Section 388.1629.amended - Declining enrollment assistance; payments to eligible districts; "average pupil membership" defined.
THE STATE SCHOOL AID ACT OF 1979 (EXCERPT)
Act 94 of 1979
***** 388.1629.amended THIS AMENDED SECTION IS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2010 *****
388.1629.amended Declining enrollment assistance; payments to eligible districts; "average pupil membership" defined.
Sec. 29.
(1) From the appropriation in section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $20,000,000.00 for 2010-2011 for additional payments to eligible districts for declining enrollment assistance.
(2) A district is eligible for a payment under this section if all of the following apply:
(a) The district's pupil membership for the current fiscal year is less than the district's pupil membership for the immediately preceding fiscal year and the district's pupil membership for the immediately preceding fiscal year is less than the district's pupil membership for the previously preceding fiscal year as calculated under section 6 for that fiscal year.
(b) The district's average pupil membership is greater than the district's pupil membership for the current fiscal year as calculated under section 6.
(c) The district is not eligible to receive funding under section 6(4)(y) or 22d(2).
(3) Payments to each eligible district shall be equal to the difference between the district's average pupil membership and the district's pupil membership as calculated under section 6 for the current fiscal year multiplied by the district's foundation allowance as calculated under section 20. If the total amount of the payments calculated under this subsection exceeds the allocation for this section, the payment to each district shall be prorated on an equal percentage basis.
(4) For the purposes of this section, "average pupil membership" means the average of the district's membership for the 3-fiscal-year period ending with the current fiscal year, calculated by adding the district's actual membership for each of those 3 fiscal years, as otherwise calculated under section 6, and dividing the sum of those 3 membership figures by 3.
History: Add. 2006, Act 342, Eff. Oct. 1, 2006 ;-- Am. 2007, Act 137, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 2007 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 268, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 2008 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 121, Imd. Eff. Oct. 19, 2009 ;-- Am. 2010, Act 110, Eff. Oct. 1, 2010
Compiler's Notes: Former MCL 388.1629, which pertained to foreign born pupils, was repealed by Act 175 of 1993, Eff. Oct. 1, 1993.Enacting section 1 of Act 342 of 2006 provides:"Enacting section 1. (1) In accordance with section 30 of article I of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending in this amendatory act from state sources for fiscal year 2006-2007 is estimated at $11,682,508,200.00 and state appropriations to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2006-2007 are estimated at $11,536,597,200.00.(2) In accordance with section 30 of article I of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending from state sources for fiscal year 2005-2006 in this amendatory act and 2005 PA 155 is estimated at $11,308,027,200.00 and state appropriations to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2004-2005 are estimated at $11,285,376,300.00."Enacting section 1 of Act 137 of 2007 provides:"Enacting section 1. In accordance with section 30 of article I of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending in this amendatory act from state sources for fiscal year 2007-2008 is estimated at $11,527,973,800.00 and state appropriations to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2007-2008 are estimated at $11,458,493,300.00."Enacting section 1 of Act 268 of 2008 provides:"Enacting section 1. In accordance with section 30 of article I of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending in this amendatory act from state sources for fiscal year 2008-2009 is estimated at $11,816,898,200.00 and state appropriations to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2008-2009 are estimated at $11,602,465,900.00."Enacting section 1 of Act 121 of 2009 provides:"Enacting section 1. In accordance with section 30 of article I of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending in this amendatory act from state sources for fiscal year 2009-2010 is estimated at $10,825,754,100.00 and state appropriations to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2009-2010 are estimated at $10,718,801,700.00."