HB-5531, As Passed House, March 18, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5531

 

(As amended March 18, 2008)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     [A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled

 

"The state school aid act of 1979,"

 

by amending sections 11, 11j, 22a, 22b, 22d, 32b, 32c, 51a, 51c, 99c,

 

and 104 (MCL 388.1611, 388.1611j, 388.1622a, 388.1622b, 388.1622d,

 

388.1632b, 388.1632c, 388.1651a, 388.1651c, 388.1699c, and 388.1704), as

 

amended by 2007 PA 137, and by adding sections 31h, 32e, 54c, 99h,

 

99m, 99n, and 99p.]

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 11. (1) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008,

 

there is appropriated for the public schools of this state and

 

certain other state purposes relating to education the sum of

 

$11,493,064,200.00 [$11,391,191,600.00] from the state school aid

 

fund established by section 11 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963 and the sum of $34,909,600.00 from the general


 

fund. In addition, available federal funds are appropriated for the

 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2008.

 

     (2) The appropriations under this section shall be allocated

 

as provided in this act. Money appropriated under this section from

 

the general fund shall be expended to fund the purposes of this act

 

before the expenditure of money appropriated under this section

 

from the state school aid fund. If the maximum amount appropriated

 

under this section from the state school aid fund for a fiscal year

 

exceeds the amount necessary to fully fund allocations under this

 

act from the state school aid fund, that excess amount shall not be

 

expended in that state fiscal year and shall not lapse to the

 

general fund, but instead shall be deposited into the school aid

 

stabilization fund created in section 11a.

 

     (3) If the maximum amount appropriated under this section from

 

the state school aid fund and the school aid stabilization fund for

 

a fiscal year exceeds the amount available for expenditure from the

 

state school aid fund for that fiscal year, payments under sections

 

11f, 11g, 11j, 22a, 26a, 26b, 31d, 31f, 51a(2), 51a(12), 51c, 53a,

 

and 56 shall be made in full. In addition, for districts beginning

 

operations after 1994-95 that qualify for payments under section

 

22b, payments under section 22b shall be made so that the

 

qualifying districts receive the lesser of an amount equal to the

 

1994-95 foundation allowance of the district in which the district

 

beginning operations after 1994-95 is located or $5,500.00. The

 

amount of the payment to be made under section 22b for these

 

qualifying districts shall be as calculated under section 22a, with

 

the balance of the payment under section 22b being subject to the


 

proration otherwise provided under this subsection and subsection

 

(4). If proration is necessary, state payments under each of the

 

other sections of this act from all state funding sources shall be

 

prorated in the manner prescribed in subsection (4) as necessary to

 

reflect the amount available for expenditure from the state school

 

aid fund for the affected fiscal year. However, if the department

 

of treasury determines that proration will be required under this

 

subsection, or if the department of treasury determines that

 

further proration is required under this subsection after an

 

initial proration has already been made for a fiscal year, the

 

department of treasury shall notify the state budget director, and

 

the state budget director shall notify the legislature at least 30

 

calendar days or 6 legislative session days, whichever is more,

 

before the department reduces any payments under this act because

 

of the proration. During the 30 calendar day or 6 legislative

 

session day period after that notification by the state budget

 

director, the department shall not reduce any payments under this

 

act because of proration under this subsection. The legislature may

 

prevent proration from occurring by, within the 30 calendar day or

 

6 legislative session day period after that notification by the

 

state budget director, enacting legislation appropriating

 

additional funds from the general fund, countercyclical budget and

 

economic stabilization fund, state school aid fund balance, or

 

another source to fund the amount of the projected shortfall.

 

     (4) If proration is necessary under subsection (3), the

 

department shall calculate the proration in district and

 

intermediate district payments that is required under subsection


 

(3) as follows:

 

     (a) The department shall calculate the percentage of total

 

state school aid allocated under this act for the affected fiscal

 

year for each of the following:

 

     (i) Districts.

 

     (ii) Intermediate districts.

 

     (iii) Entities other than districts or intermediate districts.

 

     (b) The department shall recover a percentage of the proration

 

amount required under subsection (3) that is equal to the

 

percentage calculated under subdivision (a)(i) for districts by

 

reducing payments to districts. This reduction shall be made by

 

calculating an equal dollar amount per pupil as necessary to

 

recover this percentage of the proration amount and reducing each

 

district's total state school aid from state sources, other than

 

payments under sections 11f, 11g, 11j, 22a, 26a, 26b, 31d, 31f,

 

51a(2), 51a(12), 51c, and 53a, by that amount.

 

     (c) The department shall recover a percentage of the proration

 

amount required under subsection (3) that is equal to the

 

percentage calculated under subdivision (a)(ii) for intermediate

 

districts by reducing payments to intermediate districts. This

 

reduction shall be made by reducing the payments to each

 

intermediate district, other than payments under sections 11f, 11g,

 

26a, 26b, 51a(2), 51a(12), 53a, and 56, on an equal percentage

 

basis.

 

     (d) The department shall recover a percentage of the proration

 

amount required under subsection (3) that is equal to the

 

percentage calculated under subdivision (a)(iii) for entities other


 

than districts and intermediate districts by reducing payments to

 

these entities. This reduction shall be made by reducing the

 

payments to each of these entities, other than payments under

 

sections 11j, 26a, and 26b, on an equal percentage basis.

 

     (5) Except for the allocation under section 26a, any general

 

fund allocations under this act that are not expended by the end of

 

the state fiscal year are transferred to the school aid

 

stabilization fund created under section 11a.

 

     Sec. 11j. From the appropriation in section 11, there is

 

allocated an amount not to exceed $1,900,000.00 $3,900,000.00 for

 

2007-2008 for payments to the school loan bond redemption fund in

 

the department of treasury on behalf of districts and intermediate

 

districts. Notwithstanding section 11 or any other provision of

 

this act, funds allocated under this section are not subject to

 

proration and shall be paid in full.

 

     Sec. 22a. (1) From the appropriation in section 11, there is

 

allocated an amount not to exceed $6,012,000,000.00

 

$5,951,000,000.00 for 2007-2008 for payments to districts,

 

qualifying university schools, and qualifying public school

 

academies to guarantee each district, qualifying university school,

 

and qualifying public school academy an amount equal to its 1994-95

 

total state and local per pupil revenue for school operating

 

purposes under section 11 of article IX of the state constitution

 

of 1963. Pursuant to section 11 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, this guarantee does not apply to a district

 

in a year in which the district levies a millage rate for school

 

district operating purposes less than it levied in 1994. However,


 

subsection (2) applies to calculating the payments under this

 

section. Funds allocated under this section that are not expended

 

in the state fiscal year for which they were allocated, as

 

determined by the department, may be used to supplement the

 

allocations under sections 22b and 51c in order to fully fund those

 

calculated allocations for the same fiscal year.

 

     (2) To ensure that a district receives an amount equal to the

 

district's 1994-95 total state and local per pupil revenue for

 

school operating purposes, there is allocated to each district a

 

state portion of the district's 1994-95 foundation allowance in an

 

amount calculated as follows:

 

     (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the state

 

portion of a district's 1994-95 foundation allowance is an amount

 

equal to the district's 1994-95 foundation allowance or $6,500.00,

 

whichever is less, minus the difference between the product of the

 

taxable value per membership pupil of all property in the district

 

that is not a homestead or qualified agricultural property times

 

the lesser of 18 mills or the number of mills of school operating

 

taxes levied by the district in 1993-94 and the quotient of the ad

 

valorem property tax revenue of the district captured under 1975 PA

 

197, MCL 125.1651 to 125.1681, the tax increment finance authority

 

act, 1980 PA 450, MCL 125.1801 to 125.1830, the local development

 

financing act, 1986 PA 281, MCL 125.2151 to 125.2174, the

 

brownfield redevelopment financing act, 1996 PA 381, MCL 125.2651

 

to 125.2672, or the corridor improvement authority act, 2005 PA

 

280, MCL 125.2871 to 125.2899, divided by the district's

 

membership. For a district that has a millage reduction required


 

under section 31 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963,

 

the state portion of the district's foundation allowance shall be

 

calculated as if that reduction did not occur.

 

     (b) For a district that had a 1994-95 foundation allowance

 

greater than $6,500.00, the state payment under this subsection

 

shall be the sum of the amount calculated under subdivision (a)

 

plus the amount calculated under this subdivision. The amount

 

calculated under this subdivision shall be equal to the difference

 

between the district's 1994-95 foundation allowance minus $6,500.00

 

and the current year hold harmless school operating taxes per

 

pupil. If the result of the calculation under subdivision (a) is

 

negative, the negative amount shall be an offset against any state

 

payment calculated under this subdivision. If the result of a

 

calculation under this subdivision is negative, there shall not be

 

a state payment or a deduction under this subdivision. The taxable

 

values per membership pupil used in the calculations under this

 

subdivision are as adjusted by ad valorem property tax revenue

 

captured under 1975 PA 197, MCL 125.1651 to 125.1681, the tax

 

increment finance authority act, 1980 PA 450, MCL 125.1801 to

 

125.1830, the local development financing act, 1986 PA 281, MCL

 

125.2151 to 125.2174, the brownfield redevelopment financing act,

 

1996 PA 381, MCL 125.2651 to 125.2672, or the corridor improvement

 

authority act, 2005 PA 280, MCL 125.2871 to 125.2899, divided by

 

the district's membership.

 

     (3) Beginning in 2003-2004, for pupils in membership in a

 

qualifying public school academy or qualifying university school,

 

there is allocated under this section to the authorizing body that


 

is the fiscal agent for the qualifying public school academy for

 

forwarding to the qualifying public school academy, or to the board

 

of the public university operating the qualifying university

 

school, an amount equal to the 1994-95 per pupil payment to the

 

qualifying public school academy or qualifying university school

 

under section 20.

 

     (4) A district, qualifying university school, or qualifying

 

public school academy may use funds allocated under this section in

 

conjunction with any federal funds for which the district,

 

qualifying university school, or qualifying public school academy

 

otherwise would be eligible.

 

     (5) For a district that is formed or reconfigured after June

 

1, 2000 by consolidation of 2 or more districts or by annexation,

 

the resulting district's 1994-95 foundation allowance under this

 

section beginning after the effective date of the consolidation or

 

annexation shall be the average of the 1994-95 foundation

 

allowances of each of the original or affected districts,

 

calculated as provided in this section, weighted as to the

 

percentage of pupils in total membership in the resulting district

 

in the state fiscal year in which the consolidation takes place who

 

reside in the geographic area of each of the original districts. If

 

an affected district's 1994-95 foundation allowance is less than

 

the 1994-95 basic foundation allowance, the amount of that

 

district's 1994-95 foundation allowance shall be considered for the

 

purpose of calculations under this subsection to be equal to the

 

amount of the 1994-95 basic foundation allowance.

 

     (6) As used in this section:


 

     (a) "1994-95 foundation allowance" means a district's 1994-95

 

foundation allowance calculated and certified by the department of

 

treasury or the superintendent under former section 20a as enacted

 

in 1993 PA 336 and as amended by 1994 PA 283.

 

     (b) "Current state fiscal year" means the state fiscal year

 

for which a particular calculation is made.

 

     (c) "Current year hold harmless school operating taxes per

 

pupil" means the per pupil revenue generated by multiplying a

 

district's 1994-95 hold harmless millage by the district's current

 

year taxable value per membership pupil.

 

     (d) "Hold harmless millage" means, for a district with a 1994-

 

95 foundation allowance greater than $6,500.00, the number of mills

 

by which the exemption from the levy of school operating taxes on a

 

homestead and qualified agricultural property could be reduced as

 

provided in section 1211(1) of the revised school code, MCL

 

380.1211, and the number of mills of school operating taxes that

 

could be levied on all property as provided in section 1211(2) of

 

the revised school code, MCL 380.1211, as certified by the

 

department of treasury for the 1994 tax year.

 

     (e) "Homestead" means that term as defined in section 1211 of

 

the revised school code, MCL 380.1211.

 

     (f) "Membership" means the definition of that term under

 

section 6 as in effect for the particular fiscal year for which a

 

particular calculation is made.

 

     (g) "Qualified agricultural property" means that term as

 

defined in section 1211 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1211.

 

     (h) "Qualifying public school academy" means a public school


 

academy that was in operation in the 1994-95 school year and is in

 

operation in the current state fiscal year.

 

     (i) "Qualifying university school" means a university school

 

that was in operation in the 1994-95 school year and is in

 

operation in the current fiscal year.

 

     (j) "School operating taxes" means local ad valorem property

 

taxes levied under section 1211 of the revised school code, MCL

 

380.1211, and retained for school operating purposes.

 

     (k) "Taxable value per membership pupil" means each of the

 

following divided by the district's membership:

 

     (i) For the number of mills by which the exemption from the

 

levy of school operating taxes on a homestead and qualified

 

agricultural property may be reduced as provided in section 1211(1)

 

of the revised school code, MCL 380.1211, the taxable value of

 

homestead and qualified agricultural property for the calendar year

 

ending in the current state fiscal year.

 

     (ii) For the number of mills of school operating taxes that may

 

be levied on all property as provided in section 1211(2) of the

 

revised school code, MCL 380.1211, the taxable value of all

 

property for the calendar year ending in the current state fiscal

 

year.

 

     Sec. 22b. (1) From the appropriation in section 11, there is

 

allocated an amount not to exceed $3,722,000,000.00

 

$3,683,275,000.00 for 2007-2008 for discretionary nonmandated

 

payments to districts under this section. Funds allocated under

 

this section that are not expended in the state fiscal year for

 

which they were allocated, as determined by the department, may be


 

used to supplement the allocations under sections 22a and 51c in

 

order to fully fund those calculated allocations for the same

 

fiscal year.

 

     (2) Subject to subsection (3) and section 11, the allocation

 

to a district under this section shall be an amount equal to the

 

sum of the amounts calculated under sections 20, 20j, 51a(2),

 

51a(3), and 51a(12), minus the sum of the allocations to the

 

district under sections 22a and 51c.

 

     (3) In order to receive an allocation under this section, each

 

district shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) Administer in each grade level that it operates in grades

 

1 to 5 a standardized assessment approved by the department of

 

grade-appropriate basic educational skills. A district may use the

 

Michigan literacy progress profile to satisfy this requirement for

 

grades 1 to 3. Also, if the revised school code is amended to

 

require annual assessments at additional grade levels, in order to

 

receive an allocation under this section each district shall comply

 

with that requirement.

 

     (b) Comply with sections 1278a and 1278b of the revised school

 

code, MCL 380.1278a and 380.1278b.

 

     (c) Furnish data and other information required by state and

 

federal law to the center and the department in the form and manner

 

specified by the center or the department, as applicable.

 

     (d) Comply with section 1230g of the revised school code, MCL

 

380.1230g.

 

     (4) Districts are encouraged to use funds allocated under this

 

section for the purchase and support of payroll, human resources,


 

and other business function software that is compatible with that

 

of the intermediate district in which the district is located and

 

with other districts located within that intermediate district.

 

     (5) From the allocation in subsection (1), the department

 

shall pay up to $1,000,000.00 in litigation costs incurred by this

 

state associated with lawsuits filed by 1 or more districts or

 

intermediate districts against this state. If the allocation under

 

this section is insufficient to fully fund all payments required

 

under this section, the payments under this subsection shall be

 

made in full before any proration of remaining payments under this

 

section.

 

     (6) It is the intent of the legislature that all

 

constitutional obligations of this state have been fully funded

 

under sections 22a, 31d, 51a, and 51c. If a claim is made by an

 

entity receiving funds under this act that challenges the

 

legislative determination of the adequacy of this funding or

 

alleges that there exists an unfunded constitutional requirement,

 

the state budget director may escrow or allocate from the

 

discretionary funds for nonmandated payments under this section the

 

amount as may be necessary to satisfy the claim before making any

 

payments to districts under subsection (2). If funds are escrowed,

 

the escrowed funds are a work project appropriation and the funds

 

are carried forward into the following fiscal year. The purpose of

 

the work project is to provide for any payments that may be awarded

 

to districts as a result of litigation. The work project shall be

 

completed upon resolution of the litigation.

 

     (7) If the local claims review board or a court of competent


 

jurisdiction makes a final determination that this state is in

 

violation of section 29 of article IX of the state constitution of

 

1963 regarding state payments to districts, the state budget

 

director shall use work project funds under subsection (6) or

 

allocate from the discretionary funds for nonmandated payments

 

under this section the amount as may be necessary to satisfy the

 

amount owed to districts before making any payments to districts

 

under subsection (2).

 

     (8) If a claim is made in court that challenges the

 

legislative determination of the adequacy of funding for this

 

state's constitutional obligations or alleges that there exists an

 

unfunded constitutional requirement, any interested party may seek

 

an expedited review of the claim by the local claims review board.

 

If the claim exceeds $10,000,000.00, this state may remove the

 

action to the court of appeals, and the court of appeals shall have

 

and shall exercise jurisdiction over the claim.

 

     (9) If payments resulting from a final determination by the

 

local claims review board or a court of competent jurisdiction that

 

there has been a violation of section 29 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963 exceed the amount allocated for discretionary

 

nonmandated payments under this section, the legislature shall

 

provide for adequate funding for this state's constitutional

 

obligations at its next legislative session.

 

     (10) If a lawsuit challenging payments made to districts

 

related to costs reimbursed by federal title XIX medicaid funds is

 

filed against this state, then, for the purpose of addressing

 

potential liability under such a lawsuit, the state budget director


 

may place funds allocated under this section in escrow or allocate

 

money from the funds otherwise allocated under this section, up to

 

a maximum of 50% of the amount allocated in subsection (1). If

 

funds are placed in escrow under this subsection, those funds are a

 

work project appropriation and the funds are carried forward into

 

the following fiscal year. The purpose of the work project is to

 

provide for any payments that may be awarded to districts as a

 

result of the litigation. The work project shall be completed upon

 

resolution of the litigation. In addition, this state reserves the

 

right to terminate future federal title XIX medicaid reimbursement

 

payments to districts if the amount or allocation of reimbursed

 

funds is challenged in the lawsuit. As used in this subsection,

 

"title XIX" means title XIX of the social security act, 42 USC 1396

 

to 1396v.

 

     (11) From the allocation in subsection (1), there is allocated

 

for 2007-2008 only an amount not to exceed $40,000.00 for payment

 

to a district that meets all of the following:

 

     (a) Had a membership of less than 900 pupils for 2006-2007.

 

     (b) Is located in an intermediate district that had a taxable

 

value per membership pupil, as defined in section 22a, of greater

 

than $290,000.00 for 2006-2007.

 

     (c) The school electors of the district voted in the

 

affirmative on May 8, 2007 to restore a millage reduction required

 

under section 31 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963,

 

but the district was later found to have an incorrect millage

 

reduction fraction as defined in section 34d of the general

 

property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.34d.


 

     Sec. 22d. (1) From the amount allocated under section 22b, an

 

amount not to exceed $750,000.00 $2,025,000.00 is allocated for

 

2007-2008 for additional payments to small, geographically isolated

 

districts under this section.

 

     (2) To be eligible for a payment under this section, a

 

district shall meet From the allocation under subsection (1), there

 

is allocated for 2007-2008 an amount not to exceed $750,000.00 for

 

payments under this subsection to districts that meet all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Operates grades K to 12.

 

     (b) Has fewer than 250 pupils in membership.

 

     (c) Each school building operated by the district meets at

 

least 1 of the following:

 

     (i) Is located in the Upper Peninsula at least 30 miles from

 

any other public school building.

 

     (ii) Is located on an island that is not accessible by bridge.

 

     (3) The amount of the additional funding to each eligible

 

district under this section subsection (2) shall be determined

 

under a spending plan developed as provided in this subsection and

 

approved by the superintendent of public instruction. The spending

 

plan shall be developed cooperatively by the intermediate

 

superintendents of each intermediate district in which an eligible

 

district is located. The intermediate superintendents shall review

 

the financial situation of each eligible district, determine the

 

minimum essential financial needs of each eligible district, and

 

develop and agree on a spending plan that distributes the available

 

funding under this section subsection (2) to the eligible districts


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based on those financial needs. The intermediate superintendents

 

shall submit the spending plan to the superintendent of public

 

instruction for approval. Upon approval by the superintendent of

 

public instruction, the amounts specified for each eligible

 

district under the spending plan are allocated under this section

 

subsection (2) and shall be paid to the eligible districts in the

 

same manner as payments under section 22b.

 

     (4) Subject to subsection (6), from the allocation in

 

subsection (1), there is allocated for 2007-2008 an amount not to

 

exceed $1,275,000.00 for payments under this subsection to

 

districts that meet all of the following:

 

     (a) The district has 5.0 or fewer pupils per square mile as

 

determined by the department.

 

     (b) The district has a total square mileage greater than 200.0

 

or is 1 of 2 districts that have consolidated transportation

 

services and have a combined total square mileage greater than

 

200.0 [or is 1 of 2 districts that have consolidated transportation

 services and have a combined total square mileage greater than 200.0].

     (5) The funds allocated under subsection (4) shall be

 

allocated on an equal per pupil basis.

 

     (6) A district receiving funds allocated under subsection (2)

 

is not eligible for funding allocated under subsection (4).

 

     Sec. 31h. From the appropriation in section 11, there is

 

allocated for 2007-2008 an amount not to exceed $100,000.00 for

 

payment to an intermediate district that includes a district that

 

is a school district of the first class under the revised school

 

code to support after-school tutoring for at-risk girls in grades 1

 

to 8. Funds allocated under this section may be used to contract


 

with an agency other than a district for a program or services

 

described in this section.

 

     Sec. 32b. (1) From the funds appropriated under section 11,

 

there is allocated an amount not to exceed $1,750,000.00

 

$2,500,000.00 for 2007-2008 for competitive grants to intermediate

 

districts for the creation and continuance of great start

 

communities or other community purposes as identified by the early

 

childhood investment corporation. These dollars may not be expended

 

until both of the following conditions have been met:

 

     (a) The early childhood investment corporation has identified

 

matching dollars of at least an equal amount.

 

     (b) The membership of the executive committee includes 1

 

member appointed by the senate majority leader, 1 member appointed

 

by the senate minority leader, 1 member appointed by the speaker of

 

the house of representatives, and 1 member appointed by the

 

minority leader of the house of representatives. Not later than 60

 

days after the convening of each legislative session in each odd

 

numbered year, each legislative leader shall appoint a member of

 

the executive committee. A member appointed in this manner shall

 

continue to serve on the executive committee through the next

 

regular legislative session unless he or she voluntarily resigns or

 

is otherwise unable to serve. When a vacancy occurs as a result of

 

a voluntary resignation or inability to serve, the legislative

 

leader who had appointed the member shall make an appointment to

 

fill that vacancy not later than 60 days after the date the vacancy

 

occurs.

 

     (2) The early childhood investment corporation shall award


 

grants to eligible intermediate districts in an amount to be

 

determined by the corporation.

 

     (3) In order to receive funding, each intermediate district

 

applicant shall agree to convene local great start collaboratives

 

to address the availability of the 6 components of a great start

 

system in its communities: physical health, social-emotional

 

health, family supports, basic needs, economic stability and

 

safety, and parenting education and early education and care, to

 

ensure that every child in the community is ready for kindergarten.

 

Specifically, each grant will fund the following:

 

     (a) A community needs assessment and strategic plan for the

 

development of a comprehensive system of early childhood services

 

and supports, accessible to all children from birth to kindergarten

 

and their families.

 

     (b) Identification of local resources and services for

 

children with disabilities, developmental delays, or special needs

 

and their families.

 

     (c) Coordination and expansion of high-quality early childhood

 

and childcare programs.

 

     (d) Evaluation of local programs.

 

     (4) Not later than December 1, 2007 for the 2006-2007 fiscal

 

year grants under this section, and not later than December 1, 2008

 

for the 2007-2008 grants under this section, the department shall

 

provide to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

state school aid, the state budget director, and the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies a report detailing the amounts of grants

 

awarded under this section, the grant recipients, the activities


 

funded by each grant under this section, and an analysis of each

 

grant recipient's success in addressing the development of a

 

comprehensive system of early childhood services and supports.

 

     (5) Notwithstanding section 17b, payments under this section

 

may be made pursuant to an agreement with the department.

 

     Sec. 32c. (1) From the general fund appropriation in section

 

11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $2,125,000.00

 

$2,500,000.00 for 2007-2008 to the department for grants for

 

community-based collaborative prevention services designed to

 

foster positive parenting skills; improve parent/child interaction,

 

especially for children 0-3 years of age; promote access to needed

 

community services; increase local capacity to serve families at

 

risk; improve school readiness; and support healthy family

 

environments that discourage alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use.

 

The allocation under this section is to fund secondary prevention

 

programs as defined by the children's trust fund for the prevention

 

of child abuse and neglect.

 

     (2) The funds allocated under subsection (1) shall be

 

distributed through a joint request for proposals process

 

established by the department in conjunction with the children's

 

trust fund and the interagency director's workgroup. Projects

 

funded with grants awarded under this section shall meet all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Be secondary prevention initiatives and voluntary to

 

consumers. This appropriation is not intended to serve the needs of

 

children for whom and families in which neglect or abuse has been

 

substantiated.


 

     (b) Demonstrate that the planned services are part of a

 

community's integrated comprehensive family support strategy

 

endorsed by the community collaborative.

 

     (c) Provide a 25% local match, of which not more than 10% may

 

be in-kind services, unless this requirement is waived by the

 

interagency director's workgroup.

 

     (3) Notwithstanding section 17b, payments under this section

 

may be made pursuant to an agreement with the department.

 

     (4) Not later than January 30 of the next fiscal year, the

 

department shall prepare and submit to the governor and the

 

legislature an annual report of outcomes achieved by the providers

 

of the community-based collaborative prevention services funded

 

under this section for a fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 32e. From the state school aid fund money appropriated

 

under section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed

 

$4,700,000.00 for 2007-2008 to districts eligible to receive

 

funding under section 32d. The funding under this section shall be

 

distributed among districts in decreasing order of concentration of

 

eligible children as determined by section 38. The amount

 

distributed to each district under this section shall be an amount

 

equal to the number of children the district served under section

 

32d in 2006-2007 or the number of children the district indicates

 

it will be able to serve under section 37(2)(c) in 2007-2008,

 

whichever is less, minus the number of children for which the

 

district has previously received funding in 2007-2008

 

as determined by the department, multiplied by $3,400.00. However,

 

a district is not required to return previously allocated funding


 

to the school aid fund in 2007-2008 as a result of this

 

calculation.

 

     Sec. 51a. (1) From the appropriation in section 11, there is

 

allocated for 2007-2008 an amount not to exceed $1,006,483,000.00

 

$990,483,000.00 from state sources and all available federal

 

funding under sections 611 to 619 of part B of the individuals with

 

disabilities education act, 20 USC 1411 to 1419, estimated at

 

$350,700,000.00, plus any carryover federal funds from previous

 

year appropriations. The allocations under this subsection are for

 

the purpose of reimbursing districts and intermediate districts for

 

special education programs, services, and special education

 

personnel as prescribed in article 3 of the revised school code,

 

MCL 380.1701 to 380.1766; net tuition payments made by intermediate

 

districts to the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind; and

 

special education programs and services for pupils who are eligible

 

for special education programs and services according to statute or

 

rule. For meeting the costs of special education programs and

 

services not reimbursed under this article, a district or

 

intermediate district may use money in general funds or special

 

education funds, not otherwise restricted, or contributions from

 

districts to intermediate districts, tuition payments, gifts and

 

contributions from individuals, or federal funds that may be

 

available for this purpose, as determined by the intermediate

 

district plan prepared pursuant to article 3 of the revised school

 

code, MCL 380.1701 to 380.1766. All federal funds allocated under

 

this section in excess of those allocated under this section for

 

2002-2003 may be distributed in accordance with the flexible


 

funding provisions of the individuals with disabilities education

 

act, Public Law 108-446, including, but not limited to, 34 CFR

 

300.206 and 300.208. Notwithstanding section 17b, payments of

 

federal funds to districts, intermediate districts, and other

 

eligible entities under this section shall be paid on a schedule

 

determined by the department.

 

     (2) From the funds allocated under subsection (1), there is

 

allocated for 2007-2008 the amount necessary, estimated at

 

$215,900,000.00 $216,500,000.00, for payments toward reimbursing

 

districts and intermediate districts for 28.6138% of total approved

 

costs of special education, excluding costs reimbursed under

 

section 53a, and 70.4165% of total approved costs of special

 

education transportation. Allocations under this subsection shall

 

be made as follows:

 

     (a) The initial amount allocated to a district under this

 

subsection toward fulfilling the specified percentages shall be

 

calculated by multiplying the district's special education pupil

 

membership, excluding pupils described in subsection (12), times

 

the sum of the foundation allowance under section 20 of the pupil's

 

district of residence plus the amount of the district's per pupil

 

allocation under section 20j(2), not to exceed the basic foundation

 

allowance under section 20 for the current fiscal year, or, for a

 

special education pupil in membership in a district that is a

 

public school academy or university school, times an amount equal

 

to the amount per membership pupil calculated under section 20(6).

 

For an intermediate district, the amount allocated under this

 

subdivision toward fulfilling the specified percentages shall be an


 

amount per special education membership pupil, excluding pupils

 

described in subsection (12), and shall be calculated in the same

 

manner as for a district, using the foundation allowance under

 

section 20 of the pupil's district of residence, not to exceed the

 

basic foundation allowance under section 20 for the current fiscal

 

year, and that district's per pupil allocation under section

 

20j(2).

 

     (b) After the allocations under subdivision (a), districts and

 

intermediate districts for which the payments under subdivision (a)

 

do not fulfill the specified percentages shall be paid the amount

 

necessary to achieve the specified percentages for the district or

 

intermediate district.

 

     (3) From the funds allocated under subsection (1), there is

 

allocated for 2007-2008 the amount necessary, estimated at

 

$1,500,000.00, to make payments to districts and intermediate

 

districts under this subsection. If the amount allocated to a

 

district or intermediate district for a fiscal year under

 

subsection (2)(b) is less than the sum of the amounts allocated to

 

the district or intermediate district for 1996-97 under sections 52

 

and 58, there is allocated to the district or intermediate district

 

for the fiscal year an amount equal to that difference, adjusted by

 

applying the same proration factor that was used in the

 

distribution of funds under section 52 in 1996-97 as adjusted to

 

the district's or intermediate district's necessary costs of

 

special education used in calculations for the fiscal year. This

 

adjustment is to reflect reductions in special education program

 

operations or services between 1996-97 and subsequent fiscal years.


 

Adjustments for reductions in special education program operations

 

or services shall be made in a manner determined by the department

 

and shall include adjustments for program or service shifts.

 

     (4) If the department determines that the sum of the amounts

 

allocated for a fiscal year to a district or intermediate district

 

under subsection (2)(a) and (b) is not sufficient to fulfill the

 

specified percentages in subsection (2), then the shortfall shall

 

be paid to the district or intermediate district during the fiscal

 

year beginning on the October 1 following the determination and

 

payments under subsection (3) shall be adjusted as necessary. If

 

the department determines that the sum of the amounts allocated for

 

a fiscal year to a district or intermediate district under

 

subsection (2)(a) and (b) exceeds the sum of the amount necessary

 

to fulfill the specified percentages in subsection (2), then the

 

department shall deduct the amount of the excess from the

 

district's or intermediate district's payments under this act for

 

the fiscal year beginning on the October 1 following the

 

determination and payments under subsection (3) shall be adjusted

 

as necessary. However, if the amount allocated under subsection

 

(2)(a) in itself exceeds the amount necessary to fulfill the

 

specified percentages in subsection (2), there shall be no

 

deduction under this subsection.

 

     (5) State funds shall be allocated on a total approved cost

 

basis. Federal funds shall be allocated under applicable federal

 

requirements, except that an amount not to exceed $3,500,000.00 may

 

be allocated by the department for 2007-2008 to districts,

 

intermediate districts, or other eligible entities on a competitive


 

grant basis for programs, equipment, and services that the

 

department determines to be designed to benefit or improve special

 

education on a statewide scale.

 

     (6) From the amount allocated in subsection (1), there is

 

allocated an amount not to exceed $2,200,000.00 for 2007-2008 to

 

reimburse 100% of the net increase in necessary costs incurred by a

 

district or intermediate district in implementing the revisions in

 

the administrative rules for special education that became

 

effective on July 1, 1987. As used in this subsection, "net

 

increase in necessary costs" means the necessary additional costs

 

incurred solely because of new or revised requirements in the

 

administrative rules minus cost savings permitted in implementing

 

the revised rules. Net increase in necessary costs shall be

 

determined in a manner specified by the department.

 

     (7) For purposes of this article, all of the following apply:

 

     (a) "Total approved costs of special education" shall be

 

determined in a manner specified by the department and may include

 

indirect costs, but shall not exceed 115% of approved direct costs

 

for section 52 and section 53a programs. The total approved costs

 

include salary and other compensation for all approved special

 

education personnel for the program, including payments for social

 

security and medicare and public school employee retirement system

 

contributions. The total approved costs do not include salaries or

 

other compensation paid to administrative personnel who are not

 

special education personnel as defined in section 6 of the revised

 

school code, MCL 380.6. Costs reimbursed by federal funds, other

 

than those federal funds included in the allocation made under this


 

article, are not included. Special education approved personnel not

 

utilized full time in the evaluation of students or in the delivery

 

of special education programs, ancillary, and other related

 

services shall be reimbursed under this section only for that

 

portion of time actually spent providing these programs and

 

services, with the exception of special education programs and

 

services provided to youth placed in child caring institutions or

 

juvenile detention programs approved by the department to provide

 

an on-grounds education program.

 

     (b) Beginning with the 2004-2005 fiscal year, a district or

 

intermediate district that employed special education support

 

services staff to provide special education support services in

 

2003-2004 or in a subsequent fiscal year and that in a fiscal year

 

after 2003-2004 receives the same type of support services from

 

another district or intermediate district shall report the cost of

 

those support services for special education reimbursement purposes

 

under this act. This subdivision does not prohibit the transfer of

 

special education classroom teachers and special education

 

classroom aides if the pupils counted in membership associated with

 

those special education classroom teachers and special education

 

classroom aides are transferred and counted in membership in the

 

other district or intermediate district in conjunction with the

 

transfer of those teachers and aides.

 

     (c) If the department determines before bookclosing for 2006-

 

2007 that the amounts allocated for 2006-2007 under subsections

 

(2), (3), (6), (8), and (12) and sections 53a, 54, and 56 will

 

exceed expenditures for 2006-2007 under subsections (2), (3), (6),


 

(8), and (12) and sections 53a, 54, and 56, then for 2006-2007

 

only, for a district or intermediate district whose reimbursement

 

for 2006-2007 would otherwise be affected by subdivision (b),

 

subdivision (b) does not apply to the calculation of the

 

reimbursement for that district or intermediate district and

 

reimbursement for that district or intermediate district shall be

 

calculated in the same manner as it was for 2003-2004. If the

 

amount of the excess allocations under subsections (2), (3), (6),

 

(8), and (12) and sections 53a, 54, and 56 is not sufficient to

 

fully fund the calculation of reimbursement to those districts and

 

intermediate districts under this subdivision, then the

 

calculations and resulting reimbursement under this subdivision

 

shall be prorated on an equal percentage basis.

 

     (d) Reimbursement for ancillary and other related services, as

 

defined by R 340.1701c of the Michigan administrative code, shall

 

not be provided when those services are covered by and available

 

through private group health insurance carriers or federal

 

reimbursed program sources unless the department and district or

 

intermediate district agree otherwise and that agreement is

 

approved by the state budget director. Expenses, other than the

 

incidental expense of filing, shall not be borne by the parent. In

 

addition, the filing of claims shall not delay the education of a

 

pupil. A district or intermediate district shall be responsible for

 

payment of a deductible amount and for an advance payment required

 

until the time a claim is paid.

 

     (e) Beginning with calculations for 2004-2005, if an

 

intermediate district purchases a special education pupil


 

transportation service from a constituent district that was

 

previously purchased from a private entity; if the purchase from

 

the constituent district is at a lower cost, adjusted for changes

 

in fuel costs; and if the cost shift from the intermediate district

 

to the constituent does not result in any net change in the revenue

 

the constituent district receives from payments under sections 22b

 

and 51c, then upon application by the intermediate district, the

 

department shall direct the intermediate district to continue to

 

report the cost associated with the specific identified special

 

education pupil transportation service and shall adjust the costs

 

reported by the constituent district to remove the cost associated

 

with that specific service.

