2025 Senate Bill 517

Education: school districts; requirements for borrowing money and issuing bonds; modify.

A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “The revised school code,” by amending section 1351a (MCL 380.1351a), as amended by 2016 PA 192.

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House Bill No. 4818 and Senate Bill No. 517 expands the allowable uses of school district bond funds in Michigan to include a wider array of technology and security-related expenditures, while updating definitions and exclusions to better support modern educational infrastructure needs.

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 3, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Rosemary Bayer (D-13) and four co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Mallory McMorrow (D-8), Jeremy Moss (D-7), Veronica Klinefelt (D-11) and Stephanie Chang (D-3)

Referred to the Committee on Education