Section 388.1639 - Receipt of funds under MCL 388.1632d; preapplication; final application for approval; distribution in decreasing order of concentration of eligible children; maximum allocation; pri
THE STATE SCHOOL AID ACT OF 1979 (EXCERPT)
Act 94 of 1979
***** 388.1639 THIS SECTION IS AMENDED EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2010: See 388.1639.amended *****
388.1639 Receipt of funds under MCL 388.1632d; preapplication; final application for approval; distribution in decreasing order of concentration of eligible children; maximum allocation; priority in funding; supplementary day care; district with 315 or more eligible pupils; additional eligible children; allocation to consortium.
Sec. 39.
(1) A district receiving funds under section 32d shall submit a preapplication, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, by a date specified by the department in the immediately preceding state fiscal year. The preapplication shall include a comprehensive needs assessment and community collaboration plan, which is endorsed by the local great start collaborative and is part of the community's great start strategic plan that includes, but is not limited to, great start readiness program and head start providers, and shall identify all of the following:
(a) The estimated total number of children in the community who meet the criteria of section 32d and how that calculation was made.
(b) The estimated number of children in the community who meet the criteria of section 32d and are being served by other early childhood development programs operating in the community, and how that calculation was made.
(c) The number of children the district will be able to serve who meet the criteria of section 32d including a verification of physical facility and staff resources capacity.
(d) The estimated number of children who meet the criteria of section 32d who will remain unserved after the district and community early childhood programs have met their funded enrollments. The school district shall maintain a waiting list of identified unserved eligible children who would be served when openings are available.
(2) A district receiving funds under section 32d shall also submit a final application for approval, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, by a date specified by the department, that details how the district complies with the program components established by the department pursuant to section 32d.
(3) The number of prekindergarten children construed to be in need of special readiness assistance under section 32d shall be calculated for each district in the following manner: 1/2 of the percentage of the district's pupils in grades 1 to 5 who are eligible for free lunch, as determined using the district's pupil membership count as of the pupil membership count day in the school year prior to the fiscal year for which the calculation is made, under the Richard B. Russell national school lunch act, 42 USC 1751 to 1769i, shall be multiplied by the average kindergarten enrollment of the district on the pupil membership count day of the 2 immediately preceding fiscal years.
(4) Beginning in 2008-2009, the initial allocation for each fiscal year to each eligible district under section 32d shall be determined by multiplying the number of children determined by the formula under subsection (3) or the number of children the district indicates it will be able to serve under subsection (1)(c), whichever is less, by $3,400.00 and shall be distributed among districts in decreasing order of concentration of eligible children as determined by the formula under subsection (3). If the number of children a district indicates it will be able to serve under subsection (1)(c) includes children able to be served in a full-day program, then the number able to be served in a full-day program shall be doubled for the purposes of making this calculation of the lesser of the number of children determined by the formula under subsection (3) and the number of children the district indicates it will be able to serve under subsection (1)(c) and determining the amount of the initial allocation to the district under section 32d. A district may contract with a head start agency to serve children enrolled in head start with a full-day program by blending head start funds with a part-day great start readiness program allocation. All head start and great start readiness program policies and regulations apply to the blended program.
(5) If funds appropriated for eligible districts in section 32d remain after the initial allocation under subsection (4), the allocation under this subsection shall be distributed to each eligible district under section 32d in decreasing order of concentration of eligible children as determined by the formula under subsection (3). The allocation shall be determined by multiplying the number of children each eligible district served in the immediately preceding fiscal year or the number of children the district indicates it will be able to serve under subsection (1)(c), whichever is less, minus the number of children for which the district received funding in subsection (4) by $3,400.00.
(6) If funds appropriated for eligible districts in section 32d remain after the allocations under subsections (4) and (5), remaining funds shall be distributed to each eligible district under section 32d in decreasing order of concentration of eligible children as determined by the formula under subsection (3). If the number of children the district indicates it will be able to serve under subsection (1)(c) exceeds the number of children for which funds have been received under subsections (4) and (5), the allocation under this subsection shall be determined by multiplying the number of children the district indicates it will be able to serve under subsection (1)(c) less the number of children for which funds have been received under subsections (4) and (5) by $3,400.00 until the funds allocated for eligible districts in section 32d are distributed.
(7) If a district is participating in a program under section 32d for the first year, the maximum allocation under this section is 32 multiplied by $3,400.00.
(8) A district that offers supplementary day care funded by funds other than those received under this section and therefore offers full-day programs as part of its early childhood development program shall receive priority in the allocation of funds under section 32d over other eligible districts.
(9) For any district with 315 or more eligible pupils, the number of eligible pupils shall be 65% of the number calculated using the formula under subsection (3). However, none of these districts may have less than 315 pupils for purposes of calculating the tentative allocation for eligible districts under section 32d.
(10) If, taking into account the total amount to be allocated to the district as calculated under this section, a district determines that it is able to include additional eligible children in the great start readiness program without additional funds under section 32d, the district may include additional eligible children but shall not receive additional funding under section 32d for those children.
(11) A consortium of 2 or more districts shall be eligible for an allocation under section 32d if the districts designate a district or intermediate district to serve as the fiscal agent for the consortium's allocation. A consortium shall submit a single application for the total number of children to be served. The consortium may decide, with approval of all consortium members, to serve numbers of children based on the allocation to each district or based on the allocation to the entire consortium, allowing children residing in any district in the consortium to be served by the consortium at any location.
History: Add. 1987, Act 128, Eff. Oct. 1, 1987 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 220, Eff. Dec. 28, 1987 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 318, Eff. Oct. 1, 1988 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 509, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1988 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 197, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 235, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1989 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 207, Eff. Oct. 1, 1990 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 118, Imd. Eff. Oct. 11, 1991 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 148, Eff. Oct. 1, 1992 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 175, Eff. Oct. 1, 1993 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 336, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 130, Eff. Oct. 1, 1995 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 300, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 93, Eff. Oct. 1, 1997 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 142, Imd. Eff. Nov. 19, 1997 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 297, Imd. Eff. July 26, 2000 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 191, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2002 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 155, Eff. Oct. 1, 2005 ;-- Am. 2007, Act 137, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 2007 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 268, Eff. Oct. 1, 2008 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 121, Imd. Eff. Oct. 19, 2009
Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 220 of 1987 provides: “In accordance with the provisions of section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending in this amendatory act is $2,334,299,200.00 and state appropriations to be paid to local units of government are $2,005,216,000.00.”Section 4 of Act 220 of 1987 provides: “The changes effected by this amendatory act shall be applied retroactively to October 1, 1987.”Enacting section 1 of 2005 PA 155 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 and in House Bill No. 4831 of the 93rd Legislature from state sources for fiscal year 2005-2006 is estimated at $11,364,814,000.00 and state appropriations to be paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2005-2006 are estimated at $11,341,913,100.00."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."