evidence_text: Senator Bayer offered the following amendments:
  
  1. Amend page 49, line 19, after “is” by striking out “ $8,544.00. ” and inserting “ $8,529.00. ”.
  
  2. Amend page 49, line 20, after “is” by striking out “ $8,141.00. ” and inserting “ $8,051.00. ”.
  
  3. Amend page 55, line 13, after “subsection.” by inserting “ Beginning in 2019-2020, for pupils in membership in a public school academy that was issued a contract under section 552 of the revised school code, mcl 380.552, to operate as a school of excellence that is a cyber school, the allocation calculated under this section is an amount equal to 80% of the amount as would otherwise be calculated under this subsection for the public school academy. ”.
  
  4. Amend page 77, line 2, by striking out “ $4,530,000,000.00 ” and inserting “ $4,401,000,000.00 ”.
  
  5. Amend page 85, following line 9, by inserting:
  
  “Sec. 22n. (1) From the appropriation in section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $11,000,000.00 for 2018-2019 2019-2020 for additional payments to districts for the higher instructional costs of educating high school pupils.
  
  (2) A district is eligible for a payment under this section if it educates pupils in 1 or more of grades 9 to 12.
  
  (3) The payment to each eligible district under this section shall be IS an amount equal to $25.00 multiplied by the district’s total pupil membership in grades 9 to 12 as calculated under section 6 for the current fiscal year. If the allocation under subsection (1) is insufficient to fully fund payments under this subsection, the department shall prorate payments under this section on an equal per-pupil basis.”.
  
  6. Amend page 98, following line 23, by inserting:
  
  “ Sec. 28. (1) From the appropriation in section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $794,000,000.00 for 2019-2020 to provide additional resources to districts and intermediate districts for costs associated with providing instruction to higher-needs pupils and to make payments based on the weighted per-pupil education funding model under this section.
  
  (2) Beginning in 2019-2020, there is implemented a weighted per-pupil education funding model that provides for a per-pupil base amount for all districts and adds weights for additional resources to serve higher-needs pupils who require special education services, are academically at risk, or are receiving career and technical education programming. A district’s base amount per pupil is equal to the district’s foundation allowance calculated under section 20 and paid out under sections 22a and 22b. Funds allocated under this section must be spent on resources that are shown through research and best practice to improve student learning.
  
  (3) From the allocation in subsection (1), there is allocated an amount not to exceed $120,000,000.00 for payments to districts and intermediate districts to increase the level of reimbursement of costs associated with providing special education services required under state and federal statutes.
  
  (a) A district’s or intermediate district’s allocation under this subsection is equal to the level percentage multiplied by each district’s or intermediate district’s costs reported to the center on the special education actual cost report, known as “SE-4096” as referred to under section 18(6), as approved by the department. The total reimbursement under this subsection and under section 51c shall not exceed the total reported costs for a district or intermediate district. For the purposes of this subsection, “the level percentage” means an amount equal to the allocation in subsection (2) divided by the total of costs reported to the center on the special education actual cost report, known as “SE‑4096” as referred to under section 18(6), as approved by the department. For 2019-2020, the level percentage is estimated at 4.0%.
  
  (b) On a statewide basis, the allocation under this subsection and under sections 51a and 51c to reimburse districts and intermediate districts for 28.6138% of total approved costs of special education are estimated to provide an additional amount per full-time equated special education pupil equal to 92% of the foundation allowance amount paid to districts and intermediate districts for special education pupils.
  
  (4) From the allocation in subsection (1), there is allocated an amount not to exceed $619,000,000.00 to implement a weighted foundation per-pupil payment for districts enrolling economically disadvantaged pupils. Payments under this subsection are made to districts for the purposes of ensuring that pupils are proficient in English language arts by the end of grade 3, that pupils are proficient in mathematics by the end of grade 8, that pupils are attending school regularly, and that high school graduates are career and college ready. All of the following apply to payments under this subsection:
  
  (a) A district’s allocation under this subsection for each membership pupil in the district who is determined to be economically disadvantaged, as reported to the center in the form and manner prescribed by the center not later than the fifth Wednesday after the pupil membership count day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, is equal to 11% of the district’s foundation allowance as calculated in section 20, not to exceed the state minimum foundation allowance. It is intended that the statewide target percentage for all sources of funds be set at 35.0%. If funds allocated under this subsection are insufficient to fully fund the payments prescribed in this subsection, the department shall prorate those payments on an equal percentage basis.
  
