HB 4147 Michigan House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

School aid: other; use of funding for consolidation of administrative and service functions; allow. Amends sec. 11x of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1611x).

HB 4147 creates a dedicated "school consolidation and infrastructure fund" within Michigan's state school aid budget to support feasibility studies for consolidating administrative and service functions across school districts. It allocates $5 million for grants (up to $250,000 per district) to analyze opportunities in shared services like payroll, IT systems, facility management, food services, and transportation. Districts receiving grants must publicly share study results within 60 days and demonstrate plans for potential consolidation. The fund’s money remains available year-to-year without lapsing, but the bill does not fund actual consolidation - only the preliminary studies.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Governor

Introduced Feb 26, 2025 Last action Apr 15, 2025

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What changed between versions

House Introduced Bill → As Passed by the House · 4 edits · Mar 20, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was reorganized and expanded to clarify the structure of the School Consolidation and Infrastructure Fund, adding detailed eligibility requirements for grants and specifying the types of consolidation opportunities that can be studied. These changes aim to ensure transparency, accountability, and comprehensive planning for school district consolidation efforts.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include more detailed eligibility criteria for grant recipients and a broader list of consolidation opportunities that can be studied, including financial services, human resources, information technology, and administrative functions.

REQUIREMENT

Added new eligibility requirements for grant recipients, including a mandate to make study results available to all districts and publish them on a public website within 30 and 60 days respectively.

Added a requirement for intermediate districts that receive grants to meet with constituent districts to discuss study results and implement changes where feasible.

ELIGIBILITY

Modified the list of consolidation opportunities to include specific areas such as financial services, human resources, information technology, grant management, cash management, debt issuance, school facility consolidation, transportation consolidation, physical district consolidation, administrative functions, and service functions.

TECHNICAL

Reorganized the bill's structure and formatting, removing redundant text and clarifying the sections for better readability.

Floor votes · House Mar 20, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 15, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

upper

Apr 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #45 Yeas 97 Nays 8 Excused 0 Not Voting 5

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

referred to second reading

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

reported with recommendation without amendment

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

referred to Committee on Education and Workforce

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Introduced

introduced by Representative Rep. Donni Steele

lower

1 primary · 11 co-sponsors