A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled “The state school aid act of 1979,” by amending sections 201, 205, 206, 207a, 207b, 207c, 216c, 217, 217b, 222, 223, 229, 229a, and 230 (MCL 388.1801, 388.1805, 388.1806, 388.1807a, 388.1807b, 388.1807c, 388.1816c, 388.1817, 388.1817b, 388.1822, 388.1823, 388.1829, 388.1829a, and 388.1830), section 201 as amended by 2023 PA 320, sections 205 and 217 as amended by 2020 PA 165, sections 206, 207a, 207b, 207c, 223, 229a, and 230 as amended by 2023 PA 103, sections 216c and 217b as added by 2023 PA 103, section 222 as amended by 2021 PA 86, section 229 as amended by 2022 PA 144, and by adding sections 216e, 217c, and 217d; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
Introduced
by
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported with substitute S-2
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
1. Amend page 13, line 4, by striking out all of section 206a.
Substitute S-2 concurred in by voice vote
1. Amend page 20, line 25, after “than” by striking out “4.5%” and inserting “2.5%”.
2. Amend page 20, line 26, by striking out “$217.00” and inserting “$121.00”.
Consideration postponed
Amendment offered
by
The amendment failed 16 to 20 (details)
1. Amend page 2, line 7, by striking out “$470,341,700.00.” and inserting “$485,341,600.00.”.
2. Amend page 2, line 9, after “is” by striking out “$470,341,700.00.” and inserting “$485,341,600.00.”.
3. Amend page 2, line 16, by striking out “$469,141,600.00.” and inserting “$484,141,600.00.”.
4. Amend page 2, line 18, by striking out “$1,200,100.00.” and inserting “$1,200,000.00.”.
5. Amend page 10, line 23, after “to” by striking out the balance of the line through “216d,” on line 24 and inserting “section 216c,”.
6. Amend page 10, line 24, after “for” by inserting “debt,”.
7. Amend page 10, line 25, after “maintenance,” by striking out “housing, and safety” and inserting “safety and capital outlay grants”.
8. Amend page 10, line 26, by striking out “$100.00,” and inserting “$15,000,000.00”.
9. Amend page 10, line 26, after “from” by striking out the balance of the line through “money.” on line 27 and inserting “the state school aid fund.”.
10. Amend page 15, line 1, by striking out all of section 216c and inserting:
“Sec. 216c. (1) Subject to subsection (2), funds appropriated in section 201(7) for debt, infrastructure, technology, equipment, maintenance, safety, and capital outlay grants are intended to be used for necessary improvements and deferred maintenance of community college 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 community college 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) Each community college must receive grant awards under this section as follows:
(a) A capital outlay grant of $345,000.00 that may be used for any purpose allowed under section 237a of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1237a.
(b) A debt, infrastructure, equipment, maintenance and safety grant equal to $5,340,000.00 multiplied by 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, 2023 for all community colleges that receive a payment under this section. A grant under this subdivision may be used for any purpose detailed under subsection (1). Not less than 15% of grant funds received under this subdivision must be used to repay debt.
(3) Payments to community colleges under this section must be distributed in 1 lump sum to each institution with the October 16, 2024 payment described in section 206(1).
(4) By September 30, 2025, each community college that receives a grant under this section must submit a report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director that details the use of funds received under this section. If, at the time the report is submitted, a community college has unspent grant funds received under this section, the community college must indicate that in the report, and provide a summary of the purposes for which the community college intends to use those funds, if an intended use has been identified.
(5) It is the intent of the legislature that capital outlay grants as described under subsection (2)(a) be included as an ongoing appropriation for future fiscal years, and that those grants be used to replace bonds issued by the state building authority as the financing mechanism for the state’s share of capital outlay project costs.”.
11. Amend page 35, line 4, after “at” by striking out “$470,341,700.00” and inserting “$485,341,600.00”.
12. Amend page 35, line 6, after “at” by striking out “$469,491,700.00.” and inserting “$484,491,600.00.”.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 20 to 16 (details)
