HOUSE Substitute For

SENATE BILL NO. 29

"The state school aid act of 1979,"

by amending section 11 (MCL 388.1611), as amended by 2021 PA 3, and by adding sections 11o and 23d.

The people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 11. (1) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, there is appropriated for the public schools of this state and certain other state purposes relating to education the sum of $13,759,819,500.00 from the state school aid fund, the sum of $50,964,600.00 from the general fund, an amount not to exceed $77,700,000.00 from the community district education trust fund created under section 12 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.262, and an amount not to exceed $100.00 from the water emergency reserve fund. In addition, all an amount not to exceed $2,742,619,700.00 from available federal funds are is appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021.

(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. 11o. From the federal fund money allocated under section 11n, there is allocated for 2020-2021 an amount not to exceed $86,777,000.00 from the federal funding awarded to this state from the governor's emergency education relief (GEER) fund under the coronavirus response and relief supplemental appropriations act, 2021, division M of Public Law 116-260, for emergency assistance to nonpublic schools as provided under section 312(d) of the coronavirus response and relief supplemental appropriations act, 2021, division M of Public Law 116-260.

Sec. 23d. (1) From the federal funding allocated under section 11n awarded to this state from the governor's emergency education relief (GEER) fund under the coronavirus response and relief supplemental appropriations act, 2021, division M of Public Law 116-260, there is allocated for 2020-2021 an amount not to exceed $10,000,000.00 for the purposes of this section. The department shall establish a grant program to distribute this funding to eligible parents and eligible legal guardians described in subsection (3).

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, to receive funding under this section, an eligible parent or eligible legal guardian must apply for the funding in a form and manner prescribed by the department. An application for funding under this section must be submitted to the department by not later than September 1, 2021.

(3) A parent or legal guardian to whom all of the following apply is an eligible parent or eligible legal guardian under this section:

(a) The child of the parent or legal guardian is enrolled in summer programming in 2021.

(b) The child described in subdivision (a) is at least age 5 but not older than age 18.

(c) In his or her application for funding under this section, the parent or legal guardian provides proof that the child described in subdivision (a) is enrolled in summer programming. As used in this subdivision, "proof" means sufficient documentation as determined by the department.

(d) If the parent or legal guardian is seeking reimbursement for expenses incurred in relation to providing summer programming for his or her child as described in subdivision (a), in his or her application for funding under this section, the parent or legal guardian describes those expenses.

(4) From the funding allocated under subsection (1), the department shall provide payments to each eligible parent or eligible legal guardian as follows:

(a) An amount equal to $50.00 for each child enrolled in summer programming as described in subsection (3)(a).

(b) An amount equal to the cost of the expenses submitted in the application for funding under this section as described in subsection (3)(d), but not exceeding $200.00, for each child for whom the eligible parent or eligible legal guardian has incurred expenses.

(5) The department shall make all payments to an eligible parent or eligible legal guardian under this section by not later than 29 days after an application for funding under this section is received.

(6) If funds allocated under this section are insufficient to fully fund calculations under this section, the department shall apply proration in equal proportion to the amount the eligible parent or eligible legal guardian would have received under this section but for the application of proration under this subsection.

(7) As used in this section, "summer programming" means an educational enrichment program, including, but not limited to, a summer program or credit recovery program offered as part of COVID-19 remediation services under section 23b, a program that incorporates extracurricular activities, or any other educational program that is provided in person, online, digitally, by other remote means, in a synchronous or asynchronous format, or through any combination of these.

Enacting section 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 2020 PA 165, 2021 PA 3, and this amendatory act, from state sources for fiscal year 2020-2021 is estimated at $13,888,484,200.00 and state appropriations for school aid to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2020-2021 are estimated at $13,716,487,100.00.