S.B. 1114: COMMITTEE SUMMARY - UNIVERSITIES: PERFORMANCE AUDIT

Senate Bill 1114 (as introduced 5-6-98)

Date Completed: 5-11-98

CONTENT

The bill would amend Public Act 42 of 1963, which provides for the submission of accounts to the Legislature by State-supported higher education institutions, to require the Auditor General to conduct yearly a program performance audit of two colleges or schools randomly selected from the colleges or schools within all of the State universities.

The Auditor General would have to submit the results in a report to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, the Senate and House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittees, and the Senate and House Fiscal Agencies by August 1 of each year.

("College or school" would mean an academic unit at a State university, which would mean a university described in Section 4, 5, or 6 of Article VIII of the State Constitution. "Program performance audit" would mean a report that included, but was not limited to, all of the following: the average faculty salary, the number of student credit hours per department in each college, the number of degrees granted, employment placement rates of graduates, and publications of faculty staff.)

Proposed MCL 390.1102 - Legislative Analyst: L. Arasim

FISCAL IMPACT

The Office of Auditor General estimates a cost of approximately $95,400 annually for the audits required under the bill.

- Fiscal Analyst: B. Bowerman

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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.