March 11, 2015, Introduced by Rep. Poleski and referred to the Committee on Financial Liability Reform.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1219.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1219. (1) Before July 7 of each school fiscal year, each
school district and public school academy shall transmit to CEPI
the budgetary assumptions used in the preparation of its annual
budget pursuant to the uniform budgeting and accounting act, 1968
PA 2, MCL 141.421 to 141.440a. The submission of the budgetary
assumptions under this subsection shall be in the form prescribed
by CEPI and shall include at least all of the following
information:
(a) The projected foundation allowance for the school district
or public school academy used by its governing body when adopting
the budget for the school district or public school academy for the
current school fiscal year.
(b) An indication of whether the projected foundation
allowance under subdivision (a) increased, decreased, or remained
unchanged from the foundation allowance of the school district or
public school academy for the immediately preceding school fiscal
year.
(c) The projected membership of the school district or public
school academy used when adopting the budget of the school district
or public school academy for the current school fiscal year.
(d) An indication of whether the projected membership under
subdivision (c) increased, decreased, or remained unchanged from
the membership reported by the department for the school district
or public school academy in the most recent state aid financial
status report for the month of May.
(e) The expenditures per pupil for the school district or
public school academy for the immediately preceding school fiscal
year, calculated by dividing total general fund operating
expenditures for the school district or public school academy
during that school fiscal year by the membership for the school
district or public school academy reported by the department in the
most recent state aid financial status report for the month of May.
(f) The projected expenditures per pupil for the school
district or public school academy for the current school fiscal
year, calculated by dividing the total general fund operating
expenditures authorized by the governing body of the school
district or the public school academy when adopting the budget for
the current school fiscal year by the projected membership of the
school district or public school academy used when adopting the
budget of the school district or public school academy for the
current school fiscal year.
(2) By July 21 of each school fiscal year, using the budgetary
assumptions received under subsection (1), CEPI shall complete a
summary of the budgetary assumptions for each intermediate school
district and authorizing body in this state. A summary of the
budgetary assumptions for an intermediate school district shall
include budgetary assumption information for each school district
located within the intermediate school district. A summary of the
budgetary assumptions for an authorizing body shall include
budgetary assumption information for each public school academy
authorized by the authorizing body. By July 21 of each school
fiscal year, CEPI shall transmit the summary of the budgetary
assumptions for each intermediate school district to the
intermediate superintendent of the intermediate school district,
the superintendent of public instruction, and the state treasurer.
By July 21 of each school fiscal year, CEPI shall transmit the
summary of the budgetary assumptions for each authorizing body to
the authorizing body, the superintendent of public instruction, and
the state treasurer. A summary of the budgetary assumptions shall
include at least all of the following information:
(a) For an intermediate school district, all of the following
for each school district located within the intermediate school
district:
(i) The name of each school district.
(ii) The projected foundation allowance reported under
subsection (1)(a) and the indication provided under subsection
(1)(b).
(iii) The projected membership reported under subsection (1)(c)
and the indication provided under subsection (1)(d).
(iv) The expenditures per pupil amounts for the school district
provided under subsection (1)(e) and (f).
(b) For an authorizing body, all of the following for each
public school academy authorized by the authorizing body:
(i) The name of each public school academy.
(ii) The projected foundation allowance reported under
subsection (1)(a) and the indication provided under subsection
(1)(b).
(iii) The projected membership reported under subsection (1)(c)
and the indication provided under subsection (1)(d).
(iv) The expenditures per pupil amounts for the public school
academy provided under subsection (1)(e) and (f).
(3) By July 28 of each school fiscal year, the intermediate
superintendent of each intermediate school district receiving a
summary of budgetary assumptions under subsection (2) shall review
the budgetary assumptions included in the summary of budgetary
assumptions for each school district in the intermediate school
district and notify CEPI, on a form prescribed by CEPI, whether the
intermediate superintendent concurs with the budgetary assumptions
for each school district included in the summary of budgetary
assumptions. By July 28 of each school fiscal year, each
authorizing body receiving a summary of budgetary assumptions under
subsection (2) shall review the budgetary assumptions included in
the summary of budgetary assumptions for each public school academy
and notify CEPI, on a form prescribed by CEPI, whether the
authorizing body concurs with the budgetary assumptions for each
public school academy included in the summary of budgetary
assumptions. In determining whether to concur with budgetary
assumptions under this subsection, an intermediate superintendent
or an authorizing body shall consider all of the following factors
for each school district or public school academy:
(a) The school district's or public school academy's
foundation allowance and membership for prior fiscal years.
