2025 Senate Bill 168

Appropriations: community colleges; appropriations for fiscal year 2025-2026; provide for.

A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled “The state school aid act of 1979,” by amending sections 201, 204, 206, 207a, 207b, 207c, 210, 210b, 210d, 216e, 217a, 217b, 217c, 222, 229a, and 230 (MCL 388.1801, 388.1804, 388.1806, 388.1807a, 388.1807b, 388.1807c, 388.1810, 388.1810b, 388.1810d, 388.1816e, 388.1817a, 388.1817b, 388.1817c, 388.1822, 388.1829a, and 388.1830), sections 201, 206, 207a, 207b, 207c, 217b, 222, 229a, and 230 as amended and sections 216e and 217c as added by 2024 PA 120, section 204 as amended by 2012 PA 201, section 210 as amended and section 210d as added by 2015 PA 85, section 210b as amended by 2021 PA 86, and section 217a as added by 2023 PA 103, and by adding sections 216c, 217d, 217e, and 217f; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

Mackinac Center Analysis

Senate Bills 162-181 are templates for the upcoming FY '26 budget. None of these bills have any real dollar figures attributed to them. They will be used to fill in the budget as it progresses through negotiations this year.

Introduced in the Senate

March 18, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Sean McCann (D-19)

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 6, 2025

Reported with substitute S-2

May 8, 2025

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

May 13, 2025

Reported with substitute S-2

1. Amend page 16, line 14, after “January 1,” by striking out “2023” and inserting “2025”.

Substitute S-2 concurred in by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Thomas Albert (R-18)

1. Amend page 29, line 22, by striking out all of subsection (4).

2. Amend page 29, line 29, by striking out “(5)” and inserting “(4)”.

3. Amend page 30, line 22, by striking out all of section 217f.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Thomas Albert (R-18)

1. Amend page 30, line 7, after “2025.” by inserting “The report must include the total spending by the college on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs during the college’s prior fiscal year.”.

The amendment failed 18 to 19 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Thomas Albert (R-18)

1. Amend page 15, line 22, by striking out “infrastructure.” and inserting “infrastructure, to repay debt, or to demolish unused or blighted facilities.”.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 19 to 18 (details)

Received in the House

May 13, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations