CONTENT
Senate Bill 149 (H-1) is a fiscal year (FY) 2018-19 School Aid supplemental that would increase appropriations by $79.1 million, of which $21.2 million would be supported by Federal funds, $30.0 million would be supported by dedicated School Mental Health Services Fund revenue, and the remaining $27.9 million would be supported by General Fund/General Purpose (GF/GP) revenue. The table below itemizes the proposed supplemental spending:
|
Section Number |
Line Item/Description |
Fund Source |
Amount |
|
31a |
At Risk |
GF/GP |
$18,000,000 |
|
31n(5) |
Child and Adolescent Health Centers - behavioral health |
School Mental Health and Support Services Fund |
5,000,000 |
|
31n(6) |
Mental Health and Support Services - grants to intermediate school districts (ISDs) |
School Mental Health and Support Services Fund |
16,500,000 |
|
31n(9) |
DHHS IT and administration for school mental health programs |
GF/GP |
1,300,000 |
|
31n(10) |
ISD administration for school mental health programs |
School Mental Health and Support Services Fund |
500,000 |
|
31n(12) |
School Mental Health - Train the Trainer grants to ISDs |
School Mental Health and Support Services Fund |
8,000,000 |
|
32d |
Great Start Readiness Program Training and Materials |
GF/GP |
1,000,000 |
|
35a(6) |
Michigan Education Corps |
GF/GP |
500,000 |
|
35a(9) |
Literacy Essentials |
GF/GP |
1,000,000 |
|
39a(2) |
Federal Grants |
Federal |
21,200,000 |
|
61f |
Pipeline 2 Promise |
GF/GP |
200,000 |
|
61g |
St. Clair ISD high demand jobs |
GF/GP |
50,000 |
|
61h |
Shiawassee ISD virtual CTE |
GF/GP |
1,200,000 |
|
74a |
Bus Driver Safety - ALICE |
GF/GP |
810,000 |
|
99h |
FIRST Robotics |
GF/GP |
1,500,000 |
|
99u(4) |
Imagine Learning - Literacy |
GF/GP |
1,000,000 |
|
99w |
Michigan Fitness Foundation |
GF/GP |
500,000 |
|
99x |
Teach for America |
GF/GP |
300,000 |
|
99y |
STEM and entrepreneurship |
GF/GP |
60,000 |
|
104f |
Digital Assessment Preparation |
GF/GP |
500,000 |
|
Total............................................................................................ |
$79,120,000 |
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The following highlights expound on the items listed in the table above.
At Risk: The bill would provide $18.0 million to districts and public school academies to ensure that their At Risk payment in FY 2018-19 was at least as much as it was in FY 2017-18.
School Mental Health: The bill would allocate $30.0 million for school mental health support services using funds previously set aside for this purpose, and $1.3 million for the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to administer the program and fund information technology updates in support of the program.
Federal Grants: The bill would include $21.2 million for two new Federal grants ($14.0 million for the Michigan Charter School Subgrant Program, and $7.2 million for promoting and expanding high-quality preschool services).
Other Appropriations: The bill would add $1.0 million for additional training and materials to implement new Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) curricula; add $1.0 million for literacy essentials and $500,000 for the Michigan Education Corps, under Section 35a for early literacy; include $200,000 for a retention and completion program implemented by Mott Community College; include $1.0 million for Imagine Learning to implement literacy programs, in addition to their existing math and Spanish programs; include $500,000 for a new grant to the Michigan Fitness Foundation to partner with the Department of Education on physical fitness curricula; provide $300,000 to Teach for America to host a summer institute in Detroit, recruit teachers into a master teacher fellowship, and retain a committed alumni community; provide $500,000 for implementation of an assessment digital literacy preparation pilot project; provide $50,000 to St. Clair ISD for startup costs related to supporting programs for high demand jobs; provide $1.2 million to Shiawassee ISD for a virtual reality training initiative; fund a statewide school bus driver safety program known as ALICE at $810,000; increase funding for FIRST Robotics by $1.5 million; and provide $60,000 for a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) entrepreneurship program.
In addition to the funding items above, the following boilerplate changes are proposed under Senate Bill 149 (H-1):
Section 6, Pupil Membership Definitions: The bill would delay until 2019-20 a change that prohibits districts that charge tuition for a student who resided out-of-state in the immediately preceding year from counting that pupil in membership. (Contents are from SB 1098.)
Section 23a, Dropout Recovery: The bill would allow a district to provide a teacher of record, instead of an advocate, for dropout recovery programs; would allow a teacher of record to be employed by the district or provided by an education management organization (EMO) that is partnering with the district; and, would include language stating that, until February 1, 2020, if a district partnered with an education management organization for the program, a teacher of record could be employed by or contracted through the EMO.
Section 265, University Fees/Student Health Care: The bill would strike language that, for the purpose of calculating compliance with tuition restraint, includes the annual amount charged by universities to students for mandated health care coverage.
Other minor boilerplate changes also are included throughout the bill.
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would increase FY 2018-19 spending by $79.1 million, of which $30.0 million would be funded from the School Mental Health and Support Services Fund, $21.2 million would be supported by Federal funds, and $27.9 million would be supported by GF/GP.
Fiscal Analyst: Kathryn Summers
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.