2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 388 - Schools and School Aid › Act 94 of 1979 - The State School Aid Act of 1979 (388.1601 - 388.1897l) › Article III - State Aid for Universities and Student Financial Aid (388.1836...388.1894) › Section 388.1836 - Higher Education; Appropriations; Summary.

388.1836 Higher education; appropriations; summary.
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, 2024, from the funds indicated in this section. The following is a summary of the appropriations in this section and section 236j:
(a) The gross appropriation is $2,291,048,800.00. After deducting total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers in the amount of $0.00, the adjusted gross appropriation is $2,291,048,800.00.
(b) The sources of the adjusted gross appropriation described in subdivision (a) are as follows:
(i) Total federal revenues, $131,026,400.00.
(ii) Total local revenues, $0.00.
(iii) Total private revenues, $0.00.
(iv) Total other state restricted revenues, $482,268,300.00.
(v) State general fund/general purpose money, $1,677,754,100.00.
(c) The totals and subtotals reflected in subdivisions (a) and (b) do not include amounts appropriated under subsection (7)(f) or (8)(c) to avoid duplicating totals of amounts appropriated in this section and section 236j.
(2) Amounts appropriated for public universities are as follows:
(a) The appropriation for Central Michigan University is $95,413,800.00, $89,352,000.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $4,467,600.00 for operations increase, and $1,594,200.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.
(b) The appropriation for Eastern Michigan University is $83,144,700.00, $78,798,800.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $3,939,900.00 for operations increase, and $406,000.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.
(c) The appropriation for Ferris State University is $59,646,500.00, $56,126,000.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $2,806,300.00 for operations increase, and $714,200.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.
(d) The appropriation for Grand Valley State University is $97,365,000.00, $79,974,500.00 for operations, $11,560,000.00 for per-student floor funding, $4,576,700.00 for operations increase, and $1,253,800.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.
(e) The appropriation for Lake Superior State University is $15,190,300.00, $13,573,100.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $678,700.00 for operations increase, and $938,500.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.
(f) The appropriation for Michigan State University is $390,452,600.00, $301,681,300.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $15,084,100.00 for operations increase, $1,943,800.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver, $38,518,400.00 for MSU AgBioResearch, and $33,225,000.00 for MSU Extension.
(g) The appropriation for Michigan Technological University is $54,525,700.00, $51,103,600.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $2,555,200.00 for operations increase, and $866,900.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.
(h) The appropriation for Northern Michigan University is $53,320,000.00, $49,589,800.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $2,479,500.00 for operations increase, and $1,250,700.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.
(i) The appropriation for Oakland University is $72,288,800.00, $60,406,600.00 for operations, $8,123,900.00 for per-student floor funding, $3,426,500.00 for operations increase, and $331,800.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.
(j) The appropriation for Saginaw Valley State University is $33,894,500.00, $32,086,300.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $1,604,300.00 for operations increase, and $203,900.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.
(k) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Ann Arbor is $356,568,800.00, $338,360,300.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $16,918,000.00 for operations increase, and $1,290,500.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.
(l) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Dearborn is $31,233,500.00, $27,869,700.00 for operations, $1,699,800.00 for per-student floor funding, $1,478,500.00 for operations increase, and $185,500.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.
(m) The appropriation for University of Michigan – Flint is $26,404,700.00, $24,774,800.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $1,238,700.00 for operations increase, and $391,200.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.
(n) The appropriation for Wayne State University is $224,354,500.00, $213,286,600.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $10,664,300.00 for operations increase, and $403,600.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.
(o) The appropriation for Western Michigan University is $119,983,900.00, $113,752,600.00 for operations, $0.00 for per-student floor funding, $5,687,600.00 for operations increase, and $543,700.00 for costs incurred under the North American Indian tuition waiver.
(3) The amount appropriated in subsection (2) for public universities is $1,713,787,300.00, appropriated from the following:
(a) State school aid fund, $443,168,300.00.
(b) State general fund/general purpose money, $1,270,619,000.00.
(4) The amount appropriated for Michigan public school employees' retirement system reimbursement is $0.00.
(5) The amount appropriated for state and regional programs is $316,800.00, 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, $116,800.00.
(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.
(c) Morris Hood, Jr. educator development program, $148,600.00.
(7) Subject to subsection (8), the amount appropriated for grants and financial aid is $447,283,200.00, allocated as follows:
(a) State competitive scholarships, $26,861,700.00.
(b) Tuition grants, $42,021,500.00.
(c) Tuition incentive program, $73,800,000.00.
(d) Children of veterans and officer's survivor tuition grant programs, $1,400,000.00.
(e) Project GEAR-UP, $3,200,000.00.
(f) Michigan achievement scholarships, $300,000,000.00. From this amount, up to $10,000,000.00 may be used to award skills scholarships under section 248a.
(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, $127,826,400.00.
(c) Postsecondary scholarship fund, $300,000,000.00.
(d) State general fund/general purpose money, $16,256,800.00.
(9) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, in addition to the allocation under subsection (4), from the appropriations described in subsection (1), there is allocated an amount not to exceed $9,100,000.00 for payments to participating public universities, appropriated from the state school aid fund. A public 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) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, from the appropriations described in subsection (1), the amount appropriated for Michigan Technological University for the creation of a bachelor of science degree in nursing program is $870,000.00, appropriated from state general fund/general purpose money.
(11) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, from the appropriations described in subsection (1), $3,000,000.00 is appropriated from state general fund/general purpose money to the Michigan geological survey for costs related to the development, construction, and equipment purchases for a new facility.
(12) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, from the appropriations described in subsection (1), $5,000,000.00 is appropriated from state general fund/general purpose money for critical incident mapping. These funds must be distributed to universities proportionately to the amounts in subsection (2) for operations.
