University authorizer of charter schools; reporting requirements.

Sec. 275k. (1) Not later than December 1 of each year, each university that receives an appropriation in section 236 that, in the current or previous academic year, serves or has served as an authorizing body shall submit a report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, the state budget director, and the department of education containing, at a minimum, all of the following information, as applicable: (a) A list of all of the schools currently authorized. (b) A list identifying any schools that were closed or lost their authorization in the current or previous academic year. (c) The academic performance of each school currently authorized, including whether a school is identified by the department of education as a partnership school. If a school is identified as a partnership school under this subdivision, the authorizing body shall include a description of corrective actions in the school's partnership agreement, the duration of the partnership agreement, and an assessment of progress toward improvement. (d) The total number of fees, reimbursements, contributions, or charges permitted under section 502(6) of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.502, that are assigned to each school currently authorized in a single academic year. (e) A financial report of the authorizing body's use of fees, reimbursements, contributions, or charges collected or retained under section 502(6) of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.502. This report must include all of the following, at a minimum: (i) The total amount of fees collected or retained under section 502(6) of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.502, by the authorizing body for the authorizing body's most recent fiscal year. (ii) The amount of funds reported under subparagraph (i) that were spent on compensation for faculty and staff employed primarily to meet the functions of an authorizing body. For the purpose of this subparagraph, an employee is presumed to be primarily employed to meet the functions of an authorizing body if that employee spends more than 50% of the employee's time on those activities. (iii) The number of positions, organized by job title, associated with expenditures reported under subparagraph (ii). (iv) The amount of funds reported under subparagraph (i) that were spent on contractual services to meet the functions of an authorizing body. (v) The amount of funds reported under subparagraph (i) that were spent on other overhead costs to meet the functions of an authorizing body. (vi) The amount of funds reported under subparagraph (i) that were transferred to another operating unit within the university. (vii) The amount of funds reported under subparagraph (i) that were spent on activities other than functioning as an authorizing body, including a list of those activities and the amount associated with each activity. (f) An executive summary section that provides relevant summary data for reporting requirements under subdivisions (a) to (e). (2) A report submitted under this section must be in a format that meets accessibility standards for viewing on the internet under the Americans with disabilities act of 1990, Public Law 101-336. (3) A report submitted under this section must be published and updated through a link on the homepage of the public university's website. (4) In addition to the reporting requirements under this section, each authorizing body that receives an appropriation under section 236 shall adopt a facilities policy ensuring that any structures or other property vacated by a public school academy that ceases operation not contribute to blight in the surrounding neighborhood or community in which the school had previously operated. (5) As used in this section, "authorizing body" means that term as defined in section 501 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.501.