state board of education.

(14) �Superintendent�, unless the context clearly refers to a district or intermediate district superintendent, means the superintendent of public instruction described in section 3 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963.

(15) �Supplemental count day� means the day on which the supplemental pupil count is conducted under section 6a.

(16) �Tuition pupil� means a pupil of school age attending school in a district other than the pupil�s district of residence for whom tuition may be charged to the district of residence. Tuition pupil does not include a pupil who is a special education pupil, a pupil described in subsection (6)(d) to (n), or a pupil whose parent or guardian voluntarily enrolls the pupil in a district that is not the pupil�s district of residence. A pupil�s district of residence shall not require a high school tuition pupil, as provided under section 111, to attend another school district after the pupil has been assigned to a school district.

(17) �State school aid fund� means the state school aid fund established in section 11 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

(18) �Taxable value� means, except as otherwise provided in this article, the taxable value of property as determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.27a.

(19) �Textbook� means a book, electronic book, or other instructional print or electronic resource that is selected and approved by the governing board of a district and that contains a presentation of principles of a subject, or that is a literary work relevant to the study of a subject required for the use of classroom pupils, or another type of course material that forms the basis of classroom instruction.

(20) �Total state aid� or �total state school aid�, except as otherwise provided in this article, means the total combined amount of all funds due to a district, intermediate district, or other entity under this article.

Sec. 11. (1) 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 $17,290,268,900.00 from the state school aid fund, the sum of $124,350,000.00 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 $200,000.00 from the school transportation fund created under section 22k, an amount not to exceed $25,000,000.00 from the school meals reserve fund created under section 30e, and an amount not to exceed $140,400,000.00 from the MPSERS retirement obligation reform reserve fund created under section 147b. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, there is appropriated for the public schools of this state and certain other state purposes relating to education the sum of $18,364,157,800.00 from the state school aid fund, the sum of $87,900,000.00 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 $245,000,000.00 from the school consolidation and infrastructure fund created under section 11x, an amount not to exceed $125,000,000.00 from the school transportation fund created under section 22k, an amount not to exceed $71,000,000.00 from the enrollment stabilization fund created under section 29, an amount not to exceed $60,000,000.00 from the school meals reserve fund created under section 30e, an amount not to exceed $18,000,000.00 from the great start readiness program reserve fund created under section 32e, and an amount not to exceed $215,800,000.00 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 ending September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2024.

(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. 12a. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2022-2023 only an amount not to exceed $50,000,000.00 for competitive grants to participating schools to lower energy costs and improve health outcomes at school facilities through the healthy schools grant program created under this section. The department shall create a healthy schools grant program to disburse grant funding for the purposes under this section.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, to receive a grant under this section, a participating school must apply for the grant in a form and manner prescribed by the department, in collaboration with the department of environment, Great Lakes, and energy and the department of health and human services. An application described in this subsection must be evaluated using the following scoring criteria:

(a) Utilizing Justice40 parameters.

(b) Prioritizing applicants from the National Ambient Air Quality Standards nonattainment zones; high asthma burden areas; environmental justice areas; small area income and poverty estimates (SAIPE) program areas; rural areas, defined by locale codes �43-Rural: Remote� and �42-Rural: Distant� by the National Center for Education Statistics; and communities with high free and reduced lunch participation rates.

(c) Prioritizing applicants utilizing union labor and Michigan companies for evaluation and installation of improvements.

(d) Prioritizing initial distribution of funds to participating schools that participated in the racial disparities task force initiative evaluating and analyzing opportunities to improve air quality in K to 12 facilities in environmental justice communities.

(3) Grants awarded to participating schools under this section must be used only for 1 or more of the following purposes:

(a) Indoor air quality improvements, including HVAC and air-conditioning needs.

(b) Energy enhancements, including energy efficiencies, on-site renewable energy production, and facility electrification.

(d) Drinking water system upgrades, including the installation of hydration stations. A participating school�s matching funds requirement to access healthy hydration funding is an eligible use under this subsection.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each participating school receiving a grant under this section shall match at least 50% of the grant funding received with other sources toward the completion of projects commenced for purposes of this section. The match requirement in this subsection does not apply to funding used for the purposes described in subsection (3)(d).

(5) The funds allocated under this section for 2022-2023 are a work project appropriation, and any unexpended funds for 2022-2023 are carried forward into 2023-2024. The purpose of the work project is to lower energy costs and improve health outcomes at school facilities. The estimated completion date of the work project is September 30, 2027.

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

(7) As used in this section, �participating school� means a district or intermediate district.

Sec. 12c. (1) From the school consolidation and infrastructure fund created under section 11x, there is allocated for 2023-2024 only an amount not to exceed $245,000,000.00 for grants to districts and intermediate districts to support the initial costs related to the consolidation or the consolidation of services identified in the feasibility study or analysis conducted under section 11x.

(2) To be eligible for funding under this section, a district or intermediate district must apply for the funding in a form and manner prescribed by the department. An intermediate district may apply for funding on behalf of a district if the intermediate district is providing the consolidated services. An application described in this subsection must include all of the following:

(a) An assurance that the district or intermediate district was included in a feasibility study or analysis conducted under section 11x.

(b) An assurance that the consolidation or the consolidated service or services being funded were included as a recommendation in a feasibility study or analysis conducted under section 11x.

(c) A brief description of how the district or intermediate district plans to implement changes, as outlined in a feasibility study or analysis conducted under section 11x, where possible.

(d) An assurance that the district or intermediate district will submit to the department an annual report documenting the estimated savings produced as a result of the consolidation or the consolidation of services.

(e) A budget of the estimated first-year costs associated with the consolidation or the consolidation of services, in the form and manner prescribed by the department.

(3) If funding under this section is not sufficient to fully fund all applicants, the department shall do either of the following:

(a) Ensure that awards under this section are determined based upon a competitive grant process.

(b) Distribute funds under this section on a prorated or other equitable basis as determined by the department.

(4) Each intermediate district that receives funding under this section and also receives funding under section 11x(6) for 2022-2023 shall, in consultation with its constituent districts that receive funds under this section, submit a report to the department not later than June 30, 2025. Each district that receives funding under this section and also receives funding under section 11x(6) that is separate from the funding received by its intermediate district for 2022-2023 shall submit a report to the department by not later than June 30, 2025. The report must include all of the following information regarding the consolidation or consolidation of services supported by funding under this section, in the form and manner prescribed by the department:

(a) The amount previously spent on each consolidation or consolidation of service in the prior fiscal year.

(b) The number of students impacted by the consolidation or the consolidation of service.

(c) The vendors, third-party entities, or other educational entities used for consolidation or to consolidate the service or services.

(d) The impact on student learning attributable to money reallocated as a result of the consolidation or consolidated service or services.

(e) A total of cost savings produced as a result of the consolidation or the consolidation of services, in the form and manner prescribed by the department.

(5) As used in this section, �constituent district� means that term as defined in section 3 of the revised school code, MCL 380.3.

Sec. 20. (1) All of the following apply:

(a) For 2022-2023, the target foundation allowance is $9,150.00.

(b) For 2023-2024, the target foundation allowance is $9,608.00.

(2) The department shall calculate the amount of each district�s foundation allowance as provided in this section, using a target foundation allowance in the amount specified in subsection (1).

(3) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the department shall calculate the amount of a district�s foundation allowance as follows, using in all calculations the total amount of the district�s foundation allowance as calculated before any proration:

(a) For a district that had a foundation allowance for the immediately preceding fiscal year that was equal to the target foundation allowance for the immediately preceding fiscal year, the district receives a foundation allowance in an amount equal to the target foundation allowance described in subsection (1) for the current fiscal year.

(b) For a district that had a foundation allowance for the immediately preceding fiscal year that was greater than the target foundation allowance for the immediately preceding fiscal year, the district�s foundation allowance is an amount equal to the lesser of (the sum of the district�s foundation allowance for the immediately preceding fiscal year plus any per pupil amount calculated under section 20m(2) in the immediately preceding fiscal year plus the increase in the target foundation allowance for the current fiscal year, as compared to the immediately preceding fiscal year) or (the product of the district�s foundation allowance for the immediately preceding fiscal year times the percentage increase in the United States Consumer Price Index in the calendar year ending in the immediately preceding fiscal year as reported by the May revenue estimating conference conducted under section 367b of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1367b).

(c) For a district that had a foundation allowance in the immediately preceding fiscal year that was less than the target foundation allowance in effect for that fiscal year, the district�s foundation allowance is an amount equal to the lesser of (the sum of district�s foundation allowance for the immediately preceding fiscal year plus any per pupil amount calculated under section 20m(2) in the immediately preceding fiscal year plus the increase in the target foundation allowance for the current fiscal year, as compared to the immediately preceding fiscal year) or (the product of the district�s foundation allowance for the immediately preceding fiscal year times the percentage increase in the United States Consumer Price Index in the calendar year ending in the immediately preceding fiscal year as reported by the May revenue estimating conference conducted under section 367b of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1367b).

(d) For a district that has a foundation allowance that is not a whole dollar amount, the department shall round the district�s foundation allowance up to the nearest whole dollar.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the state portion of a district�s foundation allowance is an amount equal to the district�s foundation allowance or the target foundation allowance for the current fiscal year, whichever is less, minus the local portion of the district�s foundation allowance. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, for a district described in subsection (3)(b) and (c), the state portion of the district�s foundation allowance is an amount equal to the target foundation allowance minus the district�s foundation allowance supplemental payment per pupil calculated under section 20m and minus the local portion of the district�s foundation allowance. For a district that has a millage reduction required under section 31 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, the department shall calculate the state portion of the district�s foundation allowance as if that reduction did not occur. For a receiving district, if school operating taxes continue to be levied on behalf of a dissolved district that has been attached in whole or in part to the receiving district to satisfy debt obligations of the dissolved district under section 12 of the revised school code, MCL 380.12, the taxable value per membership pupil of property in the receiving district used for the purposes of this subsection does not include the taxable value of property within the geographic area of the dissolved district. For a community district, if school operating taxes continue to be levied by a qualifying school district under section 12b of the revised school code, MCL 380.12b, with the same geographic area as the community district, the taxable value per membership pupil of property in the community district to be used for the purposes of this subsection does not include the taxable value of property within the geographic area of the community district.

(5) The allocation calculated under this section for a pupil is based on the foundation allowance of the pupil�s district of residence. For a pupil enrolled under section 105 or 105c in a district other than the pupil�s district of residence, the allocation calculated under this section is based on the lesser of the foundation allowance of the pupil�s district of residence or the foundation allowance of the educating district. For a pupil in membership in a K-5, K-6, or K-8 district who is enrolled in another district in a grade not offered by the pupil�s district of residence, the allocation calculated under this section is based on the foundation allowance of the educating district if the educating district�s foundation allowance is greater than the foundation allowance of the pupil�s district of residence. The calculation under this subsection must take into account a district�s per-pupil allocation under section 20m.

(6) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, for pupils in membership, other than special education pupils, in a public school academy, the allocation calculated under this section is an amount per membership pupil other than special education pupils in the public school academy equal to the target foundation allowance specified in subsection (1), or, for a public school academy that was issued a contract under section 552 of the revised school code, MCL 380.552, to operate as a school of excellence that is a cyber school, $9,150.00. Notwithstanding section 101, for a public school academy that begins operations after the pupil membership count day, the amount per membership pupil calculated under this subsection must be adjusted by multiplying that amount per membership pupil by the number of hours of pupil instruction provided by the public school academy after it begins operations, as determined by the department, divided by the minimum number of hours of pupil instruction required under section 101(3). The result of this calculation must not exceed the amount per membership pupil otherwise calculated under this subsection.

(7) For pupils in membership, other than special education pupils, in a community district, the allocation calculated under this section is an amount per membership pupil other than special education pupils in the community district equal to the foundation allowance of the qualifying school district, as described in section 12b of the revised school code, MCL 380.12b, that is located within the same geographic area as the community district.

(8) Subject to subsection (4), for a district that is formed or reconfigured after June 1, 2002 by consolidation of 2 or more districts or by annexation, the resulting district�s foundation allowance under this section beginning after the effective date of the consolidation or annexation is the lesser of the sum of the average of the foundation allowances of each of the original or affected districts, calculated as provided in this section, weighted as to the percentage of pupils in total membership in the resulting district who reside in the geographic area of each of the original or affected districts plus $100.00 or the highest foundation allowance among the original or affected districts. This subsection does not apply to a receiving district unless there is a subsequent consolidation or annexation that affects the district. The calculation under this subsection must take into account a district�s per‑pupil allocation under section 20m.

(9) The department shall round each fraction used in making calculations under this section to the fourth decimal place and shall round the dollar amount of an increase in the target foundation allowance to the nearest whole dollar.

(10) For 2022-2023, state payments related to payment of the foundation allowance for a special education pupil are not calculated under this section but are instead calculated as follows:

(a) Twenty-five percent is calculated under section 51a.

(b) Seventy-five percent is calculated under section 51e.

(11) For 2023-2024, state payments related to payment of the foundation allowance for a special education pupil are not calculated under this section but are instead calculated under section 51e.

