2009 House Bill 4721 ↩

House Roll Call 288: Passed

To authorize the use of $600 million in federal "stimulus" money to close the gap between previously appropriated spending and expected revenue for the 2008-2009 fiscal year. A large part of the bill is just a fund shift from state to federal money, since the amount of expected students also fell for the year, meaning less money needed to be spent than expected (and so reducing the budget shortfall). The bill also cuts funding for a "small high school" program in Detroit, and a state school performance measurement program (CEPI), and reverses a policy change made the previous year that required schools to provide all-day kindergarten to get per-pupil funding. This bill would return to the previous policy of full funding for half-day kindergarten.