FY 2022-23 SCHOOL AID BUDGET������������������������������� S.B. 832 (S-2):� SENATE-PASSED
Senate Bill 832 (S-2 as passed by the Senate)���������������������������������������������������������������������
Committee:� Appropriations
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Gross |
GF/GP |
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FY 2021-22 Year-to-Date Appropriation................................................. |
$16,978,110,700 |
$85,400,000 |
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1. Foundation Allowance Increase. The Governor increased the target foundation allowance $435 (5%) to $9,135 per pupil. All districts below the target would receive at least $9,135 per pupil, except for 100% online cyber schools, which would continue to receive $8,700 per pupil. The Senate increased the target foundation allowance $450 to $9,150 per pupil and included cyber schools in the increase. |
630,540,000 |
0 |
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2. School Consolidation. The Senate created a grant program to allow districts to retire part of their outstanding debt to allow districts to consolidate without raising millage rates on the residents of the consolidating districts. |
500,000,000 |
0 |
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3. Federal Funds. The Governor and Senate adjusted Federal funds authorizations to align with expected revenue, including school lunch programs ($359.0 million), special education - Federal IDEA ($10.0 million), and MI-STEM Network Regions (negative $235,000). |
368,765,000 |
0 |
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4. Learning Loss. Senate included $70.0 million to be distributed as a per pupil payment to all districts to be used for programs to address student learning loss. The per pupil payment equates to approximately $50 per pupil. |
70,000,000 |
0 |
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5. Mental Health. The Governor included several new programs and increased funding to others to address student mental health needs. Funding was included to expand the TRAILS program statewide ($150.0 million), help districts purchase mental health screening tools ($25.0 million), and provide school-based personnel access to professional development and same-day consultation via telehealth with behavioral health clinicians to respond to complex student mental health needs ($5.0 million). Also included $50.0 million for ISDs to hire mental health professionals, and $11.0 million to open an estimate 40 school-based health clinics. The Senate included $10.0 million to expand TRAILS and added $15.0 million to open more school-based health clinics. Also included $15.0 million for the student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program. |
40,000,000 |
0 |
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6. School Staff Recruitment and Retention. The Governor included two new programs to increase educator recruitment and retention. The Michigan Future Educator Fellowship ($100.0 million) would provide tuition reimbursement for students seeking to become PreK-12 teachers. The educator onboarding programs ($50.0 million) would provide funding to districts to create onboarding and mentoring programs for new teachers. The Senate included $25.0 million for the MI Student Teacher Scholarship Program and $5.0 million for bus driver recruitment, training, and retention. |
30,000,000 |
5,000,000 |
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7. Student Safety. The Governor increased funding for school safety grants ($41.0 million) and included funding for a pilot program (Cross-Systems Interventions) to identify and help middle and high school students at risk of committing acts of violence ($15.0 million). Also shifted $2.5 million from GF/GP to SAF to eliminate school safety grants for nonpublic schools. The Senate maintained the current $10.0 million for school safety grants, and added $15.0 million for school security assessment grants, $10.0 million for school building security mapping, $100,000 for a statewide school discipline helpline, and a $100 placeholder for AI Security Monitoring. Senate maintained GF/GP to fund nonpublic schools and included GF/GP in new programs to allow use by nonpublic schools. |
25,100,100 |
6,350,100 |
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8. Program Increases. The Senate increased LETRS: Professional Learning Early Literacy ($6.0 million), 10 cents a Meal ($4.8 million), Michigan Education Corps ($1.5 million), DPTV Online Curriculum ($500,000), Robotics ($500,000), Chaldean Community Foundation ($250,000), and Conductive Learning Center ($50,000). |
13,600,000 |
1,800,000 |
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9. MPSERS Rate Adjustments. The Governor increased funding for MSPERS cost offset ($12,071,000) to allow ISDs and libraries to offset costs at the same rate as districts and made other adjustments to align funding with current costs. The Senate did not include increases for ISDs and libraries but concurred with other adjustments. |
8,190,000 |
(10,000) |
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10. New Programs. The Senate added Developer Academy ($3.0 million) and BookNook ($2.0 million) and added $100 placeholders for Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District Learning Center, Purple Star Program, Roadmaps - UM-SVSU, Kids Kicking Cancer, Voluntary district efficiency improvements, Strong Beginnings, and ProStart/HTM. |
5,000,700 |
5,000,600 |
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11. 5% Increase to Other Programs. The Governor increased funding by 5% for ISD general operations ($3,595,200), bilingual education ($1,275,000), and funding for isolated districts ($421,000). The Senate included 5% increase for isolated districts but did not include the other increases. |
421,000 |
0 |
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12. At-Risk Programs. The Governor increased funding for at-risk programs so that all districts would receive full funding under the program (11.5% of the target foundation allowance). The Senate did not include. |
0 |
