Michigan § 388.1625f.amended - Payments to strict discipline academies and qualified districts; definitions.

(1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $1,600,000.00 for 2026-2027 for payments to strict discipline academies and qualified districts, as provided under this section.

(2) To receive funding under this section, a strict discipline academy or qualified district must first comply with section 25e and use the pupil transfer process described in that section for changes in enrollment as prescribed under that section and apply annually for funding under section 24.

(3) The total amount allocated to a strict discipline academy or qualified district under this section is equal to the strict discipline academy's or qualified district's pupil membership in the immediately preceding year multiplied by an amount calculated by dividing the total allocation under this section by the total pupil membership for eligible strict discipline academies and qualified districts in the immediately preceding year. However, the sum of the amounts received by a strict discipline academy or qualified district under this section and under section 24 must not exceed the product of the strict discipline academy's or qualified district's per-pupil allocation calculated under section 20 multiplied by the strict discipline academy's or qualified district's full-time equated membership. The department shall allocate funds to strict discipline academies and qualified districts under this section on a monthly basis.

(4) Special education pupils funded under section 53a are not funded under this section.

(5) The department shall make payments to strict discipline academies and qualified districts under this section according to the payment schedule under section 17b.

(6) For purposes of this section, the pupil membership for the current fiscal year for a qualified district is the actual number of pupils that are in the custody of a county juvenile agency as described in subsection (7)(a).

(7) As used in this section:

(a) "Qualified district" means a public school academy that is not a strict discipline academy that enrolls individuals who are in the custody of a county juvenile agency to which both of the following are applicable:

(i) The agency had custody of individuals who were enrolled in a strict discipline academy in the 2020-2021 school year.

(ii) The strict discipline academy that the individuals described in subparagraph (i) were enrolled in subsequently closed.

(b) "Strict discipline academy" means a public school academy established under sections 1311b to 1311m of the revised school code, MCL 380.1311b to 380.1311m.