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SB 1176

Education: safety; behavioral threat assessment and management program fund; create. Amends 2018 PA 548 (MCL 28.801 - 28.809) by adding sec. 6a.

2023-2024 Regular Session Introduced by Rosemary Bayer and 4 co-sponsors

Creates a dedicated fund and $13M to develop and run a statewide behavioral threat assessment and management program for K–12 schools.

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Bill Summary · SB 1176

Summary — SB 1176 (2025): Create Behavioral Threat Assessment & Management Program Fund; $13M appropriation

Status: Referred to Committee on Education (Introduced)
Subject: Education — school safety; amends 2018 PA 548 (Comprehensive School Safety Plan Act) by adding section 6a

Purpose

SB 1176 establishes a dedicated state fund to support a statewide behavioral threat assessment and management program under the Comprehensive School Safety Plan Act (2018 PA 548). It also appropriates $13,000,000 to start, develop, implement, manage and maintain that program.

Key provisions

  • Creates the "behavioral threat assessment and management program fund" in the Michigan Department of Treasury.
  • Appropriates $13,000,000 from the general fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, to that new fund.
  • Designates the Department of Treasury as the fund administrator for auditing purposes.
  • Authorizes the state treasurer to accept money from any source (including grants and gifts) and to credit interest/earnings to the fund. Grants or gifts received for the purposes described in section 6 of the act must be deposited into this fund.
  • Requires that fund balances at fiscal year-end remain in the fund (no lapse to the general fund).
  • Limits use of the fund — including interest and earnings — solely to purposes described in section 6 of the Comprehensive School Safety Plan Act; expenditures must comply with state law and department policy.
  • Specifies that the appropriation is a work project appropriation: unencumbered/unallotted funds are carried forward into the next fiscal year.
  • Identifies the work project purpose (develop, implement, manage, maintain the behavioral threat assessment and management program); allows use of state employees and/or contracts to accomplish the project.
  • States estimated total completion cost: $13,000,000; estimated completion date: September 30, 2026.
  • Includes an enactment contingency: this amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 1177 of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.

Who is affected / likely impacts

  • Primary administrative impact: Michigan Department of Treasury (fund custodian/administrator) and other state agencies implementing the program.
  • Primary programmatic beneficiaries: K–12 schools, school districts, and local education agencies that will participate in or receive support through the behavioral threat assessment and management program established under section 6 of the Comprehensive School Safety Plan Act.
  • Indirect beneficiaries: students, school staff, and school communities through anticipated threat assessment supports (training, teams, tools, coordination), subject to the program design in section 6.
  • Fiscal impact: a one-time appropriation of $13,000,000 (FY ending Sept 30, 2025) dedicated to this program; funds do not lapse and may carry forward through project completion.

Timeline & procedural notes

  • Appropriation targets fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.
  • Estimated project completion date: September 30, 2026.
  • The bill’s effect is contingent on enactment of companion SB 1177.
  • Current status: introduced and referred to the Senate Committee on Education.

Note: SB 1176 adds section 6a to MCL 28.801–28.809 (the Comprehensive School Safety Plan Act); the bill ties the new fund and appropriation specifically to the purposes described in section 6 of that act (the substantive program requirements and authorities for the behavioral threat assessment and management program are set out in section 6).

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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