  (b) For a district that has combined state and local revenue per membership pupil under section 20 that is greater than the target foundation allowance under section 20 for the current fiscal year, the allocation under this subsection is an amount equal to 50% of the allocation for which it would otherwise be eligible under this subsection, before any proration under subdivision (a).
  
  (c) For a district that began operations after the pupil membership count day of the immediately preceding school year, the allocation under this subsection for each membership pupil in the district who is determined to be economically disadvantaged, as reported to the center in the form and manner prescribed by the center not later than the fifth Wednesday after the pupil membership count day of the current fiscal year, is an amount equal to the same percentage as paid in subdivision (a) of the district’s foundation allowance as calculated in section 20, not to exceed the state minimum foundation allowance.
  
  (d) Payments under this subsection are subject to a district’s compliance with the requirements described in section 31a. A district shall use the payments for the purposes described in section 31a. In addition, a district shall use funds under this subsection to show progress toward meeting the following goals:
  
  ( i ) providing at least 1 tutor per every 100 economically disadvantaged pupils enrolled in the district.
  
  ( ii ) providing at least 1 pupil support position - including behavior specialists, reading support experts, and counselors - per every 125 economically disadvantaged pupils enrolled in the district.
  
  ( iii ) providing at least 1 summer school teaching position per every 120 economically disadvantaged pupils enrolled in the district.
  
  ( iv ) expanding professional development opportunities for teachers.
  
  ( v ) providing additional supports for students on the completion of the free application for federal student aid (FAFSA).
  
  (e) as used in this subsection, “economically disadvantaged” means that term as defined in section 31a.
  
  (5) From the allocation in subsection (1), there is allocated an amount not to exceed $55,000,000.00 to implement a weighted foundation per-pupil payment for districts with pupils enrolled in career and technical education programs. A school of excellence that is a cyber school, as defined in section 551 of the revised school code, mcl 380.551, is not eligible for funding under this subsection. All of the following apply to allocations under this subsection:
  
  (a) A district’s allocation under this subsection for each pupil in the district who is in grades 9 to 12, who is counted in membership in the district, and who is enrolled in at least 1 career and technical education program in the career pathway identified by the student on the student’s educational development plan, excluding those pupils enrolled in districts in accordance with section 166b and counted in membership under section 6, is 6% of the district’s foundation allowance as calculated in section 20, not to exceed the state minimum foundation allowance. It is intended that the statewide target percentage for all sources of funds be set at 10.0%. If funds allocated under this subsection are insufficient to fully fund the payments prescribed in this subsection, the department shall prorate those payments on an equal percentage basis.
  
  (b) As used in this subsection, “career and technical education program” means a state-approved career and technical education program, as determined by the department.
  
  (c) Payments under this subsection are intended to support the hiring of additional career and technical education staff and career counselors; to update and maintain facilities, equipment, and materials related to career and technical education programming; and to expand the number of career and technical education programs available to students. ”.
  
  7. Amend page 98, line 24, by striking out all of section 31a and inserting:
  
  “Sec. 31a. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2018-2019 an amount not to exceed $528,207,300.00 for payments to eligible districts and eligible public school academies for the purposes of ensuring that pupils are proficient in English language arts by the end of grade 3, that pupils are proficient in mathematics by the end of grade 8, that pupils are attending school regularly, that high school graduates are career and college ready, and for the purposes under subsections (7) and (8).
  
  (2) For a district that has combined state and local revenue per membership pupil under sections 20 and 20m that is greater than the basic foundation allowance under section 20 for the current fiscal year, the allocation under this section shall be an amount equal to 30% of the allocation for which it would otherwise be eligible under this section before any proration under subsection (14).
  
  (3) For a district or public school academy to be eligible to receive funding under this section, other than funding under subsection (7) or (8), section 28(4), the district or public school academy, for grades K to 12, shall comply with the requirements under section 1280f of the revised school code, MCL 380.1280f, and shall use resources to address early literacy and numeracy, and for at least grades K to 12 or, if the district or public school academy does not operate all of grades K to 12, for all of the grades it operates, must implement a multi-tiered system of supports that is an evidence-based framework that uses data-driven problem solving to integrate academic and behavioral instruction and that uses intervention delivered to all pupils in varying intensities based on pupil needs. The multi-tiered system of supports described in this subsection must provide at least all of the following essential components:
  
  (a) Team-based leadership.
  