0 |
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13. School Infrastructure. The Governor included a new program to allow districts to apply for financial support for infrastructure and capital projects. The Senate did not include. |
0 |
0 |
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14. Great Start Readiness Program. The Governor expanded funding for the GSRP ($33.0 million) and shifted $121.0 million in funds from Federal to SAF. Also included funding to expand enrollment efforts for early childhood programs ($7.5 million), a GSRP home pilot program ($5.0 million), and home visitation programs ($2.0 million). The Senate shifted $121.0 million from Federal to SAF and did not include increases. |
0 |
0 |
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15. Before and After School Programs. The Governor included new funding for a competitive grant program for eligible applicants to expand access to quality, affordable programming before and after the school day for children in grades K-12. The Senate did not include. |
0 |
0 |
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16. Vocational and Career and Technical Education (CTE). The Governor increased funding for ISD vocational education millage reimbursement ($10.8 million), vocational education ($10.0 million), and CTE equipment upgrades ($2.5 million). The Senate did not include. |
0 |
0 |
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17. Student Assessments. The Governor increased funding for the State share of student assessments because of increased requirements and costs. The Senate did not include. |
0 |
0 |
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18. Remove Funding for Nonpublic Schools. The Governor eliminated funding for nonpublic school reimbursements under section 152b ($1.0 million) and shifted $600,000 from GF/GP to the School Aid Fund to remove funding for nonpublic schools in the First Robotics program. The Senate retained funding. |
0 |
0 |
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19. Program Reductions. The Senate decreased funding for EVAAS ($1,999,900), Jewish Federation ($1.2 million), Attendance Recovery ($1.0 million), and Digital Literacy Training ($350,000). |
(4,549,900) |
(4,199,900) |
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20. Special Education. The Governor included funding to raise the special education cost reimbursement rate from 3.0% to 8.0% ($150.0 million) and increase funding for the Early On program by 50.0% ($7.1 million). Also reduced funding to various special education lines to align funding with current costs (negative $33.5 million). The Senate did not include increases but did include reductions to align funding with current costs. |
(33,500,000) |
0 |
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21. One-Time Program Eliminations. The Governor eliminated funding for one-time programs funded in the FY 2021-22 budget, most notably wraparound services staffing ($240.0 million), funding for year round schools ($135.0 million), Inkster school district debt ($25.5 million), attendance recovery program ($6.0 million), Imagine Learning ($6.0 million), civics and model government programs ($3.75 million), and other programs ($25.8 million). The Senate eliminated wraparound services staffing ($240.0 million), funding for year-round schools ($75.0 million), Inkster school district debt ($25.5 million), civics and model government programs ($3.75 million), special education learning library ($3.0 million), and other programs ($14.4 million). |
(361,684,900) |
(11,184,900) |
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22. Other Changes. The Governor and Senate made several changes to align funding with current costs, most notably reductions to the foundation allowance because of reduced pupils ($361.0 million). Also moved MI-STEM council supports to the Department of Education ($300,000). Other changes came to a net increase of $1,043,100. |
(360,256,900) |
10,310,800 |
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23. Economic Adjustments. The Governor and Senate include $268,200 Gross and $229,800 GF/GP for total economic adjustments, of which an estimated negative $108,100 Gross and negative $92,900 GF/GP is for legacy retirement costs (pension and retiree health). |
268,200 |
229,800 |
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24. Comparison to the Governor�s Recommendation. The Senate is $516,035,200 Gross and $9,503,500 GF/GP under the Governor. |
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Total Changes...................................................................................... |
$931,893,300 |
$13,296,500 |
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FY 2022-23 Senate-Passed Appropriation............................................ |
$17,910,004,000 |
$98,696,500 |
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FY 2022-23 Boilerplate Changes from FY 2021-22 Year-to-Date: |
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1. Cyber Schools and Virtual Courses. The Senate modified language to specify that cyber schools are not required to track attendance for the purpose of verifying hours in class for students in order to receive funding (Sec. 6, 8c, 51a, and 101). Also added language to specify that parental consent is required only for virtual courses that meet for more than 15 days each year, and pupils do not need to have an educational development plan to participate in virtual learning. (Sec. 21f) |
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2. At Risk. The Governor changed language so that all districts receive 11.5% of the target foundation allowance. The Senate did not include that change. Senate added language requiring up to 5% of funding for adolescent health centers to be used for technical support and coordination services, and that when considering funding new health centers, unserved areas should be prioritized. (Sec. 31a) |
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3. LETRS. The Senate added to the list of eligible recipients additional elementary school educators and pre-K to grade 12 certificated special education personnel with endorsements in learning disabilities, emotional impairments or speech and language impairments, if funding is left over after pre-K through grade 3 teachers have applied. (Sec. 35a) |
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4. Detroit Public TV Virtual Learning. The Senate specified that of the $2.5 million in funding for DPTV virtual learning, $1.5 million is to be used to support DPTV and the remaining $1.0 million is to support the programming of the sister stations, in equal amounts. |
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5. Mental Health. The Governor and Senate added language to allow ISDs to contract with other ISDs for mental health and support services (Sec. 31n) and added language to make ISDs eligible for wraparound services funding. (Sec. 31o) |
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6. Great Start Early Childhood Block Grants. The Governor and Senate added language so the goal of Great Start collaboratives and parent coalitions includes increasing the number of eligible children that are enrolled from birth to age eight in publicly funded programs and services. The percent of funding an ISD may carry over is reduced from 20% to 15%. (Sec. 32p) |
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7. Great Start Readiness Program. The Governor increased the slot payment from $8,700 to $9,135. The Senate maintained payment at $8,700 and added the office of early learning for Detroit to the list of eligible recipients. (Sec. 32d) |
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8. Michigan Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative (MiBLSI) Name Change. The Governor and Senate changed references to the MiBLSI to Michigan's Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MIMTSS) Center. (Sec. 54b) |
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9. ISD Special Education and Vocational/CTE Education Millage Equalization. The Governor and Senate modified reimbursement to consider Brownfield Redevelopment reimbursements under Sec. 26d. (Sec. 56 and 62) |
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10. School Safety Grants. The Governor added as an acceptable use for grant "hire school resource officers" and removed "conduct school building safety assessments". Added a requirement that applicants document how they used community input to guide their grant applications, and, once approved, must host at least one community conversation about school safety and mental health. Removed from priority consideration "projects that involve multiple agencies working in partnership". Allowed applicants to use funding to create new school resource officer positions and allowed grants to be given in relation to the same school building in different grant application periods. Also, added language to allow MDE to use up to $1.0 million to evaluate the effectiveness of grants awarded. The Senate maintained current language. (Sec. 97) |
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11. Robotics. The Governor added language to allow MDE to require programs to report certain metrics. The Senate made various changes to the program, creating deadlines for MDE to make information available and make decisions regarding awards, require vendors to post cost information on their websites and provide that data to MDE, ensure that a vendor does not require payment if the district does not receive an award, among other changes. (Sec. 99h) |
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12. Benchmark Assessments. The Governor added language allowing MDE to specify the length of time allowed for districts to submit benchmark assessment data. Also changed the due date for MDE to submit the report of benchmark assessment data from June 15, 2023, to September 25, 2024, and updated references to years throughout (Sec. 104h). The Senate concurred with changes and added Sec. 104i for 2023-2024 assessments. Also added the names of currently approved benchmark assessments and requires MDE to approve at least those programs, without limiting approval of additional assessments. (Sec. 104h and 104i) |
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13. Adult Education. The Governor and Senate reduced, from 25% to 15%, the percent of adult education participants served to have a diploma or certificate at time of enrollment and receive remediation services. (Sec. 107) |
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14. Repealed Sections. The Governor repealed sections related to the School Mental Health and Support Services Fund (Sec. 31m), first-year teacher incentives (Sec. 99z), legal action against the State (Sec. 164g), collective bargaining agreement prohibitions (Sec. 164h), and abortion referrals (Sec. 166). Also repealed various sections related to program eliminations above. The Senate repealed sections related to first-year teacher incentives (Sec. 99z) and abortion referrals (Sec. 166) and repealed various sections related to Senate program eliminations above. |
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15. Technical Changes for Sec. 20m Payments. The Governor and Senate added language in multiple sections to ensure that districts receiving supplemental foundation allowance payments under section 20m have their State payments for the foundation allowance properly calculated. (Sec. 20) |
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16. Membership Definitions for Pandemic Learning. The Governor and Senate eliminated special membership provisions and definitions related to pandemic learning. The calculation of pupils in membership for FY 2022-23 would be 90% applied to the count of students in October 2022 plus 10% applied to the count of students in February 2022. (Sec. 6) |
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17. FY 2021-22 Terms, Definitions, Provisions. Throughout the bill, one-year provisions related to pandemic learning, days and hours, assessments, and more are removed. (Various sections) |
Date Completed:� 5-4-22������������������������������������������������������ Fiscal Analyst:� Ryan M. Bergan
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.