Michigan Votes Forum

Introduced in the House on March 18, 2003, the House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of Education budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is House Bill 4415 .) This appropriates $111.9 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $213.3 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $29.3 million will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $27.8 million. Much of the difference in gross funding is because of the phasing out of certain federal programs, and the transfer of other funding directly to the K-12 school aid budget. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964

The vote was 103 in favor, 2 opposed and 4 not voting

(House Roll Call 149 at House Journal 40)

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You just voted for more "training" instead of "educating" and hindered education by having more "teaching to the test" Plus, the childrens answers are on databases and they are "confidential but NOT ANONYMOUS " so now you'll be able to track every move even more.Quit dealing with the edges of education. Give parents the right to choose their childs education with their tax money following the child. I know as a parent how bad the MEAP tests compares to other much more valid tests. Let the parents choose their Schools, their education, their testing standards, and be able to choose type of school and curriculum and scheduling. The Educational Free Market is the answer. See mackinac.org and thepowertochoose.org for more information.