HB 4199

HOUSE BILL NO. 4199
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled
"The state school aid act of 1979,"
by amending section 11 (MCL 388.1611), as amended by
2024 PA 148, and by adding section 97n.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 11. (1) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025,
there is appropriated for the public schools of this state and certain other
state purposes relating to education the sum of $17,769,551,300.00 from the
state school aid fund, the sum of $78,830,600.00 $85,530,600.00 from the general fund, an amount not
to exceed $41,000,000.00 from the community district education trust fund
created under section 12 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL
12.262, an amount not to exceed $125,000,000.00 from the school transportation
fund created under section 22k, an amount not to exceed $71,000,000.00 from the
enrollment stabilization fund created under section 29, an amount not to exceed
$30,000,000.00 from the school meals reserve fund created under section 30e, an
amount not to exceed $18,000,000.00 from the great start readiness program
reserve fund created under section 32e, an amount not to exceed $334,100,000.00
from the MPSERS retirement obligation reform reserve fund created under section
147b, and an amount not to exceed $30,000,000.00 from the educator fellowship
public provider fund created in section 27d. In addition, all available federal
funds are only appropriated as allocated in this article for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2025.
(2) The
appropriations under this section are allocated as provided in this article.
Money appropriated under this section from the general fund must be expended to
fund the purposes of this article before the expenditure of money appropriated
under this section from the state school aid fund.
(3) Any general
fund allocations under this article that are not expended by the end of the
fiscal year are transferred to the school aid stabilization fund created under
section 11a.
Sec. 97n. (1)
From the general fund money appropriated in section 11, $6,700,000.00 is
allocated for 2024-2025 to public schools and nonpublic schools for the
implementation of a mobile panic alert system in each school as required under
section 1308c of the revised school code, MCL 380.1308c.
(2) The funds allocated under this section for 2024-2025 are a work
project appropriation, and any unexpended funds for 2024-2025 are carried
forward into 2025-2026. The purpose of the work project is to implement mobile
panic alert systems in public schools and nonpublic schools. The estimated
completion date of the work project is September 30, 2027.
Enacting
section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. ____
(request no. S00478'25) or House Bill No. 4198 (request no. H00478'25) of the
103rd Legislature is enacted into law.