Public Act 341 of 2006

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• Introduced by Sen. Michael Switalski (D) on February 28, 2006, the executive recommendation for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 community colleges budget. This appropriates $287.1 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $281.3 million, which was the FY 2005-2006 amount enrolled in 2005. All of this comes from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues).
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on February 28, 2006.
    • Reported in the Senate on March 28, 2006, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on March 28, 2006, 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. Notably, while the bottom line is very close, the Senate uses $43.9 million from the School Aid Fund to pay for this spending, rather than general fund money. The School Aid Fund is the source of K-12 funding. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on March 28, 2006.
• Passed 36 to 2 in the Senate on March 28, 2006, the Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 community colleges budget. This appropriates $287.1 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources), compared to $281.3 million, which was the FY 2005-2006 amount enrolled in 2005. $243 million comes from the state general fund, and $43.9 million comes from the School Aid Fund. The budget provides a 2 percent increase for college operations to be allocated across the board to each college.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Moved to reconsider by Sen. Beverly Hammerstrom (R) on March 28, 2006, the vote by which the bill was passed, but then postpone the motion for the day. This procedural motion allows the Senate to more easily come back to this budget if more changes are desired.
  • Withdrawn by Sen. Beverly Hammerstrom (R) on March 30, 2006.
• Received in the House on March 30, 2006.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on March 30, 2006.
    • Reported in the House on May 31, 2006, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on May 31, 2006, to strip out all of the appropriations of the Senate-passed version of the bill, leaving it as just a "shell" or "placeholder." This is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on May 31, 2006.
• Passed 73 to 31 in the House on May 31, 2006, to send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations, leaving it 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 1, 2006.
• Failed 0 to 38 in the Senate on June 6, 2006, 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 House on June 8, 2006.
• Passed 104 to 2 in the House on July 26, 2006, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 community colleges budget. This appropriates $289.8 million in adjusted gross spending, compared to $281.3 million, which was the FY 2005-2006 amount enrolled in 2005. All of this comes from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues). The budget gives all community colleges at least an 3 percent increase, and some get more than that.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on June 13, 2006.
• Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on July 26, 2006, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 community colleges budget. This appropriates $289.8 million in adjusted gross spending, compared to $281.3 million, which was the FY 2005-2006 amount enrolled in 2005. All of this comes from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues). The budget gives all community colleges at least an 3 percent increase, and some get more than that.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on August 15, 2006.