2019 House Bill 4232 / Public Act 63

Appropriations: Department of Education

Introduced in the House

Feb. 26, 2019

Introduced by Rep. Aaron Miller (R-59)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Department of Education budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 14, 2019

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

June 13, 2019

Amendment offered by Rep. Kristy Pagan (D-21)

To add $250,000 to buy more automated external defibrillators for schools.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 58 to 51 (details)

The House version of the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Department of Education budget. This would appropriate $404.2 million in gross spending. Of this, $300.7 million is federal money, and the rest is from state and local taxes and fees.

Received in the Senate

June 18, 2019

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Passed in the Senate 22 to 15 (details)

To "zero-out" all of the appropriations in the House-passed version of this budget, leaving it as just a "shell" or "placeholder." This is a procedural device used for launching negotiations over the differences between the House and Senate budgets, and eventually for negotiating a final budget between a Republican-controlled legislature and a Democratic governor.

Received in the House

June 18, 2019

June 19, 2019

Failed in the House 0 to 109 (details)

Received in the Senate

Sept. 24, 2019

Passed in the Senate 22 to 16 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-2020 Department of Education budget. This would appropriate $419.7 million in gross spending, compared to $400.8 million enrolled the previous year. Most of this budget, $315.3 million, is federal money.

Received in the House

Sept. 24, 2019

Passed in the House 57 to 51 (details)

Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Sept. 30, 2019

Received in the House

Oct. 2, 2019

Oct. 8, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations