RICK SNYDER
GOVERNOR
STATE OF MICHIGAN
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
LANSING
EXECUTIVE ORDER
2011 ? 8
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
MICHIGAN OFFICE OF GREAT START
EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION
BRIAN CALLEY
LT. GOVERNOR
WHEREAS, Section 1 of Article V of the Michigan Constitution of 1963 vests
the executive power of the state of Michigan in the Governor; and
WHEREAS, Section 2 of Article V of the Michigan Constitution of 1963
empowers the Governor to make changes in the organization of the executive
branch or in the assignment of functions among its units that the Governor considers
necessary for efficient administration; and
WHEREAS, there is a continued need to reorganize functions among state
departments to ensure efficient administration; and
WHEREAS, Section 3 of Article VIII of the Michigan Constitution of 1963,
section 14 of Act No. 287 of the Public Acts of 1964, as amended, being section
388.1014 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and section 305 of Act No. 380 of the
Public Acts of 1965, as amended, being section 16.405 of the Michigan Compiled
Laws, provide that the Superintendent of Public Instruction is the principal executive
and administrative officer of the Department of Education; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to create a coherent system of health and early
learning that aligns, integrates and coordinates Michigan?s investments from prenatal
to third grade; and
WHEREAS, Michigan?s early childhood development programs and funding
are fragmented across state government; and
WHEREAS, Michigan?s approach to investing in school readiness and early
elementary success should be values-based and founded on sound scientific and
economic evidence; and
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WHEREAS, we must refocus the state?s early childhood investment, policy,
and administrative structures by adopting a single set of early childhood outcomes
and measuring performance against those outcomes; and
WHEREAS, Michigan children should be developmentally ready to succeed at
the time of school entry;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Richard D. Snyder, Governor of the state of Michigan,
by virtue of the power and authority vested in the Governor by the Michigan
Constitution of 1963 and Michigan law, order the following:
I. MICHIGAN OFFICE OF GREAT START
A. The Michigan Office of Great Start is created within the Michigan Department
of Education.
B. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall exercise all administrative
powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the Michigan Office of Great Start.
C. All authority, powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the Office of
Child Development and Care within the Department of Human Services, including
the functions of budgeting, procurement, and management-related functions, are
transferred to the Michigan Office of Great Start.
D. All authority, powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the Head Start
Collaboration Office within the Department of Human Services, including the
functions of budgeting, procurement, and management-related functions, are
transferred to the Michigan Office of Great Start.
E. All authority, powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the Office of
Early Childhood Education and Family Services within the Michigan Department of
Education, including the functions of budgeting, procurement, and management-related functions, are transferred to the Michigan Office of Great Start.
II. MISCELLANEOUS
A. All rules, orders, opinions, contracts, and agreements relating to the functions
of the Office of Child Development and Care, the Head Start Collaboration Office,
and the Office of Early Childhood Education and Family Services, transferred to the
Michigan Office of Great Start under this Order, and lawfully adopted prior to the
issuance of this Order, shall continue to be effective until revised, amended, or
rescinded.
B. All records, property, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations,
and other funds used, held, employed, available, or to be made available to the
Department of Human Services and the Department of Education for the activities,
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powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities transferred under this Order, are
transferred to the Michigan Office of Great Start.
C. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall provide executive direction and
supervision for the implementation of the transfers. The Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall administer the assigned functions in such ways as to promote
efficient administration and shall make internal organizational changes as may be
administratively necessary to complete the realignment of responsibilities prescribed
by this Order.
D. The State Budget Director shall determine the most efficient manner possible
for handling financial transactions and records in the state?s financial management
system necessary for the implementation of this Order.
E. Any suit, action or other proceeding lawfully commenced by, against or before
any entity affected by this Order, shall not abate by reason of the taking effect of this
Order. Any suit, action or other proceeding may be maintained by, against, or before
the appropriate successor of any entity affected by this Order.
F. The invalidity of any portion of this Order shall not affect the validity of the
remainder of the Order, which may be given effect without any invalid portion. Any
portion of this Order found invalid by a court or other entity with proper jurisdiction
shall be severable from the remaining portions of this Order.
G. The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Director of the Department of
Human Services shall immediately initiate coordination to facilitate the transfers set
forth in this Order and shall develop a memorandum of record identifying any
pending settlements, issues of compliance with applicable federal and state laws and
regulations, or other obligations to be resolved by the Departments of Human
Services and Education.
H. The Director of the Department of Community Health (?Department?) shall
coordinate with the Superintendent of Public Instruction concerning administration of
the programs and services the Department provides that affect early childhood
development. The programs and services the Department provides shall to the
extent practicable complement and support the efforts of the Office of Great Start,
and the Department and the Superintendent shall utilize their early childhood
resources in a coordinated fashion.
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In fulfilment of the requirements of Section 2 of Article V of the Michigan
Constitution of 1963, the provisions of this Order shall be effective 60 days after the
filing of this Order.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the
state of Michigan this:2?}thday of June in the
year of our Lord, two thousand eleven.
RIC~ GOVERNOR
BY THE GOVERNOR:
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE
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