(13) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, from the appropriations described in subsection (1), subject to sections 236m and 236o, $79,000,000.00 is appropriated from general fund/general purpose money for infrastructure, technology, equipment, maintenance, and safety.
(14) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, from the appropriations described in subsection (1), $30,000,000.00 is appropriated from the state school aid fund to Michigan State University for the Engineering and Digital Innovation Center.
History:
Add. 2011, Act 62, Eff. Oct. 1, 2011 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 201, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012 ;-- Am. 2013, Act 60, Eff. Oct. 1, 2013 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 196, Eff. Oct. 1, 2014 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 2015 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 85, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 249, Eff. Oct. 1, 2016 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 108, Eff. Oct. 1, 2017 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 265, Eff. Oct. 1, 2018 ;-- Am. 2019, Act 62, Eff. Oct. 1, 2019 ;-- Am. 2019, Act 162, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 146, Imd. Eff. July 31, 2020 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 165, Eff. Oct. 1, 2020 ;-- Am. 2021, Act 86, Eff. Oct. 1, 2021 ;-- Am. 2022, Act 144, Eff. Oct. 1, 2022 ;-- Am. 2022, Act 212, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 2022 ;-- Am. 2023, Act 103, Eff. Oct. 1, 2023 ;-- Am. 2023, Act 320, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Compiler's Notes:
Subsection (7)(b), as amended by Act 62 of 2019, and which read "(b) Tuition grants, $38,021,500.00." was vetoed by the governor on September 30, 2019.Subsection (10), as added by Act 62 of 2019, was vetoed by the governor on September 30, 2019. Enacting section 1 of Act 62 of 2019 provides:"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."Subsection (10) as added by Act 86 of 2021, was vetoed by the governor on September 29, 2021.Subsections (10) and (11) as added by Act 144 of 2022 were vetoed by the governor on July 14, 2022.Enacting section 1 of Act 144 of 2022 provides:"Enacting section 1. (1) In accordance with section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending on school aid under article I of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1601 to 388.1772, as amended by 2021 PA 48, 2022 PA 93, and this amendatory act, from state sources for fiscal year 2021-2022 is estimated at $14,635,534,200.00 and state appropriations for school aid to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2021-2022 are estimated at $13,448,739,600.00. In accordance with section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending on school aid under article I of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1601 to 388.1772, as amended by this amendatory act, from state sources for fiscal year 2022-2023 is estimated at $17,078,472,900.00 and state appropriations for school aid to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2022-2023 are estimated at $15,764,187,600.00."(2) In accordance with section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending from state sources for community colleges for fiscal year 2022-2023 under article II of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1801 to 388.1830, as amended by this amendatory act, is estimated at $449,058,000.00 and the amount of that state spending from state sources to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2022-2023 is estimated at $449,058,000.00."(3) 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 2021-2022 under article III of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1836 to 388.1891, as amended by 2021 PA 86 and this amendatory act, is estimated at $1,979,224,800.00 and the amount of that state spending from state sources to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2021-2022 is estimated at $0.00. 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 2022-2023 under article III of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1836 to 388.1891, as amended by this amendatory act, is estimated at $1,893,609,300.00 and the amount of that state spending from state sources to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2022-2023 is estimated at $0.00."Enacting section 1 of Act 212 of 2022 provides:"Enacting section 1. (1) In accordance with section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending on school aid under article I of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1601 to 388.1772, as amended by 2021 PA 48, 2022 PA 93, 2022 PA 144, and this amendatory act, from state sources for fiscal year 2021-2022 is estimated at $14,635,534,200.00 and state appropriations for school aid to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2021-2022 are estimated at $13,448,739,600.00. In accordance with section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending on school aid under article I of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1601 to 388.1772, as amended by 2022 PA 144 and this amendatory act, from state sources for fiscal year 2022-2023 is estimated at $17,090,672,900.00 and state appropriations for school aid to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2022-2023 are estimated at $15,764,187,600.00."(2) 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 2022-2023 under article III of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1836 to 388.1891, as amended by 2022 PA 144 and this amendatory act, is estimated at $1,888,109,300.00 and the amount of that state spending from state sources to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2022-2023 is estimated at $0.00."Enacting section 1 of Act 103 of 2023 provides:"Enacting section 1. (1) In accordance with section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending on school aid under article I of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1601 to 388.1772, as amended by 2022 PA 144, 2022 PA 212, 2023 PA 3, and by this amendatory act, from state sources for fiscal year 2022-2023 is estimated at $17,632,218,900.00 and state appropriations for school aid to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2022-2023 are estimated at $16,036,571,400.00. In accordance with section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending on school aid under article I of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1601 to 388.1772, as amended by this amendatory act, from state sources for fiscal year 2023-2024 is estimated at $19,258,857,800.00 and state appropriations for school aid to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2023-2024 are estimated at $17,622,688,000.00."(2) In accordance with section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending from state sources for community colleges for fiscal year 2023-2024 under article II of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1801 to 388.1830, as amended by this amendatory act, is estimated at $544,517,500.00 and the amount of that state spending from state sources to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2023-2024 is estimated at $544,517,500.00."(3) 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 2022-2023 under article III of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1836 to 388.1891, as amended by 2022 PA 144, 2022 PA 212, and this amendatory act, is estimated at $2,088,109,300.00 and the amount of that state spending from state sources to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2022-2023 is estimated at $0.00. 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 2023-2024 under article III of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1836 to 388.1891, as amended by this amendatory act, is estimated at $2,160,022,400.00 and the amount of that state spending from state sources to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2022-2023 is estimated at $0.00."