To provide a “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Community Colleges budget. This budget contains no appropriations, but these may be added later to make changes to current or future appropriations.   Official Text and Analysis.

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

To replace the previous version of the bill with one which expresses (minor) differences between the Republican-majority in the House and Governor Jennifer Granholm regarding certain details of this budget. See House-passed version for details.

The House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Community Colleges budget. This appropriates $289.0 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $321.7 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $289.0 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $319.7 million. (Note: The governor's executive budget recommendation was contained in House Bill 4412.) Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

To replace the House version of this budget with a Senate version which expresses policy differences between the bodies on certain spending items. See Senate-passed version for details.

To increase appropriations to community colleges by $17.6 million, which is proportional to the increase made by the Senate to the amount added by the Senate to the governor’s proposed Higher Education budget for four-year colleges and universities.

To allow the department to keep half of any appropriations which have not been spent at the end of the year, rather than having the funds lapse into the general fund. The provision was contained in the executive proposal for this budget as an incentive for the department to cut costs, but was stripped out by the Appropriations Committee.

To concur with a Senate-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Community Colleges budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is House Bill 4412.) This appropriates $289.0 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $321.7 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $289.0 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $319.7 million. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.