January 11, 2012, Introduced by Senator KAHN and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled
"The state school aid act of 1979,"
by amending section 11 (MCL 388.1611), as amended by 2011 PA 62.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
11. (1) Subject to subsection (3), for the fiscal year
ending
September 30, 2011, there is appropriated for the public
schools
of this state and certain other state purposes relating to
education
the sum of $10,757,260,500.00 from the state school aid
fund
and the sum of $18,642,400.00 from the general fund. For the
fiscal
year ending September 30, 2011, there is also appropriated
the
remaining balance of the federal funding awarded to this state
under
title XIV of the American recovery and reinvestment act of
2009,
Public Law 111-5, estimated at $184,256,600.00, to be used
solely
for the purpose of funding the primary funding formula
calculated
under section 20, in accordance with federal law.
Subject to subsection (3), for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2012, there is appropriated for the public schools of this state
and certain other state purposes relating to education the sum of
$10,887,098,700.00
$_________________ from the state school aid
fund
and the sum of $118,642,400.00 $______________
from the
general fund. In addition, all other available federal funds,
except those otherwise appropriated under section 11p, are
appropriated
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011 and for
the
fiscal year ending September 30,
2012.
(2) The appropriations under this section shall be allocated
as provided in this article. Money appropriated under this section
from the general fund shall be expended to fund the purposes of
this article before the expenditure of money appropriated under
this section from the state school aid fund.
(3) Any general fund allocations under this article that are
not expended by the end of the state fiscal year are transferred to
the school aid stabilization fund created under section 11a.