SENATE BILL No. 1122

February 19, 2002, Introduced by Senators GOSCHKA, JOHNSON and GARCIA and referred

to the Committee on Appropriations.

A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled

"The state school aid act of 1979,"

by amending section 18a (MCL 388.1618a), as amended by 1996

PA 300.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 Sec. 18a. (1) Grant EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN

2 SUBSECTION (2), ALL OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY TO GRANT funds awarded

3 and allotted to a district or intermediate district , unless

4 UNDER THIS ACT:

5 (A) UNLESS otherwise specified in this act, THE GRANT FUNDS

6 shall be expended by the grant recipient before the end of the

7 school fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year in which

8 the funds are received.

9 (B) If a grant recipient does not expend the GRANT funds

10 received under this act before the end of the fiscal year in

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1 which the funds are received, the grant recipient shall submit a

2 report to the department not later than November 1 after the

3 fiscal year in which the funds are received indicating whether it

4 expects to expend those funds during the fiscal year in which the

5 report is submitted.

6 (C) A recipient of a grant shall return any unexpended grant

7 funds to the department in the manner prescribed by the depart-

8 ment not later than September 30 after the fiscal year in which

9 the funds are received.

10 (2) ALL OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY TO GRANT FUNDS AWARDED AND

11 ALLOTTED TO A DISTRICT OR INTERMEDIATE DISTRICT UNDER THIS ACT

12 FOR 2001-2002:

13 (A) THE GRANT FUNDS SHALL BE EXPENDED BY THE GRANT RECIPIENT

14 NOT LATER THAN JUNE 30, 2004.

15 (B) IF A GRANT RECIPIENT DOES NOT EXPEND THOSE GRANT FUNDS

16 BEFORE THE END OF THE 2001-2002 FISCAL YEAR, THE GRANT RECIPIENT

17 SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT NOT LATER THAN

18 NOVEMBER 1, 2002 INDICATING WHETHER IT EXPECTS TO EXPEND THOSE

19 FUNDS DURING THE 2002-2003 OR 2003-2004 FISCAL YEAR.

20 (C) IF A GRANT RECIPIENT DOES NOT EXPEND THE GRANT FUNDS BY

21 JUNE 30, 2004, THE GRANT RECIPIENT SHALL RETURN ANY UNEXPENDED

22 GRANT FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE

23 DEPARTMENT NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30, 2004.

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