The executive recommendation for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-2005 school aid budget. This appropriates $12.479 billion in gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, and more), compared to $12.604 billion, which was the FY 2003-2004 amount enrolled in 2003, not including later “pro-rated” cuts to school districts. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.   Official Text and Analysis.