(b) For a school district, projections used by other school
districts within the intermediate school district for the same
fiscal year.
(c) For a public school academy, projections used by other
public school academies authorized by the authorizing body for the
same fiscal year.
(d) Projections released by 1 or more of the department of
treasury, the house fiscal agency, the senate fiscal agency, or a
revenue estimating conference conducted under section 367b of the
management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1367b.
(e) Projections based on pending or enacted legislation.
(4) By August 10 of each school fiscal year, CEPI shall
prepare and transmit to the superintendent of public instruction
and the state treasurer a final summary of budgetary assumptions
for each intermediate school district and authorizing body in this
state. The final summary of budgetary assumptions shall include at
least all of the information detailed in subsection (2)(a) and (b),
and any changes submitted to CEPI by an intermediate school
district or authorizing body in budgetary assumptions under
subsection (2) or in intermediate superintendent or authorizing
body concurrence under subsection (3) and confirmed by CEPI before
that August 10. When transmitting the final summary of budgetary
assumptions to the superintendent of public instruction and the
state treasurer under this subsection, CEPI also shall transmit a
copy of the final summary of budgetary assumptions for an
intermediate school district to the intermediate superintendent of
the intermediate school district and a copy of the final summary of
budgetary assumptions for an authorizing body to the authorizing
body. By August 20 of each school fiscal year, the state treasurer
shall review each final summary of budgetary assumptions prepared
under this subsection. If the state treasurer concurs with a
determination by an intermediate superintendent or authorizing body
that a budgetary assumption used by the governing body of a school
district or public school academy is unreasonable or if the state
treasurer does not concur with a determination by an intermediate
superintendent or authorizing body that a budgetary assumption used
by the governing body of a school district or public school academy
is reasonable, then by that August 20 the state treasurer shall
notify the school district or public school academy and provide a
copy of the notice to the superintendent of public instruction. For
a school district, the state treasurer shall also provide a copy of
the notice to the intermediate superintendent of the intermediate
school district in which the school district is located and to each
member of the school board of the school district. For a public
school academy, the state treasurer shall also provide a copy of
the notice to the authorizing body of the public school academy and
to each member of the board of directors of the public school
academy. If the state treasurer notifies a school district or
public school academy of concurrence or nonconcurrence under this
subsection, within 5 days after that notification the school
district or public school academy shall post a notice on the main
page of the school district's or public school academy's website
indicating that the school district or public school academy has
adopted a budget that relies upon unreasonable budgetary
assumptions. The notice shall remain on the main page of the school
district's or public school academy's website until the earlier of
the following:
(a) The next June 30.
(b) The adoption by the school district or public school
academy of an amended budget for the school fiscal year based upon
budgetary assumptions that the intermediate school district or
authorizing body, with the concurrence of the state treasurer,
determines are reasonable.
(5) If a school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy, or the authorizing body of a public school
academy, determines that conditions of fiscal stress, a deficit, or
conditions indicating a potential financial emergency have arisen
or may arise for the school district, intermediate school district,
or public school academy, that school district, intermediate school
district, public school academy, or authorizing body shall notify
the superintendent of public instruction and request technical
assistance from this state in addressing the fiscal stress,
deficit, or potential financial emergency. The superintendent of
public instruction shall notify the state treasurer of any request
for technical assistance under this subsection.
(6) A school district that requests assistance under
subsection (5) shall provide a copy of the notice and request to
the superintendent of the intermediate school district in which the
school district is located. A public school academy that requests
assistance under subsection (5) shall provide a copy of the notice
and request to its authorizing body.
