2007 House Bill 4360 / Public Act 120

Appropriations: 2007-2008 Community Colleges budget

Introduced in the House

Feb. 28, 2007

Introduced by Rep. Michael Sak (D-76)

The executive recommendation for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007-2008 community colleges budget. This appropriates $297.3 million in gross spending, compared to $281.3 million, which was the FY 2006-2007 amount enrolled in 2006. All of this comes from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues). Note: Gov. Jenifer Granholm’s executive budget recommendations are premised on the legislature adopting a 2 percent tax on services which along with other tax increases and a proposed reduction in business taxes represents a net tax hike of approximately $1 billion.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

Aug. 22, 2007

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Substitute offered

To replace the executive proposal for this budget with one that expresses the preferences of the House majority on various spending items and funding sources. This version was subsequently superceded by another substitute changes in various details.

The substitute failed by voice vote

Substitute offered by Rep. Joan Bauer (D-68)

To replace the executive proposal for this budget with one that expresses the preferences of the House majority on various spending items and funding sources. For more see the House-passed version, and for detail see <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/billanalysis/House/pdf/2007-HLA-4360-4.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan House Fiscal Agency.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. David Agema (R-74)

To prohibit state universities from discounting the net tuition and fees paid by an individual illegally residing within this country below the standard nonresident tuition and fee rate.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Motion by Rep. Steve Tobocman (D-12)

To reconsider the vote by which the House did not adopt the amendment by Rep. Agema.

The motion passed by voice vote

Aug. 23, 2007

Amendment offered by Rep. David Agema (R-74)

To prohibit community colleges from discounting the net tuition and fees paid by an individual illegally residing within this country below the standard nonresident tuition and fee rate.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Motion by Rep. Steve Tobocman (D-12)

The vote by which the House adopted the substitute previously recommended by the Committee on Appropriations. This was one of a series of parliamentary maneuvers whose effect was to prevent Republican amendments from being considered or adopted as part of the final bill.

The motion passed by voice vote

Substitute offered

To adopt a new substitute version of the bill as one of a series of parliamentary maneuvers whose effect was to prevent Republican amendments from being considered or adopted as part of the final bill.

The substitute failed by voice vote

Substitute offered by Rep. Steve Tobocman (D-12)

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 59 to 47 (details)

The House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007-2008 community colleges budget. This appropriates $333.8 million in gross spending (all general fund money), compared to $281.3 million, which was the FY 2006-2007 amount enrolled in 2006. When delays in previous year disbursements are considered that pushed some of those appropriations into this budget, the net increase in community college funding is around 2.5 percent, distributed unevenly to different institutions. Note: As with all House Budgets, this one authorizes spending well in excess of projected revenues, and is based on the presumption of a substantial tax increase.

Motion to reconsider by Rep. Steve Tobocman (D-12)

To reconsider the vote by which the House passed the bill. This was one of a series of parliamentary maneuvers whose effect was to prevent Republican amendments from being considered or adopted as part of the final bill.

The motion passed by voice vote

Received

Substitute offered by Rep. Steve Tobocman (D-12)

To adopt a new substitute version of the bill as one of a series of parliamentary maneuvers whose effect was to prevent Republican amendments from being considered or adopted as part of the final bill.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 58 to 51 (details)

The House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007-2008 community colleges budget. This appropriates $333.8 million in gross spending (all general fund money), compared to $281.3 million, which was the FY 2006-2007 amount enrolled in 2006. When delays in previous year disbursements are considered that pushed some of those appropriations into this budget, the net increase in community college funding is around 2.5 percent, distributed unevenly to different institutions. Note: As with all House Budgets, this one authorizes spending well in excess of projected revenues, and is based on the presumption of a substantial tax increase.

Received in the Senate

Sept. 4, 2007

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

Sept. 6, 2007

Substitute offered

To adopt a version of the bill that essentially strips out all of the appropriations of the House-passed version, which 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 Senate 24 to 14 (details)

To send the community colleges budget back to the House "stripped" of all actual appropriations, and $100 “placeholders” in their place. These and some changes in the remaining “boilerplate” language prescribing policies the department must follow establish “points of difference” with the House version, the presence of which makes them subjects for negotiation between the bodies. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.

Received in the House

Sept. 6, 2007

To concur with a Senate-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.

Failed in the House 0 to 107 (details)

Sept. 11, 2007

Received

Received in the Senate

Sept. 12, 2007

In the House

Oct. 29, 2007

Passed in the House 95 to 14 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007-2008 community colleges budget. This appropriates $318.9 million in gross spending, compared to $281.3 million, which was the FY 2006-2007 amount enrolled in 2006. All of this comes from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues). Individual universities will receive an operations grant increase of approximately 1.2 percent.

In the Senate

Oct. 30, 2007

Passed in the Senate 36 to 2 (details)

Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Oct. 31, 2007