Bill Text: MI HB4236 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Chaptered

Michigan House Bill 4236 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Appropriations: higher education; provide for fiscal year 2019-2020. Amends secs. 236, 236a, 236b, 236c, 237, 241, 245, 245a, 251, 252, 256, 263, 263a, 264, 265, 265a, 265b, 265c, 265d, 267, 268, 269, 270, 274, 274c, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, & 289 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1836 et seq.) & adds sec. 275d.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-08 - Disapproved Line Item(s) Re-referred To Committee On Appropriations [HB4236 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-HB4236-Chaptered.html

Act No. 62

Public Acts of 2019

Approved by the Governor*

September 29, 2019

Filed with the Secretary of State

September 30, 2019

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2019

*Item Vetoes

Sec. 236.

(7)(b) Tuition grants, $38,021,500.00. (Page 3)

(10) Entire subsection. (Page 3)

Sec. 252.

Entire Section. (Pages 6-7)

state of michigan

100th Legislature

Regular session of 2019

Introduced by Rep. VanSingel and Hernandez

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4236

AN ACT to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled �An act to make appropriations to aid in the support of the public schools, the intermediate school districts, community colleges, and public universities of the state; to make appropriations for certain other purposes relating to education; to provide for the disbursement of the appropriations; to authorize the issuance of certain bonds and provide for the security of those bonds; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, the state board of education, and certain other boards and officials; to create certain funds and provide for their expenditure; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,� by amending sections 236, 236a, 236b, 236c, 237, 241, 245, 245a, 251, 252, 256, 263, 263a, 264, 265, 265a, 265b, 265c, 265d, 267, 268, 269, 270, 274, 274c, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, and 289 (MCL 388.1836, 388.1836a, 388.1836b, 388.1836c, 388.1837, 388.1841, 388.1845, 388.1845a, 388.1851, 388.1852, 388.1856, 388.1863, 388.1863a, 388.1864, 388.1865, 388.1865a, 388.1865b, 388.1865c, 388.1865d, 388.1867, 388.1868, 388.1869, 388.1870, 388.1874, 388.1874c, 388.1876, 388.1877, 388.1878, 388.1879, 388.1880, 388.1881, 388.1882, 388.1883, and 388.1889), sections 236, 236a, 236b, 236c, 241, 245, 251, 252, 256, 263, 264, 265a, 267, 268, 269, 270, 274, 274c, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, and 289 as amended and sections 245a, 265b, 265c, and 265d as added by 2018 PA 265, section 237 as amended by 2012 PA 201, sections 263a and 283 as amended by 2017 PA 108, and section 265 as amended by 2018 PA 586, and by adding section 275d.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 236. (1) Subject to the conditions set forth in this article, the amounts listed in this section are appropriated for higher education for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, from the funds indicated in this section. The following is a summary of the appropriations in this section:

(a) The gross appropriation is $1,685,545,000.00. After deducting total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers in the amount of $0.00, the adjusted gross appropriation is $1,685,545,000.00.

(b) The sources of the adjusted gross appropriation described in subdivision (a) are as follows:

(i) Total federal revenues, $128,026,400.00.

(ii) Total local revenues, $0.00.

(iii) Total private revenues, $0.00.

(iv) Total other state restricted revenues, $349,419,300.00.

(v) State general fund/general purpose money, $1,208,099,300.00.

(2) Amounts appropriated for public universities are as follows:

(a) The appropriation for Central Michigan University is $89,227,800.00, $87,096,900.00 for operations, $532,800.00 for performance funding, and $1,598,100.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(b) The appropriation for Eastern Michigan University is $77,556,000.00, $76,816,500.00 for operations, $437,200.00 for performance funding, and $302,300.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(c) The appropriation for Ferris State University is $56,032,800.00, $54,732,400.00 for operations, $293,100.00 for performance funding, and $1,007,300.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(d) The appropriation for Grand Valley State University is $73,388,500.00, $71,780,400.00 for operations, $533,100.00 for performance funding, and $1,075,000.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(e) The appropriation for Lake Superior State University is $14,361,000.00, $13,349,300.00 for operations, $57,700.00 for performance funding, and $954,000.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(f) The appropriation for Michigan State University is $353,872,800.00, $285,805,100.00 for operations, $1,526,600.00 for performance funding, $1,467,700.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver, $34,937,300.00 for MSU AgBioResearch, and $30,136,100.00 for MSU Extension.

(g) The appropriation for Michigan Technological University is $50,568,100.00, $49,835,300.00 for operations, $266,300.00 for performance funding, and $466,500.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(h) The appropriation for Northern Michigan University is $48,909,100.00, $47,576,200.00 for operations, $232,900.00 for performance funding, and $1,100,000.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(i) The appropriation for Oakland University is $53,432,500.00, $52,719,900.00 for operations, $427,500.00 for performance funding, and $285,100.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(j) The appropriation for Saginaw Valley State University is $30,807,700.00, $30,456,500.00 for operations, $127,300.00 for performance funding, and $223,900.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(k) The appropriation for University of Michigan � Ann Arbor is $322,773,600.00, $320,255,800.00 for operations, $1,714,300.00 for performance funding, and $803,500.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(l) The appropriation for University of Michigan � Dearborn is $26,327,200.00, $25,986,400.00 for operations, $180,600.00 for performance funding, and $160,200.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(m) The appropriation for University of Michigan � Flint is $23,893,200.00, $23,493,800.00 for operations, $122,400.00 for performance funding, and $277,000.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(n) The appropriation for Wayne State University is $203,413,900.00, $202,112,700.00 for operations, $884,000.00 for performance funding, and $417,200.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(o) The appropriation for Western Michigan University is $112,290,100.00, $110,976,000.00 for operations, $546,200.00 for performance funding, and $767,900.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.

(3) The amount appropriated in subsection (2) for public universities is $1,536,854,300.00, appropriated from the following:

(a) State school aid fund, $343,168,300.00.

(b) State general fund/general purpose money, $1,193,686,000.00.