(7) Within 45 days after receiving a request for assistance
under subsection (5), the department shall consult with the
department of treasury regarding the provision of technical
assistance to the school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy. Subject to available resources, the
department and the department of treasury shall review the
financial condition and the budget of the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy, and, after
consultation with the school district, intermediate school
district, or public school academy, provide technical assistance,
including, but not limited to, data analysis tools, with the
objective of assisting the school district, intermediate school
district, or public school academy in avoiding conditions of fiscal
stress, a deficit, or a potential financial emergency before
further state intervention. To assure greater coordination and
effective partnerships, when administering this subsection for a
school district, the department and the department of treasury
shall consult with the superintendent of the school district and
the intermediate superintendent of the intermediate school district
in which the school district is located, and the intermediate
school district may provide assistance that complements and
supports the state assistance provided under this section. To
assure greater coordination and effective partnerships, when
administering this subsection for a public school academy, the
department and the department of treasury shall consult with the
authorizing body of the public school academy, and the authorizing
body may provide assistance that complements and supports the state
assistance provided under this section.
(8) The superintendent of public instruction or the state
treasurer may require a school district, intermediate school
district, or public school academy to submit periodic financial
status reports under subsection (9) if either the superintendent of
public instruction or the state treasurer determines that potential
financial stress may exist within the school district, intermediate
school district, or public school academy, that a deficit is
projected to arise within the school district, intermediate school
district, or public school academy during the current school fiscal
year or the following 2 school fiscal years, or that the school
district, intermediate school district, or public school academy
may be unable to meet its financial obligations while also
satisfying the school district's, intermediate school district's,
or public school academy's obligations or abilities to provide
public educational services in a manner that complies with this
act, the state school aid act of 1979, and applicable rules, based
upon 1 or more of the following:
(a) Financial data or other information submitted by the
school district, intermediate school district, or public school
academy to a state department or agency.
(b) Financial data or other information included within an
audited financial statement of the school district, intermediate
school district, or public school academy.
(c) Financial data or other information provided to a state
department, agency, or authority in connection with a request to
issue bonds, notes, or other debt obligations, including, but not
limited to, information relating to a request for a loan under the
emergency municipal loan act, 1980 PA 243, MCL 141.931 to 141.942.
(d) Financial data or other information included within a
recommended budget, budget, or general appropriations act of the
school district, intermediate school district, or public school
academy.
(e) Financial data or other information provided to a state
department, agency, or authority by an officer, employee,
contractor, or agent of the school district, intermediate school
district, or public school academy.
(f) For a school district, data relating to pupil enrollment,
including, but not limited to, residents of other school districts
enrolled in the school district and residents of the school
district enrolled in another school district or in a public school
not operated by the school district.
(g) For a school district, financial data or other information
provided to the department or department of treasury by the
intermediate school district in which the school district is
located.
(h) For a public school academy, financial data or other
information provided to the department or department of treasury by
the authorizing body of the public school academy.
(i) For a school district, the intermediate school district in
which the school district is located did not concur under
subsection (3) with the budgetary assumptions submitted by the
school district under subsection (1).
(j) For a public school academy, the public school academy's
authorizing body did not concur under subsection (3) with the
budgetary assumptions submitted by the public school academy under
subsection (1).
(9) For a school district, not less than 14 days before
determining under subsection (8) that potential financial stress
may exist for the school district, the superintendent of public
instruction or the state treasurer shall notify the school district
and the intermediate school district in which the school is located
of a potential determination under subsection (8). For an
intermediate school district, not less than 14 days before
determining under subsection (8) that potential financial stress
may exist for the intermediate school district, the superintendent
of public instruction or the state treasurer shall notify the
intermediate school district of a potential determination under
subsection (8). For a public school academy, not less than 14 days
before determining under subsection (8) that potential financial
stress may exist for the public school academy, the superintendent
of public instruction or the state treasurer shall notify the
public school academy and the authorizing body of the public school
academy of a potential determination under subsection (8). If the
superintendent of public instruction or the state treasurer
determines under subsection (8) that potential financial stress may
exist for a school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy, after making the notification required under
this subsection, either the superintendent of public instruction or
the state treasurer may require the school district, intermediate
school district, or public school academy to submit to that officer
a periodic financial status report on a periodic basis determined
by the superintendent of public instruction or the state treasurer
under subsection (10) if 1 or more of the following are applicable:
(a) The school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy failed to make a required payment to 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.
