2003 House Bill 4391 ↩

House Roll Call 459: Passed

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of Education budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-HB-4415">House Bill 4415 </a>.) This appropriates $113.3 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $213.3 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $29.3 million will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $27.8 million. Much of the difference in gross funding is because of the phasing out of certain federal programs, and the transfer of other funding directly to the K-12 school aid budget. The adjusted gross appropriation in the conference report is $2.5 million above the amount originally recommended by the governor, while General Fund spending is the same. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at <a href="http://www.mackinac.org/4964">Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge</a> at www.mackinac.org/4964.