(4) The amount appropriated for Michigan public school employees� retirement system reimbursement is $5,017,000.00, appropriated from the state school aid fund.

(5) The amount appropriated for state and regional programs is $315,000.00, appropriated from general fund/general purpose money and allocated as follows:

(a) Higher education database modernization and conversion, $200,000.00.

(b) Midwestern Higher Education Compact, $115,000.00.

(6) The amount appropriated for the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks program is $2,691,500.00, appropriated from general fund/general purpose money and allocated as follows:

(a) Select student support services, $1,956,100.00.

(b) Michigan college/university partnership program, $586,800.00.

(7) Subject to subsection (8), the amount appropriated for grants and financial aid is $139,283,200.00, allocated as follows:

(a) State competitive scholarships, $32,361,700.00.

(b) Tuition grants, $38,021,500.00.

(d) Children of veterans and officer�s survivor tuition grant programs, $1,400,000.00.

(e) Project GEAR-UP, $3,200,000.00.

(8) The money appropriated in subsection (7) for grants and financial aid is appropriated from the following:

(a) Federal revenues under the United States Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, GEAR-UP program, $3,200,000.00.

(b) Federal revenues under the social security act, temporary assistance for needy families, $124,826,400.00.

(9) For fiscal year 2019-2020 only, in addition to the allocation under subsection (4), from the appropriations described in subsection (1), there is allocated an amount not to exceed $1,234,000.00 for payments to participating public universities, appropriated from the state school aid fund. A university that receives money under this subsection shall use that money solely for the purpose of offsetting the normal cost contribution rate. As used in this subsection, �participating public universities� means public universities that are a reporting unit of the Michigan public school employees� retirement system under the public school employees retirement act of 1979, 1980 PA 300, MCL 38.1301 to 38.1437, and that pay contributions to the Michigan public school employees� retirement system for the state fiscal year.

(10) The amount appropriated for pregnant and parenting student services is $150,000.00, appropriated from state general fund/general purpose money, and subject to the conditions of the pregnant and parenting services act, 2004 PA 500, MCL 390.1591 to 390.1596.

Sec. 236a. It is the intent of the legislature to provide appropriations for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2021 for the items listed in section 236. The fiscal year 2020-2021 appropriations are anticipated to be the same as those for fiscal year 2019-2020, except that the amounts will be adjusted for changes in caseload and related costs, federal fund match rates, economic factors, and available revenue. These adjustments will be determined after the January 2020 consensus revenue estimating conference. For fiscal year 2020-2021, the amount appropriated for Michigan public school employees� retirement system reimbursement is projected to be $7,264,000.00.

Sec. 236b. In addition to the funds appropriated in section 236, there is appropriated for grants and financial aid in fiscal year 2019-2020 an amount not to exceed $6,000,000.00 for federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure until they have been transferred under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393, for another purpose under this article.

Sec. 236c. In addition to the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2019-2020 in section 236, appropriations to the department of technology, management, and budget in the act providing general appropriations for fiscal year 2019-2020 for state building authority rent, totaling an estimated $144,995,300.00 provide funding for the state share of costs for previously constructed capital projects for state universities. These appropriations for state building authority rent represent additional state general fund support provided to public universities, and the following is an estimate of the amount of that support to each university:

(a) Central Michigan University, $12,141,800.00.

(b) Eastern Michigan University, $7,673,600.00.

(d) Grand Valley State University, $6,752,400.00.

(e) Lake Superior State University, $1,856,100.00.

(f) Michigan State University, $15,514,900.00.

(g) Michigan Technological University, $6,912,500.00.

(h) Northern Michigan University, $7,449,600.00.

(i) Oakland University, $12,908,600.00.

(j) Saginaw Valley State University, $10,670,900.00.

(k) University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, $9,795,900.00.

(l) University of Michigan - Dearborn, $9,522,700.00.

(m) University of Michigan - Flint, $4,128,900.00.

(n) Wayne State University, $16,008,000.00.

(o) Western Michigan University, $15,225,200.00.

Sec. 237. All of the appropriations authorized under this article are subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.

Sec. 241. (1) Subject to sections 244 and 265a, the funds appropriated in section 236 to public universities shall be paid out of the state treasury and distributed by the state treasurer to the respective institutions in 11 equal monthly installments on the sixteenth of each month, or the next succeeding business day, beginning with October 16, 2019. Except for Wayne State University, each institution shall accrue its July and August 2020 payments to its institutional fiscal year ending June 30, 2020.

(2) All public universities shall submit higher education institutional data inventory (HEIDI) data and associated financial and program information requested by and in a manner prescribed by the state budget director. For public universities with fiscal years ending June 30, 2019, these data shall be submitted to the state budget director by October 15, 2019. Public universities with a fiscal year ending September 30, 2019 shall submit preliminary HEIDI data by November 15, 2019 and final data by December 15, 2019. If a public university fails to submit HEIDI data and associated financial aid program information in accordance with this reporting schedule, the state treasurer may withhold the monthly installments under subsection (1) to the public university until those data are submitted.

Sec. 245. (1) A public university shall maintain a public transparency website available through a link on its website homepage. The public university shall update this website within 30 days after the university�s governing board adopts its annual operating budget for the next academic year, or after the governing board adopts a subsequent revision to that budget.

(2) The website required under subsection (1) shall include all of the following concerning the public university:

(a) The annual operating budget and subsequent budget revisions.

(b) A summary of current expenditures for the most recent fiscal year for which they are available, expressed as pie charts in the following 2 categories:

(i) A chart of personnel expenditures, broken into the following subcategories:

(A) Earnings and wages.

(B) Employee benefit costs, including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and long-term care benefits.

(D) All other personnel costs.

(ii) A chart of all current expenditures the public university reported as part of its higher education institutional data inventory data under section 241(2), broken into the same subcategories in which it reported those data.

(i) The current collective bargaining agreement for each bargaining unit.

(ii) Each health care benefits plan, including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, disability, long-term care, or any other type of benefits that would constitute health care services, offered to any bargaining unit or employee of the public university.