(b) The school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy failed to make a required payment to the
Michigan unemployment insurance agency.
(c) The school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy failed to timely transmit to the department
of treasury a required payment of tax withheld from payments to
employees of the school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy.
(d) Information submitted by a vendor of the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy indicates
that the school district, intermediate school district, or public
school academy is more than 90 days in arrears on a payment owed to
the vendor as required under a contract between the vendor and the
school district, intermediate school district, or public school
academy.
(e) The school district or intermediate school district has
expended tax revenue for an unauthorized purpose or the school
district or intermediate school district has transferred or
deposited tax revenue in an unauthorized manner.
(f) The school district or intermediate school district has
failed to distribute tax revenue as required by law or to make
timely refunds of tax revenues as required by law.
(g) The school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy has failed to pay employees of the school
district, intermediate school district, or public school academy
within the time period required by law.
(h) The school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy has failed to comply with a material
requirement in the uniform budgeting and accounting act, 1968 PA 2,
MCL 141.421 to 141.440a, and the material violation was noted in an
audit or audited financial statement of the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy.
(i) The general fund balance of the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy, expressed
as a percentage of current operating expenditures, has declined by
5 percentage points or more each year over 3 consecutive school
fiscal years.
(j) The expenditures per pupil of the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy have
increased by 5% or more in the most recent school fiscal year, as
compared to the immediately preceding school fiscal year. As used
in this subdivision, "expenditures per pupil" means the quotient of
dividing the total general fund operating expenditures for a school
fiscal year by the final audited number of pupils in membership for
the state fiscal year in which that school year ended.
(k) For a school district or public school academy, pupil
enrollment in the school district or public school academy has
declined by 5% or more in a single school fiscal year or by 15% or
more over a period of 3 consecutive school fiscal years and the
school district or public school academy failed to reduce
expenditures in a manner that addresses the decline in enrollment.
(l) For a school district, a request for a determination under
this subsection is submitted to the superintendent of public
instruction or the state treasurer by the board of the school
district or the superintendent of the intermediate school district.
(m) For a public school academy, a request for a determination
under this subsection is submitted to the superintendent of public
instruction or the state treasurer by the board of the public
school academy or the authorizing body of the public school
academy.
(n) For a school district, based upon the factors described in
this subsection and subsection (8) or information provided by an
intermediate school district, the superintendent of public
instruction or the state treasurer determines that a deficit is
likely to arise for the school district in the current or next
school fiscal year and the school district has not taken action
necessary to prevent the deficit from arising.
(o) For a public school academy, based upon the factors
described in this subsection and subsection (8) or information
provided by the authorizing body of the public school academy, the
superintendent of public instruction or the state treasurer
determines that a deficit is likely to arise for the public school
academy in the current or next fiscal year and the public school
academy has not taken action necessary to prevent the deficit from
arising.
(p) For a school district, the school district has applied for
a loan under the emergency municipal loan act, 1980 PA 243, MCL
141.931 to 141.942.
(q) For a school district, the intermediate school district in
which the school district is located did not concur under
subsection (3) with the budgetary assumptions submitted by the
school district under subsection (1).
(r) For a public school academy, the public school academy's
authorizing body did not concur under subsection (3) with the
budgetary assumptions submitted by the public school academy under
subsection (1).
(10) If a school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy is required to submit periodic financial
status reports under subsection (9), the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy shall submit
a periodic financial status report in the form and manner and on
the periodic basis prescribed by the department of treasury, after
consultation with the department and CEPI. The report shall include
financial data and other information that the department of
treasury, after consultation with the department, organizations
representing public school administrators and business officials,
and CEPI, determines can assist the state in developing an early
warning system of financial stress or deficits in school districts,
intermediate school districts, and public school academies.
