Introduced
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The executive recommendation for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 higher education budget. This appropriates $1.741 billion in unadjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars), compared to $1.733 billion, which was the FY 2005-2006 amount enrolled in 2005. Of this, $1.585 billion will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2005-2006 amount of $1.576 billion. The budget increases UM, MSU and Wayne State funding by two percent, and all others at at least 1 percent. It eliminates scholarships for students attending private colleges in the state.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the executive proposal for this budget with one that increases funding for all universities by at least 1.8 percent, but gives more to four schools that get less that a $3,750 minimum funding "floor" the Senate is attempting to establish. The substitute also does not eliminate a need-based scholarship program for students attending private colleges in the state. For more details see the Senate Fiscal Agency analysis (link available at the “Text and Analysis” tab at the top of this bill’s MichiganVotes page for a link). The substitute was amended to revise details of a state nursing scholarship program; to require universities to report on the amount of their research programs that have commercial applications; and require them to report on the number of graduates with advanced math, science, health care or engineering degrees, and how many of those grads remain in the state after graduation.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To increase funding for all universities by at least 1.8 percent, give more to four schools that get less that a $3,750 minimum funding "floor" the Senate has sought to establish, and more to UM, MSU and Wayne State, which would get a 2 percent increase.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To increase funding for a state nursing scholarship program by $250,000.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To spend $1.2 million more on the MSU agriculture extension service, which would get $33.8 million, and the MSU agricultural labratory, which would get $29.1 million.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 higher education budget. This appropriates $1.789 billion in gross spending, compared to $1.733 billion, which was the FY 2005-2006 amount enrolled in 2005. Of this, $1.617 billion will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2005-2006 amount of $1.576 billion. $138.3 million comes from tobacco lawsuit settlement money. The budget increases UM, MSU and Wayne State funding by two percent, and all others at at least 1.8 percent, plus more for four schools that currently get less than a $3,750 minimum funding "floor." It includes funding for scholarships for students attending private colleges in the state.
Motion to reconsider
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The vote by which the bill was passed, but then postpone the motion for the day. This procedural motion allows the Senate to more easily come back to this budget if more changes are desired.
Consideration postponed
Withdrawn
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Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To strip out all of the appropriations from the Senate-passed version of the bill, leaving it as just a "shell" or "placeholder." This is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 73 to 31 (details)
To send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations, leaving it as a "template" or "placeholder." This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
Failed in the Senate 0 to 38 (details)
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.
Passed in the House 104 to 2 (details)
The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 higher education budget. This appropriates $1.787 billion in gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars), compared to $1.733 billion, which was the FY 2005-2006 amount enrolled in 2005. Of this, $1.624 billion will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2005-2006 amount of $1.576 billion. The budget gives an increase of at least 2.5 percent to every university, and raises the minimum per-student funding level to $3,775.
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