(iii) Audits and financial reports for the most recent fiscal year for which they are available.

(d) A list of all positions funded partially or wholly through institutional general fund revenue that includes the position title and annual salary or wage amount for each position.

(e) General fund revenue and expenditure projections for the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year.

(f) A listing of all debt service obligations, detailed by project, anticipated fiscal year payment for each project, and total outstanding debt for the current fiscal year.

(g) The institution�s policy regarding the transferability of core college courses between community colleges and the university.

(h) A listing of all community colleges that have entered into reverse transfer agreements with the university.

(3) On the website required under subsection (1), a public university shall provide a dashboard or report card demonstrating the university�s performance in several �best practice� measures. The dashboard or report card shall include at least all of the following for the 3 most recent academic years for which the data are available:

(a) Enrollment.

(b) Student retention rate.

(d) Number of Pell grant recipients and graduating Pell grant recipients.

(e) Geographic origination of students, categorized as in-state, out-of-state, and international.

(f) Faculty to student ratios and total university employee to student ratios.

(g) Teaching load by faculty classification.

(h) Graduation outcome rates, including employment and continuing education.

(4) For statewide consistency and public visibility, public universities must use the icon badge provided by the department of technology, management, and budget consistent with the icon badge developed by the department of education for K-12 school districts. It must appear on the front of each public university�s homepage. The size of the icon may be reduced to 150 x 150 pixels. The font size and style for this reporting must be consistent with other documents on each university�s website.

(5) The state budget director shall determine whether a public university has complied with this section. The state budget director may withhold a public university�s monthly installments described in section 241 until the public university complies with this section.

(6) By the first business day of November of each year, a public university shall report the following information to the center and post the information on its website under the budget transparency icon badge:

(a) Opportunities for earning college credit through the following programs:

(i) State approved career and technical education or a tech prep articulated program of study.

(ii) Direct college credit or concurrent enrollment.

(iii) Dual enrollment.

(iv) An early college/middle college program.

(b) For each program described in subdivision (a) that the public university offers, all of the following information:

(i) The number of high school students participating in the program.

(ii) The number of school districts that participate in the program with the public university.

(iii) Whether a university professor, qualified local school district employee, or other individual teaches the course or courses in the program.

(iv) The total cost to the public university to operate the program.

(v) The cost per credit hour for the course or courses in the program.

(vi) The location where the course or courses in the program are held.

(vii) Instructional resources offered to the program instructors.

(viii) Resources offered to the student in the program.

(ix) Transportation services provided to students in the program.

(7) A public university shall collect and report the number and percentage of all enrolled students who complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, broken out by undergraduate and graduate/professional classifications, to the center and post the information on its website under the budget transparency icon badge.

Sec. 245a. (1) A public university shall develop, maintain, and update a �campus safety information and resources� link, prominently displayed on the homepage of its website, to a section of its website containing all of the information required under subsection (2).

(2) The �campus safety information and resources� section of a public university�s website shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following information:

(a) Emergency contact numbers for police, fire, health, and other services.

(b) Hours, locations, phone numbers, and electronic mail contacts for campus public safety offices and title IX offices.

(c) A listing of safety and security services provided by the university, including transportation, escort services, building surveillance, anonymous tip lines, and other available security services.

(d) A public university�s policies applicable to minors on university property.

(e) A directory of resources available at the university or surrounding community for students or employees who are survivors of sexual assault or sexual abuse.

(f) An electronic copy of �A Resource Handbook for Campus Sexual Assault Survivors, Friends and Family�, published in 2018 by the office of the governor in conjunction with the first lady of Michigan.

(g) Campus security policies and crime statistics pursuant to the student right-to-know and campus security act, Public Law 101-542, 104 Stat 2381. Information shall include all material prepared pursuant to the public information reporting requirements under the crime awareness and campus security act of 1990, title II of the student right-to-know and campus security act, Public Law 101-542, 104 Stat 2381.

(3) A public university shall certify to the state budget director by October 1, 2019 and the last business day of each August thereafter that it is in compliance with this section. The state budget director may withhold a public university�s monthly installments described in section 241 until the public university complies with this section.

Sec. 251. (1) Payments of the amounts included in section 236 for the state competitive scholarship program shall be distributed pursuant to 1964 PA 208, MCL 390.971 to 390.981.

(2) Pursuant to section 6 of 1964 PA 208, MCL 390.976, the department of treasury shall determine an actual maximum state competitive scholarship award per student, which shall be not less than $1,000.00, that ensures that the aggregate payments for the state competitive scholarship program do not exceed the appropriation contained in section 236 for the state competitive scholarship program. If the department determines that insufficient funds are available to establish a maximum award amount equal to at least $1,000.00, the department shall immediately report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director regarding the estimated amount of additional funds necessary to establish a $1,000.00 maximum award amount.

(3) The department of treasury shall implement a proportional competitive scholarship maximum award level for recipients enrolled less than full-time in a given semester or term.

(4) If a student who receives an award under this section has his or her tuition and fees paid under the Michigan educational trust program, pursuant to the Michigan education trust act, 1986 PA 316, MCL 390.1421 to 390.1442, and still has financial need, the funds awarded under this section may be used for educational expenses other than tuition and fees.

(5) If the department of treasury increases the maximum award per eligible student from that provided in the previous fiscal year, it shall not have the effect of reducing the number of eligible students receiving awards in relation to the total number of eligible applicants. Any increase in the maximum grant shall be proportional for all eligible students receiving awards.

(6) Veterans Administration benefits shall not be considered in determining eligibility for the award of scholarships under 1964 PA 208, MCL 390.971 to 390.981.

(7) Any unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining on September 30, 2020 from the amounts appropriated in section 236 for the state competitive scholarship program for fiscal year 2019-2020 do not lapse on September 30, 2020, but continue to be available for the expenditure for state competitive scholarships under a work project account.

Sec. 252. (1) The amounts appropriated in section 236 for the state tuition grant program shall be distributed pursuant to 1966 PA 313, MCL 390.991 to 390.997a.

(2) Tuition grant awards shall be made to all eligible Michigan residents enrolled in undergraduate degree programs who are qualified and who apply by March 1 of each year for the next academic year.

(3) Pursuant to section 5 of 1966 PA 313, MCL 390.995, and subject to subsections (7) and (8), the department of treasury shall determine an actual maximum tuition grant award per student, which shall be no less than $3,000.00, that ensures that the aggregate payments for the tuition grant program do not exceed the appropriation contained in section 236 for the state tuition grant program. If the department determines that insufficient funds are available to establish a maximum award amount equal to at least $3,000.00, the department shall immediately report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director regarding the estimated amount of additional funds necessary to establish a $3,000.00 maximum award amount. If the department determines that sufficient funds are available to establish a maximum award amount equal to at least $3,000.00, the department shall immediately report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director regarding the maximum award amount established and the projected amount of any projected year-end appropriation balance based on that maximum award amount. By February 18 of each fiscal year, the department shall analyze the status of award commitments, shall make any necessary adjustments, and shall confirm that those award commitments will not exceed the appropriation contained in section 236 for the tuition grant program. The determination and actions shall be reported to the state budget director and the house and senate fiscal agencies no later than the final day of February of each year. If award adjustments are necessary, the students shall be notified of the adjustment by March 4 of each year. The department is prohibited from using funds described in this section and appropriated in section 236(7)(b) to offset costs in any other student financial aid program.

(4) Any unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining on September 30, 2020 from the amounts appropriated in section 236 for the tuition grant program for fiscal year 2019-2020 do not lapse on September 30, 2020, but continue to be available for expenditure for tuition grants under a work project account.

(5) The department of treasury shall continue a proportional tuition grant maximum award level for recipients enrolled less than full-time in a given semester or term.

(6) If the department of treasury increases the maximum award per eligible student from that provided in the previous fiscal year, it shall not have the effect of reducing the number of eligible students receiving awards in relation to the total number of eligible applicants. Any increase in the maximum grant shall be proportional for all eligible students receiving awards for that fiscal year.

(7) Except as provided in subsection (4), the department of treasury shall not award more than $5,000,000.00 in tuition grants to eligible students enrolled in the same independent nonprofit college or university in this state. Any decrease in the maximum grant shall be proportional for all eligible students enrolled in that college or university, as determined by the department. The limit described in this subsection does not apply to any other student financial aid program or in combination with any other student financial aid program.

(8) The department of treasury shall not award tuition grants to otherwise eligible students enrolled in an independent college or university that does not report, in a form and manner directed by and satisfactory to the department of treasury, by October 31 of each year, all of the following:

(a) The number of students in the most recently completed academic year who in any academic year received a state tuition grant at the reporting institution and successfully completed a program or graduated.

(b) The number of students in the most recently completed academic year who in any academic year received a state tuition grant at the reporting institution and took a remedial education class.

(c) The number of students in the most recently completed academic year who in any academic year received a Pell grant at the reporting institution and successfully completed a program or graduated.

(9) By February 1 of each year, each independent college and university participating in the tuition grant program shall report to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on its efforts to develop and implement sexual assault response training for the institution�s title IX coordinator, campus law enforcement personnel, campus public safety personnel, and any other campus personnel charged with responding to on-campus incidents, including information on sexual assault response training materials and the status of implementing sexual assault response training for institutional personnel.

Sec. 256. (1) The funds appropriated in section 236 for the tuition incentive program shall be distributed as provided in this section and pursuant to the administrative procedures for the tuition incentive program of the department of treasury.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) �Phase I� means the first part of the tuition incentive program defined as the academic period of 80 semester or 120 term credits, or less, leading to an associate degree or certificate. Students must be enrolled in a certificate or associate degree program and taking classes within the program of study for a certificate or associate degree. Tuition will not be covered for courses outside of a certificate or associate degree program.

(b) �Phase II� means the second part of the tuition incentive program which provides assistance in the third and fourth year of 4-year degree programs.

(d) �High school equivalency certificate� means that term as defined in section 4.

(3) An individual shall meet the following basic criteria and financial thresholds to be eligible for tuition incentive program benefits:

(a) To be eligible for phase I, an individual shall meet all of the following criteria:

(i) Apply for certification to the department any time after he or she begins the sixth grade but before August 31 of the school year in which he or she graduates from high school or before achieving a high school equivalency certificate.

(ii) Be less than 20 years of age at the time he or she graduates from high school with a diploma or certificate of completion or achieves a high school equivalency certificate or, for students attending a 5-year middle college approved by the Michigan department of education, be less than 21 years of age when he or she graduates from high school.

(iii) Be a United States citizen and a resident of this state according to institutional criteria.

(iv) Be at least a half-time student, earning less than 80 semester or 120 term credits at a participating educational institution within 4 years of high school graduation or achievement of a high school equivalency certificate. All program eligibility expires 6 years from high school graduation or achievement of a high school equivalency certificate.

(v) Meet the satisfactory academic progress policy of the educational institution he or she attends.

(b) To be eligible for phase II, an individual shall meet either of the following criteria in addition to the criteria in subdivision (a):

(i) Complete at least 56 transferable semester or 84 transferable term credits.

(ii) Obtain an associate degree or certificate at a participating institution.

(c) To be eligible for phase I or phase II, an individual must be financially eligible as determined by the department. An individual is financially eligible for the tuition incentive program if he or she was eligible for Medicaid from this state for 24 months within the 36 consecutive months before application. The department shall accept certification of Medicaid eligibility only from the department of health and human services for the purposes of verifying if a person is Medicaid eligible for 24 months within the 36 consecutive months before application. Certification of eligibility may begin in the sixth grade.

(4) For phase I, the department shall provide payment on behalf of a person eligible under subsection (3). The department shall only accept standard per-credit hour tuition billings and shall reject billings that are excessive or outside the guidelines for the type of educational institution.

