2010 Senate Bill 1151 / Public Act 165

Appropriations: 2010-2011 Community Colleges budget

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 24, 2010

Introduced by Sen. Bill Hardiman (R-29)

To provide the “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Community Colleges budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

March 23, 2010

Reported without amendment

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

Substitute offered

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 <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2009-2010/billanalysis/Senate/pdf/2009-SFA-1151-U.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 21 to 16 (details)

The Senate Version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010-2011 community colleges budget. This would appropriate $289.9 million in gross spending, compared to $299.3 in the FY 2009-2010 budget enrolled in 2009, and $9.8 million less than proposed by Gov. Granholm. All of this comes from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues). The budget cuts operations grants to colleges by 3.1 percent.

Received in the House

March 23, 2010

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 19, 2010

Reported without amendment

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

May 26, 2010

Substitute offered

To adopt a version of this budget that expresses the fiscal and policy preferences of the Democratic-majority in the House on various spending items and programs. For details see <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2009-2010/billanalysis/House/pdf/2009-HLA-1151-4.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan House Fiscal Agency. The budget spends $10 million more than the Senate proposes, does not include the Senate's 3 percent reduction in operations grants to colleges, and requires above-market rate union wage scales on college construction projects.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tom McMillin (R-45)

To require colleges to post on the internet a "check register" showing the amount and purpose of each expenditure, and require them to submit a copy of their budgets to the legislature.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Darwin Booher (R-102)

To require colleges to develop a plan for cutting spending by 5 percent to reflect the end of federal "stimulus" money.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Darwin Booher (R-102)

To mandate that all colleges require contractors on construction projects to state in writing that they will not knowingly violate the "prevailing wage" law. This law prohibits awarding government contracts to contractors who submit the lowest bid unless the contractor pays union pay scales.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Fred Miller (D-31)

To prohibit a college from spending more than $100 to post an online "check register" disclosing the amount and purpose of each expenditure. Essentially this would prohibit posting this information on the internet.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 64 to 42 (details)

The House Version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010-2011 community colleges budget. This would appropriate $299.1 million in gross spending, compared to $299.3 in the FY 2009-2010 budget enrolled in 2009. All of this comes from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues).

Received in the Senate

June 1, 2010

Failed in the Senate 15 to 21 (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.

Sept. 15, 2010

Received

The House-Senate conference report for the 2010-2011 community colleges budget. This would appropriate $295.8 million in gross spending, compared to $299.3 in the FY 2009-2010 budget enrolled in 2009. All of this comes from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues). The budget makes no change to operations grants to colleges compared to the previous year. It also eliminates state reimbursements to colleges for foregone revenue they lose because of "renaissance zone" tax breaks granted by local governments.

Passed in the Senate 32 to 5 (details)

Received in the House

Sept. 15, 2010

Passed in the House 56 to 49 (details)

Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Sept. 23, 2010