Public Act 115 of 2009

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• Introduced by Rep. Terry Brown (D) on February 24, 2009, the executive recommendation for the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Department of Education budget. This would appropriate $119.9 million in gross spending, compared to $95.1 million, which was the FY 2008-2009 amount enrolled in 2008. Of this, $26.3 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2008-2009 amount of $7.5 million. Another $7.08 million comes from state “restricted fund” revenue that is generated by various fees and other levies, and most of the balance ($76.4 million) is federal money. The budget includes $22 million for library functions previously in the Department of History, Arts, and Libraries, whose functions Gov. Granholm intends to consolidate into other departments.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on February 24, 2009.
    • Reported in the House on April 2, 2009, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on April 2, 2009, to adopt a version of this budget that expresses the fiscal and policy preferences of the House majority in the Senate on various spending items and programs. For details see analysis from the non-partisan House Fiscal Agency. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on April 2, 2009.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Gail Haines (R) on April 2, 2009, to require the department to reduce its general fund-supported spending by 5 percent in FY 2009-2010, and prepare and submit to the legislature a plan to cut spending by another 5 percent in the 2010-2011 school year. Also, to require the department to post on on the internet a listing of all expenditures, with the purpose of each (a "check register"). The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on April 2, 2009.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. George Cushingberry (D) on April 2, 2009, to add $360,000 for library book distribution centers. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on April 2, 2009.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. George Cushingberry (D) on April 2, 2009, to establish as the "intent of the legislature" that the state superintendent of public instruction investigate and report to the legislature on the issue of pupil membership fraud at intermediate school districts, and the incidence of students counted a district and not remaining in that district for the balance of the school year. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on April 2, 2009.
• Passed in the House (74 to 36) on April 2, 2009, the House version of the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Department of Education budget. This would appropriate $120.6 million in gross spending, compared to $95.1 million, which was the FY 2008-2009 amount enrolled in 2008. Of this, $26.7 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2008-2009 amount of $7.5 million. Another $7.3 million comes from state “restricted fund” revenue that is generated by various fees and other levies, and most of the balance ($76.4 million) is federal money. The budget includes $22 million for library functions previously in the Department of History, Arts, and Libraries, whose functions Gov. Granholm intends to consolidate into other departments. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on April 21, 2009.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on April 21, 2009.
    • Reported in the Senate on June 23, 2009, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on June 23, 2009, to adopt a version of this budget that expresses the fiscal and policy preferences of the Republican-majority in the Senate on various spending items and programs. For details see passed in the Senate by voice vote on June 23, 2009.
• Passed in the Senate (36 to 0) on June 23, 2009, the Senate version of the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Department of Education budget. This would appropriate $95.1 million in gross spending, compared to $95.1 million, which was the FY 2008-2009 amount enrolled in 2008. Of this, $6.8 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2008-2009 amount of $7.5 million. Another $7.3 million comes from state “restricted fund” revenue that is generated by various fees and other levies, and most of the balance ($76.4 million) is federal money. The Senate does not eliminate the Department of History, Arts, and Libraries as proposed by Gov. Granholm, so this budget does not include $22 million added by the House for library spending. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on June 23, 2009.
  • Substitute offered by Rep. Terry Brown (D) on June 25, 2009, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that is essentially the House-passed version but with $100 "points of difference" in various line items. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on June 25, 2009.
• Passed in the House (73 to 35) on June 25, 2009, to send back to the Senate a budget that is essentially the House-passed version but with $100 "points of difference" in various line items. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on June 25, 2009.
• Failed in the Senate (0 to 34) on June 25, 2009, 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. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on August 19, 2009.
• Passed in the House (74 to 34) on August 29, 2009, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Department of Education budget. This would appropriate $112.8 million in gross spending, compared to $95.1 million, which was the FY 2008-2009 amount enrolled in 2008, of which $76.2 million is federal money. The budget includes $18.2 million for library functions previously in the Department of History, Arts, and Libraries. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on September 30, 2009, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Department of Education budget. This would appropriate $112.8 million in gross spending, compared to $95.1 million, which was the FY 2008-2009 amount enrolled in 2008, of which $76.2 million is federal money. The budget includes $18.2 million for library functions previously in the Department of History, Arts, and Libraries. Passed in the Senate (22 to 15) on September 30, 2009. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on October 12, 2009.