 

     (8) From the allocation in subsection (1), there is allocated

 

for 2007-2008 an amount not to exceed $15,313,900.00 to

 

intermediate districts. The payment under this subsection to each

 

intermediate district shall be equal to the amount of the 1996-97

 

allocation to the intermediate district under subsection (6) of

 

this section as in effect for 1996-97.

 

     (9) A pupil who is enrolled in a full-time special education

 

program conducted or administered by an intermediate district or a

 

pupil who is enrolled in the Michigan schools for the deaf and

 

blind shall not be included in the membership count of a district,

 

but shall be counted in membership in the intermediate district of

 

residence.

 

     (10) Special education personnel transferred from 1 district

 

to another to implement the revised school code shall be entitled

 

to the rights, benefits, and tenure to which the person would


 

otherwise be entitled had that person been employed by the

 

receiving district originally.

 

     (11) If a district or intermediate district uses money

 

received under this section for a purpose other than the purpose or

 

purposes for which the money is allocated, the department may

 

require the district or intermediate district to refund the amount

 

of money received. Money that is refunded shall be deposited in the

 

state treasury to the credit of the state school aid fund.

 

     (12) From the funds allocated in subsection (1), there is

 

allocated for 2007-2008 the amount necessary, estimated at

 

$6,600,000.00 $7,600,000.00, to pay the foundation allowances for

 

pupils described in this subsection. The allocation to a district

 

under this subsection shall be calculated by multiplying the number

 

of pupils described in this subsection who are counted in

 

membership in the district times the sum of the foundation

 

allowance under section 20 of the pupil's district of residence

 

plus the amount of the district's per pupil allocation under

 

section 20j(2), not to exceed the basic foundation allowance under

 

section 20 for the current fiscal year, or, for a pupil described

 

in this subsection who is counted in membership in a district that

 

is a public school academy or university school, times an amount

 

equal to the amount per membership pupil under section 20(6). The

 

allocation to an intermediate district under this subsection shall

 

be calculated in the same manner as for a district, using the

 

foundation allowance under section 20 of the pupil's district of

 

residence, not to exceed the basic foundation allowance under

 

section 20 for the current fiscal year, and that district's per


 

pupil allocation under section 20j(2). This subsection applies to

 

all of the following pupils:

 

     (a) Pupils described in section 53a.

 

     (b) Pupils counted in membership in an intermediate district

 

who are not special education pupils and are served by the

 

intermediate district in a juvenile detention or child caring

 

facility.

 

     (c) Emotionally impaired pupils counted in membership by an

 

intermediate district and provided educational services by the

 

department of community health.

 

     (13) After payments under subsections (2) and (12) and section

 

51c, the remaining expenditures from the allocation in subsection

 

(1) shall be made in the following order:

 

     (a) 100% of the reimbursement required under section 53a.

 

     (b) 100% of the reimbursement required under subsection (6).

 

     (c) 100% of the payment required under section 54.

 

     (d) 100% of the payment required under subsection (3).

 

     (e) 100% of the payment required under subsection (8).

 

     (f) 100% of the payments under section 56.

 

     (14) The allocations under subsection (2), subsection (3), and

 

subsection (12) shall be allocations to intermediate districts only

 

and shall not be allocations to districts, but instead shall be

 

calculations used only to determine the state payments under

 

section 22b.

 

     Sec. 51c. As required by the court in the consolidated cases

 

known as Durant v State of Michigan, Michigan supreme court docket

 

no. 104458-104492, from the allocation under section 51a(1), there


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is allocated for 2007-2008 the amount necessary, estimated at

 

$713,600,000.00 $696,000,000.00, for payments to reimburse

 

districts for 28.6138% of total approved costs of special education

 

excluding costs reimbursed under section 53a, and 70.4165% of total

 

approved costs of special education transportation. Funds allocated

 

under this section that are not expended in the state fiscal year

 

for which they were allocated, as determined by the department, may

 

be used to supplement the allocations under sections 22a and 22b in

 

order to fully fund those calculated allocations for the same

 

fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 54c. From the general fund appropriation in section 11,

 

there is allocated to the department an amount not to exceed

 

$80,000.00 for the department to make Newsline available

 

electronically on a statewide basis for persons who are visually

 

impaired.

     [Sec. 99c. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $0.00 $1,000,000.00 for 2007-2008 for payments to districts under this section for the middle school mathematics initiative pilot programs designed to achieve the middle school mathematics standards and benchmarks for algebra adopted by the state board.

     (2) The amount of the payment to each district for 2006-2007 shall be an equal amount per pupil for each pupil actually enrolled and attending school in the district in grades 6 to 8. Payments to a district under this section for subsequent fiscal years shall be as described in subsection (4).  The department shall award grants for pilot programs under this section to districts on a first come first serve basis.  The amount of a grant shall not exceed $250,000.00.  To be eligible for a grant, a district shall meet all of the following:

     (A) Shall provide local funding for the pilot program in an amount at least equal to 1/3 of the amount of the grant.  A district may count the value of in-kind services toward meeting this local match requirement.

     (B) The pilot program shall be conducted in cooperation with at least 1 other entity, which may include, but not limited to, another district, an intermediate district, a community college, a state university, or a mathematics and science center.

     (3) The pilot programs shall target middle school mathematics initiatives aimed at middle school students identified to be behind or needing additional assistance in algebra as defined in the standards and benchmarks adopted by the state board.  The programs shall be summer programs and shall include online courses.

     (4) Grant funds awarded under this section are intended to be for the first year of 3 years of funding.

     (5) Notwithstanding section 17b, payments under this section may be made pursuant to an agreement with the department.

     (6) (3) A district shall use funds received under this section before 2007-2008 for activities and efforts designed to improve pupil performance in mathematics.  However, if a district has carried forward unexpended funds received under this section into 2007-2008, the district may use those unexpended funds for any purpose.]

     Sec. 99h. (1) From the appropriation in section 11, there is

 

allocated an amount not to exceed $300,000.00 for 2007-2008 for

 

competitive grants to districts that provide pupils in high school

 

with expanded opportunities to improve mathematics, science, and

 

technology skills by participating in events hosted by a science

 

and technology development program known as first (for inspiration

 

and recognition of science and technology) robotics competition.

 

     (2) A district applying for a grant shall submit an

 

application to the department in a form and manner determined by

 

the department. To be eligible for a grant, a district shall

 

demonstrate in its application that the district has established a

 

partnership for the purposes of the program with at least 1


 

sponsor, business entity, higher education institution, or

 

technical school.

 

     (3) Each grant recipient shall provide a local match from

 

private or local funds for the funds received under this section.

 

The amount of the local match shall be at least equal to 50% of the

 

costs of participating in an event.

 

     (4) Grant awards shall be made in a manner determined by the

 

department. However, the department shall set maximum grant amounts

 

in a manner that maximizes the number of high schools that will be

 

able to participate.

 

     (5) Funds received under this section may be used for event

 

registrations, materials, travel costs, and other expenses

 

associated with the preparation for and attendance at first

 

robotics competitions.

 

     (6) Notwithstanding section 17b, payments to eligible

 

districts under this section shall be paid on a schedule determined

 

by the department.

 

     Sec. 99m. From the appropriation in section 11, there is

 

allocated an amount not to exceed $100,000.00 for 2007-2008 to

 

Wayne state university for the science, engineering, mathematics,

 

aerospace academy (SEMAA) program. The university shall make this

 

program available at no cost to all pupils in kindergarten to grade

 

12.

 

     Sec. 99n. (1) From the appropriation in section 11, there is

 

allocated an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00 for 2007-2008 for

 

competitive grants to districts or intermediate districts that

 

enter into cooperative arrangements with a community college to


 

establish programs to allow pupils to complete community college

 

courses and earn community college credit while enrolled in middle

 

school or high school.

 

     (2) A district or intermediate district applying for a grant

 

shall submit an application to the department in a form and manner

 

determined by the department. To be eligible for a grant, a

 

district or intermediate district shall demonstrate in its

 

application that the district or intermediate district has entered

 

into a cooperative arrangement with a community college to

 

establish a program to allow pupils to complete, at no cost to the

 

pupils, community college courses and earn community college credit

 

while enrolled in middle school or high school. A program may

 

include, but is not limited to, arrangements for pupils to complete

 

courses at the community college, at the district during regular

 

school hours, or at the district outside regular school hours.

 

     (3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), grant

 

awards shall be made in a manner determined by the department.

 

However, the amount of a grant to a district or intermediate

 

district shall not exceed $250,000.00 and the department may set

 

grant amounts in a manner that maximizes the number of districts

 

and intermediate districts that will be able to effectively

 

participate. The department shall award grants based on the

 

program's potential to benefit the most pupils.

 

     (4) From the money allocated under this section, the

 

department shall award a grant of $250,000.00 to a district that

 

formerly operated a community college program and that ceased to

 

operate that program after 1995.


 

     (5) Funds received under this section may be used for program

 

development, tuition costs, or other expenses associated with the

 

delivery and completion of community college courses.

 

     (6) Notwithstanding section 17b, payments to eligible

 

districts under this section shall be paid on a schedule determined

 

by the department.

 

     Sec. 99p. (1) From the appropriation in section 11, there is

 

allocated an amount not to exceed $800,000.00 for 2007-2008 for

 

competitive grants to districts for programs that provide pupils

 

with access to cultural, art, or music resources and experiences

 

that are available in the community and that may promote reading,

 

literacy, and communications skills among pupils.

 

     (2) A district applying for a grant shall submit an

 

application to the department in a form and manner determined by

 

the department. To be eligible for a grant, a district shall

 

demonstrate in its application that at least 50% of the pupils in

 

membership in the district met the income eligibility criteria for

 

free breakfast, lunch, or milk, as determined under the Richard B.

 

Russell national school lunch act and as reported to the department

 

by October 31 of the immediately preceding fiscal year and adjusted

 

not later than December 31 of the immediately preceding fiscal

 

year.

 

     (3) Grant awards shall be made in a manner determined by the

 

department. However, the department may set maximum grant amounts

 

in a manner that maximizes the number of pupils that will be able

 

to participate.

 

     (4) Notwithstanding section 17b, payments to eligible


 

districts under this section shall be paid on a schedule determined

 

by the department.

 

     Sec. 104. (1) From the state school aid fund money

 

appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2007-2008 an

 

amount not to exceed $25,400,000.00 $29,322,400.00 for payments on

 

behalf of districts for costs associated with complying with

 

sections 104a and 104b, sections 1279, 1279g, and 1280b of the

 

revised school code, MCL 380.1279, 380.1279g, and 380.1280b, and

 

1970 PA 38, MCL 388.1081 to 388.1086. In addition, from the federal

 

funds appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2007-2008

 

an amount estimated at $8,800,000.00 $5,477,600.00, funded from

 

DED-OESE, title VI, state assessments funds and DED-OSERS, section

 

504 of part B of the individuals with disabilities education

 

act, Public Law 94-142, plus any carryover federal funds from

 

previous year appropriations, for the purposes of complying with

 

the federal no child left behind act of 2001, Public Law 107-110.

 

     (2) The results of each test administered as part of the

 

Michigan educational assessment program, including tests

 

administered to high school students, shall include an item

 

analysis that lists all items that are counted for individual pupil

 

scores and the percentage of pupils choosing each possible

 

response.

 

     (3) All federal funds allocated under this section shall be

 

distributed in accordance with federal law and with flexibility

 

provisions outlined in Public Law 107-116, and in the education

 

flexibility partnership act of 1999, Public Law 106-25.

 

     (4) Notwithstanding section 17b, payments on behalf of


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districts, intermediate districts, and other eligible entities

 

under this section shall be paid on a schedule determined by the

 

department.

 

     Enacting section 1. In accordance with section 30 of article

 

IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending in this

 

amendatory act and in 2007 PA 137 from state sources for fiscal

 

year 2007-2008 is estimated at [$11,426,101,200.00] and state

 

appropriations to be paid to local units of government for fiscal

 

year 2007-2008 are estimated at [$11,318,601,200.00].