Introduced
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To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Higher Education budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
To increase the amount of total spending proposed and the specific amounts given to each university.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To increase the amount of total spending proposed and the specific amounts given to each university, and the amount spent on certain programs.
The amendment failed 13 to 22 (details)
Passed in the Senate 31 to 4 (details)
The Senate version of the 2022-2023 Higher education budget. This would appropriate $2.803 billion in gross spending, of which $128 million is federal money, with the rest coming from state taxes and fees.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Substitute offered
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To replace the bill with one that "zeroes-out" the specific appropriation amounts passed by the Senate.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 59 to 47 (details)
To send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations except $100 “placeholders.” This is part of a process for reconciling the House and Senate-passed department budgets for the next fiscal year.
Failed in the Senate 0 to 36 (details)
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
Passed in the House 78 to 26 (details)
Passed in the Senate 33 to 0 (details)
To authorize a new college scholarship program with annual grants up to $5,500 for students from low income households attending four year universities, $4,000 grants for private-college students, $2,750 for community college students, and $2,000 for students in occupational training programs. A spending bill enacted earlier appropriated $250 million for such programs, and this bill would require this spending be continued and increased $50 million a year for another five years. The bill would also appropriate $12 million to hire a private vendor to provide literacy tutoring to public school students,.