2003 House Bill 4391 / Public Act 145

Introduced in the House

March 18, 2003

Introduced by Rep. Marc Shulman (R-39)

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

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 14, 2003

Reported without amendment

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

May 15, 2003

Substitute offered

To replace the executive proposal for this budget, contained in <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-HB-4415">House Bill 4415 </a>, with a budget which expresses (minor) policy differences between the Republican-majority in the House and Governor Jennifer Granholm on certain spending items. See House-passed version for details.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. John Moolenaar (R-98)

To require the Department of Education to develop an online assessment system to supplement the MEAP test and provide immediate feedback on student achievement. The system would include tests aligned to the Michigan curriculum framework, and tests that can be customized by teachers and integrated with on-line instructional resources. Failing school districts would be first to get the new system. The amendment inserts a $100 "placeholder" in the budget for this purpose, meaning a real funding source has yet to be found.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 103 to 2 (details)

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 <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-HB-4415">House Bill 4415 </a>.) 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 <a href="http://www.mackinac.org/4964">Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge</a> at www.mackinac.org/4964.

Received in the Senate

May 20, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 17, 2003

Reported without amendment

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

June 18, 2003

Substitute offered

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. The Committee of the Whole added a number of amendments in non-role call votes, revising details related to the proposed “ed flex” law, class size reduction funding, proposed reading programs.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of Education budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-HB-4415">House Bill 4415 </a>.) This appropriates $112.4 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, $29.2 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 <a href="http://www.mackinac.org/4964">Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge</a> at www.mackinac.org/4964.

Received in the House

June 18, 2003

June 19, 2003

Failed in the House 0 to 104 (details)

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.

Received in the Senate

June 24, 2003

Received in the House

June 24, 2003

In the Senate

July 16, 2003

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of Education budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-HB-4415">House Bill 4415 </a>.) This appropriates $113.3 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. The adjusted gross appropriation in the conference report is $2.5 million above the amount originally recommended by the governor, while General Fund spending is the same. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at <a href="http://www.mackinac.org/4964">Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge</a> at www.mackinac.org/4964.

In the House

July 16, 2003

Passed in the House 106 to 2 (details)

Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Aug. 5, 2003