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• Introduced by Sen. Martha G. Scott (D) on March 2, 2005, the executive recommendation for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 Department of Education budget. This appropriates $125.1 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $113.5 million, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $28.0 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $26.4 million. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on March 2, 2005.
    • Reported in the Senate on June 9, 2005, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on June 15, 2005, to replace the executive proposal for this budget with one that expresses policy differences between the Republican-majority in the Senate and Governor Jennifer Granholm on certain spending items and funding sources. It also shifts some funding to the K-12 school aid budget, which makes changes from the previous year's budget and the Governor's recommendation appear larger than they really are. For much more detail see analysis from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency”>analysis from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on June 15, 2005.
• Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on June 15, 2005, the Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 Department of Education budget. This appropriates $117.0 million in adjusted gross spending, compared to $113.5 million, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $15.8 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $26.4 million.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on June 16, 2005.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on June 16, 2005.
    • Reported in the House on June 28, 2005, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on June 28, 2005, to replace the Senate-passed version of this budget with one that “strips” all actual appropriations. See House-passed version for explanation. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on June 28, 2005.
• Passed 102 to 0 in the House on June 28, 2005, to send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations, leaving it in its original form as a "template" or "placeholder." This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on June 29, 2005.
• Failed 0 to 36 in the Senate on June 30, 2005, to concur with a House-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on September 13, 2005.
  • Referred by Sen. Beverly Hammerstrom (R) on October 11, 2005.
• Received in the House on September 13, 2005.