(12) To assist the legislature in determining the target foundation allowance for the subsequent fiscal year, each revenue estimating conference conducted under section 367b of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1367b, must calculate a pupil membership factor, a revenue adjustment factor, and an index as follows:

(a) The pupil membership factor is computed by dividing the estimated membership in the school year ending in the current fiscal year, excluding intermediate district membership, by the estimated membership for the school year ending in the subsequent fiscal year, excluding intermediate district membership. If a consensus membership factor is not determined at the revenue estimating conference, the principals of the revenue estimating conference shall report their estimates to the house and senate subcommittees responsible for school aid appropriations not later than 7 days after the conclusion of the revenue conference.

(b) The revenue adjustment factor is computed by dividing the sum of the estimated total state school aid fund revenue for the subsequent fiscal year plus the estimated total state school aid fund revenue for the current fiscal year, adjusted for any change in the rate or base of a tax the proceeds of which are deposited in that fund and excluding money transferred into that fund from the countercyclical budget and economic stabilization fund under the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594, by the sum of the estimated total school aid fund revenue for the current fiscal year plus the estimated total state school aid fund revenue for the immediately preceding fiscal year, adjusted for any change in the rate or base of a tax the proceeds of which are deposited in that fund. If a consensus revenue factor is not determined at the revenue estimating conference, the principals of the revenue estimating conference shall report their estimates to the house and senate subcommittees responsible for school aid appropriations not later than 7 days after the conclusion of the revenue conference.

(c) The index is calculated by multiplying the pupil membership factor by the revenue adjustment factor. If a consensus index is not determined at the revenue estimating conference, the principals of the revenue estimating conference shall report their estimates to the house and senate subcommittees responsible for state school aid appropriations not later than 7 days after the conclusion of the revenue conference.

(13) Payments to districts and public school academies are not made under this section. Rather, the calculations under this section are used to determine the amount of state payments under section 22b.

(14) If an amendment to section 2 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963 allowing state aid to some or all nonpublic schools is approved by the voters of this state, each foundation allowance or per-pupil payment calculation under this section may be reduced.

(15) As used in this section:

(a) �Certified mills� means the lesser of 18 mills or the number of mills of school operating taxes levied by the district in 1993-94.

(b) �Current fiscal year� means the fiscal year for which a particular calculation is made.

(c) �Dissolved district� means a district that loses its organization, has its territory attached to 1 or more other districts, and is dissolved as provided under section 12 of the revised school code, MCL 380.12.

(d) �Immediately preceding fiscal year� means the fiscal year immediately preceding the current fiscal year.

(e) �Local portion of the district�s foundation allowance� means an amount that is equal to the difference between (the sum of the product of the taxable value per membership pupil of all property in the district that is nonexempt property times the district�s certified mills and, for a district with certified mills exceeding 12, the product of the taxable value per membership pupil of property in the district that is commercial personal property times the certified mills minus 12 mills) and (the quotient of the product of the captured assessed valuation under tax increment financing acts times the district�s certified mills divided by the district�s membership excluding special education pupils).

(f) �Membership� means the definition of that term under section 6 as in effect for the particular fiscal year for which a particular calculation is made.

(g) �Nonexempt property� means property that is not a principal residence, qualified agricultural property, qualified forest property, supportive housing property, industrial personal property, commercial personal property, or property occupied by a public school academy.

(h) �Principal residence�, �qualified agricultural property�, �qualified forest property�, �supportive housing property�, �industrial personal property�, and �commercial personal property� mean those terms as defined in section 1211 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1211.

(i) �Receiving district� means a district to which all or part of the territory of a dissolved district is attached under section 12 of the revised school code, MCL 380.12.

(j) �School operating purposes� means the purposes included in the operation costs of the district as prescribed in sections 7 and 18 and purposes authorized under section 1211 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1211.

(k) �School operating taxes� means local ad valorem property taxes levied under section 1211 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1211, and retained for school operating purposes.

(l) �Tax increment financing acts� means parts 2, 3, 4, and 6 of the recodified tax increment financing act, 2018 PA 57, MCL 125.4201 to 125.4420 and 125.4602 to 125.4629, or the brownfield redevelopment financing act, 1996 PA 381, MCL 125.2651 to 125.2670.

(m) �Taxable value per membership pupil� means taxable value, as certified by the county treasurer and reported to the department, for the calendar year ending in the current state fiscal year divided by the district�s membership excluding special education pupils for the school year ending in the current state fiscal year.

Sec. 22l. (1) From the school transportation fund money appropriated under section 11, there is allocated for 2023-2024 only an amount not to exceed $125,000,000.00 to districts and intermediate districts for transportation costs. Funding for each district or intermediate district is as follows:

(a) The department must assign each district and intermediate district to a quartile based on the number of riders per square mile and calculate the median cost per rider for each quartile.

(b) Funds must be distributed to each district and intermediate district at the lesser of the quartile�s median cost per rider or the actual transportation cost per general education student at the district or intermediate district.

(c) If funds are insufficient to fully fund payments under this section, payments may be prorated on an equal percentage basis.

(2) In addition to the funds allocated under subsection (1), from the school transportation fund money appropriated under section 11, there is allocated for 2022-2023 only an amount not to exceed $200,000.00 to an intermediate district for a study on district transportation costs. The intermediate district receiving funds under this subsection must submit a report to the department, the state budget director, the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid, and the house and senate fiscal agencies by February 29, 2024 on the outcomes of the study under this subsection.

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

Sec. 31a. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2023-2024 an amount not to exceed $1,035,150,000.00, and from the general fund money appropriated in section 11 there is allocated for 2023-2024 an amount not to exceed $1,500,000.00 for payments to eligible districts and eligible public school academies for the purposes of ensuring that pupils are proficient in English language arts by the end of grade 3, that pupils are proficient in mathematics by the end of grade 8, that pupils are attending school regularly, that high school graduates are career and college ready, and for the purposes under subsections (7), (8), (19), and (20).

(2) For a district or public school academy to be eligible to receive funding under this section, other than funding under subsection (7), (8), (19), or (20), the district or public school academy, for grades K to 12, must comply with the requirements under section 1280f of the revised school code, MCL 380.1280f, and must use resources to address early literacy and numeracy, and for at least grades K to 12 or, if the district or public school academy does not operate all of grades K to 12, for all of the grades it operates, must implement a multi-tiered system of supports that is an evidence-based framework that uses data driven problem solving to integrate academic and behavioral instruction and that uses intervention delivered to all pupils in varying intensities based on pupil needs. The multi-tiered system of supports described in this subsection must provide at least all of the following essential components:

(a) Team-based leadership.

(b) A tiered delivery system.

(d) A comprehensive screening and assessment system.

(e) Continuous data-based decision making.

(3) From the state school aid fund money allocated under subsection (1), there is allocated for 2023-2024 an amount not to exceed $952,000,000.00 to continue a weighted foundation per pupil payment for districts and public school academies enrolling economically disadvantaged pupils. The department shall pay under this subsection to each eligible district or eligible public school academy an amount per pupil equal to a percentage calculated under subsection (4) multiplied by the target foundation allowance for the following, as applicable:

(a) Except as otherwise provided under subdivision (b), (c), or (d) the greater of the following:

(i) The number of membership pupils in the district or public school academy who are determined to be economically disadvantaged, as reported to the center in the form and manner prescribed by the center not later than the fifth Wednesday after the pupil membership count day of the immediately preceding fiscal year.

(ii) If the district or public school academy is in the community eligibility program, the number of pupils determined to be eligible based on the product of the identified student percentage multiplied by the total number of pupils in the district or public school academy, as reported to the center in the form and manner prescribed by the center not later than the fifth Wednesday after the pupil membership count day of the immediately preceding fiscal year. These calculations must be made at the building level. This subparagraph only applies to an eligible district or eligible public school academy for the fiscal year immediately following the first fiscal year in which it is in the community eligibility program. As used in this subparagraph, �identified student percentage� means the quotient of the number of pupils in an eligible district or eligible public school academy who are determined to be economically disadvantaged, as reported to the center in a form and manner prescribed by the center, not later than the fifth Wednesday after the pupil membership count day in the fiscal year preceding the first fiscal year in which the eligible district or eligible public school academy is in the community eligibility program, divided by the total number of pupils counted in an eligible district or eligible public school academy on the pupil membership count day in the fiscal year preceding the first fiscal year in which the eligible district or eligible public school academy is in the community eligibility program.

(b) If the district or public school academy began operations as a district or public school academy after the pupil membership count day of the immediately preceding school year, the number of membership pupils in the district or public school academy who are determined to be economically disadvantaged, as reported to the center in the form and manner prescribed by the center not later than the fifth Wednesday after the pupil membership count day of the current fiscal year.

(c) If the district or public school academy began operations as a district or public school academy after the pupil membership count day of the current fiscal year, the number of membership pupils in the district or public school academy who are determined to be economically disadvantaged, as reported to the center in the form and manner prescribed by the center not later than the fifth Wednesday after the supplemental count day of the current fiscal year.

(d) If, for a particular fiscal year, the number of membership pupils in a district or public school academy who are determined under subdivision (a) to be economically disadvantaged or to be eligible based on the identified student percentage varies by more than 20 percentage points from the number of those pupils in the district or public school academy as calculated under subdivision (a) for the immediately preceding fiscal year caused by an egregious reporting error by the district or public school academy, the department may choose to have the calculations under subdivision (a) instead be made using the number of membership pupils in the district or public school academy who are determined to be economically disadvantaged, as reported to the center in the form and manner prescribed by the center not later than the fifth Wednesday after the supplemental count day of the immediately preceding fiscal year.

(4) Each district or public school academy must be assigned to an opportunity index score each fiscal year, the value of which is the quotient of the number of economically disadvantaged pupils as determined under subsection (3) for the district or public school academy and the total number of pupils in the district or public school academy in the immediately preceding fiscal year, multiplied by 100 and rounded up to the nearest whole number. Each district or public school academy must be assigned an opportunity index band as follows:

(a) A district or public school academy with an opportunity index score greater than or equal to 0 but less than 20 must be assigned to band 1 and shall receive reimbursement under subsection (3) at a rate of at least 35.0% and less than 36.0%. The reimbursement rate under this subdivision must be an amount equal to the district�s opportunity index score minus 1, multiplied by the band adjustment factor applicable to this subdivision, plus 35.0%.

(b) A district or public school academy with an opportunity index score greater than or equal to 20 but less than 44 must be assigned to band 2 and shall receive reimbursement under subsection (3) at a rate of at least 36.0% and less than 37.5%. The reimbursement rate under this subdivision must be an amount equal to the district�s opportunity index score minus 20, multiplied by the band adjustment factor applicable to this subdivision, plus 36.0%.

(c) A district or public school academy with an opportunity index score greater than or equal to 44 but less than 59 must be assigned to band 3 and shall receive reimbursement under subsection (3) at a rate of at least 37.5% and less than 39.0%. The reimbursement rate under this subdivision must be an amount equal to the district�s opportunity index score minus 44, multiplied by the band adjustment factor applicable to this subdivision, plus 37.5%.

(d) A district or public school academy with an opportunity index score greater than or equal to 59 but less than 73 must be assigned to band 4 and shall receive reimbursement under subsection (3) at a rate of at least 39.0% and less than 42.0%. The reimbursement rate under this subdivision must be an amount equal to the district�s opportunity index score minus 59, multiplied by the band adjustment factor applicable to this subdivision, plus 39.0%.

(e) A district or public school academy with an opportunity index score greater than or equal to 73 but less than 85 must be assigned to band 5 and shall receive reimbursement under subsection (3) at a rate of at least 42.0% and less than 47.0%. The reimbursement rate under this subdivision must be an amount equal to the district�s opportunity index score minus 73, multiplied by the band adjustment factor applicable to this subdivision, plus 42.0%.

(f) A district or public school academy with an opportunity index score greater than or equal to 85 must be assigned to band 6 and shall receive reimbursement under subsection (3) at a rate of 47.0%.

(g) As used in this subsection, �band adjustment factor� means an amount equal to the difference between the lowest and highest reimbursement bounds for each band, divided by the number of possible opportunity index scores in that band.

(5) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a district or public school academy receiving funding under this section shall use that money only to provide instructional programs and direct noninstructional services, including, but not limited to, medical, mental health, or counseling services, for at-risk pupils; for school health clinics; and for the purposes of subsection (6), (7), (8), (19), or (20). In addition, a district that is a school district of the first class or a district or public school academy in which at least 50% of the pupils in membership were determined to be economically disadvantaged in the immediately preceding state fiscal year, as determined and reported as described in subsection (3), may use the funds it receives under this section for school security or school parent liaison personnel. The uses of the funds described in the immediately preceding sentence must align to the needs assessment and the multi-tiered system of supports model and, for funds spent on parent liaison personnel, must connect parents to the school community. A district or public school academy shall not use any of the money received under this section for administrative costs. The instruction or direct noninstructional services provided under this section may be conducted before or after regular school hours or by adding extra school days to the school year.

(6) A district or public school academy that receives funds under this section and that operates a school breakfast program under section 1272a of the revised school code, MCL 380.1272a, shall use from the funds received under this section an amount, not to exceed $10.00 per pupil for whom the district or public school academy receives funds under this section, necessary to pay for costs associated with the operation of the school breakfast program.