  (b) A tiered delivery system.
  
  (c) Selection and implementation of instruction, interventions, and supports.
  
  (d) A comprehensive screening and assessment system.
  
  (e) Continuous data-based decision making.
  
  (4) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an eligible district or eligible public school academy shall receive under this section for each membership pupil in the district or public school academy who is determined to be economically disadvantaged, as reported to the center in the form and manner prescribed by the center not later than the fifth Wednesday after the pupil membership count day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, an amount per pupil equal to 11.5% of the statewide weighted average foundation allowance. However, a public school academy that began operations as a public school academy after the pupil membership count day of the immediately preceding school year shall receive under this section for each membership pupil in the public school academy, who is determined to be economically disadvantaged, as reported to the center in the form and manner prescribed by the center not later than the fifth Wednesday after the pupil membership count day of the current fiscal year, an amount per pupil equal to 11.5% of the statewide weighted average foundation allowance.
  
  (2) (5) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a district or public school academy receiving funding under this section 28(4) shall use that money only to provide instructional programs and direct noninstructional services, including, but not limited to, medical, mental health, or counseling services, for at-risk pupils; for school health clinics; and for the purposes of subsection (6), (7), or (8). (3), (4), OR (5). In addition, a district that is a school district of the first class or a district or public school academy in which at least 50% of the pupils in membership were determined to be economically disadvantaged in the immediately preceding state fiscal year, as determined and reported as described in subsection (4), section 28(4), may use not more than 20% of the funds it receives under this section 28(4) for school security that aligns to the needs assessment and the multitiered system of supports model . A district or public school academy shall not use any of that money for administrative costs. The instruction or direct noninstructional services provided under this section or section 28(4) may be conducted before or after regular school hours or by adding extra school days to the school year. Funds spent on school security under this subsection must be counted toward required spending under subsection (16)(c). (12)(C) .
  
  (3) (6) A district or public school academy that receives funds under this section 28(4) and that operates a school breakfast program under section 1272a of the revised school code, MCL 380.1272a, shall use from the funds received under this section 28(4) an amount, not to exceed $10.00 per pupil for whom the district or public school academy receives funds under this section 28(4) , necessary to pay for costs associated with the operation of the school breakfast program.
  
  (4) (7) From the funds allocated under subsection (1), appropriated under section 11, there is allocated for 2018-2019 2019-2020 an amount not to exceed $6,057,300.00 to support primary health care services provided to children and adolescents up to age 21. These funds shall be expended in a form and manner determined jointly by the department and the department of health and human services. If any funds allocated under this subsection are not used for the purposes of this subsection for the fiscal year in which they are allocated, those unused funds shall be used that fiscal year to avoid or minimize any proration that would otherwise be required under subsection (14) for that fiscal year.
  
  (5) (8) From the funds allocated under subsection (1), appropriated under section 11, there is allocated for 2018-2019 2019-2020 an amount not to exceed $5,150,000.00 for the state portion of the hearing and vision screenings as described in section 9301 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.9301. A local public health department shall pay at least 50% of the total cost of the screenings. The frequency of the screenings shall be as required under R 325.13091 to R 325.13096 and R 325.3271 to R 325.3276 of the Michigan Administrative Code. Funds shall be awarded in a form and manner approved jointly by the department and the department of health and human services. Notwithstanding section 17b, the department shall make payments to eligible entities under this subsection shall be paid on a schedule determined by the department.
  
  (6) (9) Each district or public school academy receiving funds under this section 28(4) shall submit to the department by July 15 of each fiscal year a report, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, that includes a brief description of each program conducted or services performed by the district or public school academy using funds under this section 28(4) , the amount of funds under this section 28(4) allocated to each of those programs or services, the total number of at-risk pupils served by each of those programs or services, and the data necessary for the department and the department of health and human services to verify matching funds for the temporary assistance for needy families program. In prescribing the form and manner of the report, the department shall ensure that districts are allowed to expend funds received under this section 28(4) on any activities that are permissible under this section or section 28(4) . If a district or public school academy does not comply with this subsection, the department shall withhold an amount equal to the August payment due under this section 28(4) until the district or public school academy complies with this subsection. If the district or public school academy does not comply with this subsection by the end of the state fiscal year, the withheld funds shall be forfeited to the school aid fund.
  
