Bill
SB 56
Reauthors $3.3M ARPA funds to the Community College Academic Catch-Up Program for FY 2023–24 to fix accounting and tracking, with no net new spending.
Status snapshot
- Subject: School aid — supplemental appropriations.
- Statutory changes: Amends sections 11 and 236 of the State School Aid Act of 1979 (MCL 388.1611 & 388.1836) and adds new section 201i.
- Introduced (Michigan version): February 4, 2025 (bill text provided).
- Procedural note (from materials supplied): Motion to discharge committee was rejected (March 20, 2025).
Purpose and intent
- To provide narrowly targeted supplemental appropriations for the School Aid Act and to correct the fiscal accounting for a previously authorized community college program (the Community College Academic Catch‑Up Program).
- The bill principally reauthorizes (reappropriates) federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds that were awarded as subgrants in FY 2023–24 but were not given a separate FY 2023–24 appropriation line that the State’s accounting system could track.
Key provisions
- Adds MCL section 201i: For FY 2023–24 only, appropriates $3,300,000 from the federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds (American Rescue Plan Act, Title IX, Subtitle M) to the Michigan Community College Association (MCCA) for the Community College Academic Catch‑Up Program. Funds must be used consistent with the original program requirements (as established under the former section 216a).
- FY 2024–25 placeholder appropriations: the bill as drafted/S‑1 includes $100 placeholder line items for certain Pre K–12 and higher education budget areas (a common legislative drafting device when final budget figures are being set).
- Conforming/technical edits to the School Aid Act appropriation language (sections 11 and 236) to incorporate the reappropriation and placeholders.
Who is affected
- Michigan Community College Association (MCCA): recipient of the $3.3M reappropriation and responsible for issuing subgrants to community colleges.
- Community colleges and the subgrantees that received awards under the Academic Catch‑Up Program (the analysis indicates about $3.3M of the original ~$8.7M awarded was disbursed in FY 2023–24).
- State fiscal/accounting offices: the reappropriation is intended to enable proper tracking of FY 2023–24 subgrant expenditures in the State’s accounting system.
- No net new programmatic beneficiaries are created by this bill; it primarily affects fund routing and accounting.
Fiscal impact
- According to the bill analysis, reappropriating $3.3M increases FY 2023–24 gross appropriations for the Community Colleges budget by $3.3M but does not increase net expenditures because the funds were already appropriated in FY 2022–23 and expended later.
- The placeholder $100 amounts are nominal and serve budgetary drafting purposes; they do not represent substantive new spending.
Timing and procedural matters
- The reappropriation applies only to FY 2023–24.
- The bill makes routine statutory appropriation adjustments for FY 2024–25 (placeholders) and inserts the new appropriation section (201i).
- Procedural status: the user-provided record indicates a motion to discharge from committee was rejected (March 20, 2025). If enacted, implementation would be through the normal state allotment and accounting processes.
Bottom line
SB 56 is a narrowly focused supplemental appropriations bill that reauthorizes $3.3 million in federal ARPA recovery funds for the Community College Academic Catch‑Up Program to correct accounting/appropriation tracking for funds awarded in FY 2023–24. It does not create new programmatic spending beyond the previously authorized funds and carries no net new fiscal cost according to the bill analysis.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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