(7) From the state school aid fund money allocated under subsection (1), there is allocated for 2023-2024 an amount not to exceed $33,000,000.00 to support primary health care services provided to children and adolescents up to age 21. These funds must be expended in a form and manner determined jointly by the department and the department of health and human services. When making funding decisions for new adolescent health centers under this subsection, the department and department of health and human services shall prioritize support for primary health care services in unserved counties as of July 14, 2022. An amount not to exceed 4% of the funds allocated for 2023-2024 under this subsection must be made available for technical support and coordination services from a nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to serving adolescent health centers in this state and that has a membership that includes federally qualified health centers, local public health departments, hospital systems, and public school districts. As a requirement of being awarded the funds under this subsection as prescribed under this subsection, a nonprofit organization described in this subsection shall make readily available technical support and coordination services to all child and adolescent health centers in this state. Funds appropriated under this subsection are a work project appropriation and any unexpended funds for 2023-2024 are carried forward into 2024-2025. The purpose of the work project is to continue to improve child and adolescent health center program sites and improve delivery of patient care. The estimated completion date of the work project is September 30, 2025.

(8) From the state school aid fund money allocated under subsection (1), there is allocated for 2023-2024 an amount not to exceed $5,150,000.00 for the state portion of the hearing and vision screenings as described in part 93 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.9301 to 333.9329, and, from the general fund money allocated under subsection (1), there is allocated for 2023-2024 an amount not to exceed $1,500,000.00 for the state portion of the dental screenings as described in part 93 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.9301 to 333.9329. A local public health department shall pay at least 50% of the total cost of the screenings. The frequency of the vision screenings must be as required under R 325.13091 to R 325.13096 of the Michigan Administrative Code and the frequency of the hearing screenings must be as required under R 325.3271 to R 325.3276 of the Michigan Administrative Code. Funds must be awarded in a form and manner approved jointly by the department and the department of health and human services. Notwithstanding section 17b, the department shall make payments to eligible entities under this subsection on a schedule determined by the department.

(9) Each district or public school academy receiving funds under this section shall submit to the department by July 15 of each fiscal year a report, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, that includes a brief description of each program conducted or services performed by the district or public school academy using funds under this section, the amount of funds under this section allocated to each of those programs or services, the total number of at-risk pupils served by each of those programs or services, and the data necessary for the department and the department of health and human services to verify matching funds for the temporary assistance for needy families program. In prescribing the form and manner of the report, the department shall ensure that districts are allowed to expend funds received under this section on any activities that are permissible under this section. If a district or public school academy does not comply with this subsection, the department shall withhold an amount equal to the August payment due under this section until the district or public school academy complies with this subsection. If the district or public school academy does not comply with this subsection by the end of the fiscal year, the withheld funds are forfeited to the school aid fund.

(10) To receive funds under this section, a district or public school academy must allow access for the department or the department�s designee to audit all records related to the program for which it receives those funds. The district or public school academy shall reimburse the state for all disallowances found in the audit.

(11) Subject to subsections (6), (7), (8), (19), and (20), for schools in which more than 40% of pupils are identified as at-risk, a district or public school academy may use the funds it receives under this section to implement tier 1, evidence-based practices in schoolwide reforms that are guided by the district�s comprehensive needs assessment and are included in the district improvement plan. Schoolwide reforms must include parent and community supports, activities, and services, that may include the pathways to potential program created by the department of health and human services or the communities in schools program. As used in this subsection, �tier 1, evidence-based practices� means research based instruction and classroom interventions that are available to all learners and effectively meet the needs of most pupils.

(12) A district or public school academy that receives funds under this section may use those funds to provide research based professional development and to implement a coaching model that supports the multi-tiered system of supports framework. Professional development may be provided to district and school leadership and teachers and must be aligned to professional learning standards; integrated into district, school building, and classroom practices; and solely related to the following:

(a) Implementing the multi-tiered system of supports required in subsection (2) with fidelity and utilizing the data from that system to inform curriculum and instruction.

(b) Implementing section 1280f of the revised school code, MCL 380.1280f, as required under subsection (2), with fidelity.

(13) For 2023-2024 a district or public school academy that receives funds under subsection (3) may use funds received under subsection (3) for support staff providing services to at-risk pupils.

(14) A district or public school academy that receives funds under this section may use up to 10% of the funds received under this section to provide evidence-based instruction for pre-kindergarten instructional and noninstructional services to children who meet at least 1 of the criteria in subsection (21)(a)(i) to (x).

(15) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if necessary, the department shall prorate payments under this section, except payments under subsection (7), (8), (19), or (20), by reducing the amount of the allocation as otherwise calculated under this section by an equal percentage per district. Subject to the availability of funds, if proration is necessary under this subsection, the department must ensure that no district receives an amount less than 11.5% of the target foundation for each economically disadvantaged pupil enrolled in the district.

(16) If a district is dissolved pursuant to section 12 of the revised school code, MCL 380.12, the intermediate district to which the dissolved district was constituent shall determine the estimated number of pupils that are economically disadvantaged and that are enrolled in each of the other districts within the intermediate district and provide that estimate to the department for the purposes of distributing funds under this section within 60 days after the district is declared dissolved.

(17) A district or public school academy that receives funds under this section may use funds received under this section to provide an anti-bullying or crisis intervention program.

(18) The department shall collaborate with the department of health and human services to prioritize assigning Pathways to Potential success coaches to elementary schools that have a high percentage of pupils in grades K to 3 who are not proficient in English language arts, based upon state assessments for pupils in those grades.

(19) From the state school aid fund money allocated under subsection (1), there is allocated for 2023-2024 only an amount not to exceed $35,000,000.00 to support primary health care services provided to children and adolescents up to age 21 and for the provision of space upgrades in child and adolescent health center programs. All of the following apply to this allocation:

(a) The funds must be used for only the following purposes:

(i) Modernizing antiquated medical equipment.

(ii) Improving security and patient safety measures.

(iii) Investing in new patient-centered technologies.

(iv) Renovating physical spaces to improve patient privacy and the care setting.

(b) The funds must be expended in a form and manner determined jointly by the department and the department of health and human services.

(c) To be eligible to receive funding under this subsection, a child and adolescent health center program that serves students in the current fiscal year must submit an application in a form and manner determined by the department and the department of health and human services.

(d) An amount not to exceed 4% of the funds allocated for 2023-2024 under this subsection must be made available for technical support and coordination services from a nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to serving adolescent health centers in this state and that has a membership that includes federally qualified health centers, local public health departments, hospital systems, and public school districts. As a requirement of being awarded the funds under this subsection as prescribed under this subsection, a nonprofit organization described in this subsection shall make readily available technical support and coordination services to all child and adolescent health centers in this state.

(e) Funds appropriated under this subsection are a work project appropriation and any unexpended funds for 2023-2024 are carried forward into 2024-2025. The purpose of the work project is to continue to improve child and adolescent health center program sites and improve delivery of patient care. The estimated completion date of the work project is September 30, 2025.

(20) From the state school aid fund money appropriated under section 11, there is allocated for 2023-2024 only an amount not to exceed $10,000,000.00 for an electronic patient data and health care analytic system to be made available to each child and adolescent health center program. The department of health and human services shall collaborate on system implementation with a nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to serving child and adolescent health center programs in this state and that has a membership that includes federally qualified health centers, local public health departments, hospital systems, and public school districts, including, but not limited to, technology assessment, design, coordination, and system implementation with child and adolescent health center programs.

(21) As used in this section:

(a) �At-risk pupil� means a pupil in grades pre-K to 12 for whom the district has documentation that the pupil meets any of the following criteria:

(i) The pupil is economically disadvantaged.

(ii) The pupil is an English language learner.

(iii) The pupil is chronically absent as defined by and reported to the center.

(iv) The pupil is a victim of child abuse or neglect.

(v) The pupil is a pregnant teenager or teenage parent.

(vi) The pupil has a family history of school failure, incarceration, or substance abuse.

(vii) The pupil is an immigrant who has immigrated within the immediately preceding 3 years.

(viii) The pupil did not complete high school in 4 years and is still continuing in school as identified in the Michigan cohort graduation and dropout report.

(ix) For pupils for whom the results of the state summative assessment have been received, is a pupil who did not achieve proficiency on the English language arts, mathematics, science, or social studies content area assessment.

(x) Is a pupil who is at risk of not meeting the district�s or public school academy�s core academic curricular objectives in English language arts or mathematics, as demonstrated on local assessments.

(b) �Combined state and local revenue� means the aggregate of the district�s state school aid received by or paid on behalf of the district under section 20 and the district�s local school operating revenue.

(c) �Combined state and local revenue per membership pupil� means the district�s combined state and local revenue divided by the district�s membership excluding special education pupils.

(d) �Economically disadvantaged� means a pupil who has been determined eligible for free or reduced-price meals as determined under the Richard B. Russell national school lunch act, 42 USC 1751 to 1769j; who is in a household receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program or temporary assistance for needy families assistance; or who is homeless, migrant, or in foster care, as reported to the center.

(e) �English language learner� means limited English proficient pupils who speak a language other than English as their primary language and have difficulty speaking, reading, writing, or understanding English as reported to the center.

(f) �Local school operating revenue� means that term as defined in section 22b.

Sec. 31ff. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated $14,500,000.00 for 2023-2024 only, and, from the general fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated $500,000.00 for 2023-2024 only, for the implementation of requirements under 2022 PA 180, MCL 388.1951 to 388.1957. The money from the state school aid fund allocated under this section must be distributed to either districts, intermediate districts, or institutions of higher education for the purposes of this section.

(2) From the general fund money allocated under subsection (1), the department may use not more than $500,000.00 to hire up to 1.0 FTE to help administer the allocation of funds allocated under this section.

(3) The funds allocated under this section for 2023-2024 are a work project appropriation, and any unexpended funds for 2023-2024 are carried forward into 2024-2025. The purpose of the work project is to continue the coverage of cost associated with the implementation of 2022 PA 180, MCL 388.1951 to 388.1957. The estimated completion date of the work project is September 30, 2027.

Sec. 41. (1) For a district to be eligible to receive funding under this section, the district must administer to English language learners the English language proficiency assessment known as the �WIDA ACCESS for English language learners� or the �WIDA Alternate ACCESS�. From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $39,766,500.00 for 2023-2024 for payments to eligible districts for services for English language learners who have been administered the WIDA ACCESS for English language learners.

(2) The department shall distribute funding allocated under subsection (1) to eligible districts based on the number of full-time equivalent English language learners as follows:

(a) $1,476.00 per full-time equivalent English language learner who has been assessed under the WIDA ACCESS for English language learners or the WIDA Alternate ACCESS with a WIDA ACCESS or WIDA Alternate ACCESS composite score between 1.0 and 1.9, or less, as applicable to each assessment. It is the intent of the legislature to increase this amount until it reaches 75% of the target foundation allowance.

(b) $1,019.00 per full-time equivalent English language learner who has been assessed under the WIDA ACCESS for English language learners or the WIDA Alternate ACCESS with a WIDA ACCESS or WIDA Alternate ACCESS composite score between 2.0 and 2.9, or less, as applicable to each assessment. It is the intent of the legislature to increase this amount until it reaches 50% of the target foundation allowance.

(c) $167.00 per full-time equivalent English language learner who has been assessed under the WIDA ACCESS for English language learners or the WIDA Alternate ACCESS with a WIDA ACCESS or WIDA Alternate ACCESS composite score between 3.0 and 3.9, or less, as applicable to each assessment. It is the intent of the legislature to increase this amount until it reaches 35% of the target foundation allowance.

(3) If funds allocated under subsection (1) are insufficient to fully fund the payments as prescribed under subsection (2), the department shall prorate payments on an equal percentage basis, with the same percentage proration applied to all funding categories.

(4) By October 15 of the fiscal year following the receipt of funding under subsection (1), each district receiving funds under subsection (1) shall submit to the department a report, not to exceed 10 pages, on the usage by the district of funds under subsection (1) in a form and manner determined by the department, including a brief description of each program conducted or services performed by the district using funds under subsection (1) and the amount of funds under subsection (1) allocated to each of those programs or services. If a district does not comply with this subsection, the department shall withhold an amount equal to the December payment due under this section until the district complies with this subsection. If the district does not comply with this subsection by the end of the fiscal year, the withheld funds are forfeited to the state school aid fund.

(5) In order to receive funds under subsection (1), a district must allow access for the department or the department�s designee to audit all records related to the program for which it receives those funds. The district shall reimburse this state for all disallowances found in the audit.

(6) Beginning July 1, 2020, and every 3 years thereafter, the department shall review the per-pupil distribution under subsection (2), to ensure that funding levels are appropriate and make recommendations for adjustments to the members of the senate and house subcommittees on K to 12 school aid appropriations.

Sec. 51a. (1) From the state school aid fund money in section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $1,593,296,100.00 for 2022-2023 and there is allocated an amount not to exceed $1,694,646,100.00 for 2023-2024 from state sources and all available federal funding under sections 1411 to 1419 of part B of the individuals with disabilities education act, 20 USC 1411 to 1419, estimated at $390,000,000.00 for 2022-2023 and $390,000,000.00 for 2023-2024, plus any carryover federal funds from previous year appropriations. In addition, from the state school aid fund money in section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $76,150,000.00 for 2023-2024 only to supplement the allocations in this section. The allocations under this subsection are for the purpose of reimbursing districts and intermediate districts for special education programs, services, and special education personnel as prescribed in article 3 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1701 to 380.1761; net tuition payments made by intermediate districts to the Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind; and special education programs and services for pupils who are eligible for special education programs and services according to statute or rule. For meeting the costs of special education programs and services not reimbursed under this article, a district or intermediate district may use money in general funds or special education funds, not otherwise restricted, or contributions from districts to intermediate districts, tuition payments, gifts and contributions from individuals or other entities, or federal funds that may be available for this purpose, as determined by the intermediate district plan prepared under article 3 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1701 to 380.1761. Notwithstanding section 17b, the department shall make payments of federal funds to districts, intermediate districts, and other eligible entities under this section on a schedule determined by the department.

(2) From the funds allocated under subsection (1), there is allocated the amount necessary, estimated at $357,400,000.00 for 2022-2023 and estimated at $368,000,000.00 for 2023-2024, for payments toward reimbursing districts and intermediate districts for 28.6138% of total approved costs of special education, excluding costs reimbursed under section 53a, and 70.4165% of total approved costs of special education transportation. Allocations under this subsection are made as follows:

(a) For 2022-2023, the department shall calculate the initial amount allocated to a district under this subsection toward fulfilling the specified percentages by multiplying the district�s special education pupil membership, excluding pupils described in subsection (11), times 25% of the foundation allowance under section 20 of the pupil�s district of residence, plus 25% of the amount of the district�s per-pupil allocation under section 20m, not to exceed 25% of the target foundation allowance for the current fiscal year, or, for a special education pupil in membership in a district that is a public school academy, times an amount equal to 25% of the amount per membership pupil calculated under section 20(6). For an intermediate district, the amount allocated under this subdivision toward fulfilling the specified percentages is an amount per special education membership pupil, excluding pupils described in subsection (11), and is calculated in the same manner as for a district, using 25% of the foundation allowance under section 20 of the pupil�s district of residence, not to exceed 25% of the target foundation allowance for the current fiscal year, and that district�s per-pupil allocation under section 20m.

(b) For 2022-2023, after the allocation under subdivision (a), the department shall pay a district or intermediate district for which the payments calculated under subdivision (a) do not fulfill the specified percentages the amount necessary to achieve the specified percentages for the district or intermediate district.

(3) From the funds allocated under subsection (1), there is allocated for 2022-2023 an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00 and there is allocated for 2023-2024 an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00 to make payments to districts and intermediate districts under this subsection. If the amount allocated to a district or intermediate district for the fiscal year under subsection (2) is less than the sum of the amounts allocated to the district or intermediate district for 1996-97 under sections 52 and 58, there is allocated to the district or intermediate district for the fiscal year an amount equal to that difference, adjusted by applying the same proration factor that was used in the distribution of funds under section 52 in 1996-97 as adjusted to the district�s or intermediate district�s necessary costs of special education used in calculations for the fiscal year. This adjustment is to reflect reductions in special education program operations or services between 1996-97 and subsequent fiscal years. The department shall make adjustments for reductions in special education program operations or services in a manner determined by the department and shall include adjustments for program or service shifts.

(4) If the department determines that the sum of the amounts allocated for a fiscal year to a district or intermediate district under subsection (2) is not sufficient to fulfill the specified percentages in subsection (2), the department shall pay the shortfall to the district or intermediate district during the fiscal year beginning on the October 1 following the determination and shall adjust payments under subsection (3) as necessary. If the department determines that the sum of the amounts allocated for a fiscal year to a district or intermediate district under subsection (2) exceeds the sum of the amount necessary to fulfill the specified percentages in subsection (2), the department shall deduct the amount of the excess from the district�s or intermediate district�s payments under this article for the fiscal year beginning on the October 1 following the determination and shall adjust payments under subsection (3) as necessary. For 2022-2023, if the amount allocated under subsection (2)(a) in itself exceeds the amount necessary to fulfill the specified percentages in subsection (2), there is no deduction under this subsection.

(5) State funds are allocated on a total approved cost basis. Federal funds are allocated under applicable federal requirements.

(6) From the amount allocated in subsection (1), there is allocated an amount not to exceed $2,200,000.00 for 2022-2023 and there is allocated an amount not to exceed $2,200,000.00 for 2023-2024 to reimburse 100% of the net increase in necessary costs incurred by a district or intermediate district in implementing the revisions in the administrative rules for special education that became effective on July 1, 1987. As used in this subsection, �net increase in necessary costs� means the necessary additional costs incurred solely because of new or revised requirements in the administrative rules minus cost savings permitted in implementing the revised rules. The department shall determine net increase in necessary costs in a manner specified by the department.

(7) For purposes of this section and sections 51b to 58, all of the following apply:

(a) �Total approved costs of special education� are determined in a manner specified by the department and may include indirect costs, but must not exceed 115% of approved direct costs for section 52 and section 53a programs. The total approved costs include salary and other compensation for all approved special education personnel for the program, including payments for Social Security and Medicare and public school employee retirement system contributions. The total approved costs do not include salaries or other compensation paid to administrative personnel who are not special education personnel as that term is defined in section 6 of the revised school code, MCL 380.6. Costs reimbursed by federal funds, other than those federal funds included in the allocation made under this article, are not included. Special education approved personnel not utilized full time in the evaluation of students or in the delivery of special education programs, ancillary, and other related services are reimbursed under this section only for that portion of time actually spent providing these programs and services, with the exception of special education programs and services provided to youth placed in child caring institutions or juvenile detention programs approved by the department to provide an on-grounds education program.

(b) A district or intermediate district that employed special education support services staff to provide special education support services in 2003-2004 or in a subsequent fiscal year and that in a fiscal year after 2003-2004 receives the same type of support services from another district or intermediate district shall report the cost of those support services for special education reimbursement purposes under this article. This subdivision does not prohibit the transfer of special education classroom teachers and special education classroom aides if the pupils counted in membership associated with those special education classroom teachers and special education classroom aides are transferred and counted in membership in the other district or intermediate district in conjunction with the transfer of those teachers and aides.

(c) If the department determines before bookclosing for a fiscal year that the amounts allocated for that fiscal year under subsections (2), (3), (6), and (11) and sections 53a, 54, and 56 will exceed expenditures for that fiscal year under subsections (2), (3), (6), and (11) and sections 53a, 54, and 56, then for a district or intermediate district whose reimbursement for that fiscal year would otherwise be affected by subdivision (b), subdivision (b) does not apply to the calculation of the reimbursement for that district or intermediate district and the department shall calculate reimbursement for that district or intermediate district in the same manner as it was for 2003-2004. If the amount of the excess allocations under subsections (2), (3), (6), and (11) and sections 53a, 54, and 56 is not sufficient to fully fund the calculation of reimbursement to those districts and intermediate districts under this subdivision, then the department shall prorate calculations and resulting reimbursement under this subdivision on an equal percentage basis. The amount of reimbursement under this subdivision for a fiscal year must not exceed $2,000,000.00 for any district or intermediate district.

(d) Reimbursement for ancillary and other related services, as that term is defined by R 340.1701c of the Michigan Administrative Code, is not provided when those services are covered by and available through private group health insurance carriers or federal reimbursed program sources unless the department and district or intermediate district agree otherwise and that agreement is approved by the state budget director. Expenses, other than the incidental expense of filing, must not be borne by the parent. In addition, the filing of claims must not delay the education of a pupil. A district or intermediate district is responsible for payment of a deductible amount and for an advance payment required until the time a claim is paid.

(e) If an intermediate district purchases a special education pupil transportation service from a constituent district that was previously purchased from a private entity; if the purchase from the constituent district is at a lower cost, adjusted for changes in fuel costs; and if the cost shift from the intermediate district to the constituent does not result in any net change in the revenue the constituent district receives from payments under sections 22b and 51c, then upon application by the intermediate district, the department shall direct the intermediate district to continue to report the cost associated with the specific identified special education pupil transportation service and shall adjust the costs reported by the constituent district to remove the cost associated with that specific service.

(8) A pupil who is enrolled in a full-time special education program conducted or administered by an intermediate district or a pupil who is enrolled in the Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind is not included in the membership count of a district, but is counted in membership in the intermediate district of residence.

(9) Special education personnel transferred from 1 district to another to implement the revised school code are entitled to the rights, benefits, and tenure to which the individual would otherwise be entitled had that individual been employed by the receiving district originally.

(10) If a district or intermediate district uses money received under this section for a purpose other than the purpose or purposes for which the money is allocated, the department may require the district or intermediate district to refund the amount of money received. The department shall deposit money that is refunded in the state treasury to the credit of the state school aid fund.

(11) From the funds allocated in subsection (1), there is allocated the amount necessary, estimated at $2,000,000.00 for 2022-2023 and estimated at $2,000,000.00 for 2023-2024, to pay the foundation allowances for pupils described in this subsection. The department shall calculate the allocation to a district under this subsection by multiplying the number of pupils described in this subsection who are counted in membership in the district times the sum of the foundation allowance under section 20 of the pupil�s district of residence, plus the amount of the district�s per-pupil allocation under section 20m, not to exceed the target foundation allowance for the current fiscal year, or, for a pupil described in this subsection who is counted in membership in a district that is a public school academy, times an amount equal to the amount per membership pupil under section 20(6). The department shall calculate the allocation to an intermediate district under this subsection in the same manner as for a district, using the foundation allowance under section 20 of the pupil�s district of residence not to exceed the target foundation allowance for the current fiscal year and that district�s per-pupil allocation under section 20m. This subsection applies to all of the following pupils:

(a) Pupils described in section 53a.

(b) Pupils counted in membership in an intermediate district who are not special education pupils and are served by the intermediate district in a juvenile detention or child caring facility.

(c) Pupils with an emotional impairment counted in membership by an intermediate district and provided educational services by the department of health and human services.

(12) If it is determined that funds allocated under subsection (2) or (11) or under section 51c will not be expended, funds up to the amount necessary and available may be used to supplement the allocations under subsection (2) or (11) or under section 51c in order to fully fund those allocations. After payments under subsections (2) and (11) and section 51c, the department shall expend the remaining funds from the allocation in subsection (1) in the following order:

(a) One hundred percent of the reimbursement required under section 53a.

(b) One hundred percent of the reimbursement required under subsection (6).

(d) One hundred percent of the payment required under subsection (3).

(e) One hundred percent of the payments under section 56.

(13) The allocations under subsections (2), (3), and (11) are allocations to intermediate districts only and are not allocations to districts, but instead are calculations used only to determine the state payments under section 22b.

(14) If a public school academy that is not a cyber school, as that term is defined in section 551 of the revised school code, MCL 380.551, enrolls under this section a pupil who resides outside of the intermediate district in which the public school academy is located and who is eligible for special education programs and services according to statute or rule, or who is a child with a disability, as that term is defined under the individuals with disabilities education act, Public Law 108-446, the intermediate district in which the public school academy is located and the public school academy shall enter into a written agreement with the intermediate district in which the pupil resides for the purpose of providing the pupil with a free appropriate public education, and the written agreement must include at least an agreement on the responsibility for the payment of the added costs of special education programs and services for the pupil. If the public school academy that enrolls the pupil does not enter into an agreement under this subsection, the public school academy shall not charge the pupil�s resident intermediate district or the intermediate district in which the public school academy is located the added costs of special education programs and services for the pupil, and the public school academy is not eligible for any payouts based on the funding formula outlined in the resident or nonresident intermediate district�s plan. If a pupil is not enrolled in a public school academy under this subsection, the provision of special education programs and services and the payment of the added costs of special education programs and services for a pupil described in this subsection are the responsibility of the district and intermediate district in which the pupil resides.

(15) For the purpose of receiving its federal allocation under part B of the individuals with disabilities education act, Public Law 108-446, a public school academy that is a cyber school, as that term is defined in section 551 of the revised school code, MCL 380.551, and is in compliance with section 553a of the revised school code, MCL 380.553a, directly receives the federal allocation under part B of the individuals with disabilities education act, Public Law 108-446, from the intermediate district in which the cyber school is located, as the subrecipient. If the intermediate district does not distribute the funds described in this subsection to the cyber school by the part B application due date of July 1, the department may distribute the funds described in this subsection directly to the cyber school according to the formula prescribed in 34 CFR 300.705 and 34 CFR 300.816. Beginning July 1, 2021, this subsection is subject to section 8c. It is the intent of the legislature that the immediately preceding sentence apply retroactively and is effective July 1, 2021.

(16) For a public school academy that is a cyber school, as that term is defined in section 551 of the revised school code, MCL 380.551, and is in compliance with section 553a of the revised school code, MCL 380.553a, that enrolls a pupil under this section, the intermediate district in which the cyber school is located shall ensure that the cyber school complies with sections 1701a, 1703, 1704, 1751, 1752, 1756, and 1757 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1701a, 380.1703, 380.1704, 380.1751, 380.1752, 380.1756, and 380.1757; applicable rules; and the individuals with disabilities education act, Public Law 108-446. Beginning July 1, 2021, this subsection is subject to section 8c. It is the intent of the legislature that the immediately preceding sentence apply retroactively and is effective July 1, 2021.