(5) For phase I, all of the following apply:

(a) Payments for associate degree or certificate programs shall not be made for more than 80 semester or 120 term credits for any individual student at any participating institution.

(b) For persons enrolled at a Michigan community college, the department shall pay the current in-district tuition and mandatory fees. For persons residing in an area that is not included in any community college district, the out-of-district tuition rate may be authorized.

(c) For persons enrolled at a Michigan public university, the department shall pay lower division resident tuition and mandatory fees for the current year.

(d) For persons enrolled at a Michigan independent, nonprofit degree-granting college or university, or a Michigan federal tribally controlled community college, or Focus: HOPE, the department shall pay mandatory fees for the current year and a per-credit payment that does not exceed the average community college in‑district per-credit tuition rate as reported on August 1, for the immediately preceding academic year.

(6) A person participating in phase II may be eligible for additional funds not to exceed $500.00 per semester or $400.00 per term up to a maximum of $2,000.00 subject to the following conditions:

(a) Credits are earned in a 4-year program at a Michigan degree-granting 4-year college or university.

(b) The tuition reimbursement is for coursework completed within 30 months of completion of the phase I requirements.

(7) The department shall work closely with participating institutions to develop an application and eligibility determination process that will provide the highest level of participation and ensure that all requirements of the program are met.

(8) Applications for the tuition incentive program may be approved at any time after the student begins the sixth grade. If a determination of financial eligibility is made, that determination is valid as long as the student meets all other program requirements and conditions.

(9) Each institution shall ensure that all known available restricted grants for tuition and fees are used prior to billing the tuition incentive program for any portion of a student�s tuition and fees.

(10) The department shall ensure that the tuition incentive program is well publicized and that eligible Medicaid clients are provided information on the program. The department shall provide the necessary funding and staff to fully operate the program.

(11) Any unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining on September 30, 2020 from the amounts appropriated in section 236 for the tuition incentive program for fiscal year 2019-2020 do not lapse on September 30, 2020, but continue to be available for expenditure for tuition incentive program funds under a work project account.

(12) The department of treasury shall collaborate with the center to use the P-20 longitudinal data system to report the following information for each qualified postsecondary institution:

(a) The number of phase I students in the most recently completed academic year who in any academic year received a tuition incentive program award and who successfully completed a degree or certificate program. Cohort graduation rates for phase I students shall be calculated using the established success rate methodology developed by the center in collaboration with the postsecondary institutions.

(b) The number of students in the most recently completed academic year who in any academic year received a Pell grant at the reporting institution and who successfully completed a degree or certificate program. Cohort graduation rates for students who received Pell grants shall be calculated using the established success rate methodology developed by the center in collaboration with the postsecondary institutions.

(13) If a qualified postsecondary institution does not report the data necessary to comply with subsection (12) to the P-20 longitudinal data system, the institution shall report, in a form and manner satisfactory to the department of treasury and the center, all of the information needed to comply with subsection (12) by December 1 2020.

(14) Beginning in fiscal year 2020-2021, if a qualified postsecondary institution does not report the data necessary to complete the reporting in subsection (12) to the P-20 longitudinal data system by October 15 for the prior academic year, the department of treasury shall not award phase I tuition incentive program funding to otherwise eligible students enrolled in that institution until the data are submitted.

Sec. 263. (1) Included in the appropriation in section 236 for fiscal year 2019-2020 for MSU AgBioResearch is $2,982,900.00 and included in the appropriation in section 236 for MSU Extension is $2,645,200.00 for Project GREEEN. Project GREEEN is intended to address critical regulatory, food safety, economic, and environmental problems faced by this state�s plant-based agriculture, forestry, and processing industries. �GREEEN� is an acronym for Generating Research and Extension to Meet Environmental and Economic Needs.

(2) The department of agriculture and rural development and Michigan State University, in consultation with agricultural commodity groups and other interested parties, shall develop Project GREEEN and its program priorities.

Sec. 263a. (1) Not later than September 30 of each year, Michigan State University shall submit a report on MSU AgBioResearch and MSU Extension to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on agriculture and on higher education, the house and senate standing committees on agriculture, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director for the preceding academic fiscal year.

(2) The report required under subsection (1) shall include all of the following:

(a) Total funds expended by MSU AgBioResearch and by MSU Extension identified by state, local, private, federal, and university fund sources.

(b) A review of major programs within both MSU AgBioResearch and MSU Extension with specific reference to accomplishments, impacts, and a specific accounting of Project GREEEN expenditures and the impact of those expenditures. The program review for MSU AgBioResearch and MSU Extension should include the following:

(i) The number of agriculture and food-related firms collaborating with and using services of research and extension faculty and staff.

(ii) The number of individuals utilizing MSU Extension�s educational services.

(iii) External funds generated in support of research and extension.

(iv) Efforts to improve access to healthy foods for Michigan consumers.

Sec. 264. Included in the appropriation in section 236 for fiscal year 2019-2020 for Michigan State University is $80,000.00 for the Michigan Future Farmers of America Association. This $80,000.00 allocation shall not supplant any existing support that Michigan State University provides to the Michigan Future Farmers of America Association.

Sec. 265. (1) Payments under section 265a for performance funding for fiscal years 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022 shall only be made to a public university that certifies to the state budget director by October 1, 2019 that its board did not adopt an increase in tuition and fee rates for resident undergraduate students after September 1, 2018 for the 2018-2019 academic year and that its board will not adopt an increase in tuition and fee rates for resident undergraduate students for the 2019-2020 academic year that is greater than 4.4% or $587.00, whichever is greater. As used in this subsection:

(a) �Fee� means any board-authorized fee that will be paid by more than 1/2 of all resident undergraduate students at least once during their enrollment at a public university, as described in the higher education institutional data inventory (HEIDI) user manual. A university increasing a fee that applies to a specific subset of students or courses shall provide sufficient information to prove that the increase applied to that subset will not cause the increase in the average amount of board-authorized total tuition and fees paid by resident undergraduate students in the 2019-2020 academic year to exceed the limit established in this subsection.

