School aid: supplemental; school aid supplemental; provide for. Amends secs. 11 & 236 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1611 & 388.1836) & adds sec. 201i.
SB 56 adds specific funding allocations to Michigan's School Aid Act for fiscal years 2024-2025. It appropriates $100 from the state school aid fund for public schools, $3.3 million from coronavirus recovery funds for community college academic catch-up programs (for fiscal year 2023-2024 only), and $100 from the general fund for higher education purposes. These provisions directly affect public schools, community colleges, and higher education institutions by providing targeted funding for educational programs. The bill also updates constitutional spending estimates for school aid and higher education funding totals for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 4, 2025
Last action Mar 20, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted to correct indentation and spacing issues, ensuring the legislation is properly aligned for printing. No substantive policy changes, funding amounts, dates, or eligibility criteria were altered.
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Fixed inconsistent indentation and spacing in the bill header and section titles to ensure proper formatting.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
6
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
notice given to discharge committee
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Committee
referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced
received on 03/13/2025
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED ROLL CALL # 29 YEAS 19 NAYS 17 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Amended
AMENDMENT(S) DEFEATED
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
SUBSTITUTE (S-1) AS AMENDED CONCURRED IN
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) AND AMENDMENT(S)
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 2/4/2025
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SARAH ANTHONY
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Sarah Anthony
DDemocratic
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