HOUSE BILL No. 5461

 

February 5, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Vander Veen, Hoogendyk, Nitz, Brandenburg, DeRossett, Stahl, Taub, Wenke and Huizenga 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 25c (MCL 388.1625c), as added by 2001 PA 121;           

                                                                                

    and to repeal acts and parts of acts.                                       

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 25c.  (1)  Beginning in 2000-2001, this  This section                  

                                                                                

2   applies to an educating district's enrollment of a pupil if  the            

                                                                                

3   educating district is a school district of the first class under            

                                                                                

4   the revised school code and if  all of the following apply:                 

                                                                                

5       (a) The pupil transfers from another district and enrolls in                

                                                                                

6   the educating district after the pupil membership count day.                

                                                                                

7       (b) Due to the pupil's enrollment status as of the pupil                    

                                                                                

8   membership count day, the pupil was counted in membership in the            

                                                                                

9   district from which he or she transfers.                                    

                                                                                

10      (c) The pupil was a resident of the educating district on                   

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   the pupil membership count day or met other eligibility criteria            

                                                                                

2   under section 6(4) or (6) to be counted in membership in the                

                                                                                

3   educating district if the pupil had been enrolled in the                    

                                                                                

4   educating district on the pupil membership count day.                       

                                                                                

5       (d) The total number of pupils enrolled in the district who                 

                                                                                

6   are described in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) is at least equal           

                                                                                

7   to 25.                                                                      

                                                                                

8       (2) If the conditions specified in subsection (1) are met,                  

                                                                                

9   and a pupil transfers from another district and enrolls during a            

                                                                                

10  school year in the educating district, the educating district               

                                                                                

11  shall report the enrollment information to the department and to            

                                                                                

12  the district in which the pupil is counted in membership, and the           

                                                                                

13  district in which the pupil is counted in membership shall pay to           

                                                                                

14  the educating district an amount equal to the amount of the                 

                                                                                

15  foundation allowance or per pupil payment as calculated under               

                                                                                

16  section 20 for the district in which the pupil is counted in                

                                                                                

17  membership, prorated according to the number of days of the                 

                                                                                

18  school year ending in the fiscal year the pupil is educated in              

                                                                                

19  the educating district compared to the number of days of the                

                                                                                

20  school year ending in the fiscal year the pupil was actually                

                                                                                

21  enrolled in the district in which the pupil is counted in                   

                                                                                

22  membership.  The foundation allowance or per pupil payment shall            

                                                                                

23  be adjusted by the pupil's full-time equated status as affected             

                                                                                

24  by the membership definition under section 6(4).  If a district             

                                                                                

25  does not make the payment required under this section within 30             

                                                                                

26  days after receipt of the report, the department shall calculate            

                                                                                

27  the amount owed, shall deduct that amount from the remaining                


                                                                                

1   state school aid payments to the district for that fiscal year              

                                                                                

2   under this act, and shall pay that amount to the educating                  

                                                                                

3   district.  The district in which the pupil is counted in                    

                                                                                

4   membership and the educating district shall provide to the                  

                                                                                

5   department all information the department requires to enforce               

                                                                                

6   this section.                                                               

                                                                                

7       (3) In determining the total amount a district owes to the                  

                                                                                

8   educating district under this section, regardless of whether that           

                                                                                

9   district is otherwise eligible for payment from the educating               

                                                                                

10  district under this section, the district may calculate and                 

                                                                                

11  subtract from the amount owed, using the calculation described in           

                                                                                

12  subsection (1), any amount applicable to pupils who transfer to             

                                                                                

13  that district from the educating district and meet the                      

                                                                                

14  requirements of subsection  (1)(a) to (c)  (1).                             

                                                                                

15      (4) As used in this section, "educating district" means the                 

                                                                                

16  district in which a pupil enrolls after the pupil membership                

                                                                                

17  count day as described in subsection (1).                                   

                                                                                

18      Enacting section 1.  Section 25b of the state school aid act                

                                                                                

19  of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1625b, is repealed.