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MI HB5683

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/17/2020

Primary Sponsor

Padma Kuppa

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Origin

House of Representatives

100th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Requires school districts and intermediate districts to post annual operating budgets and budget revisions on their websites within 15 days of adoption, or on their intermediate district's website.

  • Mandates districts post visual charts showing personnel expenditures (salaries, benefits, retirement costs) and all district expenditures (instruction, support services, business/administration, operations/maintenance) using existing departmental data.

  • Requires districts to make publicly available: collective bargaining agreements, health care benefits plans, educational management organization contracts, audit reports, health benefit plan bids, procurement policies, reimbursable expense policies, accounts payable registers, and superintendent/high-earning employee compensation details.

  • Obligates districts to disclose dues paid to associations, lobbying expenditures, deficit elimination plans, credit card information and limits, and costs/details of out-of-state administrator travel paid by the district.

  • Establishes penalties allowing the department to withhold up to 10% of state school aid if districts fail to comply with disclosure requirements by end of fiscal year.

Legislative Description

School aid; other; certain disclosure requirements for public schools; modify. Amends sec. 18 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1618).

State agencies (existing): education

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/25/2020

3/25/2020

Committee Referrals

Education3/17/2020

Full Bill Text

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