2010 Senate Bill 1163 / Public Act 110

Appropriations: 2010-2011 school aid budget

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 24, 2010

Introduced by Sen. Ron Jelinek (R-21)

To provide the “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2010-2011 school aid 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.

March 24, 2010

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-1163-F.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Michael Switalski (D-10)

To tie-bar the bill to Senate Bill 1148, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. SB 1148 would prohibit school districts from paying teachers more than state legislators are paid (currently $79,650 per year) and prohibit district superintendent compensation that is more than 75 percent of what the governor gets paid.

The amendment failed 12 to 25 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Michael Switalski (D-10)

To tie-bar the bill to Senate Bill 1073, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. SB 1073 would prohibit a school district with more than 1,000 students from allocating more than 28 percent of its general fund spending for “support services,” including “instructional support”.

The amendment failed 14 to 23 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Michael Switalski (D-10)

To tie-bar the bill to Senate Bill 888, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. SB 888 would require all elections in the state to be held on either the August or November election days.

The amendment failed 10 to 27 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Gretchen Whitmer (D-23)

To tie-bar the bill to Senate Bill 84, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. SB 94 would allow school districts to use “sinking fund” taxes for a wider variety of purposes. Under current law, sinking funds are permanent funds that may be used only for the purchase of land, or construction and (major) repair of school buildings. Regular school bonds may be used to fund a much wider array of activities.

The amendment failed 16 to 21 (details)

Passed in the Senate 20 to 17 (details)

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010-2011 school aid budget. This would appropriate $12.656 billion, compared to $12.823 billion for FY 2009-2010, and $12.863 billion recommended by Gov. Granholm (contingent on a $557 million tax increase). The bill would reduce the per-pupil foundation grant by $118, but this would not happen if the additional school employee pension contributions proposed by Senate Bill 1227 are adopted. It would also add-back half of the "Section 20j" money for districts especially impacted by Proposal A vetoed in 2009 by Gov. Granholm.

Received in the House

March 24, 2010

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 11, 2010

Motion by Rep. Kathy Angerer (D-55)

To discharge the bill from committee and bring it directly before the full House.

Consideration postponed

May 26, 2010

Substitute offered by Rep. Terry Brown (D-84)

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-1163-4.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan House Fiscal Agency.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Lisa Brown (D-39)

To increase the cap on extra payments to certain "out of formula" districts, referring to the Proposal A funding formula.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tim Melton (D-29)

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tim Melton (D-29)

To reduce proposed funding for on-line courses by $250,000, from $1.68 million to $1.43 million.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Kenneth Kurtz (R-58)

To increase funding for school bus inspections.

The amendment passed by voice vote

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

To require schools to post on the internet detailed information on spending, including a chart of personnel expenses including salaries, benefits costs, and retirement benefits costs; employee contracts and health care benefits plan; the amount spent on instruction, support services, administration, operations and maintenance; and the amount spent on lobbying.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Substitute offered by Rep. Terry Brown (D-84)

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that restores the previous substitute's provisions by wiping out the amendments that had been adopted up to this point.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tim Melton (D-29)

To reduce proposed funding for on-line courses by $250,000, from $1.68 million to $1.43 million.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tim Melton (D-29)

To increase the cap on extra payments to certain "out of formula" districts, referring to the Proposal A funding formula.

The amendment passed by voice vote

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

To revise the requirement that schools post on the internet detailed information on spending, including personnel expenses, benefits, and retirement benefits; employee contracts and health care benefits plan; the amount spent on instruction, support services, administration, operations and maintenance; and the amount spent on lobbying. The amendment lowers from $100,000 to $90,000 a reporting threshold on high-salary employees.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Kenneth Kurtz (R-58)

To increase funding for school bus inspections.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 64 to 42 (details)

The House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010-2011 school aid budget. This would appropriate $12.948 billion, compared to $12.823 billion for FY 2009-2010, and $12.863 billion recommended by Gov. Granholm (contingent on a $557 million tax increase). The bill would increase the per-pupil foundation grant by $65 compared to the current year amount (following an "executive order" reduction in Oct. 2009. It would also add-back half of the "Section 20j" money for districts especially impacted by Proposal A vetoed in 2009 by Gov. Granholm.

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.

July 1, 2010

Received

Passed in the Senate 37 to 1 (details)

To adopt a compromise version of 2010-2011 school aid budget reported by a House-Senate conference committee. This would appropriate $12.846 billion, compared to $12.823 billion for 2009-2010. The bill would increase the per-pupil foundation allowance by $11, retroactive to include the 2009-2010 school year.

Received in the House

July 1, 2010

Passed in the House 98 to 6 (details)

Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

July 7, 2010