Sec. 39a.
(1) From the federal funds appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2015-2016 to districts, intermediate districts, and other eligible entities all available federal funding, estimated at $779,076,400.00 for the federal programs under the no child left behind act of 2001, Public Law 107-110. These funds are allocated as follows:
(a) An amount estimated at $5,000,000.00 to provide students with drug- and violence-prevention programs and to implement strategies to improve school safety, funded from DED-OESE, drug-free schools and communities funds.
(b) An amount estimated at $111,111,900.00 for the purpose of preparing, training, and recruiting high-quality teachers and class size reduction, funded from DED-OESE, improving teacher quality funds.
(c) An amount estimated at $12,200,000.00 for programs to teach English to limited English proficient (LEP) children, funded from DED-OESE, language acquisition state grant funds.
(d) An amount estimated at $10,286,500.00 for the Michigan charter school subgrant program, funded from DED-OESE, charter school funds.
(e) An amount estimated at $3,000,000.00 for rural and low income schools, funded from DED-OESE, rural and low income school funds.
(f) An amount estimated at $565,000,000.00 to provide supplemental programs to enable educationally disadvantaged children to meet challenging academic standards, funded from DED-OESE, title I, disadvantaged children funds.
(g) An amount estimated at $8,878,000.00 for the purpose of identifying and serving migrant children, funded from DED-OESE, title I, migrant education funds.
(h) An amount estimated at $39,000,000.00 for the purpose of providing high-quality extended learning opportunities, after school and during the summer, for children in low-performing schools, funded from DED-OESE, twenty-first century community learning center funds.
(i) An amount estimated at $24,600,000.00 to help support local school improvement efforts, funded from DED-OESE, title I, local school improvement grants.
(2) From the federal funds appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2015-2016 to districts, intermediate districts, and other eligible entities all available federal funding, estimated at $30,800,000.00 for the following programs that are funded by federal grants:
(a) An amount estimated at $200,000.00 for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome education grants, funded from HHS – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, AIDS funding.
(b) An amount estimated at $2,600,000.00 to provide services to homeless children and youth, funded from DED-OVAE, homeless children and youth funds.
(c) An amount estimated at $4,000,000.00 to provide mental health, substance abuse, or violence prevention services to students, funded from HHS-SAMHSA.
(d) An amount estimated at $24,000,000.00 for providing career and technical education services to pupils, funded from DED-OVAE, basic grants to states.
(3) All federal funds allocated under this section shall be distributed in accordance with federal law and with flexibility provisions outlined in Public Law 107-116, and in the education flexibility partnership act of 1999, Public Law 106-25. Notwithstanding section 17b, payments of federal funds to districts, intermediate districts, and other eligible entities under this section shall be paid on a schedule determined by the department.
(4) For the purposes of applying for federal grants appropriated under this article, the department shall allow an intermediate district to submit a consortium application on behalf of 2 or more districts with the agreement of those districts as appropriate according to federal rules and guidelines.
(5) As used in this section:
(a) "DED" means the United States Department of Education.
(b) "DED-OESE" means the DED Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(c) "DED-OVAE" means the DED Office of Vocational and Adult Education.
(d) "HHS" means the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
(e) "HHS-SAMHSA" means the HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
History: Add. 2002, Act 191, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2002 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 521, Imd. Eff. July 25, 2002 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 158, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 351, Eff. Oct. 1, 2004 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 155, Eff. Oct. 1, 2005 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 342, Eff. Oct. 1, 2006 ;-- Am. 2007, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 2007 ;-- 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 ;-- Am. 2010, Act 110, Eff. Oct. 1, 2010 ;-- Am. 2010, Act 204, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 2010 ;-- Am. 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 85, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015
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