September 19, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Camilleri, Chang, Wittenberg, Pagan, Geiss, Yanez, Green, Moss, Sneller, Ellison, Rabhi, Sowerby, Clemente, Hoadley, LaGrand, Durhal, Greimel, Liberati, Hammoud and Gay-Dagnogo 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 11 (MCL 388.1611), as amended by 2017 PA 108,
and by adding section 78.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 11. (1) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017,
there is appropriated for the public schools of this state and
certain other state purposes relating to education the sum of
$12,069,644,300.00 from the state school aid fund, the sum of
$179,100,000.00 from the general fund, an amount not to exceed
$72,000,000.00 from the community district education trust fund
created under section 12 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA
489, MCL 12.262, and an amount not to exceed $100.00 from the water
emergency reserve fund. For the fiscal year ending September 30,
2018, there is appropriated for the public schools of this state
and certain other state purposes relating to education the sum of
$12,543,130,300.00 from the state school aid fund, the sum of
$215,000,000.00
$224,000,000.00 from the general fund, an amount
not to exceed $72,000,000.00 from the community district education
trust fund created under section 12 of the Michigan trust fund act,
2000 PA 489, MCL 12.262, an amount not to exceed $23,100,000.00
from the MPSERS retirement obligation reform reserve fund, and an
amount not to exceed $100.00 from the water emergency reserve fund.
In addition, all available federal funds are appropriated each
fiscal year for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2017 and
September 30, 2018.
(2) The appropriations under this section shall be allocated
as provided in this article. Money appropriated under this section
from the general fund shall be expended to fund the purposes of
this article before the expenditure of money appropriated under
this section from the state school aid fund.
(3) Any general fund allocations under this article 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. 78. From the general fund appropriation in section 11,
there is allocated for 2017-2018 an amount not to exceed
$9,000,000.00 to districts for water and air quality testing.
Enacting section 1. In accordance with section 30 of article
IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending from
state sources on school aid under article I of the state school aid
act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1601 to 388.1772, as amended by
2017 PA 108 and this amendatory act, for fiscal year 2017-2018 is
estimated at $12,862,230,400.00, and state appropriations for
school aid to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year
2017-2018 are estimated at $12,686,072,800.00.