  (7) (10) In order to receive funds under this section 28(4) , a district or public school academy shall allow access for the department or the department’s designee to audit all records related to the program for which it receives those funds. The district or public school academy shall reimburse the state for all disallowances found in the audit.
  
  (8) (11) Subject to subsections (6), (7), and (8), (3), (4), AND (5), for schools in which more than 40% of pupils are identified as at-risk, a district or public school academy may use the funds it receives under this section 28(4) to implement tier 1, evidence-based practices in schoolwide reforms that are guided by the district’s comprehensive needs assessment and are included in the district improvement plan. Schoolwide reforms must include parent and community supports, activities, and services, that may include the pathways to potential program created by the department of health and human services or the communities in schools program. As used in this subsection, “tier 1, evidence-based practices means research-based instruction and classroom interventions that are available to all learners and effectively meet the needs of most students.
  
  (9) (12) A district or public school academy that receives funds under this section 28(4) may use up to 5% 10% of those funds to provide research-based professional development and to implement a coaching model that supports the multi-tiered system of supports framework. Professional development may be provided to district and school leadership and teachers and must be aligned to professional learning standards; integrated into district, school building, and classroom practices; and solely related to the following:
  
  (a) Implementing the multi-tiered system of supports required in subsection (3) (1) with fidelity and utilizing the data from that system to inform curriculum and instruction.
  
  (b) Implementing section 1280f of the revised school code, MCL 380.1280f, as required under subsection (3), (1), with fidelity.
  
  (10) (13) A district or public school academy that receives funds under this section 28(4) may use THOSE funds received under this section to support instructional or behavioral coaches. Funds used for this purpose are not subject to the cap under subsection (12). (9).
  
  (14) If necessary, and before any proration required under section 296, the department shall prorate payments under this section, except payments under subsection (7), (8), or (17), by reducing the amount of the allocation as otherwise calculated under this section by an equal percentage per district.
  
  (11) (15) If a district is dissolved pursuant to under section 12 of the revised school code, MCL 380.12, the intermediate district to which the dissolved school district was constituent shall determine the estimated number of pupils that are economically disadvantaged and that are enrolled in each of the other districts within the intermediate district and provide that estimate to the department for the purposes of distributing funds under this section 28(4) within 60 days after the school district is declared dissolved.
  
  (12) (16) Beginning in 2019-2020, if a district or public school academy does not demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that at least 50% of economically disadvantaged at-risk pupils are proficient in English language arts by the end of grade 3 as measured by the state assessment for the immediately preceding school year , or have achieved at least 1 year’s growth in English language arts during grade 3 as measured by a local benchmark assessment for the immediately preceding school year, demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that at least 50% of economically disadvantaged at-risk pupils are proficient in mathematics by the end of grade 8 as measured by the state assessment for the immediately preceding school year , or have achieved at least 1 year’s growth in mathematics during grade 8 as measured by a local benchmark assessment for the immediately preceding school year, and demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department improvement over each of the 3 immediately preceding school years in the percentage of economically disadvantaged at‑risk pupils that are career- and college-ready as determined by proficiency on the English language arts, mathematics, and science content area assessments on the grade 11 summative assessment under section 1279g(2)(a) of the revised school code, MCL 380.1279g, the district or public school academy shall ensure all of the following:
  
  (a) The district or public school academy shall determine the proportion of economically disadvantaged at-risk pupils in grade 3 that represents the number of economically disadvantaged at-risk pupils in grade 3 that are not proficient in English language arts by the end of grade 3 , or that did not achieve at least 1 year’s growth in English language arts during grade 3, and the district or public school academy shall expend that same proportion multiplied by 1/3 of its total at-risk funds economically disadvantaged per-pupil payment under this section 28(4) on tutoring interventions and other methods of improving grade 3 English language arts proficiency or growth.
  
  (b) The district or public school academy shall determine the proportion of economically disadvantaged at-risk pupils in grade 8 that represents the number of economically disadvantaged at-risk pupils in grade 8 that are not proficient in mathematics by the end of grade 8 , or that did not achieve at least 1 year’s growth in mathematics during grade 8, and the district or public school academy shall expend that same proportion multiplied by 1/3 of its total at-risk funds economically disadvantaged per-pupil payment under this section 28(4) on tutoring interventions and other methods of improving grade 8 mathematics proficiency or growth.
  
