Bill Text: MI SB0691 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: School aid; payments; funding for pupils enrolling in strict discipline academies or alternative education programs for expelled pupils after count day; revise. Amends sec. 25 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1625).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-12-28 - Assigned Pa 0322'11 With Immediate Effect [SB0691 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB0691-Engrossed.html
SB-0691, As Passed House, December 13, 2011
HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 691
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled
"The state school aid act of 1979,"
by amending section 25 (MCL 388.1625), as amended by 2005 PA 155.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 25. (1) If a pupil is enrolled in an alternative
education program operated by an intermediate district or district
for the purpose of educating pupils who have been expelled from
school
or referred from the court, or is enrolled in a strict
discipline
academy for pupils who have been expelled or suspended
from
school as described in section 1311g of the revised school
code,
MCL 380.1311g, and if the pupil is
counted in membership in
another intermediate district or district, the intermediate
district
or district operating the alternative
education program or
the
strict discipline academy shall
report the enrollment
information to the department and to the district in which the
pupil is counted in membership, and the intermediate district or
district in which the pupil is counted in membership shall pay to
the intermediate district or district operating the alternative
education
program or to the strict discipline
academy an amount
equal to the amount of the foundation allowance or per pupil
payment as calculated under section 20 for the intermediate
district or district in which the pupil is counted in membership,
prorated according to the number of days of the school year ending
in the fiscal year the pupil is educated in the alternative
education
program or strict discipline academy compared to the
number of days of the school year ending in the fiscal year the
pupil was actually enrolled in the intermediate district or
district in which the pupil is counted in membership. The
foundation allowance or per pupil payment shall be adjusted by the
pupil's full-time equated status as affected by the membership
definition
under section 6(4). If a an
intermediate district or
district does not make the payment required under this section
within 30 days after receipt of the report, the department shall
calculate the amount owed, shall deduct that amount from the
remaining state school aid payments to the intermediate district or
district for that fiscal year under this act, and shall pay that
amount to the intermediate district or district operating the
alternative
education program. or to the strict discipline academy.
The intermediate district or district in which the pupil is counted
in membership and the intermediate district or district operating
the
alternative education program or strict discipline academy
shall provide to the department all information the department
requires to enforce this section.
(2) If a pupil is enrolled in a strict discipline academy for
pupils who have been expelled or suspended from school or otherwise
placed in a strict discipline academy as described in section 1311g
of the revised school code, MCL 380.1311g, and if the pupil is
counted in membership in another district or intermediate district,
the strict discipline academy shall report the enrollment
information to the department and to the district or intermediate
district in which the pupil is counted in membership. Upon receipt
of enrollment information under this subsection indicating that a
pupil has enrolled in a strict discipline academy as described in
this subsection, the department shall do both of the following:
(a) Adjust the membership calculation for the district or
intermediate district in which the pupil was counted in membership
so that the district's or intermediate district's membership is
prorated to allow the district or intermediate district to receive
for each school day in which the pupil was enrolled in the district
an amount equal to 1/180 of the foundation allowance or per-pupil
payment as calculated under section 20 for the district or
intermediate district. The foundation allowance or per-pupil
payment shall be adjusted by the pupil's full-time equated status
as affected by the membership definition under section 6(4).
(b) Include in the calculation of state school aid for the
strict discipline academy for each school day in which the pupil is
enrolled in the strict discipline academy, not to exceed a number
of school days equal to the difference between 180 and the number
of school days in which the pupil was reported under this section
as previously enrolled in 1 or more other districts or intermediate
districts, an amount equal to 1/180 of the per-pupil payment as
calculated under section 20 for the strict discipline academy. The
per-pupil payment shall be adjusted by the pupil's full-time
equated status as affected by the membership definition under
section 6(4).
(3) The changes in calculation of state school aid required
under subsection (2) shall take effect as of the date that the
pupil enrolls in the strict discipline academy, and the department
shall base all subsequent payments under this act for the fiscal
year to the affected districts or intermediate districts and for
the strict discipline academy, as applicable, on this recalculation
of state school aid.
(4) If a pupil enrolls in a strict discipline academy as
described in subsection (2), if adjustments are made in
calculations pursuant to subsection (2) due to that enrollment, and
if the pupil subsequently ceases to be enrolled in the strict
discipline academy, the strict discipline academy shall notify the
department of the last date of the pupil's enrollment in the strict
discipline academy and the number of days the pupil was enrolled in
the strict discipline academy.
(5) If a pupil enrolls in a strict discipline academy as
described in subsection (2), the district or intermediate district
in which the pupil is counted in membership and the strict
discipline academy shall provide to the department all information
the department requires to comply with this section.
(6) The changes in the requirements under this section that
are contained in subsections (2) to (5) apply beginning with
payments made for the 2011-2012 fiscal year.