(17) For the purposes of this section, the department or the center shall only require a district or intermediate district to report information that is not already available from the financial information database maintained by the center.

Sec. 51c. As required by the court in the consolidated cases known as Durant v State of Michigan, 456 Mich 175 (1997), from the allocation under section 51a(1), there is allocated for 2022-2023 and for 2023-2024, the amount necessary, estimated at $793,400,000.00 for 2022-2023 and $820,000,000.00 for 2023-2024, for payments to reimburse districts for 28.6138% of total approved costs of special education excluding costs reimbursed under section 53a, and 70.4165% of total approved costs of special education transportation. Funds allocated under this section that are not expended in the fiscal year for which they were allocated, as determined by the department, may be used to supplement the allocations under sections 22a and 22b to fully fund those allocations for the same fiscal year.

Sec. 61l. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, $1,200,000.00 is allocated for 2023-2024 only to Schoolcraft College to expand its early middle college program and support dual enrollment opportunities for select schools.

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

Sec. 61s. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2023-2024 only an amount not to exceed $4,000,000.00 to Eaton RESA to support the efforts of FFA. The money under this section may be used for capital improvements and equipment, the credentialing and updating of Perkins 5, and for general agriculture education and current structures of FFA. Eaton RESA may retain for administrative services an amount not to exceed 5% of the grant amount.

(2) The funds allocated under this section for 2023-2024 are a work project appropriation, and any unexpended funds for 2023-2024 are carried forward into 2024-2025. The purpose of the work project is to support the purposes of this section. The estimated completion date of the work project is September 30, 2027.

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

Sec. 61u. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2023-2024 only an amount not to exceed $1,600,000.00 to Romulus Community Schools to support the construction of a career technical education center.

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

Sec. 94a. (1) There is created within the state budget office in the department of technology, management, and budget the center for educational performance and information. The center shall do all of the following:

(a) Coordinate the collection of all data required by state and federal law from districts, intermediate districts, and postsecondary institutions.

(b) Create, maintain, and enhance this state�s P-20 longitudinal data system and ensure that it meets the requirements of subsection (4).

(c) Collect data in the most efficient manner possible to reduce the administrative burden on reporting entities, including, but not limited to, electronic transcript services.

(d) Create, maintain, and enhance this state�s web-based educational portal to provide information to school leaders, teachers, researchers, and the public in compliance with all federal and state privacy laws. Data must include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(i) Data sets that link teachers to student information, allowing districts to assess individual teacher impact on student performance and consider student growth factors in teacher and principal evaluation systems.

(ii) Data access or, if practical, data sets, provided for regional data hubs that, in combination with local data, can improve teaching and learning in the classroom.

(iii) Research-ready data sets for researchers to perform research that advances this state�s educational performance.

(e) Provide data in a useful manner to allow state and local policymakers to make informed policy decisions.

(f) Provide public reports to the residents of this state to allow them to assess allocation of resources and the return on their investment in the education system of this state.

(g) Other functions as assigned by the state budget director.

(2) Each state department, officer, or agency that collects information from districts, intermediate districts, or postsecondary institutions as required under state or federal law shall make arrangements with the center to ensure that the state department, officer, or agency is in compliance with subsection (1). This subsection does not apply to information collected by the department of treasury under the uniform budgeting and accounting act, 1968 PA 2, MCL 141.421 to 141.440a; the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821; the school bond qualification, approval, and loan act, 2005 PA 92, MCL 388.1921 to 388.1939; or section 1351a of the revised school code, MCL 380.1351a.

(3) The center may enter into any interlocal agreements necessary to fulfill its functions.

(4) The center shall ensure that the P-20 longitudinal data system required under subsection (1)(b) meets all of the following:

(a) Includes data at the individual student level from preschool through postsecondary education and into the workforce.

(b) Supports interoperability by using standard data structures, data formats, and data definitions to ensure linkage and connectivity in a manner that facilitates the exchange of data among agencies and institutions within the state and between states.

(c) Enables the matching of individual teacher and student records so that an individual student may be matched with those teachers providing instruction to that student.

(d) Enables the matching of individual teachers with information about their certification and the institutions that prepared and recommended those teachers for state certification.

(e) Enables data to be easily generated for continuous improvement and decision-making, including timely reporting to parents, teachers, and school leaders on student achievement.

(f) Ensures the reasonable quality, validity, and reliability of data contained in the system.

(g) Provides this state with the ability to meet federal and state reporting requirements.

(h) For data elements related to preschool through grade 12 and postsecondary, meets all of the following:

(i) Contains a unique statewide student identifier that does not permit a student to be individually identified by users of the system, except as allowed by federal and state law.

(ii) Contains student-level enrollment, demographic, and program participation information, including data associated with students who have been identified as having an affiliation to 1 or more federally recognized Indian tribes and student participation in federal programs funded under 20 USC 7401 to 7546 and participation in federal programs funded under the Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act, Public Law 115-404.

(iii) Contains student-level information about the points at which students exit, transfer in, transfer out, drop out, or complete education programs.

(iv) Has the capacity to communicate with higher education data systems.

(i) For data elements related to preschool through grade 12 only, meets all of the following:

(i) Contains yearly test records of individual students for assessments approved by DED-OESE for accountability purposes under section 1111(b) of the elementary and secondary education act of 1965, 20 USC 6311, including information on individual students not tested, by grade and subject.

(ii) Contains student-level transcript information, including information on courses completed and grades earned.

(iii) Contains student-level college readiness test scores.

(j) For data elements related to postsecondary education only:

(i) Contains data that provide information regarding the extent to which individual students transition successfully from secondary school to postsecondary education, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(A) Enrollment in remedial coursework.

(B) Completion of 1 year�s worth of college credit applicable to a degree within 2 years of enrollment.

(ii) Contains data that provide other information determined necessary to address alignment and adequate preparation for success in postsecondary education.

(5) From the general fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $18,988,600.00 for 2023-2024 to the department of technology, management, and budget to support the operations of the center. In addition, from the federal funds appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2023-2024 the amount necessary, estimated at $4,193,500.00, to support the operations of the center and to establish a P‑20 longitudinal data system necessary for state and federal reporting purposes. The center shall cooperate with the department to ensure that this state is in compliance with federal law and is maximizing opportunities for increased federal funding to improve education in this state.

(6) From the funds allocated in subsection (5), the center may use an amount determined by the center for competitive grants for 2023-2024 to support collaborative efforts on the P-20 longitudinal data system. All of the following apply to grants awarded under this subsection:

(a) The center shall award competitive grants to eligible intermediate districts or a consortium of intermediate districts based on criteria established by the center.

(b) Activities funded under the grant must support the P-20 longitudinal data system portal and may include portal hosting, hardware and software acquisition, maintenance, enhancements, user support and related materials, and professional learning tools and activities aimed at improving the utility of the P-20 longitudinal data system.

(c) An applicant that received a grant under this subsection for the immediately preceding fiscal year has priority for funding under this section. However, after 3 fiscal years of continuous funding, an applicant is required to compete openly with new applicants.

(7) Funds allocated under this section that are not expended in the fiscal year in which they were allocated may be carried forward to a subsequent fiscal year and are appropriated for the purposes for which the funds were originally allocated.

(8) The center may bill departments as necessary in order to fulfill reporting requirements of state and federal law. The center may also enter into agreements to supply custom data, analysis, and reporting to other principal executive departments, state agencies, local units of government, and other individuals and organizations. The center may receive and expend funds in addition to those authorized in subsection (5) to cover the costs associated with salaries, benefits, supplies, materials, and equipment necessary to provide such data, analysis, and reporting services.

(9) As used in this section, �DED-OESE� means the United States Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Sec. 95b. (1) From the general fund money appropriated under section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00 for 2023-2024 only for the model value-added growth and projection analytics system. The department shall continue the model value-added growth and projection analytics system and incorporate that model into its reporting requirements under the every student succeeds act, Public Law 114-95. The model described in this subsection must do at least all of the following:

(a) Utilize existing assessments and any future assessments that are suitable for measuring student growth.

(b) Report student growth measures at the district, school, teacher, and subgroup levels.

(d) Include all available prior standardized assessment data that meet inclusion criteria across grades, subjects, and state and local assessments.

(e) Allow student growth results to be disaggregated.

(f) Provide individual student projections showing the probability of a student reaching specific performance levels on future assessments. Given school closures and extended cancellations related to COVID-19, the data under this subdivision may be used to inform decisions about student placement or students that could benefit from additional supports or interventions.

(g) Demonstrate any prior success with this state�s assessments through the Michigan council of educator effectiveness teacher evaluation pilot.

(h) Demonstrate prior statewide implementation in at least 2 other states for at least 10 years.

(i) Have a native roster verification system built into the value-added reporting platform that has been implemented statewide in at least 2 other states.

(j) Have a �help/contact us� ticketing system built into the value-added reporting platform.

(k) Given school closures that have occurred pursuant to an executive order issued by the governor, the value-added reporting platform must provide continued hosting and delivery of reporting and offer the department additional supports in the areas of research, analysis, web reporting, and training.

(l) The department and the platform vendor shall provide statewide training for educators to understand the reporting that details the impact to student learning and growth.

(2) The department shall provide internet-based electronic student growth and projection reporting based on the model under subsection (1) to educators at the school, district, and state levels. The model must include role-based permissions that allow educators to access information about the performance of the students within their immediate responsibility in accordance with applicable privacy laws.

(3) The model under subsection (1) must not be a mandatory part of teacher evaluation or educator pay-for-performance systems.

(4) The model under subsection (1) must be a model that received funding under this section in 2018-2019.

(5) By March 31 of each fiscal year for which funding is allocated under this section, the department shall work with the center to make data publicly available on an external website that provides student growth metrics provided by the value-added reporting platform at the district and school level by grade and subject.

(6) The platform vendor must complete a system security plan, as determined by the department in collaboration with the department of technology, management, and budget.

Sec. 97e. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2023-2024 only an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00 to Wayne RESA for the operation of the school safety and mental health commission.

(2) The commission must consist of all of the following members who must be appointed by the governor as follows:

(a) One member from a list of 3 or more names submitted by the minority leader of the house of representatives who has experience in school mental health.

(b) One member from a list of 3 or more names submitted by the speaker of the house of representatives who has a background in law enforcement.

(d) One member from a list of 3 or more names submitted by the senate minority leader who is a school psychologist or psychiatrist.

(e) One member from a list of 3 or more names submitted by the senate majority leader who is a prosecutor.

(f) One member from a list of 3 or more names submitted by the senate majority leader who is a teacher.

(g) One member who has a background in school administration.

(h) One member who has experience in school-threat assessments.

(i) One member who has experience in the provision of inpatient treatment to children under age 18.

(3) The director of the department of health and human services or the director�s designee may be a member of the commission. In addition, the following department heads or their designees that are from within their respective departments or agencies may be nonvoting, ex officio members of the commission:

(a) The director of the department of state police.

(b) The superintendent of public instruction.

(4) The governor shall appoint 5 of the first members to 2-year terms and 4 of the first members to 4-year terms. After the first appointments, the term of a member of the commission is 4 years or until a successor is appointed under subsection (2), whichever is later.

(5) If a vacancy occurs on the commission, an individual must be appointed in the same manner as prescribed under subsection (2) to fill the vacancy for the balance of the term.

(6) The governor may remove a member of the commission for incompetence, dereliction of duty, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, or any other good cause.

(7) The commission shall meet at least quarterly.

(8) A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for transacting business. A vote of the majority of the members of the commission serving is required for any action of the commission.

(9) The commission shall conduct its business in compliance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.

(10) A writing that is prepared, owned, used, possessed, or retained by the commission in performing an official function is subject to the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

(11) A member of the commission is not entitled to compensation for service on the commission, but the commission may reimburse a member for actual and necessary expenses incurred in serving.

(12) The commission may do all of the following:

(a) Collaborate to provide recommendations to reduce youth suicides and strengthen the mental health of school-aged children, adolescents, and their families through a comprehensive, statewide approach.

(b) Seek input from educational professionals, mental health professionals, and organizations from across this state to suggest approaches to identify and support students at risk of behavioral health issues.

(d) Create and maintain an online community through which best practices and resources can be shared, and convene symposiums with other relevant commissions, organizations, and professionals.

(e) Convey recommendations to the department of licensing and regulatory affairs and the bureau of construction codes within the department of licensing and regulatory affairs concerning building construction that is consistent with school safety needs.

(13) The commission may hire an executive director and staff.

(14) As used in this section, �commission� means the school safety and mental health commission created in subsection (2).

Sec. 97g. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2023-2024 only, $9,000,000.00 to an intermediate district with K to 12 pupil membership between 37,500 and 42,500, as reported in the 2021-2022 MI School Data Student Enrollment Counts Report school year final student count, to establish and operate a statewide Security Operations Center (SOC) in partnership with a statewide educational organization. The SOC will provide a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solution, including SOC staff, to monitor and assist in responding to threats and attacks on critical technology infrastructure for districts and intermediate districts.