(b) �Tuition and fee rate� means the average of full-time rates paid by a majority of students in each undergraduate class, based on an unweighted average of the rates authorized by the university board and actually charged to students, deducting any uniformly rebated or refunded amounts, for the 2 semesters with the highest levels of full-time equated resident undergraduate enrollment during the academic year, as described in the higher education institutional data inventory (HEIDI) user manual.

(2) The state budget director shall implement uniform reporting requirements to ensure that a public university receiving a payment under section 265a for performance funding has satisfied the tuition restraint requirements of this section. The state budget director shall have the sole authority to determine if a public university has met the requirements of this section. Information reported by a public university to the state budget director under this subsection shall also be reported to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education and the house and senate fiscal agencies.

(3) Universities that exceed the tuition and fee rate cap described in subsection (1) shall not receive a planning or construction authorization for a state-funded capital outlay project in fiscal years 2020-2021, 2021‑2022, or 2022-2023.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the legislature may at any time adjust appropriations for a university that adopts an increase in tuition and fee rates for resident undergraduate students that exceeds the rate cap established in subsection (1).

Sec. 265a. (1) Appropriations to public universities in section 236 for fiscal years 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022 for performance funding shall be paid only to a public university that complies with section 265 and certifies to the state budget director, the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, and the house and senate fiscal agencies by October 1, 2019 that it complies with all of the following requirements:

(a) The university participates in reverse transfer agreements described in section 286 with at least 3 Michigan community colleges.

(b) The university does not and will not consider whether dual enrollment credits earned by an incoming student were utilized towards his or her high school graduation requirements when making a determination as to whether those credits may be used by the student toward completion of a university degree or certificate program.

(c) The university actively participates in and submits timely updates to the Michigan Transfer Network created as part of the Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers transfer agreement.

(2) Any performance funding amounts under section 236 that are not paid to a public university because it did not comply with 1 or more requirements under subsection (1) are unappropriated and reappropriated for performance funding to those public universities that meet the requirements under subsection (1), distributed in proportion to their performance funding appropriation amounts under section 236.

(3) The state budget director shall report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education and the house and senate fiscal agencies by October 15, 2019, regarding any performance funding amounts that are not paid to a public university because it did not comply with 1 or more requirements under subsection (1) and any reappropriation of funds under subsection (2).

(4) Performance funding amounts described in section 236 are distributed based on the following formula:

(a) Proportional to each university�s share of total operations funding appropriated in fiscal year 2010‑2011, 50%.

(b) Based on weighted undergraduate completions in critical skills areas, 11.1%.

(c) Based on research and development expenditures, for universities classified in Carnegie classifications as doctoral universities: moderate research activity, doctoral universities: higher research activity, or doctoral universities: highest research activity only, 5.6%.

(d) Based on 6-year graduation rate, total degree completions, and institutional support as a percentage of core expenditures, and the percentage of students receiving Pell grants, scored against national Carnegie classification peers and weighted by total undergraduate fiscal year equated students, 33.3%.

(5) For purposes of determining the score of a university under subsection (4)(d), each university is assigned 1 of the following scores:

(a) A university classified as in the top 20%, a score of 3.

(b) A university classified as above national median, a score of 2.

(c) A university classified as improving, a score of 2. It is the intent of the legislature that, beginning in the 2020-2021 state fiscal year, a university classified as improving is assigned a score of 1.

(d) A university that is not included in subdivision (a), (b), or (c), a score of 0.

(6) As used in this section, �Carnegie classification� means the basic classification of the university according to the most recent version of the Carnegie classification of institutions of higher education, published by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

(7) It is the intent of the legislature to allocate more funding based on an updated set of performance metrics in future years. Updated metrics will be based on the outcome of joint hearings between the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education and community colleges intended to be held in the fall of 2019.

Sec. 265b. (1) Appropriations to public universities in section 236 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020 for operations funding shall be reduced by 10% pursuant to the procedures described in subdivision (a) for a public university that fails to submit certification to the state budget director, the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, and the house and senate fiscal agencies by October 1, 2019 that the university complies with sections 274c and 274d and that it complies with all of the requirements described in subdivisions (b) to (i), as follows:

(a) If a university fails to submit certification, the state budget director shall withhold 10% of that university�s annual operations funding until the university submits certification. If a university fails to submit certification by the end of the fiscal year, the 10% of its annual operations funding that is withheld shall lapse to the general fund.

(b) For title IX investigations of alleged sexual misconduct, the university prohibits the use of medical experts that have an actual or apparent conflict of interest.

(c) For title IX investigations of alleged sexual misconduct, the university prohibits the issuance of divergent reports to complainants, respondents, and administration and instead requires that identical reports be issued to them.

(d) Consistent with the university�s obligations under 20 USC 1092(f), the university notifies each individual who reports having experienced sexual assault by a student, faculty member, or staff member of the university that the individual has the option to report the matter to law enforcement, to the university, to both, or to neither, as the individual may choose.

(e) The university provides both of the following:

(i) For all freshmen and incoming transfer students enrolled, an in-person sexual misconduct prevention presentation or course, which must include contact information for the title IX office of the university.

(ii) For all students not considered freshmen or incoming transfer students, an online or electronic sexual misconduct prevention presentation or course.

(f) The university prohibits seeking compensation from the recipient of any medical procedure, treatment, or care provided by a medical professional who has been convicted of a felony arising out of the medical procedure, treatment, or care.

(g) The university had a third party review its title IX compliance office and related policies and procedures by the end of the 2018-2019 academic year. A copy of the third-party review shall be transmitted to the state budget director, the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, and the house and senate fiscal agencies. After the third-party review has been conducted for the 2018-2019 academic year, the university shall have a third-party review once every three years and a copy of the third-party review shall be transmitted to the state budget director, the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, and the house and senate fiscal agencies.

