2011 Senate Bill 183 ↩

Senate Roll Call 232: Passed

The final House-Senate conference report for the 2011-2012 school aid budget. This would appropriate $12.659 billion, compared to $12.863 billion enacted the previous year, and $12.173 billion recommended by Gov. Rick Snyder. The House-passed version of this budget was in <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-HB-4325">House Bill 4087</a>. <p> This bill would reduce the per-pupil foundation grant to schools by $300, as recommended by the Governor, but “give back” around $100 per pupil as a pension contribution subsidy, and another $100 if a school district adopts specified reforms including requiring employees to pay 10 percent of health insurance benefits, dropping the insurance company owned by the teacher’s union, bidding-out non-instructional services, consolidating some services, and more “transparency.” $175 million in full-day per pupil grants paid to districts for half-day kindergartners would be eliminated starting in 2012-2013, and $133 million is added to cover potential transition costs of a possible school employee pension reform.