(11) For a school district required to submit periodic
financial status reports under subsection (10), the school district
shall transmit a copy of the periodic financial status report to
the members of the board of the school district and the
superintendent of the intermediate school district in which the
school district is located before transmitting the periodic
financial status report to the state treasurer. For a public school
academy required to submit periodic financial status reports under
subsection (10), the public school academy shall transmit a copy of
the periodic financial status report to the members of the board of
the public school academy and to the authorizing body of the public
school academy before transmitting the periodic financial status
report to the state treasurer. For an intermediate school district
required to submit periodic financial status reports under
subsection (10), the intermediate school district shall transmit a
copy of the periodic financial status report to the members of the
board of the intermediate school district before transmitting the
periodic financial status report to the state treasurer.
(12) A school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy required to submit periodic financial status
reports under this section shall do all of the following:
(a) Provide the department of treasury or the department with
other financial data or information relating to the financial
condition of the school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy as requested by the department of treasury or
the department.
(b) Allow the department of treasury or the department to
examine all financial records and books of account of the school
district, intermediate school district, or public school academy.
(c) Promptly and fully provide the assistance and information
necessary and properly requested by the department of treasury or
the department in the effectuation of the department of treasury's
or the department's duties under this section.
(13) If a school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy fails to submit a periodic financial status
report required under this section, or if the state treasurer
determines or is notified by the superintendent of public
instruction or other public school official that information
included on a periodic financial status report indicates that
financial stress exists within the school district, intermediate
school district, or public school academy, that a deficit has
occurred, or that a deficit is projected to occur within the school
district, intermediate school district, or public school academy
within the current school fiscal year or the next school fiscal
year that the school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy lacks the capacity to address without state
assistance, the state treasurer may require the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy to submit an
enhanced deficit elimination plan under section 1220. Before
requiring a school district to submit an enhanced deficit
elimination plan under section 1220, the state treasurer shall
first notify the superintendent of public instruction, the board of
the school district, and the superintendent of the intermediate
school district in which the school district is located. Before
requiring a public school academy to submit an enhanced deficit
elimination plan under section 1220, the state treasurer shall
first notify the superintendent of public instruction, the board of
the public school academy, and the authorizing body of the public
school academy. Before requiring an intermediate school district to
submit an enhanced deficit elimination plan under section 1220, the
state treasurer shall first notify the superintendent of public
instruction and the board of the intermediate school district. The
failure of an officer of a school district, intermediate school
district, or public school academy to prepare and submit a periodic
financial status report as provided under this section constitutes
malfeasance and is grounds for removal of the officer from office.
(14) A school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy is not required to submit periodic financial
status reports under this section if the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy is required
to submit a deficit elimination plan or an enhanced deficit
elimination plan under section 1220 or, for a school district or
intermediate school district, if a financial emergency has been
declared for the school district or intermediate school district
under the local financial stability and choice act, 2012 PA 436,
MCL 141.1541 to 141.1575, or a successor statute. If a school
district is required to submit periodic financial status reports
under this section and a loan is issued to the school district
under the emergency loan act, 1980 PA 243, MCL 141.931 to 141.942,
the state treasurer shall require the school district to submit
periodic financial reports under this section for at least 4 years
after the date of issuance of the loan.
(15) A school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy is no longer required to submit periodic
financial status reports under this section if the state treasurer,
after consultation with the superintendent of public instruction,
determines that the periodic financial status reports submitted by
a school district, intermediate school district, or public school
academy indicate that potential financial stress does not exist
within the school district, intermediate school district, or public
school academy; that a deficit is not projected to arise within the
school district, intermediate school district, or public school
academy within the current school fiscal year or the following 2
school fiscal years; and that the school district, intermediate
school district, or public school academy will be able to meet its
financial obligations while also satisfying the school district's,
intermediate school district's, or public school academy's
obligations or abilities to provide public educational services in
a manner that complies with this act, the state school aid act of
1979, and applicable rules promulgated by the department.
(16) If the state treasurer makes a determination under
subsection (15) that the conditions under that subsection apply to
a school district, intermediate school district, or public school
academy, the state treasurer shall notify the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy. The
superintendent of public instruction may notify the state treasurer
that the superintendent of public instruction has determined that
conditions under subsection (15) apply to a school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy.
(17) For a school district, the intermediate school district
in which the school district is located may advise the state
treasurer regarding the development and implementation of periodic
financial reports for the school district under this section. For a
public school academy, the authorizing body of the public school
academy may advise the state treasurer regarding the development
and implementation of periodic financial reports for the public
school academy under this section.
