Section 388.1639 - Receipt of funds under MCL 388.1632d; application; submission of implementation plan for approval; initial allocation; distribution of remaining funds; calculation of percentage of eligible children; additional eligible children; review of program components(1) An eligible applicant receiving funds under section 32d shall submit an application, in a form and manner prescribed by the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential, by a date specified by the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential in the immediately preceding fiscal year. An eligible applicant is not required to amend the applicant's current accounting cycle or adopt this state's fiscal year accounting cycle in accounting for financial transactions under this section. The application must include all of the following:(a) The estimated total number of children in the community who meet the criteria of section 32d and the total number of age-eligible children in the community, as provided to the applicant by the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential utilizing the most recent population data available from the American Community Survey conducted by the United States Census Bureau. The department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential shall ensure that it provides updated American Community Survey population data at least once every 3 years.(b) The estimated number of children in the community who meet the criteria of section 32d and are being served exclusively by Head Start programs operating in the community.(c) The number of children whom the applicant has the capacity to serve who meet the criteria of section 32d including a verification of physical facility and staff resources capacity.(2) After notification of funding allocations, an applicant receiving funds under section 32d shall also submit an implementation plan for approval, in a form and manner prescribed by the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential, by a date specified by the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential, that details how the applicant complies with the program components established by the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential under section 32d.(3) The initial allocation to each eligible applicant under section 32d is the lesser of the following:(a) The sum of the number of children served in a school-day program in the preceding school year multiplied by $10,185.00, the number of children served in a GSRP extended program in the preceding school year multiplied by $12,222.00, the number of children served in a GSRP/Head Start school-day blended program or a part-day program in the preceding school year multiplied by $5,093.00, and the number of children served in a GSRP/Head Start extended blended program in the preceding school year multiplied by $6,111.00.(b) The sum of the number of children the applicant has the capacity to serve in the current school year in a school-day program multiplied by $10,185.00, the number of children served in a GSRP extended program the applicant has the capacity to serve in the current school year multiplied by $12,222.00, the number of children served in a GSRP/Head Start school-day blended program or a part-day program the applicant has the capacity to serve in the current school year multiplied by $5,093.00, and the number of children served in a GSRP/Head Start extended blended program the applicant has the capacity to serve in the current school year multiplied by $6,111.00.(4) If funds remain after the allocations under subsection (3), the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential shall distribute the remaining funds to each intermediate district or consortium of intermediate districts that serves less than the state percentage benchmark determined under subsection (5). The department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential shall distribute these remaining funds to each eligible applicant based upon each applicant's proportionate share of the remaining unserved children necessary to meet the statewide percentage benchmark in intermediate districts or consortia of intermediate districts serving less than the statewide percentage benchmark. When all applicants have been given the opportunity to reach the statewide percentage benchmark, the statewide percentage benchmark may be reset, as determined by the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential, until greater equity of opportunity to serve eligible children across all intermediate school districts has been achieved.(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential shall calculate a percentage of children served by each intermediate district or consortium of intermediate districts by adding the number of children served in the immediately preceding year by that intermediate district or consortium with the number of eligible children under section 32d served exclusively by Head Start, as reported in a form and manner prescribed by the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential, within the intermediate district or consortia service area and dividing that total by the total number of children within the intermediate district or consortium of intermediate districts who meet the criteria of section 32d as determined by the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential utilizing the most recent population data available from the American Community Survey conducted by the United States Census Bureau. The department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential shall compare the resulting percentage of eligible children served to a statewide percentage benchmark to determine if the intermediate district or consortium is eligible for additional funds under subsection (4). The statewide percentage benchmark is 100%.(6) If, taking into account the total amount to be allocated to the applicant as calculated under this section, an applicant determines that it is able to include additional eligible children in the great start readiness program without additional funds under section 32d, the applicant may include additional eligible children but does not receive additional funding under section 32d for those children.(7) The department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential shall review the program components under section 32d and under this section at least biennially. The department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential also shall convene a committee of internal and external stakeholders at least once every 5 years to ensure that the funding structure under this section reflects current system needs under section 32d.(8) As used in this section, "GSRP/Head Start blended program", "GSRP extended program", "part-day program", and "school-day program" mean those terms as defined in section 32d.Amended by 2024, Act 120,s 64, eff. 10/1/2024.Amended by 2023, Act 103,s 91, eff. 10/1/2023.Amended by 2022, Act 144,s 70, eff. 10/1/2022.Amended by 2021, Act 48,s 59, eff. 7/13/2021.Amended by 2020, Act 165,s 49, eff. 10/1/2020.Amended by 2019, Act 58,s 42, eff. 10/1/2019.Amended by 2018, Act 265,s 45, eff. 10/1/2018.Amended by 2017, Act 108,s 47, eff. 10/1/2017.Amended by 2016, Act 249,s 49, eff. 10/1/2016.Amended by 2015, Act 85,s 41, eff. 10/1/2015.Amended by 2014, Act 196,s 43, eff. 10/1/2014.Amended by 2013, Act 60,s 38, eff. 10/1/2013.Amended by 2012, Act 201,s 38, eff. 10/1/2012.Amended by 2011, Act 62,s 30, eff. 10/1/2011.Amended by 2010, Act 110,s 34 , eff. 10/1/2010.Amended by 2009, Act 121,s 35 , eff. 10/19/2009.Amended by 2008, Act 268,s 40 , eff. 10/1/2008.Amended by 2007, Act 137,s 38 , eff. 11/8/2007.Amended by 2005, Act 155, s 32, eff. 10/1/2005.Add. 1987, Act 128, Eff. 10/1/1987 ;--Am. 1987, Act 220, Eff. 12/28/1987 ;--Am. 1988, Act 318, Eff. 10/1/1988 ;--Am. 1988, Act 509, Imd. Eff. 12/29/1988 ;--Am. 1989, Act 197, Eff. 10/1/1989 ;--Am. 1989, Act 235, Imd. Eff. 12/21/1989 ;--Am. 1990, Act 207, Eff. 10/1/1990 ;--Am. 1991, Act 118, Imd. Eff. 10/11/1991 ;--Am. 1992, Act 148, Eff. 10/1/1992 ;--Am. 1993, Act 175, Eff. 10/1/1993 ;--Am. 1993, Act 336, Eff. 10/1/1994 ;--Am. 1995, Act 130, Eff. 10/1/1995 ;--Am. 1996, Act 300, Eff. 10/1/1996 ;--Am. 1997, Act 93, Eff. 10/1/1997 ;--Am. 1997, Act 142, Imd. Eff. 11/19/1997 ;--Am. 2000, Act 297, Imd. Eff. 7/26/2000 ;--Am. 2002, Act 191, Imd. Eff. 4/26/2002.