(2) The intermediate district receiving funds under this section shall contract with a nonprofit educational organization that maintains a statewide educational technology collaborative to establish the statewide SOC. This statewide SOC will operate under the guidance of an advisory board, comprising educational technology leaders, with regional statewide representation. Other K to 12 stakeholders may be invited to participate in the advisory.

(3) The nonprofit educational organization that the intermediate district contracted with in subsection (2) shall use the funds to do all of the following:

(a) Establish a statewide advisory.

(b) Establish a statewide SOC security team.

(d) Train district technology staff in the deployment and use of MDR software and services.

(e) Purchase and distribute MDR licensing to districts and intermediate districts for installation on critical technology infrastructure.

(f) Train, monitor, and track district utilization of a toolkit to be identified by the SOC such as MISecure Quick Self-Assessment.

(g) Not later than January 1, 2025 and each subsequent fiscal year, prepare a summary report that includes measurable outcomes including participation, detection, prevention, and response to cybersecurity incidents in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the project. The report must be submitted to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid and to the house and senate fiscal agencies.

(4) After the nonprofit educational organization that the intermediate district contracted with in subsection (2) uses funds as required under subsection (3), the nonprofit educational organization may use any remaining funds to do any of the following:

(a) Supply additional cybersecurity services as technologies evolve and budget allows.

(b) Partner with K to 12 statewide connectivity partners to install and monitor intrusion detection systems.

(5) Districts receiving software and service under this project shall do both of the following:

(a) Complete the assessment identified in subsection (3)(f) annually.

(b) Install and maintain statewide SOC MDR software on critical infrastructure as described in this section, provide access to the software to the statewide SOC, and coordinate responses with the statewide SOC and the district�s intermediate district.

(6) For districts that have MDR solutions in place as of October 1, 2023, a licensing cost allocation equal to the cost of the statewide SOC provided license may be provided until the end of the local contract or the end of the funding period, whichever comes first. Funds allocated under this subsection must be used to offset local MDR costs, cybersecurity assessment, or further cybersecurity investment.

(7) The funds allocated under this section for 2023-2024 are a work project appropriation, and any unexpended funds for 2023-2024 are carried forward and may be expended in subsequent years until the end of the 2027-2028 state fiscal year. The purpose of the work project is to increase stable and reliable cybersecurity in districts and intermediate districts. The estimated completion date of the work project is September 30, 2028.

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

Sec. 97k. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated $100,000.00 for 2023-2024 only to Washtenaw Intermediate School District to utilize on the Student Advocacy Center of Michigan to support its statewide helpline for families in educational crisis.

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

Sec. 99d. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated $6,000,000.00 for 2023-2024 only to districts to do both of the following:

(a) Develop and implement plans for professional learning concerning the teaching of the fullness of American history, including, but not limited to, the teaching of the history of communities of color and other marginalized communities, the teaching of local history, and the teaching of cultural competency.

(b) Purchase books and other educational resources for educators and students to support the goal of teaching every middle school and high school student American history that reflects the diversity of this state, including, but not limited to, the teaching of the history of communities of color and other marginalized communities.

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

(3) The funds allocated under this section for 2023-2024 are a work project appropriation, and any unexpended funds for 2023-2024 are carried forward into 2024-2025. The purpose of the work project is to provide for teaching of diverse American history. The estimated completion date of the work project is September 30, 2025.

Sec. 99m. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2023-2024 only an amount not to exceed $450,000.00 to Shiawassee Regional ESD to support the construction of a career technical education center or pupil transportation services for students enrolled in the constituent districts.

(2) As used in this section, �constituent district� means that term as defined in section 3 of the revised school code, MCL 380.3.

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

Sec. 99n. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2023-2024 only an amount not to exceed $6,000,000.00 to Lansing Public School District to support the construction or facility improvements of a career technical education center.

(2) As used in this section, �constituent district� means that term as defined in section 3 of the revised school code, MCL 380.3.

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

Sec. 99ii. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2023-2024 only $250,000.00 to Wayne-Westland Community School District for the purposes under this section.

(2) Wayne-Westland Community School District shall establish a pilot grant program for K to 12 eligible students to attend driver�s training programs. The department shall establish and provide to Wayne-Westland Community School District guidelines concerning the pilot grant program described in this section.

(3) Wayne-Westland Community School District shall issue a report to the department, on an annual basis, that provides the number of students eligible for a grant under this section, how many students have attended and successfully completed a driver�s training program described in this section, and the average cost, per student, of participation in a driver�s training program described in this section.

(4) The department shall create a report that summarizes the success of the program established under subsection (2) and publish that report on its public website.

(5) The funds allocated under this section for 2023-2024 are a work project appropriation, and any unexpended funds for 2023-2024 are carried forward into 2024-2025. The purpose of the work project is to support the pilot program described in this section for the provision of grants to students to attend driver�s training programs. The estimated completion date of the work project is September 30, 2026.

(6) As used in this section, �eligible student� means a student to whom both of the following apply:

(a) The student qualifies for free and reduced lunch in the Wayne-Westland Community School District or in a district contiguous to the Wayne-Westland Community School District in alignment with federal law and regulations and state law.

(b) The student is enrolled in either of the following districts:

(i) Wayne-Westland Community School District.

(ii) A district contiguous to Wayne-Westland Community School District.

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

Sec. 99jj. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2023-2024 only $250,000.00 to Dearborn City School District in partnership with the Amity Foundation for the purposes under this section.

(2) Dearborn City School District shall establish a pilot grant program for K to 12 eligible students to attend driver�s training programs.

(3) Dearborn City School District shall issue a report to the department, on an annual basis, that provides the number of students eligible for a grant under this section, how many students have attended and successfully completed a driver�s training program described in this section, and the average cost, per student, of participation in a driver�s training program described in this section.

(4) The department shall create a report that summarizes the success of the program established under subsection (2) and publish that report on its public website.

(6) As used in this section, �eligible student� means a student to whom both of the following apply:

(a) The student qualifies for free and reduced lunch in the Dearborn City School District or in a contiguous district to the Dearborn City School District in alignment with federal law and regulations and state law.

(b) The student is enrolled in either of the following districts:

(i) Dearborn City School District.

(ii) A district contiguous to Dearborn City School District.

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

Sec. 107a. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2023‑2024 only an amount not to exceed $15,000,000.00 to the department of labor and economic opportunity to create authorized postsecondary adult education innovation programs. The programs must be administered by the department of labor and economic opportunity in partnership with a Michigan nonprofit organization that operates in a city with a population between 195,000 and 200,000 in a county that has a population between 650,000 and 660,000. Programs funded under this section are intended to improve enrollment in and completion of adult basic education programs, including, but not limited to, synchronous and asynchronous program delivery methods, wraparound support, alignment between high school completion with postsecondary education, co‑locating adult education with Michigan Works! or community colleges, and high-quality professional development.

(2) The department of labor and economic opportunity must award competitive funds under this section to eligible adult education providers, community colleges, and organizations with experience serving adult learners for the purposes described in subsection (1).

(3) Adult education providers must apply for funding in a form and manner determined by the department of labor and economic opportunity. Adult education providers that are not a district, intermediate district, or community college must identify in their application a partnership with a district, intermediate district, or community college to serve as a fiscal agent for funds received under this section.

(4) In a form and manner determined by the department of labor and economic opportunity, for pilot programs funded under this section, each adult education provider must perform a program evaluation, facilitation of communities of practice, and identification of best practices to scale pilot programs statewide. Adult education providers may use up to 5% of the funds received for these purposes.

(5) By not later than September 30 of each fiscal year in which funds allocated under subsection (1) are spent by adult education providers, the department of labor and economic opportunity must provide a report to the chairs of the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid, to the house and senate fiscal agencies, and to the state budget director indicating how funds received under this section are being spent, and detailing the amounts spent, the services being provided with the funding, adult learners being reached with the funding, outcomes metrics, and recommendations for how programs could be scaled statewide.

(6) The funds allocated under this section for 2023-2024 are a work project appropriation, and any unexpended funds for 2023-2024 are carried forward into 2024-2025. The purpose of the work project is to improve enrollment in and completion of adult basic education programs. The estimated completion date of the work project is September 30, 2026.

Sec. 147a. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2022‑2023 an amount not to exceed $100,000,000.00 and for 2023-2024 an amount not to exceed $100,000,000.00 for payments to participating districts. A participating district that receives money under this subsection shall use that money solely for the purpose of offsetting a portion of the retirement contributions owed by the district for the fiscal year in which it is received. The amount allocated to each participating district under this subsection is based on each participating district�s percentage of the total statewide payroll for all participating districts for the immediately preceding fiscal year. As used in this subsection, �participating district� means a district that is 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 reports employees to the Michigan public school employees� retirement system for the applicable fiscal year.

(2) In addition to the allocation under subsection (1), from the state school aid fund money appropriated under section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $193,935,000.00 for 2022-2023 and an amount not to exceed $359,950,000.00 for 2023-2024 for payments to participating districts and intermediate districts and from the general fund money appropriated under section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $65,000.00 for 2022-2023 and an amount not to exceed $100,000.00 for 2023-2024 for payments to participating district libraries. The amount allocated to each participating entity under this subsection is based on each participating entity�s reported quarterly payroll for members that became tier 1 prior to February 1, 2018 for the current fiscal year. A participating entity that receives money under this subsection shall use that money solely for the purpose of offsetting a portion of the normal cost contribution rate. As used in this subsection:

(a) �District library� means a district library established under the district library establishment act, 1989 PA 24, MCL 397.171 to 397.196.

(b) �Participating entity� means a district, intermediate district, or district library that is 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 reports employees to the Michigan public school employees� retirement system for the applicable fiscal year.

(3) In addition to the allocations under subsections (1) and (2), from the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2023-2024 only an amount not to exceed $11,939,000.00 for payments to participating intermediate districts and participating district libraries. A participating intermediate district or participating district library shall use that money solely for the purpose of offsetting a portion of the retirement contributions owed by the participating intermediate district or participating district library for the fiscal year in which it is received. The amount allocated to each participating intermediate district or participating district library under this subsection is calculated as follows:

(a) For each participating intermediate district, $11,912,000.00 multiplied by each participating intermediate district�s percentage of the total statewide payroll for all participating intermediate districts for the immediately preceding fiscal year.

(b) For each participating district library, $27,000.00 multiplied by each participating district library�s percentage of the total statewide payroll for all participating district libraries for the immediately preceding fiscal year.

(i) �Participating district library� means a district library that is 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 reports employees to the Michigan public school employees� retirement system for the applicable fiscal year.

(ii) �Participating intermediate district� means an intermediate district that is 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 reports employees to the Michigan public school employees� retirement system for the applicable fiscal year.

Sec. 201. (1) Subject to the conditions set forth in this article, the amounts listed in this section are appropriated for community colleges for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, from the funds indicated in this section. The following is a summary of the appropriations in this section:

(a) The gross appropriation is $549,517,500.00. After deducting total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers in the amount of $0.00, the adjusted gross appropriation is $549,517,500.00.

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

(i) Total federal revenues, $0.00.

(ii) Total local revenues, $0.00.

(iii) Total private revenues, $0.00.

(iv) Total other state restricted revenues, $549,517,500.00.

(v) State general fund/general purpose money, $0.00.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the amount appropriated for community college operations is $357,961,900.00, allocated as follows:

(a) The appropriation for Alpena Community College is $6,327,100.00, $6,026,800.00 for operations, $273,800.00 for performance funding, and $26,500.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(b) The appropriation for Bay de Noc Community College is $6,299,200.00, $5,877,000.00 for operations, $308,300.00 for performance funding, and $113,900.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(c) The appropriation for Delta College is $16,690,500.00, $15,888,200.00 for operations, $754,100.00 for performance funding, and $48,200.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(d) The appropriation for Glen Oaks Community College is $2,939,000.00, $2,802,100.00 for operations, $136,900.00 for performance funding, and $0.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(e) The appropriation for Gogebic Community College is $5,367,600.00, $5,103,300.00 for operations, $226,400.00 for performance funding, and $37,900.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(f) The appropriation for Grand Rapids Community College is $20,966,400.00, $19,766,200.00 for operations, $1,078,200.00 for performance funding, and $122,000.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(g) The appropriation for Henry Ford College is $24,943,900.00, $23,700,100.00 for operations, $1,229,700.00 for performance funding, and $14,100.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(h) The appropriation for Jackson College is $13,887,400.00, $13,295,100.00 for operations, $559,000.00 for performance funding, and $33,300.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(i) The appropriation for Kalamazoo Valley Community College is $14,539,400.00, $13,776,100.00 for operations, $705,800.00 for performance funding, and $57,500.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(j) The appropriation for Kellogg Community College is $11,290,200.00, $10,754,400.00 for operations, $514,800.00 for performance funding, and $21,000.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(k) The appropriation for Kirtland Community College is $3,792,900.00, $3,577,900.00 for operations, $195,200.00 for performance funding, and $19,800.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(l) The appropriation for Lake Michigan College is $6,321,600.00, $5,978,400.00 for operations, $339,600.00 for performance funding, and $3,600.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(m) The appropriation for Lansing Community College is $35,752,700.00, $34,228,900.00 for operations, $1,460,300.00 for performance funding, and $63,500.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(n) The appropriation for Macomb Community College is $37,661,900.00, $35,911,900.00 for operations, $1,723,500.00 for performance funding, and $26,500.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(o) The appropriation for Mid Michigan Community College is $5,798,500.00, $5,458,100.00 for operations, $284,800.00 for performance funding, and $55,600.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(p) The appropriation for Monroe County Community College is $5,286,800.00, $5,003,600.00 for operations, $281,100.00 for performance funding, and $2,100.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(q) The appropriation for Montcalm Community College is $3,966,700.00, $3,758,900.00 for operations, $198,300.00 for performance funding, and $9,500.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(r) The appropriation for C.S. Mott Community College is $17,823,200.00, $17,098,300.00 for operations, $693,400.00 for performance funding, and $31,500.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(s) The appropriation for Muskegon Community College is $10,223,600.00, $9,733,400.00 for operations, $477,500.00 for performance funding, and $12,700.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(t) The appropriation for North Central Michigan College is $4,011,000.00, $3,615,900.00 for operations, $252,900.00 for performance funding, and $142,200.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(u) The appropriation for Northwestern Michigan College is $10,650,300.00, $10,006,800.00 for operations, $466,500.00 for performance funding, and $177,000.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(v) The appropriation for Oakland Community College is $24,755,900.00, $23,469,500.00 for operations, $1,264,100.00 for performance funding, and $22,300.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(w) The appropriation for Schoolcraft College is $14,742,500.00, $13,939,500.00 for operations, $772,300.00 for performance funding, and $30,700.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(x) The appropriation for Southwestern Michigan College is $7,695,500.00, $7,332,800.00 for operations, $350,000.00 for performance funding, and $12,700.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(y) The appropriation for St. Clair County Community College is $8,226,400.00, $7,786,600.00 for operations, $423,800.00 for performance funding, and $16,000.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(z) The appropriation for Washtenaw Community College is $15,938,200.00, $14,851,300.00 for operations, $1,074,200.00 for performance funding, and $12,700.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(aa) The appropriation for Wayne County Community College is $19,197,900.00, $18,376,100.00 for operations, $817,200.00 for performance funding, and $4,600.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(bb) The appropriation for West Shore Community College is $2,865,600.00, $2,721,000.00 for operations, $130,200.00 for performance funding, and $14,400.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(3) The amount appropriated in subsection (2) for community college operations is $357,961,900.00 and is appropriated from the state school aid fund.

(4) From the appropriations described in subsection (1), both of the following apply:

(a) Subject to section 207a, the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2023-2024 to offset certain fiscal year 2023-2024 retirement contributions is $7,189,000.00, appropriated from the state school aid fund.

(b) For fiscal year 2023-2024, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $23,000,000.00 for payments to participating community colleges, appropriated from the state school aid fund. A community college that receives money under this subdivision shall use that money solely for the purpose of offsetting the normal cost contribution rate.

(5) From the appropriations described in subsection (1), subject to section 207b, the amount appropriated for payments to community colleges that are participating entities of the retirement system is $105,800,000.00, appropriated from the state school aid fund.

(6) From the appropriations described in subsection (1), subject to section 207c, the amount appropriated for renaissance zone tax reimbursements is $2,200,000.00, appropriated from the state school aid fund. Each community college receiving funds in this subsection shall accrue these payments to its institutional fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.

(7) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, from the appropriations described in subsection (1), the amount appropriated for career and education navigators for adult learners is $5,000,000.00, appropriated from the state school aid fund. Community colleges, partnering with 1 or more county governments, where practicable, may apply for grant funding through the Office of Sixty by 30 in the department of labor and economic opportunity to supplement or create navigation efforts of adult learners. The Office of Sixty by 30 shall issue a report including, but not limited to, the number of grants awarded, a list of community colleges awarded grants and the amounts, and the amount of unexpended funds remaining at the end of the fiscal year. The report must be issued to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on community colleges, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director by September 30, 2024.

(8) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, from the appropriations described in subsection (1), the amount appropriated for the Michigan Reconnect Entry Point Program is $5,000,000.00, appropriated from the state school aid fund. Community colleges, partnering with 1 or more county governments, where practicable, may apply for grant funding through the Office of Sixty by 30 in the department of labor and economic opportunity to engage Michigan reconnect grant applicants who have been approved for funding but have not enrolled in a postsecondary or eligible Michigan reconnect program and work to identify and resolve barriers preventing enrollment. The Office of Sixty by 30 shall issue a report including, but not limited to, the number of grants awarded, a list of community colleges awarded grants and the amounts, a list of any counties that partnered with a community college for a grant under this section, and the amount of unexpended funds remaining at the end of the fiscal year. The report must be issued to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on community colleges, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director by September 30, 2024.

(9) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, from the appropriations described in subsection (1), subject to sections 216c and 216d, the amount appropriated for infrastructure, technology, equipment, maintenance, housing, and safety is $32,836,600.00, appropriated from the state school aid fund.

(10) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, from the appropriations described in subsection (1), $5,000,000.00 is appropriated from the state school aid fund for critical incident mapping. These funds must be distributed to community colleges proportionately to the amounts in subsection (2) for operations.

(11) From the appropriations described in subsection (1), the amount appropriated for Michigan workforce development projects is $530,000.00, appropriated from the state school aid fund. These funds must be awarded to Kalamazoo Valley Community College, and must be used by that college in conjunction with the college�s wind turbine program for curriculum development for programs in 1 or more of the following areas:

(a) Electric vehicle battery installation and repair.

(b) Electric vehicle charger installation for residential applications, commercial applications, or both.

(12) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, from the appropriations described in subsection (1), $5,000,000.00 is appropriated from the state school aid fund to Washtenaw Community College for costs related to the college�s involvement with a semiconductor research alliance.

Sec. 216d. (1) Each community college receiving an appropriation in section 201 must certify to the state budget director that it either did or did not receive a planning or construction authorization for a capital outlay project between January 1, 2023 and March 1, 2024. Each community college that certifies that it did receive a planning or construction authorization for a capital outlay project between January 1, 2023 and March 1, 2024 must do 1 of the following:

(a) Remit to the state treasurer an amount equal to the amount of the grant that community college received under section 216c.

(b) Provide a written agreement to the state budget director to have the sum total of monthly payments under section 206 for the remainder of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 for that community college reduced by an amount equal to the amount of the grant the community college received under section 216c. The state treasurer shall reduce each of the remaining payments for that community college under section 206 by an amount equal to the amount that community college received under section 216c divided by the number of payments under section 206 remaining in the fiscal year, beginning with the next payment following receipt of the written agreement under this subdivision.

(2) For the purpose of determining whether a community college must remit payment or agree to proration under subsection (1), an adjustment in the cost or scope of a capital outlay project originally authorized prior to January 1, 2023 is not considered to be a planning or construction authorization.

(3) The state budget director shall withhold the monthly payment under section 206 of each community college that does not comply with subsection (1) until that community college is found to be in compliance with subsection (1).

(4) Once the state budget director has determined that each community college is in compliance with subsection (1), an amount equal to the sum total of all payments received under subsection (1)(a) and the amounts prorated under subsection (1)(b) must be distributed to the community colleges that certified that they did not receive a capital outlay appropriation under subsection (1). The payment for each community college must be calculated based on each community college�s respective share of total fiscal year equated students as reported to the Michigan community college data inventory for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 for all community colleges that receive a payment under this subsection. Payments to community colleges under this subsection must be distributed in 1 lump sum to each community college with the payment described in section 206 that occurs in the month following the date the state budget director determines that each community college has complied with subsection (1).

(5) Payments under subsection (4) may be used only for the purposes described in section 216c(1).

(6) This section does not apply if the amendatory act that added this section takes effect prior to January 1, 2024.

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, 2024, from the funds indicated in this section. The following is a summary of the appropriations in this section and section 236j:

(a) The gross appropriation is $2,291,048,800.00. After deducting total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers in the amount of $0.00, the adjusted gross appropriation is $2,291,048,800.00.

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

(i) Total federal revenues, $131,026,400.00.

(ii) Total local revenues, $0.00.

(iii) Total private revenues, $0.00.

(iv) Total other state restricted revenues, $482,268,300.00.

(v) State general fund/general purpose money, $1,677,754,100.00.

(c) The totals and subtotals reflected in subdivisions (a) and (b) do not include amounts appropriated under subsection (7)(f) or (8)(c) to avoid duplicating totals of amounts appropriated in this section and section 236j.

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

(a) The appropriation for Central Michigan University is $95,413,800.00, $89,352,000.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $4,467,600.00 for operations increase, and $1,594,200.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(b) The appropriation for Eastern Michigan University is $83,144,700.00, $78,798,800.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $3,939,900.00 for operations increase, and $406,000.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(c) The appropriation for Ferris State University is $59,646,500.00, $56,126,000.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $2,806,300.00 for operations increase, and $714,200.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(d) The appropriation for Grand Valley State University is $97,365,000.00, $79,974,500.00 for operations, $11,560,000.00 for per-student floor funding, $4,576,700.00 for operations increase, and $1,253,800.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(e) The appropriation for Lake Superior State University is $15,190,300.00, $13,573,100.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $678,700.00 for operations increase, and $938,500.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(f) The appropriation for Michigan State University is $390,452,600.00, $301,681,300.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $15,084,100.00 for operations increase, $1,943,800.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver, $38,518,400.00 for MSU AgBioResearch, and $33,225,000.00 for MSU Extension.

(g) The appropriation for Michigan Technological University is $54,525,700.00, $51,103,600.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $2,555,200.00 for operations increase, and $866,900.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(h) The appropriation for Northern Michigan University is $53,320,000.00, $49,589,800.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $2,479,500.00 for operations increase, and $1,250,700.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(i) The appropriation for Oakland University is $72,288,800.00, $60,406,600.00 for operations, $8,123,900.00 for per-student floor funding, $3,426,500.00 for operations increase, and $331,800.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(j) The appropriation for Saginaw Valley State University is $33,894,500.00, $32,086,300.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $1,604,300.00 for operations increase, and $203,900.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(k) The appropriation for University of Michigan � Ann Arbor is $356,568,800.00, $338,360,300.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $16,918,000.00 for operations increase, and $1,290,500.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(l) The appropriation for University of Michigan � Dearborn is $31,233,500.00, $27,869,700.00 for operations, $1,699,800.00 for per-student floor funding, $1,478,500.00 for operations increase, and $185,500.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(m) The appropriation for University of Michigan � Flint is $26,404,700.00, $24,774,800.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $1,238,700.00 for operations increase, and $391,200.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(n) The appropriation for Wayne State University is $224,354,500.00, $213,286,600.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $10,664,300.00 for operations increase, and $403,600.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(o) The appropriation for Western Michigan University is $119,983,900.00, $113,752,600.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $5,687,600.00 for operations increase, and $543,700.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(3) The amount appropriated in subsection (2) for public universities is $1,713,787,300.00, appropriated from the following:

(a) State school aid fund, $443,168,300.00.

(b) State general fund/general purpose money, $1,270,619,000.00.

(4) The amount appropriated for Michigan public school employees� retirement system reimbursement is $0.00.

(5) The amount appropriated for state and regional programs is $316,800.00, 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, $116,800.00.

(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 $447,283,200.00, allocated as follows:

(a) State competitive scholarships, $26,861,700.00.

(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.

(f) Michigan achievement scholarships, $300,000,000.00. From this amount, up to $10,000,000.00 may be used to award skills scholarships under section 248a.

(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, $127,826,400.00.

(d) State general fund/general purpose money, $16,256,800.00.

(9) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, in addition to the allocation under subsection (4), from the appropriations described in subsection (1), there is allocated an amount not to exceed $9,100,000.00 for payments to participating public universities, appropriated from the state school aid fund. A public 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.

(10) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, from the appropriations described in subsection (1), the amount appropriated for Michigan Technological University for the creation of a bachelor of science degree in nursing program is $870,000.00, appropriated from state general fund/general purpose money.

(11) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, from the appropriations described in subsection (1), $3,000,000.00 is appropriated from state general fund/general purpose money to the Michigan geological survey for costs related to the development, construction, and equipment purchases for a new facility.

(12) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, from the appropriations described in subsection (1), $5,000,000.00 is appropriated from state general fund/general purpose money for critical incident mapping. These funds must be distributed to universities proportionately to the amounts in subsection (2) for operations.

(13) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, from the appropriations described in subsection (1), subject to sections 236m and 236o, $79,000,000.00 is appropriated from general fund/general purpose money for infrastructure, technology, equipment, maintenance, and safety.

(14) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, from the appropriations described in subsection (1), $30,000,000.00 is appropriated from the state school aid fund to Michigan State University for the Engineering and Digital Innovation Center.

Sec. 236m. (1) Subject to subsection (2), funds appropriated in section 236(13) for infrastructure, technology, equipment, maintenance, and safety are intended to be used for necessary improvements and deferred maintenance of public university buildings, facilities, and other physical infrastructure; necessary improvements and deferred maintenance of information technology, other technology infrastructure, and other equipment; and other purposes related to infrastructure, technology, equipment, and maintenance. A public university may also use these funds for debt or to upgrade safety and security infrastructure. These funds are not intended to be used for any other purpose than what is specified in this section.