(18) Within 60 days after the effective date of this section,
the superintendent of public instruction and the state treasurer
shall convene a joint workgroup to assist the department and
department of treasury in developing recommendations for the
creation of an information system or processes that will provide
earlier access to financial information and other data that will
allow school districts, intermediate school districts, and public
school academies to address budgetary and other financial
difficulties earlier. The recommendations for the creation of an
information system or processes should address all of the
following:
(a) Creating an information system or processes that use or
otherwise expand upon existing data collection processes and
requirements and provide more timely access and analysis of data at
the state level while also facilitating local and regional
collaboration.
(b) Allowing the uploading of school budget and current year-
to-date financial information on a periodic basis using the
financial information database maintained by CEPI.
(c) Permitting the upload of year-to-date expenditure data on
at least a quarterly basis.
(d) Providing the department and the department of treasury
with access to data available through the information system or
processes.
(e) Reducing or consolidating, or both, reporting requirements
under current law and regulations.
(f) Estimating the cost of the information system or
processes.
(19) The workgroup convened by the superintendent of public
instruction and the state treasurer under subsection (18) shall
include representatives of the department, the department of
treasury, the department of technology, management, and budget,
CEPI, school districts, intermediate school districts, public
school academies, authorizing bodies, school business officials,
and certified public accountants. The workgroup shall complete its
work by September 30, 2015. The superintendent of public
instruction and state treasurer shall submit joint recommendations
under this subsection and subsection (20) by December 31, 2015 to
the governor, the senate and house standing committees on
education, and the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
school aid.
(20) In addition to the recommendations under subsection (18),
the workgroup convened by the superintendent of public instruction
and the state treasurer under subsection (18) shall make
recommendations on changes in state law relating to periodic
financial status reports under this section and deficit elimination
reports and enhanced deficit elimination plans under section 1220,
including, but not limited to, new data analysis tools, and
recommendations on changes to warning signs, data needs, and proper
timing of reporting in a manner that reduces administrative
bureaucracy.
(21) As used in this section:
(a) "Authorizing body" means an authorizing body for a public
school academy under this act.
(b) "CEPI" means the center for educational performance and
information created in section 94a of the state school aid act of
1979, MCL 388.1694a.
(c) "Deficit" means a condition prohibited under section 15(2)
of the uniform budgeting and accounting act, 1968 PA 2, MCL
141.435, or under section 102(1) of the state school aid act of
1979, MCL 388.1702. Deficit also includes 1 or both of the
following circumstances for a school district, intermediate school
district, or public school academy:
(i) The total general fund balance of the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy is negative
or is projected to be negative at the end of the current school
fiscal year.
(ii) One or more of the funds of the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy other than
the general fund have a negative balance or projected negative
balance that is greater than the total general fund balance.
(d) "Financial emergency" means that 1 or more of the
conditions described in section 5(3)(a) to (m) of the local
financial stability and choice act, 2012 PA 436, MCL 141.1545,
exist or are likely to occur within a school district, intermediate
school district, or public school academy in the current or next
school fiscal year and threaten the ability of the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy to provide
necessary governmental services essential to public health, safety,
and welfare.
(e) "Fiscal stress" means 1 or both of the following:
(i) That a school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy is unable to meet its short-term or long-term
financial obligations as those obligations arise.
(ii) That 1 or more of the conditions described in section
4(1)(a) to (s) of the local financial stability and choice act,
2012 PA 436, MCL 141.1544, exist or are likely to occur within a
school district, intermediate school district, or public school
academy.
(f) "Foundation allowance" means, for a school district, the
foundation allowance for the school district as calculated under
section 20 of the state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1620, and,
for a public school academy, the per-pupil allocation for the
public school academy as calculated under section 20(6) of the
state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1620.
(g) "Governing body" means, for a school district, the school
board of the school district and, for a public school academy, the
board of directors of the public school academy.
(h) "Membership" means that term as defined in section 6 of
the state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1606.
(i) "Pupil" means that term as defined in section 6 of the
state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1606.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4327 (request no.
00280'15).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4328 (request no.
00282'15).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4330 (request no.
00415'15).