To provide the “template” or “place holder” for a Senate Republican version of a Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Department of Education budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.   Official Text and Analysis.

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

To replace the executive proposal for this budget, contained in Senate Bill 1038 , with a budget that expresses policy differences between the Republican-majority in the House and Governor Jennifer Granholm on certain spending items. This was amended to add $2 million for before-and-after school programs. See Senate-passed version for major features, and Senate Fiscal Agency analysis for detailed analysis. (the “Text and Analysis” at the top of this bill’s MichiganVotes.org page is a link to this.

To add $24,000 for annual per diem travel expense payments for state board of education members, to be paid at a rate of $100 per day.

To add $100,000 to pay for half of the application fee for teachers who apply to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards for professional teaching certificates, and for grants rewarding teachers who receive this certification.

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-2005 Department of Education budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 1038.) This appropriates $113.9 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $113.3 million, which was the FY 2003-2004 amount enrolled in 2003. Of this, $28.4 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to $29.0 million in FY 2003-2004. The Senate version authorizes approximately $500,000 less in gross spending than the governor recommended. 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 (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

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

To authorize nine additional government employees in the special education division, and four more in the professional preparation operations division.

To insert many $100 "points of difference" from the Senate-passed version of the bill on particular line items, which means these items may be revised by an eventual House-Senate conference committee.

To prospectively various appropriate federal and private money contingency funds to various line items, pending the receipt of the revenue.

The House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-2005 Department of Education budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 1038.) This appropriates $112.4 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $113.3 million, which was the FY 2003-2004 amount enrolled in 2003. Of this, $26.4 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to $29.0 million in FY 2003-2004. The House version authorizes approximately $1.8 million less in gross spending than the governor recommended. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.

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.

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-2005 Department of Education budget. This appropriates $113.5 million in unadjusted gross spending, compared to $108.2 million, which was the final FY 2003-2004 amount. Of this, $26.4 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the final FY 2003-2004 amount of $29.0 million.