(2) If the University of Michigan � Ann Arbor receives funds subject to the allowable uses under this section, the university must, as a condition on receiving those funds, agree to allocate not less than $5,000,000.00 of those funds for costs related to the university�s involvement with a semiconductor research alliance.

(3) To receive funds under this section, a public university must certify to the state budget director by January 1, 2024 that it did not receive an appropriation for a planning or construction authorization for a capital outlay project between January 1, 2023 and December 15, 2023.

(4) Funds appropriated in section 236(13) are distributed to each public university that certified it did not receive a capital outlay appropriation under subsection (3). The payment for each public university must be calculated based on each public university�s respective share of total fiscal year equated students as reported to the higher education institutional data inventory for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 for all public universities that receive a payment under this section. Payments to public universities under this section must be distributed in 1 lump sum to each institution with the January 16, 2024 payment described in section 241.

Sec. 236o. (1) Each public university receiving an appropriation in section 236 must certify to the state budget director that it either did or did not receive a planning or construction authorization for a capital outlay project between January 1, 2023 and March 1, 2024. Each public university that certifies that it did receive a planning or construction authorization for a capital outlay project between January 1, 2023 and March 1, 2024 must do 1 of the following:

(a) Remit to the state treasurer an amount equal to the amount of the grant that university received under section 236m.

(b) Provide a written agreement to the state budget director to have the sum total of monthly payments under section 241 for the remainder of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 for that university reduced by an amount equal to the amount of the grant the university received under section 236m. The state treasurer shall reduce each of the remaining payments for that university under section 241 by an amount equal to the amount that university received under section 236m divided by the number of payments under section 241 remaining in the fiscal year, beginning with the next payment following receipt of the written agreement under this subdivision.

(2) For the purpose of determining whether a university must remit payment or agree to proration under subsection (1), an adjustment in the cost or scope of a capital outlay project originally authorized prior to January 1, 2023 is not considered to be a planning or construction authorization.

(3) The state budget director shall withhold the monthly payment under section 241 of each university that does not comply with subsection (1) until that university is found to be in compliance with subsection (1).

(4) Once the state budget director has determined that each university is in compliance with subsection (1), an amount equal to the sum total of all payments received under subsection (1)(a) and the amounts prorated under subsection (1)(b) must be distributed to the universities that certified that they did not receive a capital outlay appropriation under subsection (1). The payment for each public university must be calculated based on each public university�s respective share of total fiscal year equated students as reported to the higher education institutional data inventory for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 for all public universities that receive a payment under this subsection. Payments to public universities under this subsection must be distributed in 1 lump sum to each university with the payment described in section 241 that occurs in the month following the date the state budget director determines that each university has complied with subsection (1).

(5) Payments under subsection (4) may be used only for the purposes described under section 236m.

(6) This section does not apply if the amendatory act that added this section takes effect prior to January 1, 2024.

Sec. 248. (1) The funds appropriated in section 236 for Michigan achievement scholarships must be distributed as provided in this section and section 248a, pursuant to the administrative procedures for Michigan achievement scholarships of the department.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) �Department� means the department of treasury.

(b) �Eligible institution� means a public university that receives an appropriation in section 236, a community college that receives an appropriation in section 201, a federally recognized tribal college in this state, or an independent nonprofit college or university in this state as described in section 1 of 1966 PA 313, MCL 390.991.

(c) �Gift aid� includes federal Pell grants under 20 USC 1070a, tuition incentive program benefits under section 256, state tuition grants under section 252, awards received for minimum payments awarded in subsection (4), higher education expenses paid under the Michigan promise zone authority act, 2008 PA 549, MCL 390.1661 to 390.1679, and all other federal, state, local, or institutional aid in the form of grants, scholarships, or discounts applied toward tuition and mandatory fees. Gift aid does not include student loans, work-study awards, qualified withdrawals made from education savings accounts to pay higher education expenses pursuant to the Michigan education savings program act, 2000 PA 161, MCL 390.1471 to 390.1486, or higher education expenses paid under the Michigan education trust program pursuant to the Michigan education trust act, 1986 PA 316, MCL 390.1421 to 390.1442.

(d) �High school equivalency certificate� means that term as defined in section 4.

(3) An individual must meet all of the following criteria and financial thresholds each year to be eligible for a Michigan achievement scholarship awarded under this section:

(a) Be a resident of this state for at least the immediately preceding year.

(b) Have graduated from high school in this state with a diploma or certificate of completion or achieved a high school equivalency certificate in 2023 or after.

(c) Be a full-time undergraduate student at an eligible institution, as defined by that eligible institution, and be a first-time enrollee in an eligible institution during the 2023-2024 academic year, or a subsequent academic year, within 15 months after high school graduation or attainment of a high school equivalency certificate or have received a Michigan achievement scholarship in a previous academic year. For the purposes of this subdivision, participation in a dual enrollment, early college, or other similar program while attending high school does not disqualify a student from being considered a first-time enrollee.

(d) Maintain satisfactory academic progress, as defined by the eligible institution in which the student is enrolled.

(e) Not be incarcerated in a corrections institution.

(f) Not be in default on a federal student loan.

(g) For awards made during academic year 2023-2024, complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and have an expected family contribution of $25,000.00 or less. For awards made during academic year 2024-2025 or a subsequent academic year, except as otherwise provided in this subdivision and subdivision (h), complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and have a student aid index number of 1 of the following, as applicable:

(i) For a student indicating on the student�s Free Application for Federal Student Aid that the student is the only member of the student�s household or the student�s parents� household attending a postsecondary institution during that academic year, $30,000.00 or less.

(ii) For a student indicating on the student�s Free Application for Federal Student Aid that the student is not the only member of the student�s household or the student�s parents� household attending a postsecondary institution during that academic year, the greater of the number described in subparagraph (i) or a number determined by the department of treasury. For the purposes of this subparagraph, the department of treasury, in collaboration with the state budget office and the house and senate fiscal agencies, may calculate a student aid index number or may issue administrative guidance for the student aid index eligibility of students with more than 1 member of the student�s household or the student�s parents� household attending a postsecondary institution during that academic year. It is the intent of the legislature that the utilization of a student aid index instead of expected family contribution does not adversely impact the eligibility of students with multiple members of the student�s household or the student�s parents� household in college.

(h) For the purpose of determining eligibility under subdivision (g), an individual is considered to have met the requirements of subdivision (g) if the individual received the Michigan achievement scholarship in academic year 2023-2024, was determined to have an expected family contribution of $25,000.00 or less in academic year 2023-2024, and has completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the subsequent award cycles.

(i) The legislature finds and declares that the student aid index thresholds in subdivision (g) are temporary and intended to apply only for academic year 2024-2025. It is the intent of the legislature that the legislature and executive branch work collaboratively to use Michigan achievement scholarship uptake and other relevant data to establish a more permanent measure of financial need for the Michigan achievement scholarship for subsequent academic years.

(j) Apply for all available gift aid for each academic year in which the individual applies for a Michigan achievement scholarship.

(4) Michigan achievement scholarships are subject to all of the following:

(a) Subject to section 248a(3)(f)(i), an eligible student may receive an award under this section or section 248a for a maximum of 5 academic years, not more than 3 of which may be for attending eligible institutions that are community colleges or federally recognized tribal colleges unless the student is enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program described in section 121 of the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.121. A student may not receive an award under this subsection and section 248a(3)(f)(i) during the same academic year.

(b) The amount awarded to an eligible student at an eligible institution that is a community college or federally recognized tribal college must equal the sum of following:

(i) A minimum payment of $1,750.00, which is comprised of a base payment of $1,000.00 plus an additional payment of $750.00.

(ii) The lesser of $1,000.00 or the student�s last-dollar payment amount.

(c) The amount awarded to an eligible student at an eligible institution that is a public university or enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program described in section 121 of the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.121, must equal the sum of following:

(i) A minimum payment of $2,500.00, which is comprised of a base payment of $1,000.00 plus an additional payment of $1,500.00.

(ii) The lesser of $3,000.00 or the student�s last-dollar payment amount.

(d) The amount awarded to an eligible student at an eligible institution that is an independent nonprofit college or university must equal the sum of the following:

(i) A minimum payment of $1,000.00.

(ii) The lesser of $3,000.00 or the student�s last-dollar payment amount.

(e) Money awarded under this subsection for a Michigan achievement scholarship must be paid to the eligible institution for credit to the student�s account.

(f) As used in this subsection:

(i) �Last-dollar payment amount� means an amount equal to the tuition, mandatory fees, and contact hours for each student�s actual program of study, minus all gift aid received by the student.

(ii) �Minimum payment� means a payment eligible for any cost within the student�s individual cost of attendance. The minimum payment must be awarded as a separate payment not included in the student�s need-based financial aid. The minimum payment must not be reduced.

(5) The department shall work closely with participating institutions to provide the highest level of participation and ensure that all requirements of the program are met.

(6) From the funds appropriated in section 236(7) for the Michigan achievement scholarships, the department may not use more than $10,000,000.00 for the purposes of outreach programs to raise awareness of the Michigan achievement scholarship described in this section and section 248a and shall ensure that Michigan achievement scholarships are well publicized and that high school students are provided information on the program. The department may receive and expend funds received from outside sources for scholarships, marketing, or other purposes related to the Michigan achievement scholarship. The department shall provide the necessary funding and staff to fully operate the program.

(7) The department shall convene a workgroup during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 to consider and advise the department on implementing policies for administering the Michigan achievement scholarship. The workgroup shall include participation from the Michigan Association of State Universities and its institutional members, the Michigan College Access Network, the Michigan Community College Association and its institutional members, the Michigan Independent Colleges and Universities and its institutional members, and any other interested stakeholders and offices as determined by the department. The workgroup shall make recommendations on packaging order, packaging structure, definitions of terms not otherwise defined in statute, and other administrative regulatory requirements as necessary to implement the Michigan achievement scholarship.

(8) The following reporting obligations apply to the Michigan achievement scholarship program:

(a) By May 1 and December 1 of each year, the department shall provide a written report, organized by eligible institution, to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director that includes the following information for the previous academic year:

(i) The number of students who qualified for a Michigan achievement scholarship.

(ii) The number of students who received a Michigan achievement scholarship.

(iii) The average number of credits earned by students who received a Michigan achievement scholarship.

(iv) The number of Michigan achievement scholarships that were canceled due to failure to maintain satisfactory academic progress under subsection (3)(d).

(v) The number of Michigan achievement scholarships that were canceled due to a student ceasing attendance at an eligible institution. The number must not include any known transfers to another eligible institution.

(vi) The number of Michigan achievement scholarships that were canceled due to a student�s failure to maintain full-time status.

(vii) The average Michigan achievement scholarship award per student, delineated by sector, including community colleges, tribal colleges, public universities, independent colleges and universities, and training institutions. As used in this subparagraph, �training institutions� means training institutions accepted to participate in the Michigan achievement scholarship program under section 248a.

(b) Each eligible institution whose students receive awards under this section shall cooperate with the department in a timely manner to facilitate the creation of the report under subdivision (a).

(9) Beginning April 1, 2024, by April 1 of each year, each eligible institution shall submit a report to the department, the state budget office, and the house and senate fiscal agencies providing information as to the total institutional grant aid per full-year equated undergraduate student for the current institution fiscal year and for the immediately preceding 3 institution fiscal years. If the institution does not maintain total institutional grant aid per full-year equated undergraduate student at the average amount provided over the immediately preceding 3 institution fiscal years, the institution must include in the report a description of changes to institutional finances or the student population that prevented the institution from maintaining support for institutional aid. An institution�s report of total institutional grant aid per full-year equated undergraduate student pursuant to this subdivision must be consistent with data most recently reported to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.

(10) For each fiscal year, an eligible institution becomes ineligible for funding under this section if, in the immediately preceding fiscal year, the institution exceeds 1 of the following tuition restraint requirements, as applicable:

(a) For an eligible institution that is a community college, the tuition restraint described in section 217b.

(b) For an eligible institution that is a public university or independent nonprofit college or university, the tuition restraint described in section 241c.

(11) It is the intent of the legislature that an eligible institution will not make reductive changes to scholarship or financial aid programs offered by that eligible institution that have the goal or net effect of shifting the cost burden of those programs to the program described in this section.

Enacting section 1. (1) In accordance with section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending on school aid under article I of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1601 to 388.1772, as amended by 2022 PA 144, 2022 PA 212, 2023 PA 3, 2023 PA 103, and this amendatory act, from state sources for fiscal year 2022-2023 is estimated at $17,652,218,900.00 and state appropriations for school aid to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2022-2023 are estimated at $16,056,571,400.00. In accordance with section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending on school aid under article I of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1601 to 388.1772, as amended by 2023 PA 103 and this amendatory act, from state sources for fiscal year 2023-2024 is estimated at $19,258,857,800.00 and state appropriations for school aid to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2023-2024 are estimated at $17,605,138,000.00.

(2) In accordance with section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending from state sources for community colleges for fiscal year 2023-2024 under article II of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1801 to 388.1830, as amended by 2023 PA 103 and this amendatory act, is estimated at $549,517,500.00 and the amount of that state spending from state sources to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2023-2024 is estimated at $549,517,500.00.

Enacting section 2. Section 12b of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1612b, is repealed.