HOUSE BILL No. 6160


     June 4, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Rich Brown, Zelenko, Lipsey, Jacobs, Whitmer, Neumann, Adamini, Bovin, Kolb, Dennis,
Shackleton, Lockwood, Rivet, Phillips and McConico and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.


        A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled

   "The state school aid act of 1979,"

   (MCL 388.1601 to 388.1772) by adding section 27.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             SEC. 27.  (1) IN ADDITION TO THE MONEY APPROPRIATED IN SEC-

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        TION 11, THERE IS APPROPRIATED FROM THE STATE SCHOOL AID FUND AN

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        AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,890,000.00 FOR 2002-2003 FOR PAYMENTS TO

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        DISTRICTS UNDER THIS SECTION.

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             (2) TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A PAYMENT UNDER THIS SECTION, A DIS-

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        TRICT SHALL MEET ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

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             (A) HAVE LESS THAN 400 PUPILS IN MEMBERSHIP FOR 2002-2003.

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             (B) HAVE AT LEAST 20% FEWER PUPILS IN MEMBERSHIP IN

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        2002-2003 THAN IT HAD IN 1994-1995.

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             (3) THE AMOUNT OF THE PAYMENT UNDER THIS SECTION TO AN

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        ELIGIBLE DISTRICT SHALL BE AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE DISTRICT'S


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        FOUNDATION ALLOWANCE, AS CALCULATED UNDER SECTION 20, MULTIPLIED

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        BY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DISTRICT'S ACTUAL MEMBERSHIP FOR

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        2002-2003 AND THE DISTRICT'S 5-YEAR AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP FOR THE

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        5-FISCAL-YEAR PERIOD ENDING IN 2002-2003.  THE 5-YEAR AVERAGE

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        MEMBERSHIP SHALL BE CALCULATED BY THE DEPARTMENT BY ADDING THE

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        DISTRICT'S ACTUAL MEMBERSHIP FOR EACH OF THOSE 5 FISCAL YEARS, AS

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        OTHERWISE CALCULATED UNDER SECTION 6(4), AND DIVIDING THE SUM OF

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        THOSE MEMBERSHIP FIGURES BY 5.








































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