(h) The university requires that the governing board and the president or chancellor of the university receive not less than quarterly reports from their title IX coordinator or title IX office. The report shall contain aggregated data of the number of sexual misconduct reports that the office received for the academic year, the types of reports received, including reports received against employees, and a summary of the general outcomes of the reports and investigations. A member of the governing board may request to review a title IX investigation report involving a complaint against an employee, and the university shall provide the report in a manner it considers appropriate. The university shall protect the complainant�s anonymity, and the report shall not contain specific identifying information.

(i) If allegations against an employee are made in more than 1 title IX complaint that resulted in the university finding that no misconduct occurred, the university requires that the title IX officer promptly notify the president or chancellor and a member of the university�s governing board in writing and take all appropriate steps to ensure that the matter is being investigated thoroughly, including hiring an outside investigator for future cases involving that employee. A third-party title IX investigation under this subdivision does not prohibit the university from simultaneously conducting its own title IX investigation through its own title IX coordinator.

(2) Each public university that receives an appropriation in section 236 shall also certify that its president or chancellor and a member of its governing board has reviewed all title IX reports involving the alleged sexual misconduct of an employee of the university, and shall send the certification to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director by October 1, 2019.

(3) For purposes of this section, �sexual misconduct� includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:

(a) Intimate partner violence.

(b) Nonconsensual sexual conduct.

(d) Sexual exploitation.

(e) Sexual harassment.

(f) Stalking.

Sec. 265c. By February 1, 2020 and February 1 of every even-numbered year thereafter, the Michigan Community College Association, the Michigan Association of State Universities, and the Michigan Independent Colleges and Universities, on behalf of their member colleges and universities, shall submit to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on community colleges, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director a comprehensive report detailing the number of academic program partnerships between public community colleges, public universities, and private colleges and universities, including, but not limited to, the following information:

(a) The names of the baccalaureate degree programs of study offered by public and private universities on community college campuses.

(b) The names of the articulation agreements for baccalaureate degree programs of study between public community colleges, public universities, and private colleges and universities.

(c) The number of students enrolled and number of degrees awarded through articulation agreements, and the number of courses offered, number of students enrolled, and number of degrees awarded through
on-campus programs named in subdivision (a) from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.

Sec. 265d. Each public university that receives an appropriation in section 236 is encouraged to enter into a memorandum of understanding with at least 1 local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction on or around campus for the communication and coordination of responses to incidents of sexual assault.

Sec. 267. All public universities shall submit the amount of tuition and fees actually charged to a full-time resident undergraduate student for academic year 2019-2020 as part of their higher education institutional data inventory (HEIDI) data by October 1, 2019, and by August 31 of each year thereafter. A public university shall report any revisions for any semester of the reported academic year 2019-2020 tuition and fee charges to HEIDI within 15 days of being adopted

Sec. 268. (1) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, it is the intent of the legislature that funds be allocated for unfunded North American Indian tuition waiver costs incurred by public universities under 1976 PA 174, MCL 390.1251 to 390.1253, from the general fund.

(2) By February 15 of each year, the department of civil rights shall annually submit to the state budget director, the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, and the house and senate fiscal agencies a report on North American Indian tuition waivers for the preceding academic year that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following information:

(a) The number of waiver applications received and the number of waiver applications approved.

(b) For each university submitting information under subsection (3), all of the following:

(i) The number of graduate and undergraduate North American Indian students enrolled each term for the previous academic year.

(ii) The number of North American Indian waivers granted each term, including to continuing education students, and the monetary value of the waivers for the previous academic year.

(iii) The number of graduate and undergraduate students attending under a North American Indian tuition waiver who withdrew from the university each term during the previous academic year. For purposes of this subparagraph, a withdrawal occurs when a student who has been awarded the waiver withdraws from the institution at any point during the term, regardless of enrollment in subsequent terms.

(iv) The number of graduate and undergraduate students attending under a North American Indian tuition waiver who successfully complete a degree or certificate program, separated by degree or certificate level, and the graduation rate for graduate and undergraduate students attending under a North American Indian tuition waiver who complete a degree or certificate within 150% of the normal time to complete, separated by the level of the degree or certificate.

(3) A public university that receives funds under section 236 shall provide to the department of civil rights any information necessary for preparing the report detailed in subsection (2), using guidelines and procedures developed by the department of civil rights.

(4) The department of civil rights may consolidate the report required under this section with the report required under section 223, but a consolidated report must separately identify data for universities and data for community colleges.

Sec. 269. For fiscal year 2019-2020, from the amount appropriated in section 236 to Central Michigan University for operations, $29,700.00 shall be paid to Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College for the costs of waiving tuition for North American Indians under 1976 PA 174, MCL 390.1251 to 390.1253.

Sec. 270. For fiscal year 2019-2020, from the amount appropriated in section 236 to Lake Superior State University for operations, $100,000.00 shall be paid to Bay Mills Community College for the costs of waiving tuition for North American Indians under 1976 PA 174, MCL 390.1251 to 390.1253.

Sec. 274. It is the intent of the legislature that public and private organizations that conduct human embryonic stem cell derivation subject to section 27 of article I of the state constitution of 1963 will provide information to the director of the department of health and human services by December 1, 2019 that includes all of the following:

(a) Documentation that the organization conducting human embryonic stem cell derivation is conducting its activities in compliance with the requirements of section 27 of article I of the state constitution of 1963 and all relevant National Institutes of Health guidelines pertaining to embryonic stem cell derivation.

(b) A list of all human embryonic stem cell lines submitted by the organization to the National Institutes of Health for inclusion in the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry before and during fiscal year 2018-2019, and the status of each submission as approved, pending approval, or review completed but not yet accepted.

(c) Number of human embryonic stem cell lines derived and not submitted for inclusion in the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry, before and during fiscal year 2018-2019.

Sec. 274c. By February 1 of each year, each university receiving funds under section 236 shall report to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on its efforts to develop and implement sexual assault response training for the university�s title IX coordinator, campus law enforcement personnel, campus public safety personnel, and any other campus personnel charged with responding to on-campus incidents, including information on sexual assault response training materials and the status of implementing sexual assault response training for campus personnel.

