February 4, 2004, Introduced by Rep. Woodward and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 624 (MCL 380.624), as amended by 1995 PA
289.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 624. (1) Not later than April 1 of each year, the
2 intermediate school board shall prepare an annual general fund
3 operating budget, which shall be in the form prescribed by the
4 county tax allocation board, and shall file the budget with the
5 county clerk of each county in which the intermediate school
6 board is situated except a county that has established separate
7 tax limitation millage rates pursuant to sections 5a to 5l of the
8 property tax limitation
act, Act No. 62 of the Public Acts of
9 1933, being sections
211.205a to 211.205l of the
Michigan
10 Compiled Laws 1933 PA 62, MCL 211.205a to 211.205l. Each county
1 clerk receiving the budget shall deliver it to the county tax
2 allocation board in the same manner as other school district
3 budgets are handled.
4 (2) Not later
than June 1 of each year, the board shall
5 submit the budget, for
review, to a meeting of 1 board member
6 named from each
constituent district to represent the district.
7 At the meeting the
president of the intermediate school board
8 shall preside, and the
intermediate secretary shall keep the
9 minutes. Not later than May 1 of each year, an intermediate
10 school board shall submit its proposed budget for the next school
11 fiscal year to the board of each constituent district for
12 review. Not later than May 15 of each year, the board of each
13 constituent district shall adopt and submit to the intermediate
14 school board a resolution either approving the proposed
15 intermediate school district budget or disapproving the proposed
16 intermediate school district budget and listing specific
17 objections and proposed changes to the budget.
18 (3) If an intermediate school board receives 1 or more
19 resolutions under subsection (2) disapproving its proposed
20 budget, then not later than June 1 the intermediate school board
21 shall revise the proposed budget, taking into account the
22 objections and proposed changes contained in the resolution or
23 resolutions, and shall submit the proposed budget for review and
24 approval to a meeting consisting of 1 board member from each
25 constituent district to represent the constituent district. At
26 the meeting, the president of the intermediate school board shall
27 preside and the secretary of the intermediate school board shall
1 keep the minutes. Approval of the proposed intermediate school
2 district budget shall be by majority vote of the representatives
3 of the constituent districts present at the meeting.
4 (4) (3) The
tax allocation board shall receive the budget
5 from its county clerk and shall allocate a tax rate to the
6 intermediate school district. Not later than September 1 of each
7 year, or not later than 5 days after the election if taxes are
8 authorized at an election held pursuant to section 36(2) of the
9 general property tax act,
Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of
10 1893, being section
211.36 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1893
PA
11 206, MCL 211.36, the secretary of the intermediate school board
12 shall file a certified copy of the resolution of the intermediate
13 school board certifying the taxes to be levied on the taxable
14 property within the intermediate school district with the clerk
15 of each city and township in which the district is situated.
16 (5) (4) As
used in this section, "general fund operating
17 budget" means the budget that includes revenues from the
18 intermediate school district's share of mills as determined by
19 the tax allocation board or by referendum and state school aid.
20 Disbursements from the general fund operating budget shall apply
21 to those expenditures required for the operation of all
22 intermediate school district programs except cooperative
23 education, special education, and vocational education, and may
24 apply to any expenditures from the general fund to assist with
25 the costs of cooperative education, special education, and
26 vocational education.