Sec. 263a.
(1) Not later than September 30 of each year, Michigan State University shall submit a report on MSU AgBioResearch and MSU Extension to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on agriculture and on higher education, the house and senate standing committees on agriculture, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director for the preceding academic fiscal year.
(2) The report required under subsection (1) shall include all of the following:
(a) Total funds expended by MSU AgBioResearch and by MSU Extension identified by state, local, private, federal, and university fund sources.
(b) The metric goals that were used to evaluate the impacts of programs operated by MSU Extension and MSU AgBioResearch. It is the intent of the legislature that the following metric goals will be used to evaluate the impacts of those programs:
(i) Increasing the number of agriculture and food-related firms collaborating with and using services of research and extension faculty and staff by 3% per year.
(ii) Increasing the number of individuals utilizing MSU Extension's educational services by 5% per year.
(iii) Increasing external funds generated in support of research and extension, beyond state appropriations, by 10% over the amounts generated in the past 3 state fiscal years.
(iv) Increasing the sector's total economic impact to at least $100,000,000,000.00.
(v) Increasing Michigan's agricultural exports to at least $3,500,000,000.00.
(vi) Increasing jobs in the food and agriculture sector by 10%.
(vii) Improving access by Michigan consumers to healthy foods by 20%.
(c) A review of major programs within both MSU AgBioResearch and MSU Extension with specific reference to accomplishments, impacts, and the metrics described in subdivision (b), including a specific accounting of Project GREEEN expenditures and the impact of those expenditures.
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 85, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015
Last modified: October 10, 2016