SCHOOL AID SUPPLEMENTAL                                                               H.B. 4421 (S-1):

                                                                                                    SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                               ON GENERAL ORDERS

House Bill 4421 (Substitute S-1)

Sponsor:  Representative Brad Paquette

House Committee:  Appropriations

Senate Committee:  Committee of the Whole

Date Completed:  6-15-21

CONTENT

The bill would amend the State School Aid Act to provide fiscal year 2020-2021 supplemental Federal appropriations as follows:

-- $86,777,000 from the Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funding for emergency assistance to nonpublic schools as provided in Federal law (Sec 11o).

-- $93,023,000 from the Emergency Assistance to Nonpublic Schools funding to provide services or assistance to nonpublic schools as provided in Federal law (Sec. 11o).

-- $840,677,500 for the remaining Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) II funding distributed to districts based on their Title I, Part A allocations as provided in Federal law, bringing the total to $1,490,677,500 (Sec. 11r(4)).

-- $3,347,849,700 in ESSER III funding distributed to districts based on their Title I, Part A allocations as provided in Federal law (Sec. 11r(8)).

-- $5,548,500 for the remaining ESSER II administrative funding to the Department of Education, bringing the total to $8,281,500 (Sec. 11r(8)).

The bill also would amend Section 23b, which provides funding for summer school, before- and after-school, and other programs. Amendments to this section would include allowing students to enroll in summer programming offered by any district (not just their resident district), allowing districts to use local assessments to make determinations of children with greatest need (in addition to benchmark assessment data) for summer programming, and removing requirements that summer programming be in-person.

MCL 388.1611 et al.

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would increase Gross appropriations by $4,373,875,700, all of which would be Federally funded. State spending from State resources and State payments to locals would remain at current year-to-date levels.

                                                                               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.