Allocation to Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Agency; tribal consultation requirements; learning supports.

Sec. 152c. (1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2026-2027 only an amount not to exceed $2,500,000.00 to Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Agency to develop statewide supports for the federal tribal consultation requirements under the every student succeeds act, Public Law 114-95. (2) Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Agency shall use the funds to support a collaboration that includes, but is not limited to: (a) Elected tribal leadership from federally recognized tribes in Michigan. (b) The Confederation of Michigan Tribal Education Departments. (c) School, district, and intermediate district leadership, including elected board members. (d) Directors of programs impacted by the federal tribal consultation requirements. (e) The department's indigenous education initiative. (3) The collaboration described in subsection (2) shall do both of the following: (a) Create, disseminate, and evaluate professional learning to support the implementation of the federal tribal consultation requirements. (b) By not later than January 1, 2028, and January 1 of each subsequent fiscal year, prepare a summary report that includes measurable outcomes to evaluate the progress made in the development of effective government-to-government relations. The report described in this subdivision must be submitted to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director. (4) All of the following apply to professional learning described in subsection (3)(a): (a) The professional learning must include at least the following: (i) Identification of native students, including: (A) Federal identification guidelines from the federal office of management and budget under statistical policy directive number 15 for American Indian and Alaska Native students. (B) Tribal affiliation data collection guidelines under MCL 388.1694a. (C) Program participation data collection guidelines under MCL 388.1694a for federal programs funded under 20 USC 7401 to 7546 and the Johnson-O'Malley supplemental Indian education program modernization act, Public Law 115-404. (ii) Guidelines and rules related to data sharing from districts to federally recognized tribes as governed by the federal education rights and privacy act, 20 USC 1232, 34 CFR Part 99; the federal protection of pupil rights amendment, 20 USC 1232g, 34 CFR Part 98; and section 1136 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1136. (iii) The federal tribal consultation requirements under the every student succeeds act, Public Law 114-95. (iv) Key elements of effective tribal consultation. (b) The initial professional learning must be made available to all administrators, staff, and board members in each district and intermediate district by September 30, 2027, with additional resources released at least annually during the course of the work project. (5) Notwithstanding section 17b, the department shall make payments under this section on a schedule determined by the department.