to adopt the amendment to HB 5795 (H-2).
Representative Weiss moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5795 (H-2). The motion did not prevail 9-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Tate, Sabo, Tyrone Carter, Hood, Brabec, O'Neal, Rogers, Thanedar, Weiss. Nays: Reps. Albert, Whiteford, Allor, Brann, Frederick, Hornberger, Marino, VanSingel, Yaroch, Bollin, Glenn, Lightner, Maddock, Slagh, VanWoerkom, Beson, Borton. Pass: None. Representative Hood offered the following amendments to HB 5795 (H-2): 1. Amend page 129, following line 13, by inserting: "Sec. 27c. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2021-2022 an amount not to exceed $1,500,000,000.00 for payments to districts to recognize the work of educators and school support staff. (2) The funds allocated under this section for 2021-2022 are a work project appropriation, and any unexpended funds for 2021-2022 are carried forward into 2022- 2023. The purpose of the work project is to make payments to districts for eligible educational personnel as described in this section. The estimated completion date of the work project is September 30, 2026. (3) The payment amounts described in this section are the gross amounts paid to eligible staff members before any required payroll withholdings. (4) Payments made by districts with funds from this section are considered bonus payments and must not be considered part of a district's payroll for the purposes of calculating required contributions to the public school employees' retirement system nor for the purposes of calculating an individual employee's benefits from the public school employees' retirement system. (5) By October 31, 2022, the department shall make payments to districts in an amount equal to $2,000.00 multiplied by each full-time equated teacher, administrator, paraprofessional, or other noninstructional staff member employed by the district at the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year. The district must pay all funds received under this subsection to each teacher, administrator, paraprofessional, and noninstructional staff member employed by the district in an amount equal to $2,000.00 multiplied by the percentage of full-time status hours the employee is scheduled to work for the 2022-2023 school year. (6) By October 31, 2023, the department shall make payments to districts in an amount equal to the amount calculated under this subsection. All of the following apply: (a) For each teacher, administrator, paraprofessional, and noninstructional staff member employed by the district during the 2022-2023 school year who is still employed by the same district for the 2023-2024 school year; or for each teacher, administrator, paraprofessional, and noninstructional staff member employed by the district working in a building eligible for schoolwide title I programs for the 2023-2024 school year, an amount equal to $2,000.00 multiplied by the percentage of full-time status hours the employee is scheduled to work for the 2023-2024 school year. (b) For each teacher, administrator, paraprofessional, and noninstructional staff member employed by the district for the 2023-2024 school year who did not receive a payment with funds under subsection (5) because the individual was not employed by any district during the reporting period for funding paid during the 2022-2023 school year, an amount equal to $2,000.00 multiplied by the percentage of full-time status hours the employee is scheduled to work for the 2023-2024 school year. (c) The district must pay each teacher, administrator, paraprofessional, and noninstructional staff member counted in calculations under this subsection an amount equal to $2,000.00 multiplied by the percentage of full-time status hours the employee is scheduled to work for the 2023-2024 school year. (7) By October 31, 2024, the department shall make payments to districts in an amount equal to the amount calculated under this subsection. All of the following apply: (a) For each teacher employed by the district and eligible for payments under subsection (6) who is still employed by the same district for the 2024-2025 school year; or for each teacher employed by the district working in a building eligible for schoolwide title I programs for the 2024-2025 school year, an amount equal to $3,000.00 multiplied by the percentage of full-time status hours the employee is scheduled to work for the 2024-2025 school year. (b) For each teacher employed by the district for the 2024-2025 school year who did not receive a payment with funds under subsection (6) because the individual was not employed by any district during the reporting period for funding paid during the 2023-2024 school year, an amount equal to $3,000.00 multiplied by the percentage of full-time status hours the employee is scheduled to work for the 2024-2025 school year. (c) The district must pay each teacher counted in calculations under this subsection an amount equal to $3,000.00 multiplied by the percentage of full-time status hours the employee is scheduled to work for the 2024-2025 school year. (8) By October 31, 2025, the department shall make payments to districts in an amount equal to the amount calculated under this subsection. All of the following apply: (a) For each teacher employed by the district and eligible for payments under subsection (7) who is still employed by the same district for the 2025-2026 school year; or for each teacher employed by the district working in a building eligible for schoolwide title I programs for the 2025-2026 school year, an amount equal to $4,000.00 multiplied by the percentage of full-time status hours the employee is scheduled to work for the 2025-2026 school year. (b) For each teacher employed by the district for the 2025-2026 school year who did not receive a payment with funds under subsection (7) because the individual was not employed by any district during the reporting period for funding paid during the 2024-2025 school year, an amount equal to $4,000.00 multiplied by the percentage of full-time status hours the employee is scheduled to work for the 2025-2026 school year. (c) The district must pay each teacher counted in calculations under this subsection an amount equal to $4,000.00 multiplied by the percentage of full-time status hours the employee is scheduled to work for the 2023-2024 school year. (d) If, after making payments under subsections (5), (6), and (7), there is not sufficient funding to make full payments under this subsection, the per-employee amount used for calculations and payments under this subsection must be prorated by the department. (9) In addition to other requirements listed in this section, districts eligible for payments under this section must do all of the following: (a) Provide planned annual staffing counts to the department in a form and manner prescribed by the department on a timeline determined by the department. (b) Provide actual annual staffing counts to the department in a form and manner prescribed by the department on a timeline determined by the department. (c) If the reported planned annual staffing count exceeds the actual annual staffing and a district is not able to use their full allocations for the purposes under subsection (5), (6), (7), or (8), remit any overpayment to the department. (10) As used in this section: (a) "Administrator", "paraprofessional", and "noninstructional staff member" mean those staffing groups used by the center for reporting summary information on the registry of educational personnel collections, using for those staffing groups the same assignment code rollups used by the center, excluding those personnel defined as teachers for the purposes of this section. (b) "District" means a school district as that term is defined in section 6 of the revised school code, MCL 380.6, and an intermediate district. (c) "Percentage of full-time status hours" means the number of hours an employee is scheduled to work in a district divided by the number of hours considered by the district to be full time. This percentage must not exceed 100%. (d) "Teacher" means professional employees in districts that hold a bachelor's degree or higher and have specialized training. The department may add qualifying roles at the request of a district if the roles meet the requirement of requiring a bachelor's degree or higher, having specialized training, and not being in an administrative role. Teachers employed by a community-based provider of a great start readiness program are teachers and, for the purposes of this section only, are considered to be employed by and working in the intermediate district that allocated funds to the community-based provider for great start readiness programs. Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the roles of a teacher are identified in the registry of educational personnel as any of the following: (i) General education codes "000AX - 000ZZ". (ii) Special education "00192 - 00406". (iii) Career and technical education "00500 – 00599". (iv) Early childhood "60100 – 60401; 60600, 60700". (11) Notwithstanding section 17b, the department shall make payments under this section on a schedule determined by the department." and adjusting the totals in section 11 and enacting section 1 accordingly. 2. Amend page 368, line 3, after "23b," by striking out "and". 3. Amend page 368, line 3, after "23c" by inserting a comma and "and 27c".