Bill > SB0230

This bill appropriates funds for K-12 school aid for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2025, and September 30, 2026. * **State School Aid Fund:** $17,688,951,300 for FY2025 and $19,017,010,000 for FY2026. * **General Fund:** $78,830,600 for FY2025 and $83,876,100 for FY2026. * **Community District Education Trust Fund:** Up to $41,000,000 for FY2025. * **School Transportation Fund:** Up to $125,000,000 for FY2025. * **Enrollment Stabilization Fund:** Up to $71,000,000 for FY2025. * **School Meals Reserve Fund:** Up to $30,000,000 for FY2025. * **Great Start Readiness Program Reserve Fund:** Up to $18,000,000 for FY2025. * **MPSERS Retirement Obligation Reform Reserve Fund:** Up to $334,100,000 for FY2025. * **Educator Fellowship Public Provider Fund:** Up to $30,000,000 for FY2025. * **School Consolidation and Infrastructure Fund:** $110,000,000 for FY2024 only, for grants to support internal consolidation and infrastructure needs. * **Specific School Infrastructure Projects:** * Detroit Public Schools Community District (Cooley High School athletic complex): $15,000,000. * Wayne RESA (academic and professional building): $10,000,000. * Beecher Community School District (high school construction): $5,000,000. * Taylor School District (high school costs): $4,000,000. * School District of the City of Hamtramck (building infrastructure upgrades): $1,000,000. * **Targeted Student Support:** $250,000,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 to support district efforts in implementing educational best practices, with an intended allocation of $90,000,000 for FY2027. * **Public School Academy Startup Grants:** Intended for FY2026-2027 for new academies in districts with low Michigan School Index results and low reading proficiency scores. * **Student Academic Performance Incentive Payments:** Intended for FY2026-2027, with up to $250 per pupil available for districts meeting performance goals in English language arts and mathematics. * **Public School Academy Startup Grants:** Intended for FY2026-2027 for new public school academies in districts with low Michigan School Index results and low reading proficiency scores. * **School Loan Bond Redemption Fund:** $23,000,000 for FY2026. * **Fiscal Year Cash-Flow Borrowing Costs:** Up to $5,000,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026. * **Drinking Water Emergency Support:** $5,000,000 from the State School Aid Fund and $3,075,000 from the General Fund for FY2026 for services and programs for children in districts affected by drinking water emergencies. * **Support Category Buildings:** Districts must allocate at least 10% of available targeted student support dollars for interventions and supports in identified support category buildings. Failure to comply may result in recapture of up to 10% of targeted student support dollars. * **MiStrategyBank:** To be updated and maintained by the Michigan School Turnaround Hub, containing tutoring programs that meet specific criteria. * **Educational Best Practices:** $250,000,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 to support district efforts in implementing educational best practices. * **Michigan School Turnaround Hub:** $3,000,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 to support the hub's activities, including data collection, guidance, and maintaining the MiStrategyBank. * **Foundation Allowance:** The target foundation allowance is set at $10,250.00 for FY2026. * **Guaranteed State and Local Per-Pupil Revenue:** Allocations are made to ensure districts and qualifying public school academies receive an amount equal to their 1994-95 total state and local per-pupil revenue for school operating purposes. This includes $3,937,000,000 from the State School Aid Fund and General Fund appropriations for FY2025 and $3,803,000,000 for FY2026. * **Supplemental Payments to Rural Districts:** $13,131,400 for FY2026. * **Payments to Districts with Fewer than 250 Pupils:** $3,984,600 for FY2026, distributed based on a spending plan developed by intermediate superintendents. * **Payments to Districts with Outlier Transportation Costs:** $8,604,200 for FY2026, distributed based on pupils per square mile and total square miles. * **Payments to Island Districts:** $542,600 for FY2026 for districts with school buildings on islands accessible by bridge. * **Data System Integration:** $3,500,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 to support the integration of local data systems into the Michigan data hub network. * **Payments for Juvenile Justice Facilities:** $1,355,700 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 to educate pupils placed in juvenile justice facilities or child caring institutions. * **Payments for Pupils in Department of Health and Human Services Facilities:** $1,355,700 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 for educating pupils placed in facilities operated by the Department of Health and Human Services. * **Renaissance Zone Reimbursements:** $14,000,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 for reimbursements to districts and intermediate districts related to taxes levied in 2024. * **Promise Zone Fund:** $37,700,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2025 and $43,300,000 for FY2026 to support districts and intermediate districts with approved promise zone development plans. * **Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act Reimbursements:** $14,400,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 for reimbursements to intermediate districts. * **MI Future Educator Fellowship Program:** $10,000,000 from the Educator Fellowship Public Provider Fund and $5,000,000 from the General Fund for FY2026 to offset tuition costs for individuals pursuing teacher certification. * **MI Future Educator Student Teacher Stipend Program:** $30,000,000 from the State School Aid Fund and $2,500,000 from the General Fund for FY2026 to provide stipends to eligible student teachers. * **Early Literacy Programs:** $24,400,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 for programs to improve early literacy, with $5,000,000 intended for FY2027. * **Primary Health Care Services:** $33,000,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 to support primary health care services for children and adolescents up to age 21. * **Hearing and Vision Screenings:** $10,150,000 from the State School Aid Fund and $1,500,000 from the General Fund for FY2026 for screenings. * **Student Loan Repayment Program:** $1,035,150,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2025 and $1,078,074,000 for FY2026 to support districts and public school academies in ensuring pupil proficiency in English language arts and mathematics, regular attendance, and career and college readiness. * **School Breakfast Program Reimbursement:** $16,900,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 for school breakfast programs. * **Child Nutrition Programs:** $824,700,000 in federal funds for FY2026. * **Food Distribution Programs:** $15,000,000 in federal funds for FY2026. * **Great Start Readiness Programs:** $603,000,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 for programs aimed at improving school readiness. * **Great Start Readiness Program Longitudinal Evaluation:** $350,000 from the General Fund for FY2026 for a competitive grant to evaluate the program. * **Early Childhood Funding:** $19,400,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 for early childhood services for children from birth to age 3 with developmental delays. * **Additional Payments for Special Education:** $994,200,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2025 and $1,108,900,000 for FY2026 to reimburse districts and intermediate districts for 100% of foundation allowance costs for special education pupils. * **Special Education Transportation Reimbursement:** $440,800,000 for FY2025 and $491,700,000 for FY2026 for 70.4165% of approved special education transportation costs. * **Special Education Rule Revisions Reimbursement:** $3,200,000 for FY2025 and FY2026 for net increases in costs due to special education rule revisions. * **Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind:** $1,688,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 for intermediate districts to cover instructional costs for pupils attending these schools. * **MiSTEM Programs:** $7,634,300 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 to support STEM initiatives. * **CTE Early Middle College and Dual Enrollment Programs:** $150,000,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 for programs that increase college and career readiness. * **New CTE Program Grants:** $75,000,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 for grants to districts to start new CTE programs. * **School Bus Driver Safety Instruction:** $3,913,500 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 for driver safety instruction. * **Nonspecial Education Auxiliary Services Transportation:** Funds are allocated for necessary costs. * **School Bus and Vehicle Inspections:** $1,888,500 for FY2026 for inspections by the Department of State Police. * **Public School Employees Retirement System (MPSERS) Contributions:** Various amounts from the State School Aid Fund, General Fund, and MPSERS Retirement Obligation Reform Reserve Fund to offset employer contributions for FY2026. * **Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Program Reserve Fund:** $65,000,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 to supplement AP and IB programs. * **Benchmark Assessments:** $11,500,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 for districts to administer benchmark assessments in reading and mathematics. * **School Resource Officer Program:** $50,000,000 from the State School Aid Fund for FY2026 to support the hiring or contracting of school resource officers. * **Center for Educational Performance and Information:** $20,614,700 from the General Fund and $2,193,500 in federal funds for FY2026 to support the operations of the center and the P-20 longitudinal data system. * **Lapsing of Work Project Balances:** Remaining balances from specific work projects are to be lapsed into the School Aid Fund by October 30, 2025. * **General Provisions:** The bill amends numerous sections of the State School Aid Act of 1979, impacting various funding formulas and program requirements. It also includes provisions related to school safety, disciplinary policies, and specific grant programs.