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2004 Senate Bill 1194: Appropriations: School Aid supplemental budget
Public Act 185 of 2004
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- Introduced by Sen. Shirley Johnson (R) on May 13, 2004, to provide a "template" or "place holder" for a potential supplemental multi-section school aid budget for the 2004 and 2005 fiscal years. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include some.
- Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on May 13, 2004.
- Reported in the Senate on June 1, 2004, with the recommendation that the bill pass.
- Substitute offered in the Senate on June 8, 2004. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on June 8, 2004.
- Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on June 8, 2004, to transfer $50.1 million from the state General Fund to the School Aid Fund, to close a gap between previously expected revenue and actual spending in the 2003-2004 school year budget. The action removes the need for the governor to order a "pro-rated" cut to schools of $28 per student just weeks before the June 30 end of most school districts' fiscal year. Taking $50.1 million out of the General Fund means that other state spending must be cut, or taxes raised, or a combination of both.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Received in the House on June 8, 2004.
- Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on June 8, 2004.
- Passed 106 to 0 in the House on June 15, 2004, to transfer $50.1 million from the state General Fund to the School Aid Fund, to close a gap between previously expected revenue and actual spending in the 2003-2004 school year budget. The action removes the need for the governor to order a "pro-rated" cut to schools of $28 per student just weeks before the June 30 end of most school districts' fiscal year. Taking $50.1 million out of the General Fund means that other state spending must be cut, or taxes raised, or a combination of both.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on July 1, 2004.
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1) Say "No" to vouchers . . . by Anonymous Citizen on January 7, 2005>It would be good to see a voucher system.<
Why?
A voucher system is effectively just another entitlement, intended to wrest money from one group and hand control over it -- and the influence that goes with economic control -- to another.
I write that as an empty-nester who no longer has any children in school yet still must pay taxes to support education. School choice schemes and charter school schemes and Proposal A already have severely weakened my standing when I try to influence the local school board. Those things may have strengthened the hand of parental influence over local schools, but they have not led to substantial improvement in educating our community’s kids.
Vouchers would just about completely eliminate my remaining influence over the local school board, even though I’d still have to pay taxes to support the schools in my community. That pretty much makes it “taxation without representation,” which precipitated a considerable blowup in the Americas a while ago.
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It would be good to see a voucher system. That would push all school board members and educators to do theiir best because they would be competing for students. Right now there is to many ways money is lost in the system and not enought accountability.
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There is plenty of money in the state coffers for education, the problem is School Board Members and Superintendents have to learn they can't give increase when they no increase coming in.
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