Sec. 275d. The legislature urges each university that receives an appropriation in section 236 to not take disciplinary action against an employee for communicating with a member of the legislature or a legislator�s staff.

Sec. 276. (1) Included in the appropriation for fiscal year 2019-2020 for each public university in section 236 is funding for the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks future faculty program that is intended to increase the pool of academically or economically disadvantaged candidates pursuing faculty teaching careers in postsecondary education. Preference may not be given to applicants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or national origin. Institutions should encourage applications from applicants who would otherwise not adequately be represented in the graduate student and faculty populations. Each public university shall apply the percentage change applicable to every public university in the calculation of appropriations in section 236 to the amount of funds allocated to the future faculty program.

(2) The program shall be administered by each public university in a manner prescribed by the workforce development agency. The workforce development agency shall use a good faith effort standard to evaluate whether a fellowship is in default.

Sec. 277. (1) Included in the appropriation for fiscal year 2019-2020 for each public university in section 236 is funding for the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks college day program that is intended to introduce academically or economically disadvantaged schoolchildren to the potential of a college education. Preference may not be given to participants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or national origin. Public universities should encourage participation from those who would otherwise not adequately be represented in the student population.

(2) Individual program plans of each public university shall include a budget of equal contributions from this program, the participating public university, the participating school district, and the participating independent degree-granting college. College day funds shall not be expended to cover indirect costs. Not more than 20% of the university match shall be attributable to indirect costs. Each public university shall apply the percentage change applicable to every public university in the calculation of appropriations in section 236 to the amount of funds allocated to the college day program.

(3) The program described in this section shall be administered by each public university in a manner prescribed by the workforce development agency.

Sec. 278. (1) Included in section 236 for fiscal year 2019-2020 is funding for the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks select student support services program for developing academically or economically disadvantaged student retention programs for 4-year public and independent educational institutions in this state. Preference may not be given to participants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or national origin. Institutions should encourage participation from those who would otherwise not adequately be represented in the student population.

(2) An award made under this program to any 1 institution shall not be greater than $150,000.00, and the amount awarded shall be matched on a 70% state, 30% college or university basis.

(3) The program described in this section shall be administered by the workforce development agency.

Sec. 279. (1) Included in section 236 for fiscal year 2019-2020 is funding for the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks college/university partnership program between 4-year public and independent colleges and universities and public community colleges, which is intended to increase the number of academically or economically disadvantaged students who transfer from community colleges into baccalaureate programs. Preference may not be given to participants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or national origin. Institutions should encourage participation from those who would otherwise not adequately be represented in the transfer student population.

(2) The grants shall be made under the program described in this section to Michigan public and independent colleges and universities. An award to any 1 institution shall not be greater than $150,000.00, and the amount awarded shall be matched on a 70% state, 30% college or university basis.

(3) The program described in this section shall be administered by the workforce development agency.

Sec. 280. (1) Included in the appropriation for fiscal year 2019-2020 for each public university in
section 236 is funding for the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks visiting professors program which is intended to increase the number of instructors in the classroom to provide role models for academically or economically disadvantaged students. Preference may not be given to participants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or national origin. Public universities should encourage participation from those who would otherwise not adequately be represented in the student population.

(2) The program described in this section shall be administered by the workforce development agency.

Sec. 281. (1) Included in the appropriation for fiscal year 2019-2020 in section 236 is funding under the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks initiative for the Morris Hood, Jr. educator development program which is intended to increase the number of academically or economically disadvantaged students who enroll in and complete K-12 teacher education programs at the baccalaureate level. Preference may not be given to participants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or national origin. Institutions should encourage participation from those who would otherwise not adequately be represented in the teacher education student population.

(2) The program described in this section shall be administered by each state-approved teacher education institution in a manner prescribed by the workforce development agency.

(3) Approved teacher education institutions may and are encouraged to use student support services funding in coordination with the Morris Hood, Jr. funding to achieve the goals of the program described in this section.

Sec. 282. Each institution receiving funds for fiscal year 2019-2020 under section 278, 279, or 281 shall provide to the workforce development agency by April 15, 2020 the unobligated and unexpended funds as of March 31, 2020 and a plan to expend the remaining funds by the end of the fiscal year. Notwithstanding the award limitations in sections 278 and 279, the amount of funding reported as not being expended will be reallocated to the institutions that intend to expend all funding received under section 278, 279, or 281.

Sec. 283. (1) Using the data provided to the center as required by section 244 of this act, the center shall use the P-20 longitudinal data system to inform interested Michigan high schools and the public regarding the aggregate academic status of its students. The center shall work with the universities and the Michigan Association of State Universities and in cooperation with the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals.

(2) Michigan high schools shall systematically inform the public universities about the use of information received under this section in a manner prescribed by the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals in cooperation with the Michigan Association of State Universities.

Sec. 289. (1) At least once every 4 years, the auditor general shall audit higher education institutional data inventory (HEIDI) data submitted by all public universities under section 241 and may perform audits of selected public universities if determined necessary. The audits shall be based upon the definitions, requirements, and uniform reporting categories established by the state budget director in consultation with the HEIDI advisory committee. The auditor general shall submit a report of findings to the house and senate appropriations committees and the state budget director no later than July 1 of each year an audit takes place.

(2) Student credit hours reports shall not include the following:

(a) Student credit hours generated through instructional activity by faculty or staff in classrooms located outside Michigan, with the exception of instructional activity related to study-abroad programs or field programs.

(b) Student credit hours generated through credit by examination.

(c) Student credit hours generated in new degree programs created on or after January 1, 1975 and before January 1, 2013, that were not specifically authorized for funding by the legislature, except spin-off programs converted from existing core programs, and student credit hours generated in any new degree programs created after January 1, 2013, that are specifically excluded from reporting by the legislature under this section.

Enacting section 1. In accordance with section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending from state sources for higher education for fiscal year 2019-2020 under article III of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1836 to 388.1891, is estimated at $1,557,518,600.00 and the amount of that state spending from state sources to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2019-2020 is estimated at $0.00.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect October 1, 2019.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.