Introduced
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To authorize $120.5 million in additional spending in the 2019-20 budget, including $21 million for a K-12 “literacy coach” program, and a state scholarship and job-training program for individual’s age 25 and above (Gov. Whitmer’s proposed “Michigan Reconnect” program). This spending was part of the $947 million that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used her line-item veto authority to remove from budgets passed by the Republican-controlled legislature; news reports indicate this bill was drafted with input from the Governor on which items she wishes to add to the budget as it was enacted.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