  (c) The district or public school academy shall determine the proportion of economically disadvantaged at-risk pupils in grade 11 that represents the number of economically disadvantaged at-risk pupils in grade 11 that are not career- and college-ready as measured by the student’s score on the English language arts, mathematics, and science content area assessments on the grade 11 summative assessment under section 1279g(2)(a) of the revised school code, MCL 380.1279g, and the district or public school academy shall expend that same proportion multiplied by 1/3 of its total at-risk funds economically disadvantaged per-pupil payment under this section 28(4) on tutoring interventions and other activities to improve scores on the college entrance examination portion of the Michigan merit examination.
  
  (17) From the funds allocated under subsection (1), there is allocated for 2018-2019 an amount not to exceed $18,000,000.00 for payments to districts and public school academies that otherwise received an allocation under this section in 2018-2019 and that allocation was less than the district’s or public school academy’s allocation under this section in 2017-2018. The allocation for each district or public school academy under this subsection is an amount equal to its allocation under this section in 2017-2018 minus its allocation as otherwise calculated under this section for 2018-2019. If necessary, and before any proration required under section 296, the department shall prorate payments under this subsection by reducing the amount of the allocation as otherwise calculated under this subsection by an equal percentage per district or public school academy.
  
  (13) (18) A district or public school academy that receives funds under this section 28(4) may use those funds received under this section to provide an anti-bullying or crisis intervention program.
  
  (14) (19) The department shall collaborate with the department of health and human services to prioritize assigning Pathways to Potential Success coaches to elementary schools that have a high percentage of pupils in grades K to 3 who are not proficient in English language arts, based upon state assessments for pupils in those grades.
  
  (15) (20) As used in this section:
  
  (a) “At-risk pupil” means a pupil in grades K to 12 for whom the district has documentation that the pupil meets any of the following criteria:
  
  ( i ) The pupil is economically disadvantaged.
  
  ( ii ) The pupil is an English language learner.
  
  ( iii ) The pupil is chronically absent as defined by and reported to the center.
  
  ( iv ) The pupil is a victim of child abuse or neglect.
  
  ( v ) The pupil is a pregnant teenager or teenage parent.
  
  ( vi ) The pupil has a family history of school failure, incarceration, or substance abuse.
  
  ( vii ) The pupil is an immigrant who has immigrated within the immediately preceding 3 years.
  
  ( viii ) The pupil did not complete high school in 4 years and is still continuing in school as identified in the Michigan cohort graduation and dropout report.
  
  ( ix ) For pupils for whom the results of the state summative assessment have been received, is a pupil who did not achieve proficiency on the English language arts, mathematics, science, or social studies content area assessment.
  
  ( x ) Is a pupil who is at risk of not meeting the district’s or public school academy’s core academic curricular objectives in English language arts or mathematics, as demonstrated on local assessments.
  
  (b) “Economically disadvantaged” means a pupil who has been determined eligible for free or reduced-price meals as determined under the Richard B. Russell national school lunch act, 42 USC 1751 to 1769j; who is in a household receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program or temporary assistance for needy families assistance; or who is homeless, migrant, or in foster care, as reported to the center.
  
  (c) “English language learner” means limited English proficient pupils who speak a language other than English as their primary language and have difficulty speaking, reading, writing, or understanding English as reported to the center.
  
  (d) “Statewide weighted average foundation allowance” means the number that is calculated by adding together the result of each district’s or public school academy’s foundation allowance or per pupil payment calculated under section 20 multiplied by the number of pupils in membership in that district or public school academy, and then dividing that total by the statewide number of pupils in membership. For the purposes of this calculation, a district’s foundation allowance shall not exceed the basic foundation allowance under section 20 for the current state fiscal year.”.
  
  8. Amend page 183, line 9, by striking out all of subsection (18) .
  
  9. Amend page 305, line 5, after “20m,” by striking out “22n,”.
  
  10. Amend page 305, line 5, after “35b,” by inserting “61d,”.
  
  11. Amend page 305, line 7, after “388.1620m,” by striking out “388.1622n,”.
  
  12. Amend page 305, line 8, after “388.1635b,” by inserting “388.1661d,” and adjusting the totals in section 11 and enacting section 1 accordingly.
  
  The amendments were not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor.